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O     R    K    S 


OF      THE 


.GLISH      POETS, 

WITH 

E     F     A     C     E     S, 

t^PMICAX    AND   CRITICAL, 
"SAMUEL    JOHNSON* 


M  K    THE    T  W  E  N  T  y  -  T  H  I  R  D. 


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TO  / 

THE  RIGHT  HON.  JAMES   CRAGGS,    Esq. 

HIS  MAJESTY'S  PRJNCtfAL  SECRETARY  OP  StATfi. 

Dear   Sir, 

I  CANNOT   wiih  that  any  of  my  writings  fhould 
laft  longer  than  the  mefnory  of  our  friendfhip 
and,  therefore,  I  thus  publicly  bequeath  them  to  you, 
in   return  for  the  many  valuable  inilances   of  your 
afFe6lion. 

That  they  may  come  to  you  with  as  little  difad- 
vantagc  as  poifible,  I  have  left  the  care  of  tHem  to 
one*,  whom,  by  the  experience  of  fome  ytars,  I  know 
well  qualified  to  anfwer  my  intentions.  He  has  al- 
ready the  honour  and  happinefs  of  being  under  your 
proteftion  j  and,  as  he  will  very  much  ftand  in  need 
of  it,  I  cannot  wifh  him  better,  than  that  he  may 
continue  to  deferve  the  favour  •  and  countenance  of 
fuch  a  patron. 

I  have  no  time  to  lay  out  in  forming  fuch  compli- 
ments, as  would  but  ill  fuit  that  familiarity  between 
us,  which  was  once  my  greateft  pleafure,  and  will  be  my 
greateft  honour  hereafter.  Inftead  of  them,  accept  of  my 
hearty  wifhes,  that  the  great  reputation  you  have  acquired 
fo  early,  may  increafc  more  and  more  :  and  that  you  may 
long  ferve  your  country  with  thofe  excellent  talent? , 
B  2  aid 

•  Mr.  TickelL 


4  DEDICA'^ION. 

and  unblemiflicd  integrity,  which  have  fo  powerfully 
recommended  you  to  the  mpft  gracious  and  amiable 
Monarch  that  ever  filled  a  throne*  May  the  frank - 
nfls  and  generofity  of  your  fpirit  continue  to  foften 
and  fubdue  your  enemi.es,  and  gain  you  many  friends, 
if  poffible,  as  fincere  as  yourfelf.  When  you  have 
found  fuch,  they  cannot  wifh  you  more  true  happi- 
nefs  than  I^  who  am,  with  the  greatefb  zeal. 

Dear  SIR, 

Your  moft  entirely  affefHonate  friend, 

and  faithful  obedient  fervant, 

J«nc4i  i7i»»  J.  ADDISON,, 


[     5     ] 

POEMS 

B  y 
M  'R.      ADDISON. 

TO     MR.    D  R  Y  D  E  N. 

HOW  long,  great  Poet,  fhall  thy  facred  lays 
Provoke  our  wonder,  and  tranfcend  our  pralfe  } 
Can  neither  injuries  of  time,  or  age. 
Damp  thy  poetic  heat,  and  quench  thy  rage  ? 
Not  fo  thy  Ovid  in  his  exile  wrote, 
Oriefchiird  his  "bread,  and  checked  his  rifing  thoughts 
Penfive  and  fad,  his  drooping  Mufe  betrays 
The  Roman  genius  in  its  laft  decays. 

Prevailing  warmth  has  ftiil  thy  mind  pofl'eft, 
And  fecond  youth  is  kindled  in  thy  breaft; 
Thou  mak'ft  the  beauties  of  the  Romans  known. 
And  England  boafts  of  riches  not  her  own  ; 
Thy  lines  have  heightenM  Virgil's  majefty. 
And  Horace  wonders  at  himfelf  in  thee. 
Thou  teacheft  Perfius  to  inform  our  ifle 
In  fmoother  numbers,  and  a  clearer  ftyle  5 
And  Juvenal,  inftru6ied  in  thy  page. 
Edges  his  fatire,  and  improves  his  rage. 
Thy  copy  cads  a  fairer  light  on  all. 
And  ftill  out-lhines  the  bright  original. 

B  3  Now 


6  ADDISO.N'S    POEMS. 

Now  Ovid  boafts  th'  advantage  of  thy  fongy 
And  tells  his  ftory  in  the  Brjtifli  tongue  j 
Thy  charming  verfe,  and  fair  tranflations,  fliow 
How  thy  own  laurel  firft  began  to  grow : 
How  wild  Lycaon,  changed  by  angry  gods. 
And  frighted  at  himfelf,  ranhowlingthroughthewoods. 

O  may'ft  thou  ftill  the  noble  taflc  prolong. 
Nor  age,  nor  ficknefs,  itttcrmpt  thy  fong : 
Then  may  we  wondering  read,  how  human  limbs 
Have  waterM  kingdoms,  and  diffolv'd  in  ftreams ; 
Of  thofe  rich  fruits  that  on  the  fertile  mold 
Turn'd  yellow  by  degrees,  and  ripen'd  into  gold : 
How  fome  in  feathers,  or  a  ragged  hide. 
Have  liv'd  a  fecond  life,  and  different  natures  try'd. 
Then  will  thy  Ovid,  thus  transformed,  reveal 
A  nobler  change  than  he  himfelf  can  tell. 

Magd.  College,  Oxon. 

/unc  *,  169 J. 
The  Author's  a^e  z%» 


A   POEM 


t  ^  J 

A        P       O      E      M 

TO 
HIS        MAJESTY 
pr£sbnted  to  thb  lord  Iceeper. 


T  O 

THE  RIGHT  HON.  SIR  JOHN  SOMERS. 

LORD    KEEPEfe   dP    THE    G^EAT    SEAL, 
1695. 

IF  yet  your  thoughts  are  loofe  from  ftate  affairs. 
Nor  feel  the  burden  of  a  kingdom^s  cares  j 
J£  yet  your  time  and  a6lions  are  your  own ; 
Receive  the  prefent  of  a  Mufe  unknown  : 
A  Mufe  that,  in  adventurous  numbers,  fings 
The  rout  of  armies,  and  the  fall  of  Kings, 
Britain  advanced,  and  Europe's  peace  reftor'd. 
By  Somers'  counfels,  and  by  Naflau's  fvvord. 

To  you,  my  Lord,  thefe  daring  thoughts  belong 
Who  help'd  to  raife  the  fubjeft  of  my  fong  ; 
To  you  the  hero  of  my  veri'e  reveals 
His  great  dcfigns,  to  you  in  council  tells 
His  inmoft  thoughts,  determining  the  doom 
Of  towns  unftorm'd,  and  battles  yet  to  come. 
And  well  could  you,  in  your  immortal  drains, 
Dcfcribe  his  condu6l,  and  reward  his  pains  : 

B  4  Atten«! 

*  Kin^  William. 


%  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

But,  fince  the  ftafe  has  all  your  c?.res  ingrofs/d. 
And  poetry  in  hlg^her  thoughts  is  lofl, 
Attend  to  what^a  lefier  Mule  indites, 
pardon  her  faults,  and  countenance  her  flights. 
On  you,  my  Lord,  with  anzions  fear  I  wait. 
And  from  your  judgement  muft  expcA  my  hxt^ 
Who,  frtc  from  vulgar  painonsy  are  above 
Degrading  envy,  or  miiguided  love  j 
If  you,  well  pleased,  (hall  fmile  upon  my  lays. 
Secure  of  fame,  my  voice  I  '11  boldly  raiic. 
For  next  to  what  you  write,  is  what  you  praiie. 


} 


T  O 


t  9  ] 


TO    THE    KING. 

WHEN  now  the  bulinefs  of  the  field  is  o'er, 
The  tniinpets  deep,  and  cannons  ceafe  to  roar» 
When  every  difmal  echo  is  decayed. 
And  all  the  thunder  of  the  battle  laid  5 
Attend,  aufpicious  prince  ;  and  let  the  Mufe 
In  humble  accents  milder  thoughts  infufe. 

Others,  in  bold  prophetic  numbers  fkilPd, 
Set  thee  in  arms,  and  led  thee  to  the  field  5 
My  Mufe  expelling  on  the  Britifh  ftrand 
Waits  thy  return,  and  welcomes  thee  to  land : 
She  oft  has  feen  thee  preffing  on  the  foe. 
When  Europe  was  concern 'd  in  every  blow  ; 
But  durft  not  in  heroic  ftrains  rejoice  j 
The  trumpets,  drums,  and  cannons  drown'd,  her  voice  ; 
She  faw  the  Boyne  run  thick,  with  human  gore. 
And  floating  corps  lie  beating  on  the  fhore  ; 
She  faw  thee  climb  the  banks,  but  try'd  in  vain 
To  trace  her  Hero  through  the  dufty  plain, 
When  through  the  thick  embattled  lines  he  broke. 
Now  plung'd  amidft  the  foes,  now  loft  in  clouds  of  fmoke. 
O  that  fome  Mufe,  renown'd  for  lofty  verfe, 
,     In  daring  numbers  would  thy  toils  rehearfe  ! 
I    Draw  thee  belovM  in  peace,  and  fear'd  in  wars, 
Inur'd  to  noon-day  fweats,  and  mid-night  cares  1 
But  ftill  the  God -like  man,  by  fome  hard  fate, 
Receives  the  glory  of  his  toils  too  late  3 

Too 


19  ADDISON'S     POEMS. 

Too  late  the  verfe  the  mighty  a6l  fucceeds, 
One  age  the  hero,  one  the  poet  breeds, 

A  thoufand  years  in  full  fuccelTion  ran. 
Ere  Virgil  raised  his  voice,  and  fung  the  man 
Who,  driven  by  ftrefs  of  fate,  fuch  dangers  b^rc 
On  ftormy  Teas,  and  a  difaftrous  fhore. 
Before  he  fettled  in  the  promisM  earth, 
And  gave  the  empire  of  the  world  its  birth. 

Troy  long  had  found  the  Grecians  bold  and  fierce^ 
Ere  Homer  nmfter'd  up  their  troops  in  verfe  5 
Long  had  Achilles  quellM  the  Trajans'  luft. 
And  laid  the  labour  of  the  gods  in  duft. 
Before  the  towering  Mufe  began  her  flight. 
And  drew  the  hero  raging  in  the  fight, 
EngagM  in  tented  fields  and  rolling  floods, 
Or  (laughtering  mortals,  or  a  match  for  gods. 

And  here,  perhaps,  by  fate's  unerring  doom'. 
Some  mighty  bard  lies  hid  in  years  to  come. 
That  ftiall  in  William's  god-like  afts  engage. 
And  with  his  battles  warm  a  future  age, 
Hibernian  fields  fliall  here  thy  conquers  fliow. 
And  Boyne  be  fung,  when  it  has  ceas'd  to  flow  5 
Here  Gallic  labours  fliall  advance  thy  fame. 
And  here  Senefie  fhall  wear  another  name. 
Our  late  pofterity,  with  ftcret  dread. 
Shall  view  thy  battles,  and  with  pleafure  read 
How,  in  the  bloody  field  too  near  advanced. 
The  gailtlefs  bullet  on  thy  flioulder  glancM. 

The  race  of  Naflau  was  by  Heaven  defign'd 
To  curb  the  proud  oppreflbrs  of  mankind. 

+  To 


TOTHEKING.     .  x^ 

To  bind  the  tyrants  of  the  earth  with  laws^ 

And  fight  in  every  injured  nation's  caufe^ 

The  world's  great  patriots  j  they  for  juftice  call  j 

Andy  as  they  favour,  kingdoms  rife  or  fall. 

Our  Britiih  youth,  unuS'd  to  rough  alarms, 

Carelefs  of  fame,  and  negligent  of  arms. 

Had  long  forgot  to  meditate  the  foe. 

And  heard  unwarm -d  the  martial  trumpet  blow  ; 

But  now  infpir*d  by  thee,  with  fre(h  delight. 

Their  fwords  they  brandiOi,  and  require  the  fight. 

Renew  their  ancient  conquefts  on  the  main. 

And  aft.  their  fathers'  triumphs  o'er  again  ; 

Fir'd,  when  they  hear  how  Agincourt  was  ftrow'd 

With  Gallic  corps,  and  CrefTi  fwam  in  blood, 

'With  eager  warmth  they  fight,  ambitious  all 

Who  firft  fhall  ilorm  the  breach,  or  mount  the  wall* 

In  vain  the  dironging  enemy  by  force 

Would  clear  the  ramparts,  and  repel  their  courfe  j 

They  break  through  all,  for  William  leads  the  way^ 

W^here  fires  rage  moft,  and  loudeft  engines  play. 

Namur's  late  terrors  and  deftruftion  fhow. 

What  William,  warraM  with  jufl  revenge,  can  do  i 

Where  once  a  thoufand  turrets  rais'd  on  high 

Their  gilded  fpires,  and  glitter'd  in  the  iky. 

An  undiftinguifh'd  heap  of  dull  is  found. 

And  all  the  pile  lies  fmoking  on  the  ground. 

His  toils,  for  no  ignoble  ends  defign'd. 
Promote  the  common  welfare  of  mankind  ; 
No  wild  ambition  moves,  but  Europe's  fears. 
The  cries  of  orphans,  and  the  widow's  tears : 

Oppreft 


ADBISON'S    POEMS. 

Opprcft  RcHgJon  gives  the  firft  alarm$. 
And  injui'd  JuHIce  fets  him  in  lus  arms  ; 
Hi$  conqvieib  freedom  to  the  world  afford, 
Anti  nations  bleTs  tlie  Jtibours  of  his  isvord. 

Tims  whm  the  forming  Mufe  would  copy  forth 
A  pL-rfefl  pattern  of  heioic  worth, 
She  fets  a  man  triumphant  in  the  field, 
0>r  ghrtH  cloven  dawn,  and  jnonfters  kiU'd, 
Ktekin^^  in  bloody  and  iVncar'd  with  duft  and  fwcat, 
Wliilft  angry  gods  conlpirc  to  m:ike  him  great. 

Thy  nayy  rides  on  feas  before  unpreftj 
And  drikcs  a  terror  through  the  hauglity  Eall ; 
Algiers  and  Tunis  from  their  fultry  iliore 
With  horror  hear  the  Britilh  engines  roar, 
Fain  from  the  neighbonnng  dangers  would  they  ruiij 
And  wifh  themfelves  ftill  nearer  to  the  fon^ 
The  Gallic  fhtps  are  in  thetr  ports  confined, 
BL'ny*d  the  common  ufe  of  fta  and  wind, 
I^ or  dare  again  the  Britifh  flrength  engage  , 
Still  they  remember  that  deftro5live  mge 
Which  lately  made  their  trembling  hoft  retircj 
SiumiM  With  the  noife,  and  wrapt  in  fmokc  and  firej 
The  waves  with  wide  unn  umber  d  wrecks  were  ftrow'd, 
And  plankSj  and  arms,  and  men,  promifcnoiis  flowed* 

Spain's  numerous  fltet,  that  periHi'd  on  our  coaft, 
i  fcarec  a  loiiger  line  of  battle  bo^ft  j 

be  winds  could  hardly  drive  them  to  theii  fate, 
[  Aiid  all  the  ocean  laboured  with  tfe  weight. 

WhereJe^r  the  waves  in  reftlefs  errors  rgll, 
riae  fesL  lira  open  now  to  eMier  pub  t 
J 


TOTHEKING.  13 

Now  may  we  fafely  ufe  the  northern  gales. 
And  in  the  polar  circle  fpread  our  fails  : 
Or,  deep  in  fouthem  climes,  fecure  from  wars. 
New  lands  explore,  and  fail  by  other  ftars  ; 
Fetch  uncontrolM  each  labour  of  the  fun. 
And  make  the  product  of  the  world  our  own. 

At  length,  proud  prince,  ambitious  Lewis,  ceafe 
To  plague  mankind,  and  trouble  Euiope's  peace  j 
Think  on  the  ftruftures  which  thy  pride  has  rasM, 
On  towns  unpeopled,  and  on  fields  laid  wafte  ; 
Think  on  the  heaps  of  corps  and  ftreams  of  blood,. 
On  every  guilty  plain  and  purple  flood. 
Thy  arms  have  made ;  and  ceafe  an  impious  war. 
Nor  wafte  the  lives  intrufted  to  thy  care. 
Or,  if  no  milder  thought  can  calm  thy  mindj, 
Behold  the  great  avenger  of  mankind. 
See  mighty  Nailau  through  the  battle  xidCf 
And  fee  thy  fubje^ls  gafping  by  his  fide : 
Fain  would  the  pious  prince  refufe  th'  alarm. 
Fain  would  he  check  the  fury  of  his  arm  j 
But,  when  thy  cruelties  his  thoughts'  engage. 
The  hero  kindles  with  becoming  rage,  / 

Then  countries  ftorn,  and  captives  unreftorM, 
Give  ftrength  to  every  blow,  and  edge  his  fword. 
Behold  with  what  refiftlefs  force  he  falls 
On  towns  befiegM,  and  thunders  at  thy  walls  I 
Afk  Villeroy,  (for  Villeroy  beheld 
The  town  furrender'd,  and  the  treaty  fealM) 
With  what  amazing  ftrength  the  forts  were  won, 
Whilft  the  whole  power  of  France  ftood  looking  on. 

But 


ABDISON'S    POBMS- 

B«t  flap  not  here  =  behold  where  Bes^tdcy  ftand^ , 
And  cxrcutes  hb  injiir^d  Kmg's  commttnd$  i 
Armttad  thj  coaft  his  barftmg  bombi  be  p<rars 
On  Bammg  dtulekj  md  falUng  towers  ^ 
With  hifling  ftreams  of  ire  the  lir  they  fb-eak. 
And  hurl  dcftru£lion  round  them  where  they  breaks 
The  flcies  with  long  afcending  flames  are  brighc. 
And  ill  the  lea  refiefts  a  quivering  light. 

Thus  ^tua,  whfin  in  fierce  erupii^^ns  broke, 
FjHb  heaven  with  afhes,  and  the  earth  with  imokn  t 
Here  cragi  of  broken  rocks  are  twirJ'd  on  hlg-h. 
Here  mohen  ftone*  and  fcatter'd  cind<arA  fly  : 
Its  ftiry  reaches  the  rtimotefl!  coail. 
And  ftrow^  the  Afiatic  ihon  with  dtift* 

Now  does  tUe  failor  frt>m  the  neighbouring  main 
Look,  after  Gallic  towns  and  foits  in  v^n  j 
l4o  more  his  wonted  marks  he  can  dtfcry. 
But  fees  a  long  wnmcafurM  rnin  lie  j 
Whilft,  pointinij  to  the  nakctl  coaft,  he  fttows 
Hifl  wondering  mates  where  towns  and  ftet-ples  roff, 
Whcit  crowded  citizen^  he  lately  viewed. 
And  fiuglcs  out  the  place  where  once  St.  Maloes  fto^ 

Here  RuiFcl's  anions  ilmuld  my  Mufe  require  | 
And,  wmuld  my  rtrength  but  fccond  my  dcfircj 
I  ^d  all  hh  boundlefs  bratt^ry  rehear fc, 
And  dravr  hi  a  cannon  a  thundering  in  my  verft ; 
High  on  the  ilcck  fhould  the  great  leader  Hand, 
Wrath  trt  his  look,  and  lis^htnin^  in  hts  hand  ; 
Like  Homer's  Hedtor  \vhi;n  he  itung  his  fire 
A»nidlt  a  tho«faftd  flnps,  and  mad^  nil  Git«c  rettir* 


TO    THE    K  IN^G.  15 

But  who  ca»  roB  the  Bntiik  triunif>hs  o'er,. 
And  count  the  fl^unes  difperft  mi  etf^r^  ihore  f 
Who  can  defciibe  the  kattcv^d  vi^xMy, 
And  draw  the  reader  on  isoJtn  Iba  to  fea  ? 
Elfe  wha  could  Ormondes  God-Uke  a^s  refufe^ 
Ormond  the  theme  of  every  Oxford  Mufe  ? 
Fain  would  I  here  his  mighty  worth  proclaim^ 
Attend  hin>  in  the  noble  chace  of  fame. 
Through  aU  the  noiie  and  hurry  of  the  fight. 
Obferve  each  blow^  and  keep  hin^  ftill  in  fight* 
Ohy  did  our  Britifb  peers  thus  court  renown, 
And  grace  the  coats  their  gpreat  fore-fathers  won*! 
Our  arms  would  then  triumphantly  advance, 
Nor  Henry  be  the  laflf  that  conquered  France* 
What  might  not  Enghnd  hope,  if  fueh  abroad 
Purchased  their  country''s  honour  with  their  blood  t 
When  fuch,  detained  at  home,  fupport  our  ftate 
In  William's  ftead,  and  bear  a  kingdom's  weighty 
The  fchemes  of  Gallic  policy  overthrow. 
And  blaft  the  counfels  of  the  common  foe  i 
Direft  our  armies,  and  diftribute  right. 
And  render  our  Maria's  lofs  more  light. 
But  flop,  my  Mufe,  th'  ungrateful  found  forbear^ 
Maria's  name  flill  wounds  each  Britifh  ear : 
Each  Britifh  heart  Maria  flill  does  wound. 
And  tears  burfl  out  unbidden  at  the  found ; 
Maria  flill  our  rifirtg  mirth  deflroys. 
Darkens  our  triumphs,  and  forbids  our  joys. 

But  fee,  at  length,  the  Britifh  fhips  appear! 
Our  Naffau  comes  I  and  as  his  fleet  draws  near^ 

The 


1^  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

The  rifing  mafts  advance,  the  fails  grow  white. 
And  all  his  pompous  navy  floats  in  fight. 
Come,  mighty  Prince,  deiir'd  of  Britain,  come ! 
May  Heaven's  propitious  gales  attend  thee  home ! 
Come,  and  let  longing  crowds  behold  that  look. 
Which  fuch  confufion  and  amazement  Struck 
Through  Gallic  hofts  :  but,  oh  !  let  us  defcry 
Mirth  in  thy  brow,  and  pleafure  in  thine  eye  ; 
Let  nothing  dreadful  in  thy  face  be  found. 
But  for  a  while  forget  the  trumpet's  found ; 
Well-pleas'd,  thy  people's  loyalty  approve. 
Accept  their  duty,  and  enjoy  their  love. 
For  as,  when  lately  mov'd  with  fierce  delight. 
You  plung'd  amidft  the  tumult  of  the  fight. 
Whole  heaps  of  death  encompafs'd  you  around. 
And  fteeds  o'er-tumM  lay  foaming  on  the  ground  ; 
So  crown'd  with  laurels  now,  where-e'cr  you  go. 
Around  you  blooming  joys  and  peaceful  bleflings  flow. 


A    T  R  A  N  S  L  A  Tl  O  N 

OF  AL^ 

'VlRG'IL'a  FOURTH  GEOftCia 

EXCEPT    THE    STORY   OF   AKKTJBVS* 

ETbereal  fweets  fliall  next  my  Mufe  engage^ 
Ahd  this,  Maecenas,  (claims  your,  patronage. 

'Of  little  creatures  vi^ndrous  a6ls  I  treat,  .^ 

The  ranks  atfd  mighty  leajders  of  their  ftaU,  I 

Their  laws,  employments,  and  their  wars  relate.      ^ 
A  trifling  th^me  provokes  my  humBIe  lays  : 
Trifling  the  theme,  not  fo  the  poet's,  praife. 
If  great  Apollo  and  the  tuneful  Nine 

.  Join  in  the.  piece,  and  make  the  work  divine. 
Firft,  for  your  bees  a  proper  ftation  find. 
That 's  fencM  about  and  ftielterM  from  the  wind  ; 
For  winds  divert  them  in  their  flight,  and  drive 
The  iwarms,  when  loaden  homeward,  from  their  hive. 
Nor  fhecp,  nor  goats,  muft  pafture  near  their  ftores. 
To  trample  under  foot  the  fpringing  flowers  j 
J^orfriflcing  heifers  bound  about  the  place, 
To  fpurn  the  dew-drops  off,  and  bruife  therifmg  grafs  : 
Nor  muft  the  lizard's  painted  brood  appear. 
Nor  wood -pecks,  nor  the  fwallow  harbour  near. 
They  wafte  the  fwarms.  and  as  they  fly  along 
Convey  the  tender  moncls  to  their  young, 

C  Let 


ASI>!SO|i*^    POEMS. 

ir  fov^  kd  ^  ikdr  princrs^  fliun 
i  km»  «i  %tft  It  IB  ^  Iba, 

peil  a  coot  letrot. 

[  facid^  it  o'er  wttb  Acmes , 
Ylie^i«^  kcME^  er  ibdikti  liUfti  of  wind, 


hc4* 


VIRGIL,    GEOBG, 

f  times  th*  inditftriotis  iofe£Vs  live 
'*^w  rocks,  or  make  a  tree  their  hive. 


Out  let 


I  im  ay  ti^^jj.  ^^^jnj^y  lo^Jgi^gg  round  with  mudp 

'■*avt$  juujt  thinly  on  your  work  be  ifarow'd  j 
'^  ^0  baleful  yew-tree  flouriiii  near,  ^ 

^^  i*^*^^  marJbes  ftfnd  mit  fteain$  of  mirci  ^ 

Vo|.  j^^.^'"gcnibs  g^row  red,  and  cr^ickte  in  t^ie  fire  e  . 
^*^  ecK^     ^^^^'^^  caves  retum  the  dying  foutid* 
'      ^^*^st>.  ^\^^  ^^^*  •*«  doubled  voice  rebound* 


?i?^  ^^*n  **'^^^^-^'*>i  1<J  i^  Ht*d  with  cdd  and  night,  1 
i&Jl*^^^^  *h  ^  ^^^^  defcends  io  flit ams  of  light,  V 

'  ^>H^    ^^  gb  wood  sand  f  orefts  take  theii'  fl  igh^  J 
^ryit^n^*^  iowct,  aud  lightly  flcim 
'Z^***  j|^  ^*^ok,  and  fin  the  running  (hieam  ; 
1^^*=^^  f  r^  '^ed  their  young  with  ilrange  delight, 

j^  ^  ^'^^Idj  n^  wax»  and  work  Ui«  ilinsy  fw«t»l 

^•^^/..  -^^•^       f 


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18  ADDISON'S     POEMS.  « 

Let  pudlng  flreams,  and  fountains  edgM  with  mofs, 
And  (hallow  rills,  run  trickling  through  the  grafs; 
Let  bi  rtcKIngl  olives  o'er  the  fountain  grow. 
Or  palms  fhoot  up,  and  fhade  the  ftieams  below; 
That  when  the  youth,  led  by  their  princes,  ihun 
The  crowded  hive,  and  fport  it  in  the  fun, 
I^fifrdKi«g3rpHngs  may  tempt  them  from  the- heat, 
And  (hady  coverts  yield  a  cool  retreat. 

Whether  thfe  ridghbouring- water  ftande  or  runs, 
Lay  twigs  acrofs,  and  bridge  it  o'er  with  ftones  ; 
That  if  rough  ftorms,  or  fudden  blafts  of  wind. 
Should  dip,  or  fcatter  thofe  that  lag  behind. 
Here  they  may  fettle  on  the  friendly  ftone. 
And  dry  thfcir  reeking  pinions  at  the  fun. 
Plant  all  the  flowery  banks  with  lavender. 
With  ftoi-e  of  favory  fcent  the  fragrant  air. 
Let  running  bttony  the  field  o'erfpread, 
And  fountains  foke  the  violet's  dewy  bed. 

Though  bai'ks  or  plaited  willows  make  your  hive, 
A  narrow  inlet  to  their  cells  contrive  ; 
For  colds  congeic  and  freeze  the  liquors  up. 
And,  melted  down  with  heat,  the  waxen  buildings  drop: 
The  bees,  of  both  extremes  alike  afraid. 
Their  wax  around  the  wl>iftling  crannies  fpread. 
And  fuck  out  clammy  dews  from  herbs  and  flowers. 
To  fraear  the  chinks,  and  plaifter  up  the  pores : 
For  this  they  hoard  up  glcw,  whofe  clinging  drops* 
Like  pitch,  or  birdlime,  hang  in  flringy  ropes. 
They  oft,  'tis  faid,  in  dark  retirements  dwell, 
And  work  in  fubterraneous  cave|  their  cell ; 

At 


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#        VIRGIL,    GEOKG%   IV.  i^ 

At  other  times  th*  induftrious  infe^h  live 
In  hollow  rocks,  or  make  a  tree  their  hive. 

Point  all  their  chinky  lodgings  round  with  mud. 
And  leaves  muft  thinly  on  your  work  be  ftrowM  j 
But  let  no  baleful  yew-tree  flouhih  near,  'y 

Nor  rotten  marfhes  fend  out  fteams  of  mire;  V> 

"Nor  burning  crabs  grow  red,  and  crackle  in  ^e  fire «  3  " 
Nor  neighbouring  caves  return  the  dying  founds 
Nor  echoing  rocks  the  doubled  voice  rebound. 
Things  thus  prepared 

When  th^  under- world  is  feizM  with  cold  and  night, ' 
And  fummer  here  defcends  in  {bieams  of  light, 
The  bees  through  woods  and  forefts  take  their  flight. 
They  rifle  every  flower,  and  lightly  Ikim 
Thy  cryftal  brook,  and  fip  the  running  flream  : 
And  thus  they  feed  their  young  with  ftrangc  delight. 
And  knead  the  yielding  wax,  and  work  thi;flimy  fweet» 
But  when  on  high  you  fee  the  bees  repair, 
Borne -on  the  wind,  through  diftant  tra^s  < 
And  view  the  winged  cloud  all  blackening  fr< 
While  ftiady  coverts  and  freih  fteams  they  chufe. 
Milfoil  and  common  honey-fucklcs  bruife, 
And  fprinkle  on  their  hives  the  fragrant  juice. 
On  brazen  vcfTels  beat  a  tinkling  found. 
And  fliake  the  cymbals  of  the  goddefs  round  j 
Then  all  will  hadily  retreat,  and  fill 
The  warm  refounding  hollow  of  their  cell. 

If  once  two  rival  kings  their  right  debate, 
And  fa6lions  and  cabals  embroil  the  ftate, 
The  people's  af^Lions  wi]^  their  thoughts  declare ; 
All  their  hearts  iiemble,  and  beat  thick  with  war; 

C  2  Hoarfc 


o 

ht, 
*,«..«^  .,veet» 

\  of  air,        V 
from  afar  j  J 

\ 


sia  AD;DISt)N?S  .POEMS.  i 

Hoirfc  broken  founds,  like  trampet^s  harfh  aWrms, 

Kun  through  the  Kive,  and  call  them  to  their  anns.^ 

All  in  a  hurry  fpread  their  ihivering  wiags, 

And  fit  their  claws>  and  point  their  angry  ftings : 

In  crowds  before,  the  Jcing^s  pavilion  naeet. 

And  boldly  challenge  out  tbe>foe  to  light ; 

At  laft,  when  all  the  heavens'*are  warm  and  fair,      ' 

They  ruih  together  out,  and  join  5  the  air  .^ 

Swarms  thick,  and  echoes  with  the  humming  «irar.     . 

All  in  a  firm  round  ciufter  mix,  and  ftrow 

With  heaps  of  little  corps  the  earth  below  5 

As^thick  as  hail-ilones  from  theWloor  rebound. 

Or  (haken  ac«irns  rattle  on  the  ground. 

No  fenfe  of  danger  can  their-  kings  control. 

Their  little  bodies  lodge  a  mighty  -foul :  * 

Eachobftinate  in^lirms  purfnes  his  blow, 

TiH  ihameful  ^ght  fccures  the  routed  foe. 

This  hot  difpute  and  all  this  mighty  fray 

A  little  duft  flung  upward  will  allay. 

But  when  both  kings  are  fettled  jn  their  hive, 
Mark  him  who  looks  the  worft,  and  left  he  live 
Idle  at  home  in  eafe  and  luxury. 
The  lazy  noonarch  muft  be  doomed  to  Vlie ; 
So  let  the  royal  infcB^  rule  alone. 
And  reign  without  a  rival  in  his  throne. 

The  kings  are  different :  one  of  better  note. 
All  fpeckt  with  gold,  and  many  a  ihining  fpot, 
Xooks  gay,  acd  gliftens  in  a  gilded  coat  j 
But  love  of  eafe,  and  floth  in  one  prevails. 
That  icacce  his  hanging  paunch  behind  him  trails : 

The 


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VIRGTL,    GEORG.jy.     .       %t 

The  people's  looks  are  different  as  their  kings  j        * 
Some  fpsrkle  bright,  and  glitter  in  their  wings  j 
Others  look  loathfom  and  difeasM  with  floth, ,  "7 

Like  a  faint  traveller  whoie  dufty  mouth .  *  ^ 

Grows  dry  with  heat,  and  fpits  a maukifli  froth.-       J' 

The  fird  are.  bcft ♦ 

From  their  overflowing  combs^  you'll  often  prefs 
Pure  lufcious  fweets  that  mingling  in  the  gials 
Correft  the^  harlhnefs  of  the  racy  juice. 
And  a  rich  flavour  througl^  the  wine  diffufb. 
But  when  they  fport  abroad,  and  rove  from  home. 
And  leave  the  cooling  hive,  and  quit  th''  unftnilhM  comb  j  . 
Their  airy  rarablings  are  with  eafe  confined. 
Clip  their  king's  wings,  and  if  they  iby  behind : 
Ko  ^Id  uiurper  dare»  invade  their  rifbt,  $ 

*  Nor  found  a  march,  nor  give  the  fign  ^r  flight; 
Let  flowery  banks  entice  them  to  their  eells^ 
And  gardens  all  perfum'd  wiih  native  fmelkj. 
Whefe  carv'd  Priaj^is  has  his  fix'd  abode. 
The  robber's  %ror,  and  "the  fcare-crow  god. 
Wild  thyque  and  pine-trees  from  their  barren  hill 

^.Tranfplant,  anilnurfe  them  in  the  neighbouring  foil- 
Set  fruit-trees  round,  nor  e'er  indulge  thy  floth, 
But  witter  them,  ainl'in*ge  their  fhady  gro^th^ 
And  here,  perhaps,  were  not  I  giving  o'er. 
And  flriking  fail,  and  making  to  the  fliore, 
I'd  fhew  what  aft  the  gardener's  toils  require,  . 
Why  rofy  Paeftum  blufhes  twice  a  year  : 
What  ftreams  the  verdant  fuccory  fupply. 
And  how  the  thirfty  plant  drinks  rivers  dry  j .. 

C  3  What 


SI     .       APDIION  S    POEMS. 

Whnt  with  a  chMrfoI  grten  does  porily  gncr, 

Ari<l  wttUwA  the  hcllytng  cucumber  along  the  twiited 

gr«ft  > 
Nftr  v/ou)<f  f  puti  the  fofc  acanthus  o*er, 
f  vy  nor  myrtle-tr^reti  that  love  the  fliore ; 
N(,f  <l'40'oiUUf  flut  lutf;  froA-eflrth^s  flow  womb 
Unt  itm)9le  their  (Woln  t^mU^and  (how  their  yellowblooou 

Vf}r  <mce  I  fnw  in  the  Tarentine  vale. 
Whir*'  iUfW  (Jttlcfii*  «lr«nclit  the  wafhy  foil. 
An  M  ildtyc'tun  yrotnan,   who  had  got 
A  I'pw  itr{(lr^tr<l  HcrtH  to  hin  lot, 
WhriT  nriihfr  torn  nor  juifhtrc  gracM  the  field, 
Nni  wotilil  the  vnio  her  pnrplc  harvcft  yield ; 
Itiii  Uvtiry  hcthK  umoiix  thcthoriu  were  fou#d, 
Vilfrtin  find  |Hi||)y  (lowrri  hit  garden  crown'd, 
And  dhHipini^liiirN  wlutctrd  all  tlic  f|found. 
Mirll  With  thrir  lirhrn  he  rould  empires  (light. 
And  whrtt  ho  wiWd  tVoui  lii»  toiU  at  ni^^ht, 
'lUv  pMitt)  un)nniiu*t'il  itainiicB  v^^uld  aflbrd,      ^ 
And  \\\%  iiwn  p/udcn  lurnilh  out  nis  l^inl : 
'llu'  t)Minpj  did  4itli  hiH  opcmng  rofc^  blow,    " 
K«Hl  lipfMunH;  nutuinn  bent  hiH  fruitful  bough.  "^  • 
Whrn  |Mrr»  iHK  ioldn  had  burft  the  brittle  Uone, 
And  fitvfyig  rivcrH  ItiUVu'd  us  t^cy  run,         | 
\\\  thru  would  prtinc  the  tcndcixil  ot"  his  trees, 
riuilr  thr  lUif  t|ainjr,  and  lingering  wdK'rn»hi'eczc: 
U«^  brm  lint  Iwunu'd,  uu<l  uuulc  lii$^cfi'cU  foam 
Wiib  lUc  \W\\  IvjUti vinjjv)!'  the  juicy  comb. 
II.  I    lin\l*»iM  i\\u\  tlic  l-ppv  pine  incrcas'di  * 

III  \y\  V  lirn  i-:.iv  llowcu  iu)>  imiliri;;  orchuJ  dicft, 

As 


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VIRGIL,     GEORG.    IV.  a^ 

As  many  bloflbms  as  the  fpring  could  ihow, 

So  many  dangling  apples  mcllowM  on  the  bough.    * 

In  rows  his  elms  and  knotty  pear-trees  bloom; 

And  thorns  ennobled  now  to  bear  a  plumb,  '   ' 

And  fpreading  plane-trees,  where  fupinely  laid 

He  now  enjoys  the  cool,  and  quaiTs  beneath  the  ihadft* 

But  theic  for  want  of  rodfn  I  mull  omi^ 

And  leave  for  future  poets  to  recite.  ^, 

Now  I  '11  proceed  their  natures  to  declare,. 
Which  Jove  himfelf  did  on  the  bees  coiiferj-      4^ 
Becaufe,  invited  by  the  timbrers  founds  ^ 

Lodg'd  in  a  cave  th'  srtmighty  babe  they  found,         > 
And  the  young  god  nurft  kindly  under-gt6uftd,       t 

Of  all  the  wing'd  inhabitlldts  of  air, 
Thefe  only  make  their  yOtihg  the  public  care  5 
In  well-difpos'd  fccieties  they  live,  %       ^  4 

^And  laws^  ancTilatutes  regulate  their  hipre  5 
Nor  ftray,  like  others,  unconfin'd  abroad. 
But  know  fet  'ftations,  and  a  fix'd  abode. 
Each  provident  of  cold  in  fummer  flies  •% 

TJirough  fielc^,  ana  wopds,  to  feek  for-<ie\v  fupplies,  J. 
And  in  the  common  ftock  unladts  his  thighs.  3 

Some  watch  thff  food,  Tome  in  the  meadows  ply, 
Tafte  every  bud,  and  fuck  each  blolTom  dry  j 
Whilft  others,  labowring  in  their  cells  at  fecme. 
Temper  N.arciflus'  clammy  tears  with  gum. 
For  the  tirft  ground-work  of  the  golden  comb ; 
Oa  this  they  fcmnd  their  waxen  works,  and  raife 
The  yellow  fabrick  on  its  glewy  bale. 
Some  educate  the  young,  or  hatch  the  {^cd 
With  vital  warmth,  and  future  nations  breed  j 

C  4  Whilft 


^  ADDISON^'S    POEiVtS: 

Whilft  others  tliicken  all  the  fliroy  dews. 

And  into  puxeft  honey  work  the  juice  -, . 

Then  fili  the  hollows  of  the  comb)  and  (well 

With  lut'cious  ne^lar  every  flowing  cell. 

By  turns  they  watch,  by  turns  with  curious  eyes      "7 

Survey  the  heavens^  and  fearch  the  clouded  (kies        ^* 

To  find  outbrfc^ing  ftorms,  and  tell  whattempeftsrifci.  '^''' 

3y  tuni^  they  eafe  the  leaden  fwarms,  or  drive 

The  drone,  a  lazy  infeft,  from  their  hive. 

The  work  is  warmly  ply'd  through  all  the  cells. 

And  ftrong  with  thyroe  ^Jie  new-made  honey  fmells. 

So  in  their  caves  the»brawny  Cyclops  fweat,  n . 

When  with  huge  ftrokerf"tlke  (lubbom  wedge  they  beat,  >• 
And  all  th'  unftapen  thunder-bolt  compleat  j  -3  ■ 

Alternately  their  hammers  j^e  and  fall  j 
Wl^il  griping  tongs  turn  round  the  glowing  ball* 
With  puffing  t^owsfognc  the  flames  increafe. 
And  fome  in  waters  dip  the  hifling  mafs  ; 
Their  ^eaten  an^vils  dreadfully  reijpund,- 
Anrl  -^-tn.-i^fliakes  all  o'er,  and  thuaitlers  under  ground. 

'Ufcus,  if.gr^t  things  we  may  with  finall  compare,     . 
The  btffy  fwarms  their  different  labours  (hare. 
Dcfire  of  profit  urges,  all  negrees  5     • 
The  aged  infefts,  by  experied^ e  wife, .  **       v 

Attend  the  comb,  and- faihioiitvejy  part,  %*  ■<  > 

And  ftiape  the  waxeii  fret- work  out  witWart:*    .         *^ 
The  young'  at  night,  returning  Irom  their  toHs, 
Bring  home  their  thighs  clog'd  with  thejncadows  fpbils. 
On  lavender  and  faftVon-buds  they  feed,  ' 

On  bending  ofiers,  and  the. balmy  reed  s .  •         '^ 

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f^ranv  purple  violets  and  the  teile  they  bring 
Their  gathered  fweets,  and  rifle  all  the  fpring. 

All  work  together,  all  together  reft. 
The  mormng  ftilLrenews  their  labours^paft  $ 
Then  all  ni(h  out,  their  "Si fterent  taflcs  purfue,  ' 
Sit  on  the  bloons  ^d  fuck  the  ripening  d^w ; 
Again  when  evening  warns  them  to  thciirhome, . 
With  weary. wings,  and  heavy  thighs  they  come, 
And  crowd  about  the  chink,  and  mix  a  drowfy  hum, 
Into  their  cells  at  length  they  gently  creep,  *  ^ 

There  all  the  night  their  peaceJhl  ftation  keep^  v 

Wrapt  up  in  fllence,  and  diflblv^  in  deep,  ..  j 

None  range  abroad  wlen  winds  and  ftormS  «re  nigh,^ 
Nor  tnift  their  bodies  to  a  ftithlefs  iky,  ^      ; 
But  make  fmall'joumeys,  with  a  careful  %um^,      ^ 
And  iiy  to  water  at  a  neighbouring  fprme  5  * 

And,  left  their  airy  bodies  ftiould  be  caft 
In  reftlefi  whirls,  the  fport  of  evQy  blaft,      ^ 
They  carry  ftones  tci  ^ife  them  in  their  fiigWt,    ^  « 
As  ballaft  keeps  th'  umfteady  veflcl  right.  J^ 

•^     •«    But  of  allciiKloms  that  the  bees  can'l)oa(t,j,      I 
'Tis^his  raay*chaUenge  admii^iof  moft  j 
Tl^at  none»wiH*Hjiiraen's  f^fter  joy«  approve, 
Kot  wafte  their  foiritf  in  4xurious  lov?, 
v^jBjit  all  a  loif  ^rgmffy  mainnuMj  ^ 

And  bi^^  forth  young  without  a  ^Qth^^s  pain. 

f     From  herbs  andjAowers  tSey  p^ck  each  tender  bee,. 

,^  And  cull  from  plajjts  a  buzzing  progtny^     * 
Erom  ^fe  they  choole  out  ^je6ls,  aniiycreate 
A  little.monarch  of  the  riling  ftate  j 

%tf  .     •  Then. 


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a6  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Then  build  wax  Idngdoms  for  the  infant  prince, 
An'd  form  a  palace  for  his  refidence. 

But  often  in  their  journeys,  as  they  fly. 
On  flints  they  .tear  their  fUkgi  wings,  or  lie 
Grovfling  beneath  their  QoWtiy  load,  and  die* 
Thus  love  cf  honey  can  an  infeft  fii^> 
And  in  a  flj^fuch  generous  thoughts  infpire. 
Vet  #y  repeopling  their  decaying  ftate, 
/though  feven  (hort  fprings  conclude  their  vital  date^ 
Their  ancient  ftocks  eternally  remain. 
And  m  an  endlefs  rac^  their  childrens  children  reign. 

JNo  proftrate  vaflaf  of  the  Eaft  can  more 
With  flav^iH  fear  his  mighty  Prfhce  adore ; 
Tljs  life  unLnftthem  all;  but  when  he  dies,      •, 
All  in  llfu(^tumults  and  ftiflra^lionslpife  i 
jmcy  w™e  t%IriJioney,^and  their  combs  deface. 
And  wiW  cdnfcifloii  reigns  in  every  place. 
Him  all  ^dmiie,  all  the  great  guardian  ©wn, 
Ap<tt:rowd  aSout  his  courts,  inii  buzz  aboi|t  his  throne* 
Ojt  on  their  bacKs  their  weary  prince  they  bear, 
Oft  ill  his  caufe  embattled  inAe  air,  ** 


hey  bear,        ^ 

'    J     i  - 

d  waiT    ^    i^ 


Purfue  s^gjorious  dfiati  in.  wo^jncls  and  ^     ^_ 

Some  f^om  liSch^nftances  a^  thtf^  h|Kre  #iught,  1 

'*  The  bees  ei^raft  is  heavfeilyf^  for  the]^ thought  * 
**  The  univerfe  ^Ijve^  And  thafta^oul^^  *  %ij/  " 

**  Dittu%  d^lHVougitout  tlie  mgtter  of  the  w)^)t, 
<<  To  all  the  va^  unbpundetl  frame  ^as  given, 
'<  And  ran  thvbugh  earth',  and  |i^,  and  fSa,  and  ^1^ 

'l^Jie  deep  of  ^"aven;  **      •  • 

<*  That  this  firil  kindled  life  in -man  an  J  beaij, 
«<  Life  that  again  fl©ws,into  'this  at^ft. 

V    "  That 


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VIRGIL,    GEORG.    IV.  27 

*'  That  no  compotindcd  animal  could  die; 

'*  But  when  diflblvM,  the  fpirit  mounted  high, 

"  Dwelt  in  a  ftar,  and  fettled  in  the  iky." 

When-e'er  their  balmy  Tweets  you  mean  to  fcize. 
And  take  the  liquid  labours  of  the  bees. 
Spurt  draughts  of  water  from  your  moutl;,  and  drive 
A  lothfome  cloud  of  fmoke  amidft  their  Dive. 

Xwice  in  the  year  their  flowery  toils  begin,.  ^ 

And  twice  they  fetch  their  dewy  harveft  iiJ ; 
OAce  when  the  lovely  Pleiades  arife,  ^ 

And  add  frefh  luftre  to  the  fummer  ikies  : 
And  once  yrhen  hailcning  from  {l;e  wa^tery  {igor 
They  quit  their  ilation,  and  forbear  to  fhfhe. 

Th^bees  are  prone. <to  r^ge,  and  oftetffbui^ 
To  perifh  for  re*nge,  and-aie  upon  the  woimd. 
Their  venom'd  iting  produces  aking  paJUs,  * 

Hft.nd'  fwells  the  fleih,  and  ihoots  anjong'fche  ♦tin's. 

When  firft  a  cold  hard  winter's  ftoAns^rrive, 
And  threaftn  death  oi*  famine  to  their  hiv£,  j 

If  now  their  linking  ftate  and  lov/  aftairs 
Cah  mcve  youi^pity,  afld  provoke  your  cares, 
Frefh'  burningHthyme  before  thiur  c^ls  convey, 
J^d  cut  tl#ir  Sry-a<!d  hulky  wax  away ; 
For  often  Jiiards  feizi  th^lufcious  fpoih, 
'  Of  drones^tMt  riot  o#  another's  toils  : 
Oft  bro^s  cf  moths  infeft  the  hurtgry  (warms, 
And  oft  ^c  furious  wafjt  their  hive  alarms 
With  louder  11  urns,  and  with  unequal  armsj. 
Or  elfe  the  ipider  at  the  enti»nce  fets 
Her  fnares,  andfpinshcr  bowels  into  nets 


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ADDIS  ONVS     POEMS. 


When  ficknefs  reigns  (for  they  as  well  as  we 
Ptd  41  th'  cfftfts  of  frail  mortality) 
^Y  certain  marks  the  new  difeafe  i$  feenr 
Their  colotif  changesj  and  their  l€H>k»  are  tbin^ 
Their  funeral  rites  are  formM,  and  every  bee 
With  grief  attcntb  the  fsd  folemnitj  j 
The  few  dife3s*d  fitrvivors  han^  before 
Their  fickly  eells,  and  droop  about  the  door. 
Or  ll\2w|y  th  their  hives  their  limbs  unfold, 
Shru^  up  with  hunger^  and  berilitnb'd  with  cold  f 
In  drawling' hmns  the  feeble  infetls  giiev^ 
And  dokful  buzzes  echo  through  the  hivcj 
Like  wjpdi  that  foftly  murmur  through  the  ti-ees,    . 
Like  H^es  pent  vepi  or  lik^  reltringjeas. 
Kow  by  f relit  honey  nt^ar  their  empty  rooms. 
In  troughs  of  hollow  needs,  whvlit  frying  g^im* 
Caft  rouna  a  Ragrant  tnift  of  fptcy  fumes. 
Thus  ktndlj  tempt  tiie  faraiJJ^M  fMrdf-m  to  eat,  ^ 
And  gemly  |pcq||^ile4hem  to  tlieir  meat, 
Miic  juice  of  galls,  and  wine,  tha;  groW  in  time 
Condensed  by  nre,  and  tliickcn  to  a  flime  |     # 
To  their  dry\i  nifef,  dtyin^,  and  cent Arv  jijin^ 
And  roLifins  ripcn'd  on  tlie  Pfythian  vine. 

Befidcs  there  ^ows  a  Uower  in  tnaitltij^fiouncl, 
Tr^  (lime  Amellus,  c^kfy  fo  be  found  |  ^ 

A  mighty  fpring  works  in  its  root,  and  eleares 
The  fprouting  i^^lkj  and  Oitws  itfclf  in  leai^s  j 
The  flower  iUtlf  is  of  a  golden  huej        ^ 
The  ieavet  inclining  to  a  tinrkir  blmc  ; 
The  leaves  (hoot  thick  about  iLe  flower,  and  grow 
^  buJlij  and  ibavle  tHc  turf  below ; 


TIRGIL,    GEO.RG.  IV.  39 

The  plant  in  holy  garlands  otten  twines 
The  altars'  pofts,  and  beautifies  the  ihrines  ; 
Jts  tafte  is  /harp,  in  vales  new-fliom  it  grows. 
Where  Mella's  ftream  in  -watiy  mazes  flows. 
Take  plenty  of  its  roots^^and  boil  them  veil     *" 
■In  wine,  and  he^  them  up  before  the  cell. 

But  if  the  whole. ftock-fail,  and  nonefurvive; 
To  raifeiiew  people,  and^-ecniit  theiiive, 
'I  *11  here  the  great  experiment  declare,         f 
That  fpread  th*  Arcadian  ihepherd's  fiame  fo  far. 
•  How  bees  from  blood  of  (laughter'd  bulls  have  fltA, 
And  fwarms  amidft  the  red  corruption  bred. 

For  M^iere  th*  Egyptians  yearly 'fee  their  bounds 
RefrefliM  with  floods,  and  fail  about  their  grounds, 
"Where  Perfia  bai3^ars,^d'the  rolling  Nile     i^ 
Drives  ^iftly  down  the  fwarthy  Indians  foil. 
Till  into  feven  it  multiplies  its  ftream,    ^      «.    ■ 
And  fattens  Egypt-witb  a  fruitful  fli>^ :  • 
In  this  laft  j^ra^ice  all  their  hope  remains, 
And  long.experience  juftifies  theiir  pains.  *' 

Firil  then  a  clofe  contained  fpace  of  ground, 
With  ftrsdnten-d  wall»and  low-built  roof  they  found  3 
«  A  narrow  fhf  Ivmg  lightis  next  affign'd 
To  all- the  quarter,  one  to  every  wind; 
Through  thefe  the  glancing  rays  obliquely  pierce  : 
Hither  they  lead  a  bull  that  ^  young  and  fierce, 
When  two-years  growth  of  horn  he: proudly  fhows, 
And  ihakef -the  comely  terrors  of  his  brows  : 
v-His  nofe  andnnouth,<^  the  avenues^of  breath. 
They  muzzle  up,  and  beat  his  limbs  to  death. 

^With 


ADDISOK^S    POEMS. 

III. 
►"rf  nrr  confecrate  the  day, 
T^  nittUc  tnd  Cecilia  i 
>lii^.  xkt  greateft  g^ood  that  mortals  know. 
And  all  of  heaven  wc  have  below. 
Mu^c  can  noble  hints  impart, 
Fngtndcr  fury,  kindle  love; 
With  unfufiicflcd  eloquence  can  move, 
Ami  vianage  all  the  man  with  iecret  art* 

When  Orpheus  (Irikes  the  trembling  lyre. 
The  dreams  (land  dill,  the  ftones  admire  $ 
The  liftening  favagcs  advance, 

The  wolf  and  lamb  around  him  trip. 
The  bears  in  aukward  mcafures  leap^ 
And  tigers  mingle  in  the  dance. 
Tlie  movrng  woods  attended  as  he  playM, 
And  Rhodope  was  left  without  a  /hade. 
IV. 
Mufic  religious  heats  infpires, 

It  w'akes  the.  foul,  and  lifts  it  high, 
'And  wi»gs  it  with  fublime  defires. 
And  fits  it'to  bcfpeak  the  Deity. 
?rh'  Almighty  lillens  to  a  tuneful  tongue, 
And  fcems  well-pleas'd  and  courted  with  a  fong. 

Soft  moving  founds  and  heavenly  airs 
'  Give  force  to  every  word,  and  recommend  our  prayers. 
When  time  itfclf  (hall  be  no  more, 
And  all  things  in  confufion  hurPd, 
Mufic  (hall  then  exirt  its  power. 
And  ll>\iud  liirvive  tlie  ruins  of  the  world  : 

Then 


I 


A        SONG.  3^. 

Then  faints  and  angels  fliaiJ  agree 

In  one  eternal  jubilee  : 
All  heaven  (hall  echo  with  their  hymns  dirine^ 

And  God  himielf  with  pleafure  fee 
The  whole  creation  in  a  chorus  join. 

CHORUS. 

Confccrate  the  place  and  day. 

To  niufic  and  Cecilia. 

Let  no  rough  winds  approach,  nor  dar» 

Invade  the  hallowM  bounds. 
Nor  rudely  (hake  the  tuneful  air. 

Nor  fpoil  the  fleeting  founds. 
Nor  mournful  figh  nor  groan  be  heard. 

But  gladnefs  dwell  on  every  tongue; 
Whilft  all,  with  voice  and  (bings  prepared. 

Keep  up  the  loud  harmonious  fon^. 
AtA  imitate  the  bicft  above, 
:- j  y,  and  harmony,  and  lore. 


AN       ACCOUNT 

OFT   «> 

GREATEST    ENGLISH    POETS. 

T  0 

MR.    HENRY    SACHEVERELL,      ' 

APRIL    3»     165^4. 

SINCE,  deareft  Hany,  you  wiil^eeds  requcft 
A  (hort  account  of  all  the  Mufe-poiTefty 
That,  down  from  Chaucer's  days  to  Diyden's  times> 
Have  fpent  their  noble  rage  in  Britifh  rhymes  ; 
Without  more  preface,  writ  in  formal  length. 
To  fpeak  the  undertaker's  want  of  ftrcngth, 
I  '11  try  to  make  tlieir  feveral  beauties  known,  ^ 

And  (how  their  verfes  worth,  though  not  my  own* 

Long  had  our  dull  forefathers  (lept  fupine. 
Nor  felt  the  raptures  of  the  tuneful  Nine  j 
Till  Chaucer  firft,  a  merry  bard,  arofe, 
Aud  many  a  ftory  told  in  rhyme  and  profc.  .. 
But  age  has  rufted  what  the  Poet  writ, 
Worn  out  his  language,  and  obfcur'd  his  wit: 
In  vain  he  jefts  in  his  unpolifti'd  ftrain. 
And  tries  to  make  his  readers  laugh  in  vain. 

Old  Spenfer  next,  warm'd  with  poetic  rage,. 
In  ancient  tales  amus'd  a  barbarous  age  i 

An 


ON  THE  ENGLISH  POETS.         35 

An  age  that  yet  uncultivate  and  rude, 
Where-e*er  the  poet's  fancy  led,  purfued 
Through  pathlefs  fields,  and  unfrequented  fioods> 
To  dens  of  dragons,  an4.  enchanted  woods. 
]f  ut  now  the  myftic  tale,  that  pleasM  of  yore. 
Can  charm  an  underftanding  age  no  more  j 
The  long- fpun.  allegories  fulfome  grow,; 
While  the  dull  moral  lies  too  plain  below. 
We  view  well-pleasM  at  diflance  all  the  fights. 
Of  arms  and  palfrles,  battles^  fields,  and  fights. 
And  damfels  in  djftrefs,  and  courteous  knights. 
But  when  we  look  too  near,  the  (hades  decay. 
And  all  the  pleafing  landikip  fades  away. 

Great  Cowley  then  (a  mighty  genius)  wrote, 
O'er-run  with' wit,  and  lavifh  of  his  thought: 
His  turns  too  clofely  on  the  reader  prefs : 
He  more  had  pleased  ui,  had  he  pleas'd  us  lefs> 
One  glittering  thought  no  fboner  ftrikes  our  eyes» 
With  filent  wonder,  but  new  wonders  rife^ 
As  in  the  miiky>way  a  fliining  white 
Overflows  the  heavens  vviih  one  continued  light  j 
That  not  a  fingle  ftar  can  fhew  his  rays, 
Whilft  jointly  all  promote  the  common  blaze. 
Pardon,  great  Poet,  that  I  dare  to  name 
Th'  unnuraberM  beauties  of  thy  verfe  with  blame  ji 
Thy  fault  is  only  wit  iri  its  excefs  : 
But  wit  like  thine*in  any  (hape  will  pleafe. 
What  Mufe  but  thine  can  equal  hints  infpire. 
And  fit  the  deep-mouthM  Pindar  to  thy  lyre  :• 
Pindar,  whom  others  in  a  labouf  d  ftniin. 
And  forced  exprellion,  imitate  in  vain  ? 

D  2  Weil- 


36  ADDISON'S    POEM^. 

Well-pleas'd  in  thee  he  foars  with  new  delight,' 
And  plays  in  more  unbounded  verfe,  and  takes  a  nobler 
flight. 

Bleft  man  !  whofe  fi>otlefs  life  and  charming  lays 
EmpIoyM  the  tuneful  prelate  in  thy  praife  ;* 
Bleft  man  !  who  now  fhall  be  for  ever  known, 
-^n  Sprat's  fuccefsful  labours  and  thy  own. 

But  Milton  next,  with  high  and  haughty  ftalks, 
Unfetter'd  in  majeftic  numbers  walks  :  •  x 

No  vulgar  hero  can  his  Mufe  engage  5 
Nor  earth's  wide  fcene  confine  his  hallow'd  rage. 
See  !  fee  !  he  upwards  fprings,  and  towering  high 
Spurns  the  dull  province  of  mortality,  -  ■    * 

Shakes  heaven's  eternal  throne  with  dire  alarms, 
And  fets  th'  Almighty  thunderer  in  arms. 
What  e'er  his  pen  defcribes  I  more  than  fee, 
Whilft  every  verfe,  array 'd  in  majefty. 
Bold  and  fublime,  my  whole  attention  draws. 
And  feems  above  the  critics  nicer  kws.  * 

How  are  you  ftruck  with  terror  and  4elight, 
When  angel  with  arch-angel  copes  in  fight ! 
When  great  Meffiah's  out-fpread  banner  fhines. 
How  does  the  chariot  rattle  in  his  lines ! 
What  found  of  brazen  wheels,  what  thunder,*  fcafe, 
And  ftun  the  reader  with  the  din  of  war ! 
With  fear  my  fpirits  and  my  bipod  retire. 
To  fee  the  feraphs  funk  in  clouds  of  fire  ; 
But  when,  with  eager  fteps,  from  hence  I  rife, 
A  nd  view  the  firft  gay  fcenes  of  Paradife  j 
\Vh?.t  tongue,  what  words  of  rapture  can  exprefs 
'\  viHon  fo  profufe  of  pleafantnefs  ! 

OH 


ON  THE   ENGLISH  POETS.  37    y 

Oh  had  the  Poet  ne'er  profan'd  his  p6n, 
To  varnifh  o'er  the  guilt  of  faithlefs  men  ; 
His  other  works  might  have  defei-vM  applaufe ! 
But  now  the  language  can't  fupport  the  caufe ; 
While  the  clean  current,  though  ferene  and  bright. 
Betrays  a  bottom  odious  to  the  fight. 

But  now,  my  Mufe,  a  foftcr  ftrain  rehearfe. 
Turn  every  line  with  art,  and  fmooth  thy  verfe ; 
The  courtly  Waller  next  commands  thy  lays  : 
Mufe,"  tune  thy  verfe,  with  art,  to  Waller's  praife. 
While  tender  airs  and  lovely  dames  infpire 
Soft  melting  thoughts,  and  propagate  defire  : 
So  long  fhall  Waller's  fti*ains  our  paflion  move. 
And  Sacchariffa's  beauty  kindle  love. 
Thy  verfe,  harmonious  bard,  and  flattering  fong, 
Can  make  the  vanquifli'd  great,  the  coward  ftrong. 
Thy  verfe  can  (how  ev'n  Cromwell's  innocence. 
And  compliment  the  ftorm  that  bore  him  hence. 
Oh  had  thy  Mufe  not  come  an  age  too  foon. 
But  feen  great  Naffau  on  the  Britifh  throne  I 
How  had  his  triumphs  glitter'd  in  thy  page, 
And  warm'd  thee  to  a  more  exalted  rage  ! 
What  fcenes  of  death  and  horror  had  we  view'd, 
And  how  had  Boyne's  wide  current  reekM  in  blood ! 
Or  if  Maria's  charms  thou  wouldft  rehearfe. 
In  fraoother  numbers  and  a  fofter  verfe ; 
Thy  pen  had  well  defcrib'd  her  graceful  air. 
And  Gloriana  would  hav^  feem'd  more  fair. 

Nor  muft  Rofcommon  pafs  negleiSled  by, 
T\m  makes  ev'n  rules  a  noble  poetry  : 

D  3  R'^ile* 


%t  ADBISON^S    POEMS. 

Kttlcf  %ihde  d«ep  ika^s  mI  beaimlf  nuttilaf 
The  brt  of  ctrtici,  aodof  poetsioo. 

WliiltCooyif  tHiHcwpmgaibthgacigjbbuttii^pte 

Bot  fee  whav  artlkl  Dayikft  ixxt  arpeaiv 
Gr^pwn  ol4  in  rlijnM»lRi(  chaimti^  er^n  in  |e»v 
Gftmt  0f7«ka  ncaet,  vlioft  imefol  Mmlk  a^onk 

She  h  ,  ibr  isiov^  our  iouks  I 

if  f^Cire  or  heroic  grains  fkt  writes, 

H^  Ibcro  pka&s,  and  ker  f^rt  bit^. 

Ff^in  bcT  oio  karAi  vc^rtfEil  xmnbers  faU, 

She  wean  all  drrli^s,  4ii4  ihc  clun&i  la  alL 

Ht^w  vQight  we  iear  crar  ETt^lHh  pGctzy, 

Tisirt  icfig:  Kii  flounlli'd,  ihcakl  dcctj  wiih  ttoj 

Did  not  the  Mufet*  other  hcpc  ^ifsesr, 

HiarsiGnlovis  CangrcTCr  aiid  fctbid  our  £tn : 

Ci>ngrrve  i  whofe  fancy's  irnrtiia^tftH  ioce 

Hai  girrn  aJready  mitch,  im4  pnnis^d  n^acc 

A^ti  Drydcn'i  Mtife  ^^}  m  Im  &iaiil  f^rtife. 

I  *eii  lu'd  with  rhjmtug,  ^nd  ^^uI4  Hm  gtiieo^'ov 
Bui  juHicr  ftill  dtmasda  one  Ubo^r  mof*  s 
The  «6hlc  Monmgu*  nemaiiis  unnam'd. 
For  witf  for  humaurj  aful  for  ^tidgment  fam'd; 
To  Dorfci  fir  direct*  his  artful  Mufe* 
In  numlim  fLtth  ai^  PoHet*«  Iclf  might  b&« 
licrt*  tirgVtgtndf  gricefwl  he  onrcius 
Hii  vtrfc,  »nd  wHtEt  in  joofe  famili^  fbaiiii  j 


on  TUB  INXJJvISH  POEXS.         jf 

How  Naflau's  godlike  a6ls  adorn  his  lines, 

V^nd  ali  tl|c  hero  in  ftiil  ^dfy  IhSoes  I   .     .    » '  .1      * . 

We  fee  his  army  fet  in  juft  array. 

And  Boync^s  dyM  waves  run  purple  to  the  fea. 

Npr  Sjmois  chok*d  with  «ien»  and  arm«r,  and  blood  i 

Nor  rapid  Xanthus\  celebrated  flood. 

Shall  longer  be  the  Poet's  higheft  themes, 

Thoiigft  god«  and  he|:oe8- fought  promifcuoui  iii  their 

.  ftreams. 
£ut  now^  to  Na(faB>  fecret  councils  raised* 
lie  aids  the  hero,  whom  before  he  prais'd. 

I  've  done  at  length ;  and  now,  dear  friend,  receive 
The  laft  poor  prefent  tkat  my  Mufe  can  give. 
I  leave  the  arts  of  poetry  and  verfe 
To  them  that  pra^tife  them  with  more  fuccefs* 
Of  greater  truths  I  '11  nc»w  prepare  to  tell. 
And  fo  at  once^  dear  friend  and  Mufe,  fareweh 


D  4  A  LETTER 


ADDISOK*S    POEMS. 


A     LETTER     FROM     I  T  A  L  Y,J 

TO    THE 

mCHT  HON.  CHARLES  LORD  HALIFAX, 

IK    Tfte    YEAH    18  0CCI. 

**  Magna  vtVunt !  t\hv  res  anriqux  iaudi*  Sc  artii 
**  Aggre4ior,  JknSQ«  sluTu*  rac  inhere  font^." 


WH  I L  E  you,  my  Lord^  die  rural  Ibades 
And  from  Bnfaiiiua^$  public  po&t  rtbr^j 
frfor  longo",  her  urtgrat^jful  fons  to  plcaic. 
For  thrir  adv^titage  facrifice  yvrtir  tali:  | 
Mc  ir.ta  ftiirign  rt^alms  my  fate  conveyst 
Ttir0ugii  nation*  fruitful  of  immortal  Jap, 
Where  iJic  /oft  feafon  and  iavitmg  dime 
Cpiifpirt  tn  (rouble  your  i^cpofe  with  rhyme, 

For  whercfoc'cr  I  turn  my  ravlfli'J  eyes, 
Gay  ^ItJtil  JtcTic»  and  fiimmg  profptcls  rife. 
Poetic  Md^  incompafik  me  around i 
Aud  iliU  I  fe^itt  to  tread  on  clafiic  ground  | 
For  htrc  dj£  Mule  ib  oft  her  harp  has  ftrung, 
'^Thit  nut  %  myufitniii  rears  its  head  unfungt 
Kcnown'd  in  vtd'c  each  ftiady  Ehieket  grows, 
Auitd  every  ftrc-im  in  heavenly  numbers  fiowf. 

How  imi  I  }t!t'a4'd  to  fea;ch  the  hills  and  woods 
Fur  tiUng  rpringi  and  celebrated  floods  I 


LETTER    FROM    ITALY. 

To  view  the  Nar,  tumultuous  in  his  courfe. 
And  trace  the  fmooth  Clitumnus  to  his  fource. 
To  fee  the  Mincio  draw  his  watery  ftore. 
Through  the  long  windings  of  a  fruitful  ihore, 
And  hoary  Albula's  infeftcd  tide 
O'er  the  warm  bed  of  fmoking  fulphur  glide. 

Fir'd  with  a  thoufand  raptures,  I  funrey 
Eridanus  through  flowery  meadows  ftray. 
The  king  of  floods  !  that,  rolling  o'er  the  plains. 
The  towering  Alps  of  half  their  moifhire  drains. 
And  proudly  fwoln  with  a  whole  winter's  fnows, 
Difkributes  wealth  and  plenty  where  he  flows. 

Sometimes,  mifguided  by  the  tuneful  throng, 
I  look  for.ftreams  immortaliz'd  in  fong,  -' 
That  loft  in  filence  and  oblivion  lie, 
(Dumb  are  their  fountains  and  their  channels  dry) 
Yet  run  for  ever  by  the  Mufe's  (kill. 
And  in  the  fmooth  defcription  murmur  ftill. 

Sometimes  to  gentle  Tiber  I  retire, 
And  the  fam'd  river's  empty  fliores  admire. 
That  deftitute  of  ftrength  derives  its  courle 
From  thrifty  urns  and  an  unfruitful  fource  5 
Yet  fung  fo  often  in  poetic  lays. 
With  fcorn  the  Danube  and  the  Nile  furvcys ; 
So  high  the  deathlefs  Mufe  exalts  her  theme'! 
Such  was  the  Boyne,  a  poor  inglorious  ftream. 
That  in  Hibernian  vales  oblcurely  ftray'd. 
And  unoblbrv'd  in  wild  Meanders  playM; 
J' 111  by  your  lines  and  Naflau's  fword  renown'd, 
':i  rid ng  billows  through  the  world  refound, 

Where'ei 


4^  AX>DISON"8    POEMS. 

Wherever  the  Heroes  godlike  a£^s  can  pierce, 
-Or  where  the  fame  of  an  immortal  verfe. 

Oh  could  the  Muie  my  nurifh'd  \>rea&  infpire 
"With  warmth  like  yours,  and  raife  an  equal  fire» 
Unnumber'd  beauties  in  my  verfe  ihould  ihine> 
And  Virgil's  Italy  ihould  yield  to  mine ! 

See  how  the  gulden  groves  around  me  fmile» 
That  ihun  the  coaft  of  Britain's  ftormy  ifle. 
Or,  when  tranfplanted  and  preferv'd  with  care, 
Curfe  the  cold  clime,  and  ftarve  in  northern  atr. 
Here  kindly  warmth  their  mounting  juice  feimentt 
To  nobler  taftes,  and  more  exalted  fcents  : 
'£v*n  the  rough  socks  with  tender  myrtle  bloom* 
And  trodden «^eeds  fend  out  a  rich  perfume. 
3ear  me,  fome  God,  to  Baia's  gentle  feats. 
Or  cover  me  in  Unibria's  green  retreats  5 
Where  weftcrn  gales  ^emally  reiide, 
And  all  the  feafons  laviih  all  their  pride  t 
Bloffoms,  and  fruits,  and  lowers  together  rife. 
And  the  whole  year  in  gay  confufion  lies. 

Immortal  glories  in  my  mind  revive, 
Andin  my  foul  a  thoufand  paifions  ftrive, 
Wfien  Rome's  exalted  beauties  I  defcry 
Magnificent  in  piles  of  ruin  lie. 
An  amphitheatre's  amazing  height 
Here  fills  my  eye  with  terror  and  delight, 
That  on  its  public  (hows  unpeopled  Rome, 
And  held  uncrowded  nations  in  its  womb : 
Here  pillars  rough  with  fculpture  pierce  the  ikie». 
And  here  the  proud  triumphal  arches  rife, 
^  .  „  Where 


XETTER   FROM  ITALY.  4$  . 

'Where  the  old  Romans  deathlefs  a^  difplay'd^ 

Their  bafe  degenerate  progeny  upbraid  : 

Whole  rivers  here  forfake  the  fields  below, 

And  wondering  at  their  height  through  airy  channels  fiow« 

Still  to  new  Icenes  my  wandering  Mufe  retires. 
And  the  dumb  (how  of  breathing  rocks  admires  { 
Where  the  fmooth  chifel  all  its  force  has  ihown. 
And  fcftenM  into  fleih  the  nigged  ftone. 
In  ibiemn  filence,  a  ma)eftic  band. 
Heroes,  and  Gods,  and  Roman  confuls  (land. 
Stein  tyrants,  whom  their  cruelties  renown, 
And  emperors  in  Pariaii  marble  frown  $ 
While  the  bright  dames,  to  whom  they  humbly  ftie^ 
£till  (how  the  charms  that  their  proud  hearts  fubdued. 

Fain  would  I  R^hael's  godlike  art  rehearfe. 
And  (how  th*  immortkl  labours  in  my  verfe. 
Where  from  the  mingled  fbrength  of  (hade  and  light 
A  new  creation  rifcs  to  my  (ight, 
<Such  heavenly  figures  from  his  pencil  (low. 
So  wariB  with  life  his  "blended  colours  glow. 
From  theme  to  theme  with  fecret  pleafure  toil, 
Amidfl  the  foft  variety  I  'm  loft : 
Here  pleafing  airs  my  ravi(h*d  foul  confound 
With  circling  notes  and  labyrinths  of  found  j 
Here  domes  and  temples  rife  in  diftant  views. 
And  opening  palaces  invite  my  Mu(e. 

How  has  kind  heaven  adorn'd  the  happy  land. 
And  fcatter'd  bleflings  with  a  wafteful  hand  ! 
But  what  avail  her  unexhaufted  ftores. 
Her  blooming  mountains^  aod  her  funny  (hores, 

3  With 


44  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

With  all  the  gifts  that  heaven  and  earth  impart. 
The  fmiles  of  nature,  and  the  charms*  of  art, 
While  proud  oppreflion  in  her  valleys  reigns. 
And  tyranny  ufurps  her  haj^y  plains  ? 
The  poor  inhabitant  beholds  in  vain 
The  reddening  orange  and  the  fv^elling  grain  : 
Joylefs  be  fees  the  gi'owing  oils  and  wines. 
And  in  the  myrtle's  fragrant  fhade  repines : 
Starves,  in  the  midft  of  nature's  bounty  curft. 
And  in  the  loaden  vineyard  dies  for  thirft. 

Oh  Liberty,  thou  goddefs  heavenly  bright, 
Profufe  of  blifs,  and  pregnant  with  delight  I 
Eternal  pleafures  in  thy  prefence  reign. 
And  imiling  plenty  leads  thy  wanton  train  ; 
Eas'd  of  her  load  fubjedlion  grows  more  light. 
And  poverty  looks  chearful  in  th^  fight  5 
Thou  mak'ft  the  gloomy  face  of  nature  gay, 
Giv'ft  beauty  to  the  fun,  and  pleafure  to  the  day. 
Thee,  goddefs.  Thee,  Britannia's  ifle  adores  j 
How  has  ftie  oft  exhaufted  all  her  ftores. 
How  oft  in  fields  of  death  thy  prefence  fought. 
Nor  thinks  the  mighty  prize  too  dearly  bought ! 
On  foreign  mountains  may  the  fun  refine 
The  grape's  fbft  juice,  and  mellow  it  to  wine. 
With  citron  groves  adorn  a  diftant  foil, 
And  the  fat  olive  fwell  with  floods  of  oil : 
We  envy  not  the  warmer  clime,  that  lies 
In  ten  degrees  of  more  indulgent  fkies, 
Nor  at  the  coarfenefs  of  our  heaven  repine. 
Though  o'er  our  heads  the  frozen  Pleiads  fhine  : 


LETTKM   rROM  I"f  A|,T, 


Aii  aQ  At  aii^iiiii  «kU  lies  Mh^d  la  pe«r^. 

n  Mfatett  CkHl  bei»Ui  «nb  fe;^  dft^ 

Hrrii>wiVr^''iwfc 


Asa  ]inc«  K^  ^lipi~*t  «■  likeyo^Wj  ii«i4  itaiit* 

MItTOS' 


^ 


ADDISON'S    POEMS. 


MJLTON'4    STY^E    IMITATEB^ 


IN     A    TRANSLATION     OF 

A  STORY  our  OF  THE  TIKRD  -^NEID^ 

LOST  In  the  glQQmf  boreor  of  the  night     ^ 
We  ilmck  Uji^m  the  coail  whvi t  iElna  lies, 
Horrid  ajid  vraftc,  its  fdU'ail&  IVaa^hL  wuh  foe, 
That  Tiow  cadi  owt  ikrk  lumct  iinH  pitchy  clouds,  ^ 
Vaflr  fiioweri  qf  aftjcs  hovering  in  the  it.okt  j 
Now  brldifft  molkn  Ittjtits  and  ruddy  *iiiiic 
IiictnA,  or  till  1 3  xi\t  mounuins  by  the  ivots» 
Or  flings  a  broke ti  rouL  aloh  Ln  air. 
The  bottom  works  wjib  fmftither'd  fire,  involv'd 
In  pellilffiibl  vfaputirsj  flench  and  ih^ke. 

*Tia  fiiidp  that  tKundcr-ftruck  Encdiidu* 
Gipveling  htffit'xth  th"  ijicumhcrtit  mountain's  wdgfat 
LiCf  ili*ttch\l  Aipiiic,  etrrtul  pity  of  Hiimfsj 
And  when  he  heav^i  liguiflll  the  burning  ioad, 
Rtluctai^t,  ta  inftTt  his  broiling  limbs, 
A  ft^dden  eanJ)qim)&e  (i\CQU  throngh  aJl  th«  ifle, 
And  ^tnft  timnders  drcuJful  tand^r  ground. 
Then  |KHi(8  out  frnok«  inwiiaihiog  curk  coiivolv*d^ 
And  fhadcs  the  fun's  brighi  otb,  and  bkt&  tmt  day^ 

1^1  c re*  In  tht  flaker  of  the  woods  vvc  lodged. 
And  frighted  heard  ftrangc  founds  and  ditinal  yeils^ 
Nui*  ftiw  frotn  whencr  th<y  caiuc ;  for  all  the  night 
A  murky  tturm  deep  louring  o'er  tsur  heads 
Ilun>',  luimiriciiti  th^iT  with  irii psr vioui  g'oain 


] 


MIL  TON'S  8  TyLE  IMITATED,    ^^ 

And  fhadtd  all  beneath.     But  now  the  fan 
With  orient  beams  had  chac'd  the-  dewy  night 
From  earth  and  heaven ;  all  natiR^  ftood  difclos'd : 
Nvhen  looking  on  the  neighbouring  woods  we  fawt 
The  gbaftly  vifage  of  a  man  unknown. 
An  uncouth  feature,  meagre,  pale,  and  wild  5 
Affliction's  foul  and  terrible  difmay  , 

Sat  in  his  looks,  his  face  impaired  and' worn 
With  marks  of  famine,  fpcaking  fore  diftrefs  5 
His  locks  were  tangled,  and  his  ihaggy  beard 
Matted  with  filth ;  in  all  things  elfe  a  Greek. 

He  firft  advanced  in  hafte ;  but  when  he  faw^ 
Trojans  and  Trojan  arms,  in  mid  career 
Stopt  ihort,  he  back  recoil'd  as  one  fufpriz'd^ 
But  foon  recovering  fpeed,  he  ran,  he  flew 
Precipitant,  and  thus  with  piteous  cries 
Our  ears  aflkird  ;  '*  By  heaven's  eternal  fires^. 
"  By  every  God  that  fits  inthron'd  on  high, 
"  By  this  good  light,  relieve  a  wretch  forlorn,, 
"  And  bear  me  hence  to  any  diftant  fiiore, 
"  So  I  may  fliun  this  favage  race  accurft. 
"  'Tis  true  I  fought  among  the  Greeks  that  late 
'•  With  fword  and  fire  o'erturn'd  Neptunian  Troy^, 
*'  And  laid  the  labour  of  the  Gods  in  duft  5 
"  For  which,  if  ib  the  fad  offence  deferves, 
"  Plung'd  in  the  deep,  for  ever  let  me  lie 
"  Whelm'd  under  feas ;  if  death  muft  be  my  ddom^ 
*'  Let  man  infli6l  it,  and  I  die  well  pleas'd." 

He  ended  here,  and  now  profufe  of  tears 
In  fuppliant  mood  fell  proftrate  at  our  feet  j 
We  bade  him  Ipeak  from  whence,  and  what  he  was,. 

And 


4S  ADDISON'S, POEMS. 

And  how  by  ftrefs  of  fortune  funk  thus  low ; 
•  Anchifes  too  with  friendly  afpeft  mild 
Gave  him  his  hand,  fure  pledge  of  amity. 
When,  thus  encouraged,  he  began  his  tale. 

I'm  one,  fays  he,  of  poor  defcent,  my  name 
Is  Achxmcnides,  my  country  Greece, 
Ulyffes'  fad  compeer,  who,  whilft  he  fled 
The  raging  Cyclops,  left  me  here  behind 
Difcon folate,  forlorn  j  within  the  cave 
He  left  me,  giant  Polypheme's  dark  cave  ; 
A  dungeon  wide  and  horrible,  the  walls 
On  all  fides  furr'd  with  mouldy  damps,  and  hung 
With. clots  of  ropy  gore,  and  human  limbs, 
His  dire  repaft :  himfelf  of  mighty  fize, 
Hoarfe  in  his  voice,  and  in  his  vifage  grim. 
In  tradable,  that  riots  on  the  flefh 
Of  mortal  men,  and  fwills  the  vital  blood. 
Him  did  I  fee  fnatch  up  with  horrid  grafp 
Two  fprawling  Greeks,  in  either  hand  a  man  : 
I  faw  him  when  with  huge  tempeftuous  fway 
He  dafht  and  broke  them  on  the  grundfil  edge; 
The  pavement  fwam  in  blood,  the  walls  around 
Were  fpatter'd  o'er  with  brains.     He  lapt  the  blood. 
And  chew'd  the  tender  flefti  ftill  warm  with  life, 
That  fweird  and  heav'd  itfelf  amidft  his  teeth 
As  fenfible  of  pain.     Not  lefs  mean  while 
Our  chief  incens'd,  and  ftudious  of  revenge, 
Plots  his  deftru6lion,  which  he  thus  effefts. 
The  giant,  gorg'd  with  flefh,  and  wine,  and  blood. 
Lay  ftrctcht  at  length  and  fnoring  in  his  den, 
Belching  raw  gobbets  from  his  maw,  o'erchargM 

2  V/itk 


'"With  purple  wine  and  cruddled  gore  conlW^d.    ' 

•  We  gather^  round,'  and  to  his  (Ingle  eye. 
The  fingle  eye  t4iat  in  his  forehead  glared 

>  Like  a  full  moon,  or  a  broad  bumiih^d  ihielfl, 
A  forky  ftaff  we  dextrouily  ^iplyM, 
Which,  in  the  fpacious  focket  turning  round,. 
Scoopt  out  the  big  round  jelly /rem  its  orb. 
But  let  me  not  thus  interpofe  delays ; 
Ply,  mortals,  fly  this  curft  detefted  race  s 
A  hundred  of  the  fame-^pendous  £ze, 
A  hundred  Cyclops  Hve  among  the  hills^ 
GigslHtic  brotherhood,  that  ftalk:  along 
With  horrid  ftrides  o^er  the  high  mountains  tops^ 
Enormous  in  their  gait  j  I  oft  have  heard 
Their  roice  and  tread ;  oft  feen  them  as  they  paft, 
Sculking  and  fdouring  down,  half  dead  with  fear. 

'Thrice  has  theimoon  wafli'd  all  her  orb  in  light,         ^ 
Thrice  travel'd'o^r  in  her  obfcure  fojoum, 
The  realms  of  night  inglorious,  fince  I've  liv'd 
Amidft  thefe  woods,  gleaning  from  thorns  and  flirubs 

-A  wretched  fuftenance.     As  thus  he  fpoke. 
We  faw  defcending-from  a  neighbouring  hill 
Blind  Polypheme  ;  by  weary  fteps  and  flow 
The  groping  giant*  with  a  trunk  of  pine 
Explor'd  his  way  :  around  his  woolly  flocks 
Attended  grazing  :  to  the  well-known  ftiore 
He  bent  hi«  courfe,  and  on  the  margin  ilood, 
A  hideous  nwnller,  terrible,  deformM  j 
Full  in  the  midft  of  his  high  front  there  gap'd 
The  fpacious  "hollow  where  his  eye-ball  rolPd, 

E  A  ghaftly 


!• 


ADDISON'S    POEMS. 


I 


A  ghtftly  orifice i  he  rint^l  the  wound. 

And  wadiM  awsiy  the  Aring^  and  dotted  blood 

Thif  cik'd  within  ^  th«n  tblkitig  through  the  deep 

He  ford*  the  ocewi  j  while  the  topmail  wa.vc 

Scurcf  reacHe*  iip  \m  middle  fide  :  wc  (lood 

AmA  Al^  be  fure  {  ti  fudden  horror  chill 

Rah  through  ettch  itervtf  and  thriUM  h\  every  vein^ 

TiU*  iifinjf  all  the  force  of  wind*  and  oars, 

We  fped  mway"  %  he  heflrd  uk  in  our  coiirte. 

And  with  hit  out-ftretch'd  arms  around  him  grop'di 

But,  Ending  nought  within  his  reach,  he  i^jsM 

Such  hideout  Oioiu^  that  »ll  ihc  ocean  fhook* 

Ev*li  It^yi  though  miny  a  league  remote^ 

In  difttnt  eeho«  anfwer'H  ^  Minn,  roar'dj 

Thraugh  ill  iti  inmoft  winding  caverns  roarMn, 

Rtius'd  With  the  found p  the  mighty  family 
Of  oiie-'eyecl  brothers  hndcn  lo  tin:  Jhorc^ 
And  gather  round  the  bellowing  Polyphemt* 
A  dire  iflVmbly  *  wt  with  eager  haftc 
Work  every  ooe,  snd  from  ifif  behold 
A  hoft  of  gitntt  eovrring  all  rhe  At<»rr. 

So  ^ndi  a  tbiTll  tall  *^i  mountain  oakt 
Advanced  to  mighty  growth  j  tbe  traveller 
]lc9jr»  from  the  humble  valley  where  he  ridet 
The  hollow  murmursi  of  the  windii  thai  blow 
Ami^^tl  the  Wughit  and  at  tlie  dift^nee  feet 
The  <l\d*ly  to|^  of  tree*  unnumbered  rifej 
A  ftjiiely  ftrofpeftt  witiag  m  tJie  clouds. 


TH 


I    51     J 

THE       CAMPAIGN, 
A*      POEM, 

T  O 

HIS  GRACE  THE  DUKE  OF  MARLBOROUGH, 

1705. 

*'  — Rheni  pacator  (t  Iftri. 

**  Om'nis  in  hoc  uno  variis  difcordia  ccflit 

**  Ordinibus  5  Ixtatur  equcs,  plauditque  fenator, 

**  Votaque  patricio  ccrtant  plebeia  fivori."*' 

Claud,  de  Laud.  Stlllc. 

*<  EfTe  aliquam  in  terris  gentem  quae  fua  impenfa,  Cum 
"  labore  ac  pericuIo»  bellageratpro  libertate  alionim. 
**  Nee  hoc  finitimis,  aut  propinquse  vicinitatis  ho- 
**  minibus,  aut  terris  tontinenti  junftis  praeftet. 
«*  ^^ria  trajiclat :  ne  quod  toto  oibe  terrarum  in- 
"  juihisn  imperium  fit,  et  ubique  jus,  fas,  lex,  po- 
"  tentiffiraa  fint."    Liv.  Bill.  lib.  35. 

¥  TT  THILE  crowds  of  princes  your  deferts  proclalin^ 
^  ^    Proud  in  their  number  to  enrol  your  name  j 
While  emperors  to  you  commit  their  caufe. 
And  Anna's  praifes  crown  the  vaft  applaufe  j 
Accept,  great  leader,  what  the  Mufe  recites. 
That  in  ambitious  vcrfe  attempts  your  fights, 
Fir'd  and  tranfported  with  a  theme  fo  new. 
Ten  thoufand  wofRdcis  opening  to  my  view 

E  2  Shine 


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iShirit  forth  at  otice  ^  fiegcs  and  ftorms  appear, 
•Ajid  wars  arid  c^tiqucfts  Ml  th'  important  year : 

J  vers  of  blood  I  fee,  aiid  hills  of  llain, 
Iliad  rifing  out  of  one  campaign, 

Tbe  haughty  Gaul  beheld,,  with  towering  pridcj 
His  uncient  bounds  enlargM  on  every  fidcj 
Pyrenees  lofty  barriers  were  fubdaed, 
And  in  tlie  mtdft  of  bis  wide  empire  ftood  j 
Aufonia's  ftates,  the  viflor  to  rtllrainj 
Opposed  their  Alps  and  Apennines  in  vain^ 
Nor  found  themfelves,  with  ftrength  of  rocks  immi3l^:J, 
Be^hmd  thdr  tv^rlailing  hills  iecurd  ; 
The  riling  Danube  ki  long  race  began. 
And  hajf  its  courfe  through  the  new  conqucfta  r*ii ; 
Amaz'd  and  anxious  for  her  fovcrcign's  fates, 
Gennaoia  trembled  through  a  hundred  Itates  j 
Great  Leo po I d  himfei f  wa s-  fci*' d  w 3 1 h  fea r  j 
Hegaj'd  around^  but  ftw  no  fuccour  near; 
He  gaK  d    and  half- abandoned  to  defpair 
His  hopes  on  heaven,  and  coniidtnee  in  prayer* 

To  Britain*fi  queen  the  nations  turn  their  eyes. 
On  her  refglves  the  v^eftcm  world  rehes. 
Confiding  flill,  ainidfl  its  dire  alarms. 
In  Anna's  conncils,  and  in  Chiirchiirs  arms. 
Thrice  Kappy  Biii:alrt3  from  the  kingdoms  rent. 
To  ftt  the  gu^rdiiin  of  the  continent  1 
That  fees  her  bmvcil  fon  advanced  fo  high. 
And  fl&un/hirig  fo  near  her  prince's  eye  § 
Thy  f':ivouj  iteis  grow  not  tip  by  fortune^s  fport^ 
Or  Worn  the  crimen  or  folUcs  of  a  courtj 


T  H  E    C  A  M  r  A  I  -G  N^  .  53 

Orir  tht  firm  b^fis  of  defert  they  rife. 

From  long-try*d  faith,  and.  frlendlhip^s  holy  tyes  : 

Their  fovereign's  well-diftingyifli'd  fmiles  they  fliare, . . 

Her  ornaments  in  peace,  her  ftiength  in  war  j 

The  nation  thanks  them  with  a  public  voice, 

By  Ihowers  of  bleflings  heaven  approves  their  choice  j. 

Envy  itfelf  is  dumb,  in  wonder  loft. 

And  fa6lions  ftrive  who  &all  applaud  them  mod.  ■ 

Soon  as  foft  vernal  breezes  warm  the  iky, 
Britannia^s  colours  in  the. zephyrs  fly; 
Her  chief  already  has  his  march  .b«gun» 
Croffing  the  provinces  himlelf  had  won,  . 
Till  the  Mofelle,  appearing  from  afar,  . 
Retards  the.  ptogrefs  of  the  moving  war.  . 
Delightful  ftream,  had  nature  bid  her  fall 
In  diftant  climes  far  from  the  perjur'd  Gaul  |  ^ 
But  now  a  purchafe  to  the  fword  fhe  Jies, 
Her  harvefts  for  uncertain  owners  rife, . 
Each  vineyard  doubtful  gf  its  mafter  grows,   . 
And  to  the  vigor's  bowl  each  vintage  flows. 
The  difcontented  Ihades  of  flaughter'd  hofts. 
That  wander'd  on  her  banks,  her  heroes  ghofts 
Hop'd,  when  they  faw  Britannia's  arms  appear,    . 
The  vengeance  due  to  their  great  deaths  was  near.    . 

Our  godlike  leader,  ere  the  ftream  he  pall,    . 
The  mighty  fcheme  of  all  his  labours  call, 
Forming  the  wondrous  year  within  his  thought  5 
His  bofom  glow'd  with  battles  yet  unfought. 
The  long  laborious  mai'ch  he  iirft  furveys. 
And  joins  the  dillant  Danube  to  the^Macfc,  . 

E  3  Between 


54  ADDISON'S  T  O  £  M  S« 

Betwten  whofe  floods  fuch  pathlds  forefts  grow^ 
Such  mountains  rUe,  fo  many  nvers  flow : 
The  toil  looks  lorely  in  the  hero*s  eyes. 
And  danger  fenres  but  to  enhance  the  prize. 

Big  with  the  fate  of  Europe,  he  renews 
His  dreadful  courfe,  and  the  proud  foe  purfues  1^ 
Infefled  by  the  burning  Scorpion's  heat. 
The  fultry  gales  round  his  chaTd  temples  beat. 
Till  on  the  borders  of  the  Maine  he  finds 
Defenfive  fhadows,  and  refrefhing  winds. 
Our  Britifh  youth,  with  in-born  freedom  bold. 
Unnumbered  fcenes  of  fervitude  behold. 
Nations  of  flaves,  with  tyranny  debased, 
(Their  maker's  image  more  than  half  defac*d) 
Hourly  inftrucled,  as  they  urge  their  toil. 
To  prize  their  queen,  and  love  their  native  foil. 

Still  to  the  rifmg  fun  they  take  their  way 
Through  clouds  of  dud,  and  gain  upon  the  day. 
When  now  the  Neckar  on  its  friendly  coaft 
With  cooling  ilreams  revives  the  fainting  hoft^ 
That  chearfully  his  labours^paft  forgets, 
The  mid-night  watches,  and  the  noon-day  heats. 

O'er  proftrate  towns  and  palaces  they  pafs 
(Now  cover'd  o>r  with  woods,  and  hid  in  grafs^y 
Breathing  revenge  i  whilft  anger  and  difdain 
Firfe  every  breail,  and  boil  in  every  vein : 
Here  fhatterM  walls,  like  broken  rocks,  from  far 
Rife  up  in  hideous  views,  the  guilt  of  war, 
Whilft  here  the  vine  o'er  hills  of  ruin  climbs, 
Induilrious  to  conceal  great  Bourbon's  crimes. 


At 


TUB    CAMFAI'GN;^  55 

At  length  th^  fame  of  England's  hero-dfcw 
Eugenio  to  the  glorious  interview. 
Great  fouls  by  inftin^l  to  each  other  turn/ 
Pemand  alliance,  and  in  friendihip  bum ; 
A  fudden  friendihip,  while  with  ftretch'd-out  rayt 
They  meet  each  other,  miifgling  blaze  with  blaxe* 
Poliih'd  in  courts,  and  hardenM  in  the  Beldp 
Renown'd  for  conqueft,  and  in  council  fkilPd, 
Their  courage  dwells  not  in  a  troubled  flood 
Of  mounting  fpirits,  and  fermenting  blood  $ 
LodgM  in  the  foul,-  with  virtue  over-rurd, 
InflamM  by  reaibn,  and>  by  reafon  cool'd,  • 
In  hours  of  peace  content  to  be  unknown,  . 
And  only  in  the  field  of  battle  ihown  »-  < 
To  fouls  like  thefe,  in  mutual  fricndfiiip  join'd. 
Heaven  dares  intruft  the  caufe  of  human-kind. 

Britannia's  graceful  fons  appear  in  arms. 
Her  harrafsM  troops  the  hero's  prefence  .warms, 
Whilft  the  high  hills  and  rivers  all  around 
With  thundering  peals  of  Britifti  fhoutsrefound  : 
Doubling  their  fpeed,  they  march  with  frefh  delight^ 
Eager  for  glory,  and  require  the  fight. 
So  the  llanch  hound  the  trembling  deer  purfues. 
And  Imells  his  footfteps  in  the  tainted  dews. 
The  tedious  track  unraveling  by  degrees  : 
But  when  the  fcent  comes  warm  in  every  breeze, 
Fir'd  at  the  near  approach  he  /hoots  away 
On  his  full  ftretch,  and  bears  upon  his  prey. 

The  march  concludes,  the  various  realms  are  paftj 
Th'  immortal  Schellcnberg  appears  atlail< 

E  4  Like 


56  ADDISON^S    P  O  E  M  Si 

Like  hills  tli'  afpiring  rartiparts  rife  oft  high. 
Like  valleys  at  their  feet  the  trenches  lie  j 
Batteries  on  batteries  guard  each  fatal  pafs. 
Threatening  deftni^lion  ;  rows,  of  hollow  brafs. 
Tube  behind  tube,  the  dreadful  entrance  keep, 
Whilft  in  their  wombs  ten  thoufand  thunders  deep : 
Great  Churchill  owns,  charniM  with  the  glorious  fight^; 
His  march  o'er-paid  by  fuch  a  promised  fight. 

The  weAem  fun  now  fhot  a  feeble  ray, 
And  faintly  icatterM  the  remains  of  day  : 
Ev'ning  approached  5  but  oh  what  hoft  of  foes 
Were  never  to  behold  that  evening  clofe ! 
Thickening  their  ranks,  and  wcdgM  in  firm  an-ay, .. 
The  clofe-corapa6led  Britons  win  their  way; 
In  vain  the  cannon  their  throng'd  war  defacM 
With  trafts  of  death,  and  laid  the  battle  wafte  j 
Still  prefling  forward  to  the  fight,  they  broke 
Through  flames  of  fulphur,  and  a  night  of  fmoke,^ 
Till  flaughrer'd  legions  filPd  the  trench  below. 
And  bore  their  fierce  avengers  to  the  foe. 

High  on  the  works  the  mingling  hofts  engage  j 
The  battle,  kindled  into  tenfold  rage. 
With  ftiowcrs  of  bullets  and  with  ftorms  of  fire 
Burns  in  full  fury;  heaps  on  heaps  expire. 
Nations  with  nations  mix'd  confus'dly  die. 
And  loft  in  one  promifcuous  carnage  lie. 

How  many  generous  Britons  meet  their  doom. 
New  to  the  field,  and  heroes  in  the  bloom  ! 
Th*  illuftrious  youths,  that  left  their  native  fhore 
To  march  where  Britons  never  march'd  before, 

'       (O  fatal 


(O  fatal  love  of  fame !  O  gloriotis  heat 
Only  deftrtrftive  to  the  brave  and  gfeat  I) 
After  fuch  toils  o'ercomc^  fuch  dangers  paft, 
StretchM  on  B^rarian  ramparts  breathe  their  Izft, ' . 
Biit  hold,  my  Mufe,  may  no  complaints  appear^ 
Nor  blot  the  day  with  an  ungrateful  tear* 
While  Marlborough  livesy  Britannia's  ftars  difp^nfe '. 
A  friendly  light,  and  (hine  in  innocence.  . 
Plunging  through  feas  of  blood  his  fiery  ileed 
Where-c'er  his  friends  retire,  or  foes  fucceed ; 
Thofe  he  fupports,  thefe  drives  to  fudden  flight,  . 
And  turns  the  various  fortune  of  the  fight. 

Forbear,  great  man,  renown'd  in  arras,  forbear  - 
To  brave  the  thickeft  terrors. of  the  war, 
Nor  hazard  thus>  confus'd  in  crowds  of  foes,  .. 
Britannia's  fafety,  and  the  world's  repofe ;  . 
Let  nations  anxious  for  thy  life  abate 
Tliis  fcom  of  danger,  and  contempt  of  fate  : 
Thou  liv'ft  not  for  thyfelf ;  thy  Queen  demands 
Conqueft  and  peace  from  thy  victorious  hands  j 
Kingdoms  and  empires  in  thy  fortune  join, 
And  Europe's  deftiny  depends  on  thine. 

At  length  the  long-dilputed  pafs  they  gain, . 
By  crowded  armies  fortify'd  in  vain  ; 
The  war  breaks  in,  the  fierce  Bavarians  yield. 
And  fee  their  camp  with  Britifh  legions  fili'd. 
So  Belgian  mounds  bear  on  their  fhatter'd  fides 
The  fea's  whole  weight  increas'd  with  fwelling  tides  ; 
But  if  the  rufliing  wave  a  paflage  finds, 
Eiirag'd  by  watery  moons,  and  warring  winds, 

5  The 


.--MO     ?  O  v  MS. 
,     ..iL  .i.L»  ..IS  couniiy  round 
..     i    ..:'iv=».^,  .ii*w  if*  oceans  drown'd, 
!u  :uv.-  .iiiviviiig  *oci  iiilptrit  in  flight, 
.t.uil;  uf  fwyiJs,  and  gleanings  of  a  fight) 
':4    icry  ruftlirt^  wind  the  vi^lor  hear, 
\,.l  Mailfaoioujjh's  form  in  every  Ihadow  fear, 
*  lil  the  daik  cupc  uft*  night  with  kind  embrace 
■St:ricnJs  the  iout,  and  covers  their  difgrace. 

To  Dunavcit,  with  unrelilled  force, 
The  ^ay  vi^^lorious  army  bends  its  courfe. 
I'hc  growth  of  meadows,  and  the  pride  of  fields, 
VV  hdttver  l^wls  Bavaria's  fummcr  yields 
(  Vhc  Danube's  great  increalc),  Britannia  ihares, 
I  he  food  of  armies  and  fupport  of  wars  : 
With  magazines  of  death,  deltni^live  balls, 
And  cannon  doomed  to  batter  Landau's  walls, 
I'he  viitor  finds  each  hidden  cavern  ftor'd. 
And  turns  their  fury  on  their  guilty  Lord. 

Delikted  prince  I  how  is  thy  grcatncfs  croft. 
And  all  the  gaiuiy  dream  of  empire  loft, 
That  proudly  fct  thee  on  a  fancy'd  throne. 
And  made  imaginary  realms  thy  own  \ 
Thy  troops,  that  now  behind  the  Danube  Join, 
Sh;ill  ihortly  feek  for  fhelter  from  the  Rhine, 
Nor  find  it  there  !  SuiToundcd  with  alarms. 
Thou  hop'ft  the  affiftance  of  the  Gallic  arms ; 
The  Gallic  arms  in  fufety  thall  advance. 
And  crowd  thy  ftandards  with  the  power  of  France, 
While,  to  exalt  thy  doom,  th'  aipiring  Gaul 
Shares  thy  deftruilion,  and  adorns  thy  fall. 

^  Unbounded 


THE    CAMPAIG 


^m    Vnhoxtndcd  courage  and  cDmpaifitm  joi 
^pTempenng  eatli  other  m  tJie  viftor's  mini 
M    AitoTiateiy  procUifn  Kim  good  and  great, 
I    And  make  the  Hero  and  the  Man  coniplear* 
1   Long  <Kd  he  ftrive  th'  obdurat*!  foe  to  gain 
Bv  proCer'^d  grace,  but  long  fae  ftrove  in  vain  | 
TiJi,  fir'd  at  iengtti  he  thinks  it  vain  to  fpate 
1  Hi«  liiiT;^  wrathj  and  gires  a  loofe  to  vrar^ 


£Jh  hi^  hand 
ages  the  land, 
urns, 

i  harveds  bums, 
floclts  retreat, 
rda  confusedly  bleat  ^- 
mmcn  fliade  partake^ 
u  every  brake  ; 
yrrow  ftaods. 


h  vengrajice  roTis'd,  tl 
With  Avord  and  fire>  J 
A  thou  J  and  viUagies  to 
h  crarkling  flames  a  t 
To  t^  tltick  woods  the 
J^Jid  mixt  with  bellqwi 
ir  trtrobUng  lords  1 
Cfks  of  infants  ft 
lifting  Ibldier  5j( 
to  obey  his  leader  5  juif  commands; 
IW  leader  grievt*,  by  geneFous  pity  fway'd. 
To  fee  hit  f  uft  commands  fo  well  obey'd^ 
But  now  the  trumpet  terrible  fn>m  far 
h  ^aUtr  clangors  animates  the  war ; 
CMiitdcrate  dnim*  in  fuller  concert  beat, 
I  And  cchomg  hilis  the  loud  alarm  repeat  : 
GilUa'i  proud  ilandards,  to  Bavaria's  joln^d^ 
VefarJ  their  gilded  lilies  in  the  wind  j 
'  The  daring  prince  his  bhJie^l  hopes  renews, 
Avig  while  the  thitk  embattled  ho^  he  views 
Wrtdit  out  in  deep  array,  and  dreadful  lengthy 
^it  bean  dUates,  and  glories  Ln  his  ilrcngth, 


i 


The 


'-0  ADD  I  SOX'S    POEMS. 

T'le  fetal  day  its  mighty  couHc  began, 
T  .\^i  .he  TTiev'd  vwzz'.d.  had  long  deiir'd  in  vain  j 
::;:•. tes  liiat  their  new  captivity  bemoaii''d. 
Armies  of  umtji&  that  in  exile  groan*d. 
Sighs  from  the  depth  of  gloomy  dungeons  heard^ 
A;id  praysrs  in  bittaners  of  ibul  preferr'd, 
Hurope^s  loud  cries,  that  Providence  aiTaird, 
_\::u  Anna's  ardent  vows  at  length  prevailed  ; 
r\it:  viny  was  come  when  heaven  deiign'd  to  fhow 
His  cire  and  conduft  of  the  world  below. 
Behold  in  aw-ful  march  and  dread  array 
The  long  extended  fquadrons  (hape  their  way  ! 
uiirh,  in  approaching  terrible,  imparts 
An  anxious  horror  to  the  braveft  hearts  ; 
Vet  do  their  beating  breafts  demand  the  (hife^ 
And  thirft  of  glory  quells  the  love  of  life. 
No  vulgar  fears  can  Britilh  minds  control  i 
Heat  of  revenge,  and  noble  pride  of  foul. 
Overlook  tl»e  foe,  advantagM  by  his  poft, 
Lcflcn  his  numbers,  and  contraft  his  hoft  ; 
Though  fens  and  floods  poflell  the  middle  fpace, 
'I'luit  un|)rovok\i  they  would  have  fear'd  to  pafs  ; 
Nor  fens  nor  floods  can  ftop  Britannia's  bands. 
When  her  proutl  foe  rangM  on  their  borders  ftands. 
But  O,  my  Mufc,  what  numbers  wilt  thou  find 
To  fing  the  furious  troops  in  battle  join'd  ! 
Mcthinks  I  hear  the  drums  tumultuous  found 
The  vigors  fliouts  and  dying  groans  confound. 
The  ilrcndful  burft  of  cannon  rend  the  flcies. 
And  all  the  thunder  of  the  battle  rife. 

•Twas 


T  -ht:  c  a  m  p  a  I  g  n.         6< 

^TwasthengreatMarlborough's  mighty  foul  was  pro?*^^ 
That,  in  the  ihock  of  charging  hofts  unmov'd, 
Amidft  confiifion,  horror,  and  defpair, 

'  Examin'd  all  the  dreadful  fcenes  of  war  : 

.In  peaceful  thought  the  field  of  death  furve/''^, 

.  To  fainting  fquadrons  fent  the  tiniely  aid, 

~  InfpirM  repulsed  battalions  to  engage. 
And  taught  the  doubtful  battle  where  to  rage. 
So  when  an  angel  by  divine  command 
With  riiing  tempefts  ihakes  a  guilty  land. 
Such  as  of  late  oVnpale  Britannia  paft, 

^Calm  and  ferene'he  drives  the  furious  blaft; 
And,  pleasM  th*  Almighty's  orciers  to  perform, 

•  ^ides  in  the  whirlwind,  and  dire6U  the  ftorm. 

But  iee  the  hau^ty  houihold-troops  advancle ! 
The  dread  of  Europe,  and  the  pride  of  France. 
The  war's  whole  art  each  private  foldier  knowK, 
And  with  a  General's  love  of  conqueft  glows  $ 
Proudly  he  marches  on,  and  void  of  fear 
Laughs  at  the  ihaking  of  the  Britifh  fpeaur : 
Vain  infolence !  with  native  freedom  brave. 
The  meaneft  Briton  fcorns  the  higheft  flave  i 
Contempt  and  fury  fire  their  fouls  by  turns, 

.  Each  nation's  glory  in  each  warrior  bums  $ 
Each  fights,  as^in  his  arm  th'  important  day 
And  all  the  fate  of  his  great -monarch  lay  : 
A  thoufand  glorious  aflions,  that  might  claim 
Triumphant  laurels,  and  immortal  fame, 
Confus'd  in  crouds  of  glorious  a6lions  lie. 
And  trQops  of  heroes  undiftingui/h'd  die. 


4%  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

O  Dormer,  how  can  I  behold  thy  fate» 

And  not  the  wonders  of  thy.  youth  relate ! 

How  can  I  fee  the  gay,  the  brave,  the  young. 

Fall  in  the  cloud  of  war,  and  lie  unfung  ! 

In  joys  of  conqueft  he  refigms  his  breath. 

And,  filrd  with  £nglafid*s  gloi-y,  fmiles  In  death* 

The  rout  'begins,  the  Gallic  fquadrons  run, 
Oompeird  in  crouds  to  meet  the  fate  they  fhun ; 
Thoufands  of  fiery  (beds  with  wounds  transfixed, 
Tloating  in  gore,  with  their  dead  mafters  mixt, 
*Midft  heaps  of  fpears  and  ihmdards  dri^cen  around, 
Xie  in  the  Danube-s  bloody  whirl-pools  drownM. 
Troops- vf  bold  Touths,  bam  on  the  diftant  Soane, 
Or  founding  borders  of  the  n^id  Rhone, 
Or  where  the  Seine  her  flowery  fiefds  divides, 
Or  where  the  Loire  through  winding  vineyards  glides. 
In  heaps  the  rolling  billows  fwecp  away, 
And  intp  Scythian  feas  their  bloated  corps  convey. 
From  Blenheim^s  towers  the  Gaul,  with  wild  affright, 
Beholds  the  various  havock  of  the  fight ; 
His  waving.banners,  that  fo  oft  had  ftood 
Planted  in  fields  <^  death  and  ftreams  of  blood. 
So  wont  the  guarded  enemy  to  reach, . 
And  rife  triumphant  in  the  fatal  breach. 
Or  pierce  thebraken  foe*s  remoteft  lines. 
The  hardy  veteran  with  tears  refigns. 
^       Unfortunate  Tallard  !  Oh,  who  can  name 

•  *rhe  pangs  of  rage,  of  forrow,  and  of  ihame. 

That  with  mixt  tumult  in  thy  bofbm  fwelPd, 

•  When  firft  thou  fiiw'ft  thy  braveft  troops  repell'd,  • 

Thine 


THE    C  A  M  P  A  I  G  H* 

nlj  ion  pierced  with  a  deaJly  woondf 
in  his  bloody  and  gafping  on  the  groiu 
in  bondage  by  the  viflor  kepr  1 
ef,  the  father,  and  the  captiye,  wtpt, 
^liih  Mufc  h  toutrh^d  with  generous  w^j 
ih'  unhappy  in  an  forgets  the  foe !  « 

diftnetl  1  tliey  loud  com  plaints  forbetr, 
ityt  the  tum^  of  f:ite^  ^nd  chance  of  w; 
Y  braire  fovs  their  due         r  biu^h  lo  oWfi 
al  ficlti  by  fuch  great  imHi-fs  won^ 
Ikl  whence  fam'<i  £iig«  ■*« 

r  ^ond  honours  of  ( 
L  floods  of  gore  that  fr  fT  *'' 

iHhes  ftagnate,  and  th  ?       -*  » 

ijn&  of  fl3^in  lie  heaped  xrc  grtmna, 

Lft  the  roarings  of  the  rpauuoe  drowned ; 
c&ptrve  hofts  the  conqueror  detains 
^1  bondage,  and  inglorious  chains  ; 
[ofe  who  *fcapc  the  fatter$  and  the  fword, 
■k  the  fortunes  of  a  happier  lord,  -  4^**^ 

raging  King  dlflionours,  to  compleat 
>rcagii*s  great  work,  and  finiih  the  defeat. 
Q  Meimiiiiiighefi*«  high  domes,  and  Augibui^^^ 
walls, 

iibint  battle  drives- th*  infulting  6auls| 
by  .the  terror  of  the  vi^lor's  name 
fcued  States  his  great  prote^«n  claim ;  ^. 

i  Ulme  th'  approach  of  her  deliverer  wailSf         *  * 
oogc  to  open  ber.ohfequious  gates. 
i  heroes  hceaft  till  fwelk  wkh  gveat  deigns,  * 

ry  thought  the  towering  genius  fliines  s 


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64  ADDISON*S 

If  to  tlie  foe  his  dreadful  couric  he  bends. 
O'er  the  wide  continent  his  mtirch  extends  ; 
If  ilege$  in  his  labotiring  tiioughts  ore  foFin'd, 
Camps  are  a/faulted,  ^nd  an  army  ilorm'd  ; 
If  to  the  ftght  his  a*ftive  fo\iJ  is  betit. 
The  fate  of  Europe  turns  on  its  event- 
What  diiUnt  kndj  what  legtoii*  can  afford 
All  afljon  worthy  his  vi Glorious  ^ord  ? 
Where  will  he  next  the  flying  Gaal  defeat. 
To  maJuj  tht  ft-ries  of  hi*  toils  compl^t  ? 

Where  the  fwoln  Rhine  ruOting  with  adliti  fonce 
Divides  the  hoUilc  nations  in  je^  courfe^ 
While  each  contrails  its  bounds,  or  wider  grow«» 
Enistfg'd  or  Uraiten'd  as  the  river  flows^ 
On  Galha's  iide  a  mighty  bulwark  ftands. 
That  all  the  wide-extended  plain  eommands  ; 
Twice,  fince  the  waj-  was  kindled,  ha^  it  try'^d 
The  victor's  rage,  and  twice  has  chang^'d  its  fide  j 
Ai  oft  whole  armies,  with  the  prize  o>rjey'd. 
Have  the  long  l\«niner  on  Us  ^walls  employed,. 
Hkher  our  mighty  chief  his  aiins  dirciEts, 
Henee  future  triumphs  from  the  war  experts ; 
And  ihougfi  the  dog- liar  b^d  its  courie  beguti| 
Canici^  his  arms  it  ill  neajner  to  the  fun  : 
Fist  on  the  glorious  3£tion,*  be  forgets 
Th6  cbaiige  of  ieaibrt!i,  and  iiicreale  of  heafs  ^ 
No  toils  ane  p^it^il  that  can  dinger  flio^> 
Ho  dimes  itnlovdy,  that  coiitRin  a  foe. 

The  roving  Gaul,  to  his  own  bounds  retUtin'd, 
•Xesuns  |0  iaca,nip  witJ^ui  his  Buti^ic  land^ 


THE   <:  A  MP  A  I  O.N.  €% 

Bxit  fopn  as  the  vi£lorious  hofi  he  fpies. 

From  hill  to  hUl»  from  ftream  to  ftream  he  flies : 

Such  dire  impreillons  in  his  heait  cemain 

Of  Marlborottgh^s  fword,  and  Hochflet's  fatal  plain: 

In  vain  Britannia's  mighty  chief  befets 

Their  (hady  coverts,  and  obfcure  retreats  ; 

They  fly  the  conqueror's  approaching  fame» 

That  bears  the  force  of  armies  -in  his  name* 

A*ufiria*s  young  monarch,  whofe  imperial  iWay 
•Sceptres  and  -thrones  are  deftin'd  to  obey. 
Whole  boafted  anceftry  fo  high  extends 
That  in4he  pagan  gods  his  lineage  ends» 
•Comes  from  afar,  in  gratitude  to  own 
The- great  fupporter  of  his  father's  throne : 
What  tides  of  glory  to  his  bofbm  ran, 
Clafp'd  in  th*  embraces  of  the  godlike  man  f 
How  were  hjs  eyes  with  pleafing  wonder  fixt 
To  fee  fiich  fire  with  fo  much  fweetnefs  mixt. 
Such  eafy  greatnefs,  fuch  a  graceful  port. 
So  turn'd  'and  flniih'd  for  the  camp  or  court ! 

Achilles  thus  was  form'd  with  every  grace. 
And  Nireus  flione  but  in  the  fecond  place  | 
Thus  the  great  father  of  almighty'Rome 
{ Divinely  fluflit  with  an  immortal  bloom 
That  Cytherea's  fragrant  bieath  beftow'd) 
In  all  the  charms  of  his  bright  mother  glow'd* 

The  royal  youth  by  Marlborough's  prefence  charmed. 
Taught  by  his  counfels,  by  his  a6lion$  warm'd. 
On  Landau  with  redoubled  fury  falls^ 
Difcharges  all  his  thunder  on  its  walls, 

F  O'er 


6<  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

O'er  mines  and  caves  of  death  provokes  the  fight, 
And  learns  to  conquer  in  the  hero's  fight. 

The  British  chief,  for  mighty  toils  rcnown'd, 
Inereat'd  in  titles,  and  with  conqutAs  crowned. 
To  Belgian  coafts  his  tedious  march  renews. 
And  the  long  windings  of  the  Rhine  purfncs. 
Clearing  its  borders  from  uiurping  foes. 
And  bleft  by  refcued  nations  as  he  goes. 
Treves  fearsno  more,  freed  from  its  dire  alarms { 
And  Traerbach  feels  the  terror  of  his  arms  : 
Seated  on  rocks  her  proud  foundations  (hake. 
While  Marlborough  pred'es  to  the  bold  attack. 
Plants  all  his  batteries,  bids  his  cannon  roar. 
And  fhows  how  Landau  might  have  falPn  before. 
ScarM  at  his  near  approach,  great  Louis  fears 
Vengeance  referv'd  for  his  declining  years. 
Forgets  his  thirft  of  univerfal  fway. 
And  fcarce  can  teach  his  fubje^s  to  obey ; 
His  arms  he  finds  on  vain  attempts  employed, 
Th'  ambitious  proje6ks  for  his  race  deftroy'd> 
The  wofks  of  2gt%  funk  in  one  campaign. 
And  lives  of  millions  facrificM  in  vain. 

Such  are  th*  effects  of  Anna's  royal  carea : 
By  her,  Britannia,  great  in  foreign  wars, 
Ranges  through  nations,  whereibe*er  disjoined. 
Without  the  wonted  aid  of  fea  and  wind. 
•By  heir  th*  unfttter'd  liter's  ftates  are  free. 
And  tafte  die  fweets  of  Englifh  liberty  t 
But  who  can  tell  the  joys  of  thofe  that  lie 
Beneath  the  conftant  influence  of  her  eye  i 

Whilft 


CAMP  Alow.  *f 

WhUft  in  d  iffy  five  thowers  her  bounties  fall 
Like  hf&ven's  indulgence^  and  defcetid  on  ^U, 
Secui^  the  happy,  Cuccqut  the  diiiieil, 
Wake  every  fybjeft  gi^d^  4iid  a  whole  people  bleft. 

Thus  would  I  fain  Britanria's  wars  rehearie^ 
In  the  Tmooth  records  of  a  faithful  verfe ; 
That,  if  ^ch  nunisbers  can  o'er  time  prevail, 
Miy  tdl  polterity  the  wondrous  taJe* 
When  anions,  unadorn'dj  are  fatnt  and  weak. 
Cities  and  counQies  muft  be  taiight  to  fpeakj 
Gods  may  dcfcend  in  fafttons  from  the  iklcs^' 
And  rivera  from  their  oozy  beds  arife  i 
Fiftion  may  deck  the  tryth  with  fpurious  rays, 
Aod  round  the  hero  call  a  borrowed  bbze. 
Marlborough's  exploits  appear  divinely  brlghtj 
And  proudly  thbc  in  their  own  native  light; 
Rois'd  of  themfdveSi  their  genuine  charms  they  boaH, 
Aisd  thofe  who  paint  them  trueft  praife  them  moil, ' 


Ft 


COWLEl'S 


€t  ADDISON'S   POEMS. 

COWLEY'S  EPITAPH  OK  HIMSELT- 

TRANSLATED   BY   MR.   ilDDISON* 

FROM  Vice's  Aiperfiaous  cares  enlarged. 
His  debt  of  human  toil  difcharg^d. 
Here  Cowley  lies  I  beneath  this  ihe4> 
To  every  worldly  intereft  dead  j 
With  clecent  jM>verty  content. 
His  hours  of  eafe  not  idly  fpent^ 
To  fortune's  goods  a  foe  profeft. 
And  hating  wealth  by  all  careft. 
*Tis  true  he 's  dead ;  for  oh !  how  fmall 
A  fpot  of  earfh-is  now  his  ail ; 
Oh  !  wiih  that  earth  m^y  lightly  lay. 
And  every  care  be  far  away  5 
Bring  flowers  j  the  ftort-^liy'd  rofes1}ring9 
To  life  deceasM,  fit  offering  : 
And  fwcets  around  the  poet  ftrow, 
Whilft  yet  with  life  his  aihes  glow* 


1H>EMATJ( 


) 


P    O    E    M   A   T    A. 


INAUGURATIO  REGIS  GULIELMT^ 

^trof,  "f  T  J  G    inter  coryios,    umbrofa  cucummSf 

-^  ^         denfaar 
Koft  csntare  pares  quoniam  convenimuB  ambo, 
DJcamuB  Jaudea  htroum  (ut^  Mopfe^  fokmus) 
Tcjupoia  tranfibunt  fie  i^ta  cancntibus^  &  nunc 
Die  age,  <}uos  noflxo  celebrad  carmine  fumeft. 

Mvpfus^   Tityrcj  nunc  redd&ntur   d$    pia  munera 
3audunij 
Otia  qui  dedcrint  nobis  ptacidansique  qnietem  ^ 
Scilicet  illorum^refbnent  encomia  fylvEj 
Qui  dignaban  tur  regni  f ul  ci  re  mi  nas , 

T,  Tanta  haud  conveniunt  humili  tenni^uc  cicut^f 
Sed  quoniam  in  magnis^  dicunt,  voluiflie  lat  cite  \ 
Ipfe  tuu^  Gulielmot  canam  kudcfque  Mari^ ; 
Kam,  qucB  iunxit  anior,  newio  (ejungtire  debet. 

M.  Tunc  mihi  Phcebc  favc^  Mufxque  favctc  cani^ntif- 
He  culpa  ingenii  illorum  min^jantur  honoresv 

T*  Aft  cgw  uec  Phoebum  curoj  Phccbive  forores,. 
Canmna  namqite  mihi  cedit  nunc  Icmnia,  c^n^ntl^ 

F  3  M. 

'  TTiefe   verfe*  occafiooed    Mr.    Adiifon'«   being 
^iofUd  tfiio  Magdalen  Cdlege. 


70  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

M    Sint  licet  illuftri  proavoriim  ftemmate  clari, 
iuut  inagls  oinati  propriis  virtutibus  ambo. 

T.  Si  Rex  e(l  regit  immanes  qui  pe6^oris  a?(lus  ; 
Turn  quot  Regna  tenet  Gulielmus  i  quotque  Maria! 

M»  Inclytus  hic  Mavors,  faplens  hacc  altera  Palla&, 
Vulnerat  ille  amiis,  forma  fed  vulnerat  ilia. 

T.  Quando  vlas  Pelagi  tafvtartinty  mok  ftiperbnia 
^uftulit  ad  nubes  mare  fe,  failuquc  tumebat. 

M,  Quando  tellurem  tetigerunt.  Arcades  omne^ 
Pani  Deo  Arcadiac  tenerum  ma6lavimas  agnum* 

T.  Tunc  iterun)  totus  refbnat  modulamine  camptiSf 
Mifcent  paih}res  iterura  nyraphaeqne  choreas. 

Af .  Laetus  gramincis  lufit  tunc  agnus  in  agrif^ 
Floribus  atqMC  novis  hcedi  iniiluere  petulci. 

T.  Qttantu$  crat  vi£^or  Gnliclmus,  quando  popcUi 
Vicit  corda,  hoftes  vicit,  vicitque  feipfum ! 

A/.  Participat  fponfi  virtutem  &  regna  Maria, 
Digna  tribus  Regnis,  &  tanto  digna  Marito. 

T.  Primus  hic  imperio,  nulli  eft  virtute  feoradas. 
Sic  foly  quam  ftellx,  majori  luce  refulget. 

ilf.  Sed  qualis  ftellas  micat  inter  luna  minores. 
Talis,  cum  cin^  eft  fociis,  Regina  videtur, 

T.  At  qux  nos  iilis  nunc,  Tityre,  digna  prccenmi^, 
Ludcre  qui  pecori,  pecorifque  dedere  ciagiftris  ? 
Af.  iScemam  inveniam,  quam  donavere*  quictem  I 
T.  £t  Icro  coekx  exoraet  lidua  utnimque ! 

JosEPMUS  ADDtsOKt  Ccmmcn61i<  c  Csii.  Rrg. 

HONCK 


C     7X     ] 

HONORATIS5IMO    VIRO 

CAROLO  MONTAGUE  ARMIGERO, 

SCACCARII  CANCELLARIO,   ^RAtlll  PRAFECTO, 
REGI  a  SCCKKTIORIBVI  CONSILIIS,   ScC» 

CUM  tanta  auribus  tuis  obftrepat  vatum  nequifll- 
monim  turba,  nihil  eft  cur  queraris  aliquid  inufl- 
tatum  dbi  contigiflc,  ubi  praeclarum  hoc  argumehtum 
meis  etiam  numeris  violatum  confpexeris.  Quantum 
Tirtute  beliica  praeftant  Britanni,  recens  ex  rebus  geflis 
tefbitor  gloria ;  qoam  Tero  in  humanioribus  pacis  ftudiis 
non  emineamus^  indicio  funt  quos  nuper  in  lucem 
cmifimus  vcrficuii.  .  Quod  fi  CoNGREVius  iJle 
tnus  dJTinoy  quo  folet,  furore  correptus  matenam 
banc  non  exomafTet,  vix  tanti  e/Tet  ipfe  pax^  uc 
ilia  Ixtaremur  tot  perditidimis  poetis  tarn  mifere  dc- 
cantata.  At,  dum  alios  infe^^or^  mei  ipdus  obiitus 
faiflTe  videor,  qui  baud  minores  forfan  ex  Latinis  tib» 
ir.oleftias  allaturus  Aim,  quam  quas  illi  ex  vemaculis 
luis  carrainibus  attulerunt;  nifi  quod  inter  ipfos  cru- 
ciatus  lenimentum  aliquod  dolori  tribuat  tormenti  va- 
rietas.  Nee  quidern  unquam  adduci  pofl'em,  ut  poema 
pitrio  fermone  conrcriptum  oculis  tuis  fubjiccrcm,  qui 
i'j  iilis  conatibus  cxteros  omnes  fcribcndo  ncn  Jiiii.u  j 
u.terrej,  quam  favendo  excitavcris. 

HUMANITATIS    TUiE 

CULTOR   DeVOTISSIMUS, 

"'?-Co'i.  JOSEPHUb  ADDIbON. 

F4 


7»  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

PAX  GULIELMI  AUSPICIIS  EUROPE 
REDDITA,  1697. 

POftqoam     ingens    clamorque  viruin,    ftrq^tuiqtie 
tubarum^ 
Atque  omnis  belli  cecidit  fragor ;  afpice  Cxfar^ 
Quat  tibi  foiiciti,  turba  importuna^  poets: 
Munera  deducunt :  generofae  a  peflore  flammae, 
Diraeque  arnoorum  effigies,  iimulachraque  belli 
Triftia  diffugiant :  O  tandem  abfifte  triumphis 
Kxpletuf ,  penitufque  animo  totum  excute  Maitem«.     . 

Non  ultra  ante  oculos  numvrofo  roilite  campi 
Mifcentury  iblito  nee  fervent  arva  tumultu  $ 
Stat  circum  alter  qules^  curvoque  innixus  aratra 
Dtfcjrtat  folTaty  et  caftra  minantia  callris 
Kufticut  invertit,  tacita  formidine  luftrans 
Jlorroceraque  locii  et  funefto»  ftragibus  agros. 
Jamque  ftiper  vallum  et  munitnina  longa  virefcit 
£xpe{lnta  feges,  jam  propugnacula  cident 
Verc  novo }  infuetos  mirabilur  incola  cnlmosy 
Luxurieniquc  foli,  et  turgentem  a  fanguine  meffem. 

Afpicis  ut  toto  excitus  nenit  advena  mundo 
Bcllorum  invifens  fedtm,  et  confufa  ruinis 
Oppidoy  et  cverfot  flararotnim  turbine  murot  ^ 
Ut  tiTpidof  rerum  Annales,  triftemque  laboroqk 
Inquirit  feriem,  attonitis  ut  fpe^at  ocellis 
Scmirutas  turres,  et  adhuc  poUuta  cruore 
yiumina,  famofofquc  Ormondi  volnerc  campos  ! 

HiC|  ubi  faxa  jacent  difperfo  infe^la  cerebro> 

I       Atque 
5 


PAX   EUROPJE  REDDITA.        73 

Atque  intemiptTs  hifcunt  divortia  murisj 
Vexillam  ihtrepidus  *  fixit,  cui  tempera  dudunr 
Budenfes  palmse^  peregrinaque  launis  obumbrat. 
Ille  ruens  aciem  in  mediam,  qua  ferrea  grando 
Sparfa  fuerit  circum>  et  plumbi  denfiilimus  imber^ 
Svriphuream  noftem,  tetrafque  bitnmine  nubes 
Ingreditur,  crebroque  rubentem  fulgure  fumum.    ^ 
Ut  vario  anfra£lu,  et  disje6)!is  undique  faxis 
Moenia  difcedunt,  fcopulifque  immane  minantur 
Defuper  horriHcis^  &  formidabile  pendent ! 

Hie  peftem  occultam^  &  foecundas  fulphure  moles 
Cemere  erat^  magno  quas  inter  mota  tumuitu 
Praelia  fervebant  j  fubito  cum  clauftra  fragore 
Horrendum  difrupta  ton  ant,  femiuftaque  membra, 
Fumantefque  artus,  laniataque  corpora  lethum 
Corripit  informe«  et  rotat  ater  in  aethere  turbo. 

Sic,  poilquam  Enceladi  dej'ecit  fulmine  fratres 
Coelicolum  pater,  et  vctuit  contemnere  divos- : 
Divulfam  terrw  faciem,  ingentefqne  ruinas 
Mortales  ftupuere  j  altum  hinc  mirantur  abefle 
Pelion,  invertiquc  imis  radicibus  Oflam  : 
Hie  fluvium  moles  inter  confttfaque  faxa 
Reptare,  atque  aliis  diicentem  currere  ripis. 
Stant  dubii,  et  notos  montes  umbrafque  requirunt, 
Errore  ambiguo  eiufi,  et  novitate  h)corum, 

Nempe  hie  Auriaci  nuper  vexilla  fccutae 
Confluxere  acies,  hie,  afpera  corda,  Britanni, 
Gcrmanuiquc  ferox,  et  junfto  foedere  Belga  5 

Quique 

•    Honoratiflimus    D.    Dprninus   Cutts,   Baro  d« 
Gowran,  Sdk, 


74^  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Quique  truci  Boreae,  ct  ccelo  damnatus  iniquo 
Vitam  agit  in  tenebris  ;  et  qui  dudum  ore  perufto 
Decolor  admoti  prodit  veftigia  Photbi : 
Undique  conveniunt^  totum  confcripta  per  orbem 
Agmina,  NafTovlque  latus  focialibus  armis 
Circumfufa  tegunt,  fremitufque  et  murmum  mifcent,^ 
Tarn  vario  disjun6la  fitu,  tot  difTona  Unguis. 

Te  tamen  e  mediis,  *  Du£tor  Fortiffirae,  turmis 
Exere.     Tu  vitam  (fl  quid  mea  carmina  pofiunt) 
AccipieSy  populique  encomia  fera  futuri. 
Quern  varias  edo6lum  artes^  ftudiifque  Minervae 
Omnibus  omatum,  Maiti  Rhedycina  furenti 
Credidit  invita,  et  tanto  fe  ja6lat  alumno. 
Hunc  nempe  ardorem,  atque  immenfos  pe£loris  aefhis 
Non  jubar  Ar6loiimy  aut  noftri  penuria  coeli, 
Sed  plaga  torridior»  qua  fol  intentius  omnes 
Effundit  radios,  totique  obnoxia  Phcebo 
India  progenuit,  tenerifque  incoxit  ab  annis 
Virtutem  immodicam,  et  generofa;  incendia  mentis. 

Jam  quoque  torpentem  qui  infelix  fufpicit  Ar£lon^ 
Brumamque  aeternam  frigufque  perambulate  uiiae 
Horridus  exuviis,  Gulieimi  ingentia  fa£ta 
Defcribit  fociis,  puguataque  in  ordine  bella 
Attentus  numerate  neque  brumam  aut  frigora  curat,. 
En  I  vaftos  nivium  traclus  et  pallida  regna 
Deferit,  imperio  extremum  f  qui  fubjicit  orbem^ 
Jndigenafque  hyemts,  Britonumque  Heroa  pererrat 

Luminibus 

'  •   Infig.   Dom.   Chriftoph,   Codrington,    unus   ex 
Regii  Satellitii  Prsfedis. 

f  Mofcovije  Imperator.  ^ 


FA3t   EtTROPJ^   RI^DDTTA.        75 

lUQibu!  taciti^  I  fubeunt  nunc:  fuik  N^iRi^rc^ 

fflia^  ntutc  tardo  quae  fanguinc  plurinia  fluxit 

ȣ,  nunc  dubii  palms  mdifcr^ta  Sene^. 

',  facie?,  et  (juanta  viri  i  qao  vcrtice  in  atiraa 

irgit  i  qaali  iirmat  feftlgta  grtlfu, 

eftaije  rudii  ct  torvo  ipcctabiJis  ore  ! 

c  olim  Akides^  imifi^nia  membra  Leon  is 

^tus  rputusj  vaihi  ^  molf^  fere  bat  ^ 

sdri  ampkxu^  dextr^xnque  adjimgere  dextrs 

1  pcterct,  te^fqu^  ingens  lUccederet  hoJpcs, 

unl  pugnas,  Giilielpie,  ruas^  campofque  crucntot^ 

Ipit,  m  venia  ebyllit  vividus  humors 

b  iBieajit  crebro,  et  cneiitf  m  ferit  zmitlus  andor« 

)im  Rjpbxos  Jiofti&  popnlabhur  agros 
vintg  3^t  ^tUblt  iaultas  Sai-maca  prsedas. 
uU  taiticn  ilk  procu  1  frem  i tus !   Qiwe  murrau  in vulgt 
bffium  ingeaiiirant  I  video  cava  littora  circling 
or  jcmigibuaj  fubitlfque  albefcere  velis- 
ikt  folvt:  metu^t  et  in  sines  mi  tie  querelsis^  * 

bvi  fecura  tui,  dtlifte  tumentes  t 

piccre  in  flu6his  animo  fufpenia,  trucefque 
urgifc  motan^  tardamque  requirere  puppimt- 
itBS  tibi  Cae&r  adefty  nee  ut  ante  videbis 
icituin  belli  ftuditsi  fatalia  Gallo 
filia  et  tacitas  verfantem  in  pe^ore  pHgfia«*. 

grata  qinet  ct  pax  tranquilla  yerendum 
ipofnit  mkiiiA>  ketofque  afflavit  hoaorec*. 
^t  deniocircam  fe  pluiimus  agmine  miles  ^. 

^ommaM  biteei !  ut  patriam  reterefque  peiiale» 
picit  exultans  !  pvat  oilentare  recentes 


yS      '      AD  D:  I  SON'S    FOE  M  S. 

Ore  cicatrices^  et.vulnera  cruda,  notafque 
Mucronum  ih^gnes,'  afflataque  fulphure  membra-  • 
Chara  ftupet  conjux,  reducifque  incerta  mariti 
Veiligat  faciem ;  trepida  fonnidine  prole» 
Stat  procul,  et  patrios  horrefcit  nefcia  vultus'* 
Ille  graves  cafus,  dun-et  difcrimina  belli 
Enumerate  tuihidifque  inftaurat  praelia  verbis. 
Sic,  poftquam  in  patriam  foecunda  beroibus  Argo? 
Phr3rxeam  attulerat  pelkm^  lanamque  rigentem- 
Expofuit  Graiis,  et  tortile  velleris  aurumy. 
Navita  terrificis  infamia  littora  monftris 
Defcribity  mixto  fpirantem  incendia  fumo 
Serpcntem,  vigilefque  fcras,  plauftmque  gementes 
Infolito  tauros,  et  anhelos  igne  juvencos. 

Te  tamen,  O  quantis  Gulielme  erepte  periclis^ 
Acoipimus  reducem  :  tibi  Diva  Britannia  fundit 
Plebemque  et  proceres  :  medias  quacunque  per  urbes 
Ingrederis,  crebrae  confurgunt  undique  pompae, 
Gaudiaque  et  plaufus :  mixto  ordine  vulgus  euntem 
Circumftat  fremitu  denfo :  Tibi  Jupiter  annum 
Serius  invertit,  luces  mirata  ferenas 
Ridet  H}rems>  feftoque  vacat  coelum  omne  triumpho. 
Jamque  *-  Nepos  tibi  parvus  adeft,  Isetoque  }uvent» 
Inceffu,  et  blando  teftatur  gaudia  rifu. 
Ut  patrius  vigor  atque  elati  gratia  vultus 
Csefareum  fpirant,  majeftatemque  verendam- 
Infundunt  puero !  ut  mater  formofa  ferenat 
Auguftam  frontem,  et  fublimia  temperat  ora  t- 
Agnoico  faciem  an^biguam,  mixtofque  parentes. 

in* 

*  Celfi/Iimus  Princep»  Dux  Glbcefb:eAii&* 


PAX  EUHOPv^  REDBITA,         77 

TIk  tu3s,  GtiHdmcj  acies,  et  triftia  Wh^ 
Pagirafque  itidocus  d^idiim  fub  imtigme  luiit, 
KtJBC  mdignanti  (imilis  fugtriva  pufiHae 
Tcj^  pnemit  turinae,  tt  fallis  tcrrorihus  impiety 
Sfitmitque  exiguum  "fiflo  cognomine  Galium. 
Nunc  fimuht  turrcE,  et  propugnacula  parva 
Nominibtjs  fignat  varirs  ;  fubi  toque  tumuJtu 
Seduliis  in  firm  a  5  arcrs,  ]nimikmc|ue  Namurcam 
Diruk  :  IntercBi  generofi  in  pe^lore  flammae 
AilurguDt  fenfini  juveni^  notat  ignk  honeAas 
Purpureo  fcrvorc  getiasj  et  amlbilis  horror, 

Xinh  tamen  Atjgufbe  iminenfas  in  cstrmiiie  |Kiinp3iC 
laftmetf  in  lut^os  ubi  vii}go  tffufa  cunalcs 
Tina  rubcnt,  variatquc  infe£las  purpura  fordeg  ? 
Qvts  lapfus  referet  ftellaninij  et  MilU:  coeJiinij 
Qua  laceram  oftcndunt  redolent! a  compita  cha^^aIl^ 
SuJphuris  eKUvlasj  tubulorque  bitumine  caiTos  ? 

En  pr&cul  attoni tarn  video  clarefcere  noftcm 
Fulgorc  infolito  I  mit  iitidiqtie  lucid  us  imber^ 
Flagramefqwe  hyemes  j  crepitantia  fidera  paflira 
StiutiUant,  tdtoque  pluunt  incendia  coelo- 
Nec  minus  id  terns  VbIcsdus  jmiUe  fig;\iras 
Induit^  jgniTomafque  feras^  ct  fulgida  monftra, 
Tcrribiles  vifu  formas  1  hk  inembra  Leon  is 
HiJpida  mentkur,  Cortifque  comantia  flam  mis 
CoUa  quatiti  rutilafque  jubas;  bic  liibricus  Anguent 
ludit,  AibGliena,  et  jmilto  Cbilat  igne* 

L^tidam  in  gen  tern  atqtie  eflFufa  hxc  gaudia  civis 
Jam  tandem  fecums  agii,  pofitoque  timore 
.£xefcet  vtntoki  tlafTemque  per  ultima  mundi 

Impune 


7S  ADI>ISON'$    POEMS^ 

Impune  educit^pelagoque  liceatius  errat ) 
Seu  conftri^la  gelu,  mediifque  horrentia  Caneri 
Menfibus  arva  vklet  >  feu  turgida  maUt  olenti 
Tendsre  vela  noto,  qua  thurea  flamina  inifcet 
^olus,  et  placidis  perfundit  odoribus  auras ^ 

Vos  aniu^  illuftres  ]:ierQum«  \unbraeque  receotesj- 
Quaruin;|runca  jacent  et  adhuc  ftillantia  crudis 
-CorpfH^a  vulneribusy  quibus  haqc  optahilis  orbi 
Parta  quif^,  noodum  Na^bvo  abduciite  vt ftro 
Fida  fa^UlHb  ^  A^tis  ft^ate  c^temris 
.Xhiaoreiih  «t  tjf Ques  circiyp  diifuAdite  tju^rmas. 
iTvk^Mf  Mm^  tw»  nop  unquam  oblita  Bri^annos, 
O  Diva,  O  pc^tws  mag^uQi  ei^pe^are  mvitum, 
NetepwJOQimnuiD  ii^vH^as.,  quanquam  ampUus  ilium 
DetineMt»  Kmg^mqu^  agitrat  iub  vindice  pacem«     < 


B  A  ROME  TBI    D  E  S  C  R  I  P  T  I  O. 

QpA,pexietrat  fgffor  terrae  caeca  antra,  raetallo 
Foecuc^a  informix  'rjudibufque  nit^ntia  venis  { 
Dtim  ftupet  Qccultas  j^azas,  nummofque  futures. 
Fruit  drgenti  Unices,  nitidun\que  liquorem  5  ^ 

Qui  nullo  effuj&is  prodit  veftigia  ti^6lu. 
Nee  terram  figno  revolubilis  imprimit  udo, 
^ed  fra^us  fparfuti  in  globules  formam  ufque  rotundjUB 
Servat,  et  in  teretes  lapikns  fe  CQlligit  orbes. 
^locertum  qua. fit  patura,  an  negligat  ultra 
Perficier,  i.ubar  et  maturus  inutile  temnat  j 
An  pot^i^s  |Q|i$  Y^  imperfe^a  relinquat 

Argcntua 


BAROMEfRI    DE8CRI*TlO.      7^ 

Argentum  male  cofhim,  divitiafque  iuentes ; 
Quicquid'cHt,  magno  fe  jaftat  nobilis  ufu  j 
Nee  Dens  efFuifit  magis  afpe^labiiis  oiim. 
Cum  Danaen  flavo  circura  pfetioAi*  ami^ 
Ambiit,  et  gr atam  fuadente  libidine  formaniy 
Depluit  irriguo  Hquefa6^um  Numen  in  Auro. 

Quin  age,  fiime  tiibum  fragiiem,  cui  deniior  a«r 
Exclufus  j'fando  vitri  iiibfidat  in  imo 
Argenti  ftagnum ;  ixt  pluvia  impendente  metallxsm 
Mobile  defcendat,  vel  contra,  ubi  poftulat  aeiUs, 
Prodeat  Hinc  liquor  emergens,  et  rurfus  inane 
Occupet  afoenfti,  tubulumque  excm'rat  in  omnem* 

Jam  cceli  ^ciem  tempeftatefque  futuras 
Confcia  lympha  monet,  brtunamque  et  frigora  narrat. 
Nam  quotie$  liquor  infurgit,  vitreoqqe  canali 
Sublatum  nequennt  ripae  cohibere  priores ; 
Turn  Isetos  fperare  dies  licet,  arva  fatentur 
^ftatem,  et  large  difRiIb  lumine  rident. 
Sin  fefe  immodicum  attoilens  argenteus  bumoi:) 
£t  nimiimi  opprefius,  contendat  ad  ardua  vitri. 
Jam  fitiunt  herbae,  jam  fuccos  iiamma  feraces 
Excoquit,  et  languent  confumto  prata  virore. 

Cum  vetx>  tenues  nebulas  fpiracula  teniae 
'  Fundunt,  et  madidi  fluitant  iiiper  sequora  furni^ 
Pabula  venturae  pluviae  ;  turn  fufile  pondus 
Inferiora  petit  j  nee  certior  ardea  cc3elos 
Indicat  humentes,  medias  quando  aetheris  eras 
Tranando,  craflfa  fmitur  fublimius  aura, 
Difcutit  et  raadidis  rorantia  nubila  pennis. 
Nunc  guttae  agglomerant,  difperfas  frigora  ftipant 

t  Particulas, 


So  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Particulas,  ranifque  in  nimbum  cogitur  humor  c 
Prata  virent,  fegetem  foecundis  imbribus  aether 
Im'gat,  et  bibuke  radici  alimenta  miniibrat. 
Quin  ubi  pkis  aequo  defcendcns  uda  metaUi 
Fundum  auauit»  impatiens  pluviae,  metuenfqueprocellaaiy 
Agficolae^caveaat;  noo  hoc  ixnpane  colonut, 
Ai'picit ;  oftendet  mox  fceta  vaporibus  aura 
Colle6las  hyemes,  tempeftatemque  fonoram. 
At  licet  argentum  mole  incumbente  levatum 
Subfidaty  penitufque  imo  fe  condat  in  alveoy 
•Csetera  quaeque  tument ;  everiis  flumina  ripis 
-Expatiata  ruunt,  fpumantibus  aeftuat  undis 
Diluvium,  rapidique  efFufa  iicentia  pond. 
•Nulla  tacet  fecreta  poli  mirabiie  vitniniy 
Quin  varios  coeli  vultus  et  tempora  prodit. 
Ante  referty  quando  tenui  velamine  tutus 
IncedeSy  qtiando  fperabis  frigidus  igaem. 

Augurio  hoc  fretus,  quanquam  atri  nubila  coeH 
Dirumpunt  obfcura  diem,  piuviafque  minanturi 
Machifia  fi  negtt,  et  fudum  ppomittat  apertum^ 
Audax  carpat  iter  nimbo  pendente  viator  j 
Nee  metuens  imbrem,  pofcentes  meffor  ariftas 
Proftemat :  terrae  jam  bruma  incumbit  inenniSy 
£rigui9qtie  baud  nocitttfa>  cadamt^  feriuntque.pwatos. 


n  T  r  M  A  I  O.. 


I     81     ] 
HTTMAIO-rEPANOMAXIA. 

S  I  V  JS 

PRiELIUM      INTER     PYGMiEOS^ 
ET    GRUE5    COMMISSUM. 

PENNATAS  acies,  et  lamentabile  bellum 
Pygmaeadum  rcFero :  parvas  tu,  Mufa,  cohortts 
Inftnie  3  tu  gladios,  mortemque  minantia  roftra, 
OiFenfofque  Gnies,  indignantefque  pufillam 
Militiam  celebra;  vdtucrumquehominumquetumultus.  . 

Heroum  ingentes  animos  et  triftia  bella 
Pieridum  labor  exhanfit,  verfuque  fonoro 
Ju/fit  et  aetfirna  numeronim  afliirgere  pompa : 
Quis  le£los  Graium  juvenes,  et  torya  tuentem  ^ 

Theiea,  quis  pcdibus  velocem  ignorat  Achillem  ? 
Quem  dura  ^neae  certamlna,  quern  Gulielmi 
Gella  latent  ?  Fratres  Thebani,  et  flebile  fatuin 
Pompeii  quem  non  delaflavere  legentem  ? 
Primus  ego  intaftas  acies,  gracilemque  tubarum 
Carmine  depingam  fonitum,  nova  caftra  fecutus  j 
Exiguofque  canam  pugiles,  Gruibufque  malignos 
lleroas,  nigrifque  ruentem  c  nubibus  hoftem. 

Qu^a  foiis  tepet  ortu,  primitiilque  diei 
India  I'jeta  rubet,  medium  inter  inhofpita  faxa 
(Per  placidam  vallera,  et  paucis  accefla  vireta) 

G  Pygmxum 


Sz  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Pygmaeum  quondam  fteterat,  dum  fata  fincbant, 
Inipeiium.     Hinc  varias  vitam  excoluere  per  artes 
Seduli,  et  afliduo  fervebant  arva  popello. 
Nunc  f)  quis  dura  evadat  per  faxa  viator, 
Dcfcrtofque  lares,  et  valles  oflibus  albat 
Exiguis  videty  et  reftigia  parva  ftupefcit, 
Defolata  tenet  viftrix  impune  volucris 
Regna,  et  fccuro  crepitat  grus  improba  nida: 
Non  fic,  dum  muitos  ftetit  infuperabilis  annos 
Parvula  progenies ;  turn,  fi  quu  cominus  ales 
Congredi,  et  inimixts  auderet  fe  credere  pugnae. 
Miles  atrox  adcrat,  fumptifque  feroculus  armis 
Sternit  humi  volucrem  moribundam,  humerifquercportat 
Ingentem  praedam ;  caefoque  epulatur  in  hoftc. 
Satpe  improvifas  maftabat,  faepe  juvabat 
Diripere  aut  nidum,  aut  ulcifci  in  prole  partntenu 
Nempe  larem  quoties  multa  conftruxerat  arte, 
Aut  uteri  pofuiflet  onus,  volucremque  futuram^ 
Continuo  vultu  fpirans  immane  minaci 
Omnia  vaftaret  miles,  foetufque  necaret 
Immeritos,  vitamque  abrumperet  imperfeiElaniy 
Cum  tepido  nondum  maturuit  hoftis  in  ovo. 

Hinc  cauise  iranim,  bella  hinc,  faulia  bella, 
Atque  ftcies  letho  intentae,  volucrumque  virumqne 
Commifla  ftrages,  confufaque  mortis  imago. 
Non  tan'tos  nmtus,  nee  tarn  memorabile  bellum, 
Maeonius  quondam  fublimi  carmine  yates 
Luiit  I  ubi  totam  ftr^ituque  armifque  paludem 
Mifcuit  t  hie  (yifu  miierabile  1)  corpora  oiurum 
Sparfa  jacent  juncis  transfixa,  hie  gutture  rauco 

5  K«Ba 


nrrMAio-rEjAUoMAtiA.       «j 

Hana  dolet,  pedibui^ue  abfciflb  poplite  ternxi 
■Keptat  humiy  foiitis  nee  fefe  faitibus  efFert. 

Jamque  dies  PjgmKO  aderat,  quo  tempore  oefi 
Poenituit  foetus,  inta6^aque  maiait  ora. 
Nam  fuper  his  accenfa  graves  exarfit  in  iras 
'Oras  ftomachans^  omnefque  (imiii,qua8  Strymonis  Iitt4^ 
Ant  ftagnum  Mareoddisy  imi  aut  uda  C&yin 
Frata  tenent,  adfuat  $  Scy  thicaq^e  excita  paliide, 
£t  conjurato  volBcris  defcendit  ab  Iftrp. 
Strage^ue  immenfas  et  vulnera  cogitat  abiens, 
Exacuhque  ungues  i£hmi  meditata  futnrQm» 
£t  roftnuB  parat  acre,  fugaeque  accommodat  alas* 
Tantus  amor  belli,  «t  Ttndi^ae  arrefhi  cupido. 
JBrgo  ubi  teriM^his  proprium,  fufpenfus  in  alto 
Aere  concuflis  exercitus  obftrepit  alis, 
Terraeque  immenibs  trafhis,  -femotaque  longe 
iEquora  defpiciunt,  Boreamque  et  nubil^  tranant 
•Innumeri-:  «rebro  circum  ingens  flu6luat  astber 
Flamine,  et  ailiduus  mifcet  caelum  omne  tumultus. 

Nee  minor  in  terris  motus,  dum  bella  faceflit 
Impiger,  inftituitque  agmen,  firmatque  phalangas, 
£t  fiirit  arreptis  animofus  homuncio  teiis  : 
Donee  turma  duas  compofta  excurrat  in  alas, 
Ordinibufque  frequens,  et  marte  inftru6la  perito. 

Jamque  acies  inter  medias  fefe  arduus  infert 
Pygmsedum  du6lor,  qui  majeftate  verendus 
InceflEbque  gravis  reliquos  fupereminet  omnes 
Mole  gigaatea,  mediamqixe  aflfiirgit  in  tilnam. 
Tonrior  afpeflu  (boftilis  nam  infculpferat  unguis 
Oi«  cicatrices)  vultuque  oftentat  honefta 

G  %  Roftrorrim 


H  ADDISON'S    POEMS.     ' 

Kcflroir-i  iigna,  et  crudos  in  pe61ore  morfus. 
I:7;:-:,r:ii  t.'.io,  aferniirue  exercuit  iris 
^vli'-.i  'n  rer.tem,  non  ilium  impune  volucris 
j\v\  c-c,  iiiit  pedibus  peteret  confifus  aduncis. 
>:ita!c.n  ouolies  Gruibus  di(h-inxerat  enfem, 
TruncavAque  alas,  celerique  fugam  abftulit  hoftij 
Quot  fecit  ftrages  !  quae  nudis  funera  pullis 
Intulit,  bcu  I  quoties  implevit  Stryrnona  fletu  ! 

j:imc;ue  procul  fonus  auditur,  piceamque  volantuai 
Prc^rpcciant  nubtm  bellumque  hoftefque  ferentem. 
Cixbrelcit  tandem,  atque  oculis  fe  plurimus  oiFert 
Ordinibus  ftruftus  variis  exercitus  ingcns 
Alituum,  motifque  eventilat  aera  pennis. 
Turba  polum  replet,  fpecieque  immanis  obumbrat 
Agmina  Pygmaeorum,  et  denfa  in  nubibus  haeret : 
Nunc  dcnfa,  af  patriis  mox  reddita  rarior  oris. 
Belli  ardent  ftudio  Pygma^i,  et  lumine  faevo 
Sufpiciimt  hoftem ;  nee  longum  tempus,  et  ingens 
Turba  Gruum  horrifico  ^efe  fuper  agmina  lapfu 
Pra^cipitat  gravis,  et  bellum  fperantibus  infert : 
Fit  fragcr;  avulfae  volitant  circum  aera  plumae. 
Mox  defcfla  iterum  levibus  fefe  eripit»aJis, 
Et  vires  reparata  iterum  petit  impete  terras. 
Armorum  pendet  fortuna  :  hie  fixa  volueris 
Cufpidc,  fanguineo  fek  furibunda  rotatu 
Torquet  agens  eircum,  roftrumque  intendit  in  hoftem 
Imbelle,  et  curves  in  morte  reeoUigit  ungues. 
Pygmaei  hie  lUllat  Jentus  de  vulnere  fanguis, 
Singultufque  ciet'crebros,  pedibufque  pufillis 
Tundit  humum,  et  moriens  ungueme^ecraturacutum* 


njrrMAio-rEPANOAiAxii*.  85 , 

^ftuat  omne  folura  ftrepitii,  tepidoque  rubellit 
Sanguine,  Iparguntiir  gladii,  Iparguntur  et  alae, 
Unguefque  et  digiti,  commiftaque  roftra  lacertis. 

Pygmaeadum  fasvity  mediifque  in  millibus  ardet 
Duftor,  quem  late  hinc  atque  hinc  peveuntia  cingunt 
Corpora  fufa  Gruum  ;  mediaque  in  moite  vacatur. 
Nee  plaufu  alarum,  nee  roftri  concidit  i6lu. 
Ille  Gruum  terror,  ilium  denfiflima  circum 
Mifcetur  pugno,  et  bellum  omne  laborat  in  uno  : 
Cum,  fubito  appulfus  (fic  Di  voluere)  tumultu 
Ex  inopino  ingens  et  formidabilis  ales 
Comprcndit  pedibus  pugnantem  j  et  (trifte  relatu) 
Suftulitin  cctlum;  bellator  ab  unguibus  h^eret 
Pendulus,  agglomerat  ftrepitu  globus  undique  denfus 
Alituum ;  fruftra  Pygmaei  luraine  mcefto 
Regem  ijater  nubes  lugent,  folitoque  minorem 
Heroem  afpiciunt  gruibus  plaudentibus  efcam. 

Jamque  recrudelcit  bellum,  ginis  defuper  urget 
Pyginaeum  roftro,  atque  hoftem  petit  ardua  raorfu  j 
Turn  fuglt  alta  volans  j  is  furfum  brachia  ja^Slat 
Vulneris  impatiens,  et  inanes  faevit  in  auras. 
Talis  erat  belli  facies,  cum  Pclion  ing<^s 
Mitteret  in  coelum  Briareus,  foJioque  tor]antem 
Praecipitem  excuteret ;  fparguntur  in  a&tliere  toto 
Fulminaque  fcopulique  :  flagraatia  tsh.  deorfum 
Torquentur  Jovis  a£la  manu,  dum  vafta  gigahtum 
Corpora  fuia  jacent,  femiultaque  fulphure  fumant. 

Viribus  abfumptis  penitus  Pygmcia  tandem 
Agraina  languefcunt ;  ergo  pars  vertere  terga 
Honibili  pcrculfa  raetu,  pars  tollerc  vocem 

G  3  Exi  uam  j 


U  ADDISON'S-    POEMS. 

ExigTiam  j  late  populus  cubitalis  oberrat. 
Inftaat  a  tcrgo  voiucre^,  lacerartque  trahuntque 
ImmiteSy  certae  gentem  cxtiqpazr  nefaiuiaiiu 

Sic  Pygnuea  domus  multos  domuiata  per  afiiios> 
Tot  bellis  defun^b^  gnram  tot  larta  triumpkis, 
Funditns  intenit :  nempc  cxitus  omnia  tandem 
CertQS  rrgna  manet,  funt  certi  deniqoe  finesy 
Quos  ultra  traniire  nefas  :  Lc  cormit  olim 
yVfTyria^  imperium,  ^  magnx  Perfidis  imis 
Sedibus  everfum  eft,  ct  majas  utroque  Latinmn. 
Elyfit  vailes  nunc  agmine  luftrat  inani^ 
Et  vetenim  Heroum  mifcetur  grandibus  nmbris 
PIcbf  parva  t  aut,  fi  quid  £dei  mereatur  anilis 
Fabula^  paftores  per  no^is  opaca  puiillas 
Saepe  yident  ombrat y  Pygmaeos  corpore  caflbs.. 
Pum  fecura  groum^  et  veteres  obJita  labores^ 
Lxtitiae  penitut  vacat,  xndulgetque  choreis^ 
Anguftofque  tent  cailes,  viridefque  per  orbes 
Turba  leyit  falit^  et  lemurum  cognomine  ga\id^»r 


RESURRECTIO 

PELINBATA. 
AD   ALTARE   COL.  MACD.  OXON. 

Xy  G  R  E  G I G  S  fuci  traftus,  calamfqoc  hbores,. 
^— '  Surgentefque  hominum  formas,  ardentiaque  ont 
Judicis,  et  fimulachra  modis  pallentia  mins> 
Terdbilcni  vifu  pompam^  tu  carmine  Muia 

Pande 


RESURRECTIO  DELINEATA.       87 

Psmde  noYO>  vatique  facros  accende  furores* 

Olim  planitiein  (quam  nunc  foecunda  colorum 
Inilgnit  pi^ura)  inhonefto  et  fimplice  cultu 
Veftiit  albedo^  fed  ne  rima  ulla  priorem 
.  Agnofcat  faciem^  mox  fundamenta  futurae 
Subftravit  pi6lor  tabulae,  humoremque  fequacem 
Per  muros  traxit  j  velamine  moenla  craffo 
Squalleat  obdu£la,  et  rudioribus  illita  fuels. 

Utque  (polo  nondura  ftellis  fulgentibus  apto) 
Ne  fpatio  moles  immenia  dehifcat  inani, 
Per  cava  ccelonimy  et  convexa  patentia  late 
Ilinc  atque  hinc  interfufus  fluitaverat  aether  $ 
IMpii  radiantc  novum  torrebat  lumine  mundum 
Titan^  et  pallens  alienos  mitius  ignes 
Cynthia  vibrabat ;  crebris  nunc  confitus  allris 
Sclntillare  polus,  nunc  fulgor  La£leus  omne 
Diffluere  in  coelum,  longoque  albefcere  traftu. 

Sic,  opens  poftquam  luflt  primordia  pi6^or, 
Dum  fordet  paries,  nullumque  fatetur  Apellem, 
Cautius  exercet  calamos,  atque  arte  tenacem 
Confundit  vifcum,  fuccofque  atteraperat,  cranes 
Inducit  tandem  formas  j  apparet  ubique 
Mnta  cohors,  et  pifturarum  vulgus  inane. 

Aiigeris  muri  vacat  era  fuprema  miniftris, 
Sparfaque  per  totam  coeleftis  turba  tabellam 
Raucos  infpirat  lituos,  buccafque  tumentes 
Inflat,  et  attonitum  replet  clangoribus  orbem. 
Defunftis  fonus  auditur,  tabulamque  per  imam 
Fifta  gravefcit  humus,  terris  emergit  apcrtis 
Progenies  rcdiviva,  et  piurima  furgit  imago. 

G  4  -i^» 


88  A  D  D  I  S  O  N"  S     P  O  E  M  S. 

Sic,  diim  foL-cundis  Cadmus  dat  femina  fiilcis> 
Terra  tumc'  pra:gnan?,  animataque  glcba  laboiiit^ 
Luxuriatur  agcr  I'egcte  fpirante,  calcicit 
Omnc  folum,  crefcitque  virorum  prodiga  mefli^ 

Jam  pulvis  varias  tcrrae  difperfa  per  oras, 
Sive  inter  venas  teneri  concreta  metalli, 
Scnfnn  diriguit,  feu  ftfc  immifcuit  herbis, 
Txpiicita  eft  ;  molem  nirfus  coaleicit  in  unam 
Civifam  funus,  fparfos  prior  alligat  artu? 
Jun^lura,  aptanturque  iterum  coeuntia  membra, 
ilic  nondum  fpecie  perfc^la  refiirgit  imago> 
Vultum  truncata,  atque  inhonefto  vulnere*nares 
Manca,  et  adhuc  deeft  informi  de  corpore  multum.^ 
Paulatim  in  rigidum  hie  vita  infmuata  cadaver 
Motn  agro  vix  dum  redi vivos  erigit  artus, 
Inficit  his  horror  vultus,  et  imagine  tota    • 
Fnfa  pel-  attonitam  pallet  formido  figuram. 

Detrahe  quin  oculos  fpe6lator,  et,  ora  nitentem 
Si  powrint  perfeire  diem,  medium  infpice  murum,. 
Qua  fede torta  Deo  proles,  Deus  ipl'e,  fereno 
Lu:uine  perfufbs,  radiil'que  infperfus  acutis. 
Circum  tranquillae  funduntur  tempora  fiammae, 
Regius  ore  vigor  fpirat,  nitet  ignis  oceiiis, 
Plurimaque  effulget  majeftas  numine  toto. 
Quantum  dillimilis,  quantum  o  !  mutatus  ah  illo, 
Qu^i  peccata  luit  cruciatus  non  lua,  vitam 
Quando  lu^antcm  cunftata  morte  trahebat ! 
Sed  fr^ftra  volult  dcfun^lum  Golgotha  numen 
Conderc,  dum  vl\5la  fatorum  lege  triumphaivi 
Nativum  in-tiit  caelum,  et  fuper  xthera  vevlus 

Defpexit 


KESURRECTIO  DELINEATA.       99 

Ddpexit  hunm  eziguaiiiy  folemque  miBornn. 

Jam  latat  cffiaflbm,  et  palmas  oftendlt  utnfqiie^ 
Vnlnufque  infixmn  pede,  davorumque  receptau 
Signs,  ct  tnuifiifti  quondam  veftigia  ferri. 
Umbre  hue  fielicet  tendniity  numcroiaque  caloa 
Tuba  petunt,  alque  immortalia  dooa  capefliint. 
Matits,  ct  longae  nunc  reddita  corpora  vitm 
Io£uiiiim,  juTcaet,  pueri,  innnptaeque  puellx 
Stant  dccum,  atque  avidos  jubar  immortale  bibentes 
Afigunt  ocnlos  in  nuinine :  landibus  mthir 
Intonate  cc  Jacto  ridet  ccehim  ooiiic  trium^o. 
Hit  amor  impatiens  cdncqiCaqoe  gandia  menfem 
Fonititttt  cmgkanty  imoque  in  peftore  fervent*^ 
N«n  cque  cmltat  flagiaBtt  corde  Sibylla, 
Hofpiti  com  tnmiBt  inclufo,  et  prccordia  ientifr* 
Mbti  Dei  ftimnlit,  nimioque  calentia  Pho^. 

Quit  tanKa  ille  novua  perihringit  iomina  fulgor  ? 
Quam  Mitra  effigiem  diftinxit  pi6^ory  honefto 
Surgentcm  e  tumulo,  alatoque  fatellite  fultam  > 
Agnofco  facieoiy  vultu  latet  alter  in  illo 
•  Wainfietusy  fie  ille  oculos,  fie  ora  ferebat : 
Ehtu  quando  aniini  par  invenictur  imago ! 
Quando  alium  fimilem  virtus  habitura  !— 
liftti  injiocuas  fiscurus  numinis  iras 
Ai'picit,  impavidolque  in  judice  figit  ocellos. 

Quia  age,  et  horrentem  commixtis  igne  tenebris 
}'jn  vidcas  fcenam  j  multo  hie  Ib-gnantia  t'uco 
Mirnia  fiagrantem  liquefa^o  fulphure  rivum 
Fir^unt,  et  falfus  tanta  arte  accenditur  i^^nis, 

m 

*  Coll.  Magd.  Fundatcr. 


9«  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Ut  toti  metuas  tabulae,  ne  flamma  per  omne 
Livida  ferpat  opus,  tenuefque  abfumpta  rccedat 
Piflura  in  cineres,  propriis  peritura  favillis. 
Hue  turba  infelix  agitur^  turpifque  videri 
Infrendet  dentes,  et  nigis  contrahit  ora« 
Vindex  a  terg;o  implacabile  faevit^  et  enfem 
Fulmineum  vibrans  acie  flagrante;  fceleftoft 
Jam  Paradifeis  iteram  depellit  ab  oris. 
Heu  I  quid  agat  triftis  ?  Quo  fe  coeleftibus  iris 
Subtrahat  ?  O  I  quantum  vellet  nunc  sethere  in  alto 
Virtutem  colere !  at  tandem  fufpiria  ducit 
Nequicquam,  et  fero  in  lacrymas  efFunditur  j   obftaat 
Sortes  non  revocandae,  et  inexorabile  numen. 

Quam  varias  aperit  veneres  piftura  1  pcriti 
Quot  calami  legimus  veftigia  I  quanta  coloram 
Gratia  fe  profert  I  tales  non  difcolor  Iris 
Oflfendat,  vario  cum  lumine  floridus  imber 
Rore  nitet  toto,  et  gutta  fcintillat  in  omni. 

O  fuci  nitor,  O  pulchri  durate  colores  ! 
Nee,  piftura,  tusB  languefcat  gloria  formss, 
Dum  lucem  videas,  qualem  exprimis  ipfa,  foprtmam. 


S  P  H  iE  R  I  S  T  E  R  I  U  M. 

HIC  ubi  graminea  in  latum  fek  explicat  aequor 
Planities,  vacuoque  ingens  patet  area  campo. 
Cum  folem  nondum  fumantia  prata  fatentur 
Exortum,  et  tumids  pendent  in  gramine  guttap, 
Improba  ^Ix  no6Hs  parva  incrementa  prions 

Defecat, 


9» 


DcTccst,  exigtiam  radens  a  cefpite  mefTcm 
Tarn  motn  aiFidua  faxiiin  vcdkciJe  terra m 
Dtprimit  C3ii  lantern,  et  furgentes  atterit  h( 
ligiiiea  pcrc^iiTurn  vcn^antcm  turba  pal  ae  ft  jam 
Unfiaj  niUns  oleo,  fontiEe  qui  bust  efle  rotum 
Aniticis  ferrum  detkrat,  faciJilijue  mover 
He  tamcn  citl^ndant  in^^Titi  errQue  g  Inborn  i^ 
^stqne  fmsi  incifa  notjs  ftat  fphscir*!  fed  tinm 

11  Jlaii£  mlt,  qus  infufo 

B*?ettitiir  in  gfvoR^  rt  if 

f   ((cm  alii  diverf*  placet 
tlcnsbca  yisj  motuque 
Podquam  tdeo  in  pai 
Coajjttma,  aut  fbrs  i  q 
Evdiat  orbicyla*t  qua  i 

L  Adignat  ^  jaHique  kgt 

r'^ccrt3jncainit,  fphs 


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a  futurum 


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lit,  at  ilia 


laiiter  ciFufa,  eitiguura  qiiod  ?3tjci£  in  orbem^ 
Iidit  itKTj  donee  ^nfim  primo  impete  fcflb 
iiib£ftat  J  Aibito  globus  cmicat  alter  et  alter. 

Mox  ubi  funduntur  late  agmina  crcbra  mjnortnf 
ffmfa  per  orbiculum,  ftipantquc  frequently  raetam^ 
Atque  itegajit  faciJes  adk\i$|  jam  cautiu$  exlr^ 
Ie  Imtcr  fcfe  infinuat  nvdubile  lignum. 
At  fi  forte  glubum,  qui  mifit,  fpeftat  inertem 
Serpei-e,  et  iJupreflum  fubito  languefctre  motum^ 
Foae  urget  fphxne?  veftigia,  ct  anxius  inilar, 
Objurgatque  mora»^  currrntique  imminet  orb^ 
Atqiic  ut  fcgnis  honos  dottrac  fervetur,  iniquant- 
bcuikt  teiranii  ac  Aitgcntem  m  marmore  nodum. 


i 


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g?,  ADDISON'S     POEMS. 

X:c  lifjs  tsc-uere,  globus  cum  vclvitur  iftui 
JSrj.m  jac;ij,  aut  nirr.iiim  veLcii;ia  j^iumbum 
Ailicit,  ct  iphaeram  a  reclo  irah:t  inilta  virtus. 
Turn  qui  projecit,  ftrepitus  eSundit  inanes, 
£ty  variam  in  fpeciem  diftorto  corpore,  faifos 
Increpat  crrores,  et  dat  convitia  ligno. 
Spliaera  fed,  iranim  teir.nens  ludibria,  coeptum 
Fergit  Iter,  nullilqiie  movetur  fiirda  querelis. 

Ilia  tainen  laudes  iummumque  meretur  honorem, 
Quic  ncn  dinimpit  curfum,  abfiilitque  moveri. 
Donee  turbam  inter  crebrara  diiapfa  fupremum 
Perfccil  ftadium,  et  metae  inclinata  recumbit, 
Holtis  at  haerentem  orbiculo  detrudcre  fphaeram 
Certat,  luminibulque  viam  fignantibus  omnes 
Intendit  vires,  et  mifiiie  fortiter  urget: 
Kvolat  addu£lo  Kon  fegnis  Iphaera  lacerto. 

Haud  ita  profiliens  Eleo  carccre  pernix 
Auriga  invchitur,  cum  raptus  ab  axe  citato 
Currcntcfque  domos  \idel,  ct  fugitniia  tecla. 

Si  taiiien  in  duros,  obdruiia  latellite  multo, 
Inipingat  iocios,  confundatque  orbibus  orbes| 
Turn  fcrvet  bilis,  fortunam  damnat  acerbam, 
At(jue  dcos  atquc  aftra  vocat  crudelia— 

Si  vcro  incurfus  faciles,  aditumque  patentem 
Inveniat,  partoque  boftis  fpolietur  honore  : 
Turba  fremit  confufa,  Ibnifque  trequentibus,  euge,^ 
Exclamant  focii  j  plauAi  ftrcpit  omne  viretum. 

Inlcrca  fefTos  inlmico  Sirius  aftro 
Corripit,  ct  fallas  cxudant  corpora  guttas; 
tenia  jam  Z<}>hyri  Tpirantcs  frigora,  ut  umbrae 
.Captantur,  vuituquc  fiucn:  a'->(^crgitur  humor* 

AP 


A  D 
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llfSIGKI^SIMUU    MED1CT7M    ET    POETAM. 

OQIJI  canom  blandius  Orpheo 
Votile  duels  carmen  J  cr  esitu 
Fdtciore  iu^uoCs 
Sxpe  animiim  revacas  ab  umbris^ 
Jam  feu  iblutos  in  numerum  pedes 
Co^is,  vt\  xg^rum  ct  vix  ammss  tenaic 
Corpti^  tuens,  fi;u  cadaver 
Luirjoibus  penetra^  ncutis  j 
0^U£  reiinquens  m|je  te  morse, 
Ff^iitemquc  cons  Jblicitam  r^f plica, 
I    ScTpliurnqtie^  jucundus  rtt[tiiiie 
P        Furpureo  gravidum  Ly^a. 
Mdc  plena  TTiagtti  pot:  11  la  pqlhifeg 
^ItniDr  Wiihdmi,  nunc  moveat  {Itim 
Mif\l(^tT  ingeiis,   imperique 
Pf^lidium  baud  leve,  Montacutusj 
Oatttc  tandem  trille  negotiutn  , 

Otavelque  CTiras,  beu  nimium  plus  1 
Btc  caeteros  cautiib  mcdcri 
Ipic  rwam  mititias  falut«?in, 
llidira  cruorrm  pulfibus  incites 
Cbolliefiiem  polMcr  com  prim  is, 
Attenms  f  atptorarc  venam 
<}g«r  febria'eKagitct  tum^Btem ; 


94  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

Fruftra  liquores.quot  chemica  expedit 
Fornax,  et  error  fangninis,  et  vigor 
lanatus  herbis  te  fatigant : 
Serius  aut  citius  fepulchro 
Debemur  omnes,  vkaque  deferet 
Expulfa  morbis  corpus  inhofpitum, 
Lentumque  deflebunt  nepotet 
(Relliqttias  animae)  cadaver. 
JManes  videbis  tu  quoque  fabulas 
Quos  pauciores  fecerit  ars  tua  | 
Suiimque  vifterem  viciilim 
Subjiciet  libitina  yi£krix. 
Decurrit  ill!  vita  beatior 
/Quicunque  lucem  non  nimis  anxiut 
Reddit  moleftam,  urgetque  curas 
SpoDte  fua  fatis  ingruentes  ^ 
£t  quern  dier4im  lene  fluentium 
Dele6lat  ordo,  vitaque  mutuis 
Felix  amicis,  gaudiifque 
Innocuis  benct  temperata* 


^ACHINJE 


I    95    1 
MACHINjE  GESTICULANTE5, 

A  NGL I Ci 

A      PUPPET-SHOW. 

ADMIRANDA  cano  levium  fpe6hum^a  rcnim, 
Exiguam  gentem,  et  vacuum  fine  mente  popellumi 
<2!ieiny  non  furreptk  coeli  de  fornice  flammis, 
Innocua  mclior  fabricaver^t  arte  PxometheuB. 

Compita  qua  lifu  fervent^  glomeratque  tumultum 
Hiftrioy  deledatque  inhiantem  fcommate  ttirbanii 
<2uotquot  laetltiae  ftudio  aut  novitate  tenentur, 
Undique  congreffi  permiiTa  fedilia  complent. 
Nee  confufus  honos  ;  nummo  fubfellia  cedunt 
Diverfo,  et  varii  ad  pretium  ftat  copia  fcamni. 
Tandem  ubi  fubtrahitur  velamen,  lumina  pafiim 
Anguftos  penetrant  aditus,  qua  plurima  vifum 
Fila  fecant,  ne,  cum  vacuo  datur  ore  feneftra, 
Pervia  fraus  pateat :  mox  ftridula  turba  penates 
Ingreditur  pi£bos,  et  moenia  fquallido  fuco. 
Hie  humHes  inter  fcenas,  anguftaque  clauftra, 
<2uicquid  agunt  homines^  concurfus,  bella^  triumphos^ 
JLudit  in  exiguo  piebecula  parva  theatro. 

Sed  praeter  reliquos  incidit  Homuncio  rauca 
Voce  ftrepcns  ;  major  fubne£bit  fibula  veftem, 
£t  rcferunt  vivos  errantia  lumina  motus^ 
In  Tentrem  tumet  immodicum  j  pone  eminet  ingent 
A  tergo  gibbus ;  Pygmxum  territat  agmen 
Major,  et  imiBftBem  miratur  tiurba  giga&tem* 

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l.ux'jrit/r,  tenerirque  virticit  circtiius  herbis. 

At  nor.  tmnquiibs  nulla  abdu.:t  nubiia  luces, 
iiarjjc  ;-.rivi  furgunt  birila,  hoirMa  bsila  tuniultu. 
Arnia  cicnt  trucuicnta  cohors,  piacidanique  quieteia 
DiiwiTiputit  pugnx}  uique  adeo  inllnctra  voluptas 
Omnibi!*;,  ct  iniitie  caltigant  gaudia  curx. 
Tsun'gladij^  tubulique  ingello  fulphure  foeti 

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MACHIN.®  GESTICULANTES,         57 

Protenfseque  hafbe,  fulgentiaque  arma,  minaeque 
Telorum  ingentes  ftibeunt ;  dant  clauftra  fragorem 
Horretidum>  ruptsr  fliidente  bitumine  chartae 
Confufos  reddunt  crepitus,  ct  fibila  mifcent, 
Stemitur  omne  folum  pcreuntibus  5  undique  cntfae 
Apparent  turmae,  civilis  crimina  belli. 

Sed  poftquam  infanus  pugnae  deferbuit  K&un, 
Exuerintque  truces  animos,  jam  maite  fugato, 
Diverfas  repetunt  artes>  curafque  priores. 
Nee  raro  prifci  heroes,  quos  pagina  facra 
Suggerit,  atque  olim  pepeiit  felicior  aetas. 
Hie  parva  redeunt  fpecie.     Cano  ordine  cernas 
Antiquos  prodire,  agmen  venerabile,  patres. 
Rugis  fulcantur  vultus,  prolixaque  barbae 
Canities  mento  pendet :  fie  tarda  fene^lus 
Fithbnum  minuit,  cum  moles  tota  cicadam 
nduit,  in  gracilem  fenfim  colIe£la  £guram. 
Tunc  tamen  unde  genus  ducat,  quae  dextra  latentes 
ippeditet  vires,  quern  pofcat  turba  moventem, 
cpediam.     Truncos  opifex  et  inutile  lignum 
<git  in  humanas  fpecies,  et  robore  natam 
>geniem  telo  efFormat,  nexuque  tenaci 
ira  ligat  pedibus,  humerifque  accommodat  armos, 
nembris  membra  aptat,  ct  artubus  infuit  artus. 
\c  habiles  addit  trochleas,  quibus  artepufiUum 
It  onus,  molique  manu  famulatus  inerti 
:it  occultos  motus,  vocemque  miniilrat. 
'irufta  auxiliis  jam  machina  tota  peritos 
dit  fulcoi,  duri  et  veftigia  ferri : 
falit,  atque  agili  fe  fublevat  incita  mdtu, 
\ue  cmittit  tenues,  et  non  fua  verba, 

H  An 


9»  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

AD    INSIONISSIMUM    VIRUM 

D.     THO.     BURNETTUM, 

SACR^   THEORIA   TELLURIS   AUCTOREM. 

NON  ufitatum  carminis  alitem, 
Bumette,  pofcis,  non  humiles  jnodof  : 
Vulgarc  pleflnim,  languidsque 
Refpuis  officium  camoenae. 
Tu  mixta  rerum  femina  confcius, . 
Alolemque  cemis  difTociabileniy 
Terramque  concretara,  et  lateatcm 
Oceanum  gremio  capaci :    . 
Diim  veritatem  quserere  peitinax 
Ignota  pandisy  foliicitns  parum 
Utcunqueftet  commune  vulgi 
Arbitrium-  et  popularis  error. 
Auditur  ingens  continue  fragor, 
Illapfa  tellus  lubrica  deferit 
Fiindamina,  et  compage  frafta 
Suppofitas  gravis  urget  undas. 
Impulfus  erumpit  medius  liquor. 
Terras  aquarum  efFufa  licentia 
Claudit  viciflim  ;  has  inter  orba 
Relliquiae  fluitant  prioris^ 
Nunc  et  reclufo  carcere  lucidam        "* 
Balaena  fpeftat  Iblis  imaginem, 
Stellafque  miratur  nutantes, 
Et  tremulae  fimulacra  lunse. 
Quae  pompa  vocum  non  imitabilis  ! 
Qualis  calefcit  fpiritus  ingeni ! 

Ut 


BORKET  S9 

%3t  tail  is  vmJas  !  vt  frementcm 

Dltuvii  reprimis  mmuituni  I  ^ 

(Juis  tarn  valti^ti  pcftoie  ferrous 
Uc  non  tremirccns  et  limido  |ieik 

Inced^c,  orbis  dum  doiall 

Quit!  huec  i;adentum  fnigjnina  motitium 
Nanj-ra  vultum  fumerfe  rimpHccm 
Coget  rcfingenji,  in  ] 
Mox  iterum  rcditt  t* 

MtmbU  rubcntem  rulpih  ni  ^ 

Ccmas  J  ut  udb  faevit  -i^i 

Incendii^,  comitiune 
£t  populis  medlitai 
Ktidus  Ji^iientcs  pjorai  *$, 

Et  moat  Hqudcens  jpft  rut 

Fundh  CACumenp  du  iiiis 

Saxti  fluuRt  refolu  tcs> 

Jamque  alta  coeli  nicenia  comiutit, 
El  Vv.^^  i^iidem  pagina  (proh  nefas  !)  -  '- 

Burnette,  veftra  augebit  ignes, 
Heu  focio  perituro  mundo. 
Mox  xqua  tellus,  mox  fubitus  viror 
Dbique  rident :  En  teretem  globum  I 
En  laeta  vernantcs  Favont 
Flamina^  perpetuofque  flores  ! 
0  pedhis  ingens !  O  aiiimum  gravem, 
Mundi  capacera  !  fi  bonus  auguror, 
Tc,  noftra  quo  tcllus  fuperbit, 
Accipict  renovata  civem, 

Hz  TRANS- 


[   100   J 

TRANSLATIONS. 


HORACE,    Book  Ul.   Ops  IIT. 

Auguftus  kad  a  defign  to  rebuild  Tray  and  make  it 
the  metropolis  of  the  Roman  empire^  having  clo* 
feted  feveral  fenators  on  the  proje6l:  Horace  is 
fuppofed  to  have  written  the  following  ode  on  this 
occafion. 

THE  man  refolvM  and  fteady  to  his  truft. 
Inflexible  to  ill,  and  obftinately  juft, 
May  the  rude  rabble's  iniblence  defpife. 
Their  fenfelefs  clamom's  and  tumultuous  cries  $ 
The  tyrant's  fiercenefs  he  beguiles. 
And  the  ftern  brow,  and  the  harfli  voice  defies> 
And  with  fuperior  greatnefs  fmiles. 

Not  the  rough  whirlwind,  that  deforms, 
Adrians  black  gulf,  and  vexes  it  with  ftorms. 
The  ftubbom  virtue  of  his  foul  can  move  j 
Nor  the  red  arm  of  angry  Jove, 

That  flings  the  thunder  from  the  flcy,  j^ 

And  gives  it  rage  to  roar,  and  ftrength  to  fly. 

Should  the  whole  frame  of  nature  round  him  breakf 
In  ruin  and  confuflon  hurl'd. 
He,  unconcem'd,  would  hear  the  mighty  cracky 
And  ftand  fecure  amidii  ^  falling  world. 

Sucil 


HORACe>  Book  III.  Ods  TIL       z#t 

Such  were  the  godlike  arts  that  led 
Bright  Pollux  to  the  bleft  abodes; 
Such  did  for  great  Alcides  plead. 
And  gainM  a  place  among  the  gods ; 
Where  now  Augufhis,  mixt  with  heroes,  lies^ 
And  to  his  lips  the  ne6lar  bowl  applies : 
His  ruddy  lips  the  purple  tinfture  fhow. 
And  with  immortal  ftains  divinely  glow. 

By  ^s  like  thefe  did  young*  Lyaeus  rife ; 
His  tigers  drew  him  to  the  ikies  $ 
Wild  from  the  defert  and  unbroke. 
In  vain  they  foamed,  in  vain  they  ftar'd,. 
In  vain  their  eyes  with  fury  glar'd  j 
He  tamM  them  to  the  lafh,  and  bent  them  to  the  yoke* 

Such  were  the  paths  that  Rome's  great  founder  trod. 
When  in  a  whirlwind  fnatchM  on  high. 
He  (hook  off  dull  mortality. 
And  loft  the  monarch  in  the  god. 
Bright  Juno  then  her  awfiil  filence  broke. 
And  thus  th'  affembled  deities  befpoke. 

Troy,  fays  the  goddefs,  perjur'd  Troy  has  felt 
The  dire  effe£ls  of  her  proud  t)Tant's  guilt ; 
The  towering  pile,  and  foft  abodes, 
Waird  by  the  hand  of  fervile  gods. 
Now  fpreads  its  ruins  all  around. 
And  lies  inglorious  on  the  ground. 
An  umpire,  partial  and  unjuft. 
And  a  lewd  woman's  impious  luft. 
Lay  heavy  on  her  head,  and  funk  her  to  the  duil« 

Since  falfe  Laomedon's  tyrannic  fway, 
That  durft  defraud  th'  immortals  of  their  pay, 

H3  Her 


J 


id  ADDISON'S     POEMS'. 

M^r  ^;uaro.l  .:.  ^;cds  rcnounc"d  tiieir  patro/.a^e, 
^'."o^  ^vould  v\'c  Ti-jiCc  invading  roc  repel  j 
To  my  rei'entmcnt,  and  Minerva's  rage. 
The  cjuiky  king  and  the  whole  people  felL 
And  now  the  long-protrafted  wars  are  o'er. 
The  foft  adulterer  (hines  no  more  ; 
No  more  dees  Heftor's  force  the  Trojans  fhield. 
That  drove  whole  armies  back,  and  fingly  cleared  the 
field. 
My  vengeance  fated,  I  at  length  refign 
To  Mars  his  oftspring  of  the  Trojan  line  ; 
AdvancM  to  godhead  let  him  rife. 
And  take  his  flation  in  the  flcies  j 
There  entertain  his  ravilh'd  fight 
With  fcenes  of  glory,  fields  of  light ; 
Quaff  with  the  gods  immoi-tal  wine. 
And  fee  adoring  nations  croud  his  (hrine : 

The  thin  remains  of  Troy's  affli6led  hoft. 
In  dillant  realms  may  feats  uncnvy'd  find. 
And  flourifh  on  a  foreign  coaft  j 
But  far  be  Rome  from  Troy  disjoined, 
R.emov'd  by  feas,  from  the  dilallrous  fliore. 

May  endlels  billows  rife  between,and  ftorms  unnumbered 
roar. 
Still  let  the  curfl  detefted  place 

Where  Priam  lies,  and  Priam's  faithlefs  race. 

Be  covered  o'er  with  weeds,  and  hid  in  grafs. 

There  let  the  wanton  flocks  unguarded  llray  j 

Or,  while  the  lonely   fhepherd  fings, 

Amidft  the  mighty  ruins  play, 

And  frilk  upon  the  tombs  of  kings, 

a  May 


I 


HOR^ACE,  Bo©K  IIL  Ode  III.         103 

May  tigers  there,  and  all  the  fayage  kind. 
Sad  folitary  haunts  and  filent  deferts  find  5 
In  gloomy  vaults,  and  nooks  of  palaces. 
May  th'  unmolefted  lionefs 
Her  brinded  whelps  fecurely  lay. 
Or,  coucht,  in  dreadful  llumbers  wafte  the  day. 

While  Troy  in  heaps  of  ruins  lies, 
Rome  and  the  Roman  capitol  /hall  rifej 
Th**  illuftrious  exiles  unconfin'd 
Shall  triumph  fai;  and  near,  and  rule  mankind. 

In  vain  the  fea's  intruding  tide 
Europe  from  Afric  (hall  divide. 
And  part  the  fever'd  world  in  two  : 

Through  Afric's  fands  their  triumphs  they  (hall  fpread,       ^ 
And  the  long  train  of  viftories  purfue 
To  Nile's  yet  undifcover'd  head. 

Riches  the  hardy  foldiers  ihall  defpife. 
And  look  on  gold  with  un-defiring  eyes. 
Nor  the  disbowelM  earth  explore 
In  fearch  of  the  forbidden  ore  5 
Thofe  glittering  ills,  conceal'd  within  the  mine, 
Shall  lie  untouch'd,  and  innocently  ihine. 
To  the  laft  bounds  that  nature  fets. 
The  piercing  colds  and  fultry  heats. 
The  godlike  race  (hall  fpread  their  arms. 
Now  fill  the  polar  circle  with  alarms, 
Till  ftonns  and  tempefts  their  purfuits  confine } 
Now  fweat  for  conqueft  underneath  the  line. 

This  only  law  the  viftor  fliall  reftrain, 
On  thefe  conditions  (liail  he  reign  j 

H  4  If 


104         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

If  none  hi$  guilty  hand  employ  ^ 

To  build  again  a  fecond  Troy, 

If  none  the  ra(h  deiign  purAiey 

Nor  tempt  the  vengeance  of  tiie  gods  anew. 

A  curfe  there  cleaves  to  the  devoted  place. 
That  fltall  the  new  foundations  rafe ; 
Greece  (hall  in  mutual  leagues  confpire 
To  ilorm  the  rifing  town  with  fire. 
And  at  their  armies  head  myfblf  will  ihow 
What  Juno,  urg'd  to  all  her  rage,  can  do. 

Thrice  fliould  Apollo's  felf  the  city  raife 
And  line  it  round  with  walls  of  brafs, 
Tlvrice  fliould  my  favourite  Greeks  his  works  confoi»nd> 
And  hew  the  fliining  fabric  to  the  ground  ; 
Thrice  (hould  her  captive  dames  to  Greece  return. 
And  their  dead  fons  and  (laughter'd  hulbands  mourtu 

But  hold,  my  Mufe,  foi'bear  thy  towering  flighty 
Nor  bring  the  fecrets  of  the  gods  to  light : 
In  vain  would  thy  prefumptuous  vcrfe 
Th'  immortal  rhetoric  rehearfe  5 
The  mighty  drains,  in  lyric  numbers  bound^^ 
Forget  their  majefty>  and  lofe  their  found. 


TH£ 


THE        VES^TAL 

FROM 

OVID   DE   FASTIS,  Lib.  IIL  El.  i» 
**  Blanda  quics  vi^lis  furtim  fubrcpit  ocellis,  &c.'* 


AS  the  fair  Vcftal  to  the  fountain  came, 
(Let  none  be  ftartled  at  a  Veftal's  name :) 
TirM  with  the  walk,  (he  laid  her  down  to  reft. 
And  to  the  winds  exposed  her  glowing  breaft. 
To  take  the  frefhnefs  of  the  morning-air. 
And  gathered  in  a  knot  her  flowing  hair; 
While  thus  fhe  refted,  on  her  arm  reclin'd. 
The  hoary  willows  waving  with  the  wind. 
And  feather'd  choirs  that  warbled  in  the  ihade, 
And  purling  ftreams  that  through  the  meadow  ftray' 
In  drowfy  murmurs  luU'd  the  gentle  maid. 
The  God  of  War  beheld  the  virgin  lie. 
The  God  beheld  her  with  a  lover's  eye  5 
And,  by  fo  tempting  an  occafion  prefs*d. 
The  beauteous  maid,  whom  he  beheld,  pofl!efs'd  ;^ 
Conceiving  as  fhe  flept,  her  fruitful  womb 
Swelled  with  tbi  Founder  of  immortal  Rome. 


4 


OVID'S 


io6  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

OVID'S    METAMORPHOSES. 

B    O    O    K      II. 

THE    STORY    OF    PHAETON. 

THE  fun^s  bright  palace,  on  high  columns  raisM, 
With  burnlfh'd  gold  and  flaming  jewels  blazMj 
The  folding  gates  diflfusM  a  filver  light. 
And  with  a  milder  gleam  refrefliM  the  fight  j 
Of  polifli'd  ivory  was  the  covering  wrought : 
The  matter  vied  not  with  the  fculptor's  thought. 
For  in  the  portal  was  difplay'd  on  high 
(The  work  of  Vulcan)  a  fictitious  /ky ; 
A  waving  fea  th'  inferior  earth  embraced. 
And  Gods  and  Goddeifcs  the  waters  gmc'd. 
j^geon  here  a  mighty  whale  beftrode  5 
Triton,  and  Proteus  (the  deceiving  God), 
With  Doris  here  were  carvM,  and  all  her  train. 
Some  loofely  fwimming  in  the  figured  main, 
While  fqme  on  rocks  their  drooping  hair  divide. 
And  fome  on  fifties  through  the  waters  glide : 
Though  various  features  did  the  fifters  grace, 
A  fifter's  likenefs  was  fn  every  face. 
On  earth  a  different  landikip  courts  the  eyes, 
Men^  towns,  and  beails,  in  didant  profpcCls  : 
Aj(ldnynipb8,and  ftreams,and  woods, and  rural  deities. 
O'er  all,  the  heaven's  refulgent  image  (hincs  j 

On  either  gate  were  fix  engraven  figns. 

Here 


rife,     { 

deities,  j 


GVID,  METAMORPH.    Bo     :  ri.        toy 

Here  PkaeroDj  ftill  gaining  on  th'  af« 

To  lib  fulpcAcd  father's  palace  wentj  ^ 

Till  prefling  foi*wm"d  through  the  bright  abode. 

He  faw  at  distance  the  illiiftrious  God  ;  ^ 

He  faw  at  diltances  or  the  dazzling  light 

Had  fia/h*d  too  ftrongly  on  his  a  king  fight.  ^ 

The  God  fits  hjghj  exalted  on  a  throne 

Of  blazing  gem*,  ^'"^  "nple  garments  on  | 

The  hours  in  order  in;       on  either  hand. 

And  days  J  and  mon  ^**    -^nd  years,  and  ages,  ft  and. 

Here  fpring  apjpcajrs  owery  chaplets  bound  j 

Here  fxunmer  in  her         ^ten  garland  crown 'd  ;  *' 

Here  autumn  the  ric         den  grapes  befmeai'  j 

And  hoaiy  winter  rti       ^  in  the  rear, 

Photbus  beheld  tb         \i\\  from  off  his  throne  i       * 

That  eye,  which  \m         *  all,  was  fix'd  on  one..       ^ 

He  faw  the  boy'fl  co\  i  in  hia  face,  ^ 

SurprizM  at  all  the  wonders  of  the  place  5 

And  cries  alondj  "  Wlv.t  wants  niv  fon  f  For  know 

"  My  fon  thou  art,  and  I  muft  call  thee  fo." 

**  Light  of  the  world,"  the  trembling  yonth  replies, 

**  lUuftrious  parent !  fince  you  don't  defpife 

"  The  parent's  name,  fome  certain  token  give,         *> 

"  That  1  may  Clymene's  proud  boaft  believe,  ^ 

**  Nor  longer  under  falfe  reproaches  grieve."  j 

The  tender  Sire  was  touched  with  what  he  faid. 

And  flung  the  blaze  of  glories  from  his  head, 

And  bid  the  youth  advance  :  "  My  fon  (faid  he) 

"  Come  to  thy  father's  arms  !  for  Clymene 

**  Has  told  thee  true ;  a  parent's  name  1  own, 

**  And  deem  thee  worthy  to  be  call'd  my  fon. 

^  «  A» 


jo8  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

*'  As  a  fine  proof,  make  feme  requcft,  and  I, 
**  Whatever  it  be,  with  that  requcft  comply  ; 
*'  By  Styx  I  fwear,  whofe  waves  are  hid  in  nighty 
**  And  roll  impenrious  to  my  piercing  fight/* 

The  youthj  tranfp«ned,  afks  without  delay. 
To  guide  the  Sim^s  bright  chariot  for  a  day. 

The  God  repented  of  the  oath  he  took. 
For  anguiih  thrice  his  radiant  head  he  fhook  : 
*^  My  fon  (iays  he)  ibme  other  proof  require  ; 
<<  Kaih  was  my  promife,  raih  is  thy  defire. 
«  I  ^d  fain  deny  this  wiih  which  thou  haft  made, 
*^  Or,  what  I  can't  deny,  would  fain  difiiiade* 
**  Too  vaft  and  hazardous  the  talk  appears, 
**  Nor  fuited  to  thy  ftrength,  nor  to  thy  years, 
"  Thy  lot  is  mortal,  but  Ay  wiflies  fly 
**  Beyond  the  province* of  mortality  : 
^*  There  is  not  one  of  all  the  Gods  that  dares 
•*  (However  (kiird  in  other  great  affairs) 
**  To  mount  the  burning  axle-tree,  but  I  j 
"  Not  Jove  himfclf;  the  ruler  of  the  Iky, 
**  That  hurls  the  three-fork'd  thunder  from  above, 
•*  Dares  try  his  ftrength  ;  yet  who  fo  ftrong  as  Jove  f 
•'  The  fteeds  climb  up  the  firft  afcent  with  pain  j 
•*  And  when  the  middle  firmament  they  gain, 
^  If  downwards  from  the  heavens  my  head  I  bow, 
*^  And  fee  the  earth  and  ocean  hang  below, 
**  £v*n  I  am  feizM  with  horror  and  aftright, 
•*  And  my  own  heart  mifgives  me  at  the  fight* 
•*  A  mighty  downfall  fteeps  the  evening  fbge, 
•*  And  fteddy  reins  muft  curb  the  horfes*  rage. 

4  •«  Tethys 


OVm,  A^TAMORPR  Boor;  U.         lo^ 

^<  Tetbys  herfelf  has  fearM  to  fee  me  driven 

*<  Down  headlong  from  the  precipice  of  heaven. 

**  Beftdesy  confider  what  impetuous  force 

**  Turns  ftars  and  planets  in  a  different  courfe  s 

**  I  fteer  againft  their  motions ;  nor  am  I 

**  Borne  back  by  all  the  current  of  the  Iky. 

**  But  how  could  you  refift  the  orbs  that  roll 

'<  In  adverfe  *vlhirls»  and  ^m  the  rapid  pole  ? 

**  But  you  perhaps  may  hope  for  pleading  woods^ 

**  And  ftately  domes,  and  cities  BlVd  with  G^ods ; 

'*  While  through  a  thoufand  fnares  your  progrefs  lies^ 

**  Where  forms  of  ftarry  monfters  ftock  the  flties  : 

<*  For,  ihould  you  hit  the  doubtful  way  aright, 

*^  The  Bull  with  (looping  horns  ftands  opposite  ^ 

^'  Next  him  the  bright  Haemonian  Bow  is  ftrung  j 

<<  And  next,  the  Lion's  grinning  vifage  hui\g : 

**  The  Scorpion^  claws  here  clafp  a  wide  extent, 

**  And  here  the  Crab's  in  leffer  clafps  are  bent. 

**  Nor  would  you  find  it  eafy  to  compofe 

**  The  mettled  &eed»y  when  from. their  noflrils  flows 

'*  The  fcorching  fire,  that  in  their  entrails  glows. 

**  Ev'n  I  their  head-ftrong  fury  fcarce  reftrain, 

•*  When  they  grow  warm  and  reftiff  to  the  rein. 

**  Let  not  my  fon  a  fatal  gift  require,  ^ 

**  But,  O  !  in  time,  recal  your  ralh  defire^ 

••  You  a(k  a  gift  that  may  your  parent  tell, 

**  Let  thefe  my  fears  your  parentage  reveal  j 

**  And  learn  a  father  from  a  father's  care ;  -j 

••  Look  on  my  face  5  or,  if  my  heart  lay  bare,  > 

**  Could  you  but  look,  you  'd  read  the  father  there.  1 

<(  Choolf 


1 


jf,  ADOTSOKS    POEM?. 

"  (  i»'/ofr  otit  a  jfiff  from  f'ra*,  or  earth,  cr  ii::*j, 

**  \*,t  /,|f^r.  to  yohr  wifl-i  all  nature  lies, 

'*  Only  /k'.liri';  thl»  one  unequal  taik, 

'*  I' Of  *tU  a  mifchief,  not  a  gift,  you  afl^; 

*'  V/rtj  »n(  a  real  mifchief.  Phaeton : 

**  Hi^Y  han/;  not  thut  about  my  neck,  my  ion  : 

^'  J  grant  your  wifti,  and  Styx  has  heard  my  voice, 

"  Cboofc  what  you  will,  but  make  a  wifcr  choice.- 

Tliu*  did  the  God  th'  unwary  youth  advife ; 
But  he  ftill  longi  to  travel  through  the  ikies. 
When  the  fond  father  (for  in  vain  he  pleads) 
At  lenp;th  to  the  Vnlcanian  chariot  leads. 
A  f^olden  axle  did  the  work  uphold, 
Oohl  wa«  the  beam,  the  wheels  were  orb'd  with  gold. 
'J'hc  ft^okes  in  rows  of  filver  pleased  the  fight,  ^ 

'J  he  icttt  with  party ^olour'd  gems  was  bright  5  > 

Apollo  (hin*d  amid  the  glare  of  light.  J 

The  youth  with  fecret  joy  the  work  furveys  5 
When  now  the  morn  difclos'd  her  purple  rays  5 
Ti»e  (Vars  were  fled  5  for  Lucifer  had  chac'd 
The  ftars  away,  and  fled  himfelf  at  laft. 
iioon  »«  the  father  faw  the  rofy  mom. 
And  the  moon  fluning  with  a  blunter  horn, 
llt>  hid  the  nimble  hours  without  delay 
!Dnng  forth  the  Heeds  ;  the  nimble  hours  obey: 
From  their  full  racks  the  generous  fteeds  retire. 
Dropping  ambroftal  foams,  and  fnorting  flie. 
S^lill  anxious  fur  his  fon,  the  God  of  day, 
*JV  make  him  pixx>f  againtl  the  burning  ray, 
l\\%  temples  with  cclcftial  ointment  wet. 

Of  iovcixri^u  virtue  to  repel  the  heat 5 

Then 


OVID,  I^dETAMORPH.    Book  IL        ixi 

Then  fix'd  the  beamy  circle  on  his  head. 
And  fctch'd  a  deep  fore-boding  figh,  and  faid. 

*'  Take  this  at  Icaft,  this  laft  advice,  my  fon  : 
*'  Keep  a  ftifF  rein,  and  move  but  gently  on  : 
**  The  courfers  of  themfelves  will  run  too  faft, 
**  Your  art  muft  be  to  moderate  their  hafte. 
**  Drive  them  not  on  dire£lly  through  the  (kies, 
'*  But  where  the  Zodiac's  winding  circle  lies, 
**  Along  the  midraoft  Zone ;  but  fally  forth 
**  Nor  to  the  diftant  fouth,  nor  ftormy  north, 
**  The  horfes'  hoofs  a  beaten  track  will  fliow, 
**  But  neither  mount  too  high,  nor  fink  too  low, 
"  That  no  new  fires  or  heaven  or  earth  infeft ; 
'*  Keepihe  mid-way,  the  middle  way  is  beft. 
'*  Nor,  where  in  radiant  folds  the  Serpent  twines, 
**  Dire6^  your  courfe,'  nor  where  the  Altar  fiiines. 
"  Shun  both  extremes  ;  the  reft  let  fortune  guide, 
*'  And  better  for  thee  than  thyfelf  provide ! 
'*  See,  while  I  fpeak,  the  (hades  difperfe  away,        ^ 
**  Aurora  gives  the  promife  of  a  day ;  ^ 

**  I  'm  caird,  nor  can  I  make  a  longer  ftay.  3 

**  Snatch  up  the  reins  ;  or  ftill  th'  attempt  forfake, 
**  And  not  my  chariot,  but  my  counfel  take, 
**  While  yet  fecurely  on  the  earth  you  ftand  ; 
**  Nor  touch  the  horfes  with  too  rafh  a  hand, 
**  Let  me  alone  to  light  the  world,  while  you 
«*  Enjoy  thofe  beams  which  you  may  fafely  view." 
Ke  fpoke  in  vain  ;  the  youth  with  a6live  heat 
And  Iprightly  vigour  vaults  into  the  feat; 
And  joys  to  hold  the  reins,  and  fondly  gives 

Thofe  thanks  his  father  with  remorfe  receives. 

Mean 


fi2  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Mean  while  the  reftlefs  horfes  neighM  aloud. 
Breathing  out  fire,  and  pawing  where  they  ftood. 
'I'ethys,  not  knowing  what  had  paft,  gave  way. 
And  all  the  wafte  of  heaven  before  them  lay. 
They  fpring  together  out,  and  fwiftly  bear 
The  ifiying  youtk  throi^h  clouds  and  yielding  alr| 
With  wingy  {^ed  outftrip  the  eaftem  wind. 
And  leave  the  breezes  of  the  mom  behind. 
The  youth  was  light,  nor  could  he  fill  the  feat. 
Or  poife  the  chariot  with  its  wonted  weight : 
But  as  at  Tea  th'  unbalaft  vefTel  rides, 
Oaft  to  and  fro,  the  fports  of  winds  and  tides  | 
So  in  the  bounding  chariot  tofs^d  on  high. 
The  youth  is  hurry'd  headlong  through  the  iky. 
Soon  as  the  fteeds  perceive  it,  they  forfake 
Their  ftated  courfe,  and  leave  the  beaten  track. 
The  youth  was  in  a  maze,  nor  did  he  know 
Which  way  to  turn  the  reins,  or  where  to  go  j 
Uor  would  the  horfes,  had  he  known,  obey. 
Then  the  Seven  Stars  firft  felt  Apollo's  ray, 
And  wifliM  to  dip  in  the  forbidden  fea. 
The  folded  Serpent  next  the  frozen  pole, 
Stitf  and  benumb'd  before,  began  to  roll. 
And  rag'd  with  inward  heat,  and  threatened  war. 
And  (hot  1  redder  light  from  every  fbr ; 
Nay,  and  *tis  faid,  Bootes  too,  that  fain 
Thou  wouldft  have  fled,  though  cumbered  with  thy  wain, 

Th*  unhappy  youth  then,  bending  down  his  head. 
Saw  earth  and  ocean  far  beneath  him  fpread : 
His  colour  changed,  he  ftartled  at  the  fight, 
Aud  hit  eyes  darkened  by  too  great  a  light. 

Now 


} 


XSlVtDp  MBTAMORPR.   Book  It.       us 

Bow  could  he  ^nBa.  ti^  Btiy  AeecU  nntry^di 
Hit  birdi  obftmc^  aiid  his  re4|tieft  deojrM  i 
HMr  wonM  he  Merdf)*  for  His  f«tfaer  own. 
And  quit  hit  bosfted  kindred  tb  the  Sun. 
So  fares  the  pilots  when  hib  (hip  is  toft 
In  tnmbied  ilas»  tad  all  its  Peerage  loft  | 
He  gms  tier  to  the  #inds>  and  in  deipair 
Seeks  his  laft  rtfiige  in  the  dbds  and  pra)rer. 

What  could  he  do?  His  eyes,  if  backward  caft, 
Find  a  long  path  he  had  already  paft| 
If  fbrwinii  ftfH  a  longer  path  they  find  i 
Both  he  comparety  and  meafures  in  his  nua^l 
And  ibmetimes  cafts  an  tje  upon  the  eaft^ 
And  fimietinies  lookl  on  die  forbidden  weft; 
The  horles*  nanaes  Ite  ktiew  not  in  the  fiighti 
Nor  would  he  kofedKreinsi  nor  tould  he  hold  them  tight: 

Mow  all  the  horrors  of  the  heavens  ke  fptes« 
And  raonftrous  Hiadbws  of  prodigious  fize. 
That,  decked  with  ftars,  Ife  fcatter'd  o^er  the  ftles. 
There  is  a  place  above,  where  Scorpio  bent 
In  tail  and  arms  furroxnids  a  vad  extent ; 
In  a  wide  circuit  of  the  heavens  he  fhines, 
Ard  fills  the  fpacc  of  two  celcftial  figns. 
Soon  as  the  youth  beheld  him,  vexd  with  heat, 
B:jndifli  his  fting,  and  in  ki3  poifon  fweat, 
Half  dead  with  tudden  fear  he  dropt  the  reins  3 
The  horles  felt  them  loofe  upon  their  manes. 
And,  flying  out  through  all  the  plains  above, 
Ran  uncontrord  where  e'er  their  fury  drove  i 
Rufti'd  on  the  ftars,  and  through  a  pathlefs  way^ 
Of  anknown  regions  hurry'd  on  the  dajr^ 

^  And 


\ 


fXT4  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

.  And  now  above,  and  now  below  they  flew. 
And  near  the  earth  the  burning  chariot  drew. 

The  clouds  difperfe  in  fumes,  the  wondering  mooft 
Beholds  her  brother's  fteeds  beneath  her  own  j 
The  highlands  fmoke,  cleft  by  the  piercing  rays. 
Or,  clad  with  woods,  in  their  own  fuel  blaze. 
Next  o'er  the  plains,  where  ripen 'd  harvefts  grow. 
The  running  conflagration  fpreads  below. 
But  thefe  are  trivial  ills  :  whole  cities  hurUf 
And  peopled  kingdoms  into  aflies  turn. 

The  mountains  kindle  as  the  car  draws  near, 
Athos  and  Tmolus  red  with  fires  appear  j 
Oeagrian  Haemus  (then  a  fmgle  name) 
And  virgin  Helicon  increafe  the  flame  j 
Taurus  and  Oete  glare  amid  the  flcy. 
And  Ida,  fpite  of  all  her  fountains,  dry. 
Eryx,  and  Othrys,  and  Cithaeron,  glow  j 
And  Rhodope,  no  longer  cloath'd  in  fnow ; 
High  Pindus,  Mimas,  and  Parnaflus,  fweat. 
And  -ffitna  rages  with  redoubled  heat. 
Ev'n  Scythia,  through  her  hoary  regions  warnfd. 
In  vain  with  all  her  native  froft  was  annM. 
Covered  with  flames,  the  towering  Appennine, 
And  Caucafus,  and  proud  Olympus,  fliine  ; 
And,  where  the  long-extended  Alps  afpire. 
Now  ftands  a  huge  continued  range  of  fire. 

Th'  aftonifhM  youth,  where-e'er  his  «yes  could  turn. 
Beheld  the  univerfe  around  him  burn  : 
The  world  was  in  a  blaze ;  nor  could  he  bear 
The  fultry  vapours  and  the  fcorching  air. 

Which 


OVID,  METAMORPH.   Book  IL        115 

Which  from  below,  as  from  a  furnace,  flow'd  j 
And  now  the  axle-tree  beneath  him  glowM : 
hoik  in  the  whirling  clouds,  that  round  him  broke^ 
And  white  with  afhes,  hovering  in  the  fmoke, 
-He  flew  where-e'er  the  horfes  drove,  nor  knew 
Whither  the  horfes  drove,  or  where  he  flew. 

'Twas  then,  they  fay,  the  fwarthy  Moor  begun 
To  change  his  hue,  and  blacken  in  the  fun. 
Then  Libjra  firft,  of  all  her  raoifture  drained, 
Became  a  barren  wafle,  a  wild  of  fand. 
The  water-nymphs  lament  their  empty  urns ; 
Boeotia,  robb'd  of  filver  Dirce,  mourns  5 
Corinth  Pyrenees  wafted  fpring  bewails  ; 
And  Argos  grieves  whilft  Amymone  fails. 

The  floods  are  drain'd  from  every  diftant  coaft : 
Ev'n  Tanais,  though  fix*d  in  ice,  was  loft  5 
Enrag'd  Caicus  and  Lycormas  roar. 
And  Xanthus,  fated  to  be  burnt  once  more. 
The  fam'd  Mseander,  that  unweary'd  ftrays 
Through  mazy  windings,  fraokes  in  every  maze. 
From  his  lov'd  Babylon  Euphrates  flies ;  "jl 

The  big-fwoln  Ganges  and  the  Danube  rife  7* 

In  thickening  fumes,  and  darken  half  the  ikies,        j 
In  flames  Ifmenos  and  the  Phafis  roll'd. 
And  Tagus  floating  in  his  melted  gold. 
The  fwans,  that  on  Cayfter  often  try\l 
Their  tuneful  fongs,  now  fung  their  laft,  and  dy'd. 
The  frighted  Nile  ran  off,  and  under  ground 
Conceal'd  his  head,  nor  can  it  yet  be  found  : 
His  fcven  divided  currents  are  all  dry. 
And  where  they  rolPd,  feven  gaping  trenches  lit-. 

I  »  ,    N« 


5 


! 


OVID,   METAMORPH.   Book  II.        117 

•*  See,  whilft  I  fpeak,  my  breath  the  vapours  choke, 

(For  novr  her  face  lay  wrapt  in  clouds  of  finoke) 

•*  See  my  fing'd  hair,  behold  my  faded  eye, 

"  And  withered  face,  where  heaps  of  cinders  lie  I 

**  And  docs  the  plough  for  this  my  body  tear  ? 

**  This  the  reward  for  all  the  fruits  I  bear, 

♦*  Tortured  with  rakes,  and  harafs'd  all  the  year? 

"  That  herbs  for  cattle  daily  I  renew, 

**  And  food  for  man,  and  frankincenfe  for  you  ? 

**  But  grant  me  guilty ;  what  has  Neptune  done  ? 

**  Why  are  his  waters  boiling  in  the  lun  ? 

**  The  wavy  empire,  which  by  lot  was  given, 

**  Why  does  it  wallc,  and  further  ftirlnk  fiotu heaven  > 

*<  If  1  Hor  he  your  pity  can  provoke, 

<<  See  your  own  heavens,  the  heavens  begin  to  £inoke ! 

*^  Should  once  the  fparkies  catch  thofe  bright  abodes, 

^  Deftrufliaa  feizes  on  the  heavens  and  gods  f 

*'  Atlas  becomes  unequal  to  his  freight, 

**  And  almoil  faints  beneath  the  glowing  weight. 

*'  If  heaven,  and  earth,  and  fea,  together  burn, 

*'  All  rauft  again  into  their  chaos  turn. 

*'  Apply  fome  fpeedy  cure,  prevent  our  fate, 

♦*  And  fuccour  nature,  ere  it  be  too  late." 

She  ceasM  j  for,  chokM  with  vapours  round  her  fpread, 

Down  to  the  deepeft  fhade^  fhe  lunk  her  head. 

Jove  caird  to  witnefs  every  power  above. 
And  ev'n  the  God,  whofe  fon  the  chariot  drove. 
That  what  he  a£ls  he  is  compellM  to  do. 
Or  univerfal  ruin  muit  enfuc. 
Straight  he  afcends  the  i)!«^b  ethereal  throne, 

From  whence  he  us'd  to  dart  his  thunder  down, 

I  3  Frcm 


►    V  -  ^    S    ?  v"'  F  M  S. 

/,  ,,^-^    V  irorms  he  iis'd  to  poiu-. 
.    •;    o.NT  :tomi  nor  ihower, 
«v  ^^CK.  w::h  lifted  hand, 
«!#■(  V  **^"'*  **  tbrky  brand, 
^. ,  A-*****^     ^"*  ^^'  Almighty  fire 
i^  .*fc?^  h"*  t)>e  fires  with  fire. 
^  ^^n  1^:  *»i  ^^  the  chariot  driven, 

» -^sf^-  N?*  5^"*  thunder-ftruck  from  heaven, 
'  jv  *'*-"^  ^"^^  *  fudden  bound, 

"•K-  '!^w  ind  chariot  to  the  ground  : 
^^ -■■I*. ■'*■*''*•*  from  their  necks  they  broke  j 
^^.  ,  wVwi)  and  here  a  filver  fpoke, 
^^^  ^*  Keom  and  axle  torn  away  j 
;.,.,f^\  \i  o'er  the  earth,  the  ftiining  fragments  lay, 
^^;i^ji^$  Phaeton,  with  flaming  hair, 
^fVHK  ^^  chariot,  like  a  falling  ftar, 
>^  ft  t  lummer's  evening  from  the  top 
,  Vf^"*  drops  down,  or  feems  at  leaft  to  drop  5 
:^i.*^  the  Po  his  blafted  corpfe  was  hurlVl, 
V  ^K*rt*  ^**  country,  in  the  weftem  world. 

rH.-VETON'S  SISTERS  TRANSFORMED 
INTO  TREES. 

frtE  Latian  nymphs  came  round  him,  and  amaz^ll 
pn  tiic  dead  youth,  transfixM  with  thunder,  gaz'dj 
/^rnl,  whilft  yet  fmoking  from  the  bolt  he  lay, 
y/if.  shatter \l  body  to  a  tomb  convey, 
j^nd  o'er  the  tomb  an  epitaph  dcvife  : 
>*»  Hiiv  hw  who  drove  the  fun's  bright  chariot  llesj 
v^  His  father's  fiery  Heeds  he  could  not  guide, 
*•  J3ul  in  the  i^lorious  enterprize  he  dy"d.'' 

Apolle 


OVm,  MET-\MORPH.  Bo        L        »^ 

ApoUo  htd  hh  fsctt  and  pin'd  for  gri 
And,  if  the  ftoiy  may  ddcnre  belief. 
The  fp:icc  of  one  whole  ilay  is  fsud  to  n 
Fro0i  mom  to  wonted  ere,  wifhouE  a  {ii^^ 
The  burning  nriits,  with  a  faintrr  ray^ 
Supply  the  fun,  and  count^eit  a  day, 
A  da^j  that  tlill  did  natune's  face  tliklofe  ? 
Thh  comfort  from  the  mighty  mifchtef  tqCc* 

But  Clymcrce,  enragM  with  grjefj  laments , 
And,  as  her  grkf  infpires,  her  paflion  vena  i 
Wild  for  her  fon,  and  frantic  in  her  woe*. 
With  hair  dtihererd,  roitnd  the  ^otld  ihe  g?t«e«r 
To  feeit  whfre*e"tr  hit  body  might  be  caii  j 
Till,  OD  the  borders  of  the  Fo^  at  Sift 
T1a€  name  infcrib^d  on  the  new  tomb  appear*. 
The  dear  dear  name  Jh«  U^thes  in  Sowing  tears  ^  ^ 

Han^  o'cT  the  tombj  unable  to  depart, 

He&daughters  too  lament,  and  figh,  and  raoum> 
(A  fniitlefs  tribute  to  their  brother's  um  j) 
And  beat  their  naked  bofoms,  and  complain. 
And  call  aloud  for  Phaeton  in  vain  : 
All  the  long  night  their  mournful  watch  they  keep. 
And  ali  the  day  ftand  round  the  tomb  and  weep. 

Four  tiro^^s,  revolving,  the  full  moon  return'd  ; 
So  long  the  mother  and  the  daughters  moumM  j 
When  now  the  eldeft,  Phaethufa,  ftrove 
To  reft  her  weary  limbs,  but  could  not  move  5 
Limpetia  would  have  help'd  her,  but  flie  found 
Hericlf  withheld,  and  rooted  to  the  ground; 

I  4.  A  iHi-'d 


■  l 


!•  ADDFSaN'S    FOE  MS. 

i  third  in  wild  affliftion,  as  ftie  grieves, 
jVouId  rend  her  hair,  but  fills  her  hand- with  leaves- j. 
One  fees  her  thighs  transfbrmM,  another  views 
Her  anns  fhot  out,  and  branching  into  boughs. 
And  now  their  legs,  and  breafts,  and  bodies,  flood' 
Crufted  with  bark,  and  hardening  into  wood} 
But  Hill  above  were  female  heads  difplay^d. 
And  mouths,  that  caird  the  mother  to  their  aid. 
What  could,  alas  I  the  weeping  mother  do  } 
From  this  to  that  with  eager  hafte  ihe  iewy 
And  kifsM  her  fprouting  daughters  as  they  grew. 
She  tears  the  bark  that  to  each  body  cleaves  : 
And  from  the  verdant  fingers  (trips  the  leaves : 
The  blood  came  trickling,  where  fhe  tore  away 
The  leaves  and  bark :  tht  maids  were  heard  to  fay^ 
**  Forbear,  miftaken  parent,  oh !  forbear  j 
**  A  wounded  daughter  in  each  tree  you  tear  5 
**  Farewel  forever."     Here  the  bark  incr^as'd, 
Clos'd  on  their  faces,  and  their  words  fupprefs*d.. 

The  new-made  trees  in  tears  of  amber  run. 
Which,  hardenM  into  value  by  the  fun, 
Diftil  for  ever  on  the  ftreams  below : 
The  limpid  ftreams  their  radiant  treafure  fhow, 
MixM  in  the  fand  j  whence  the  rich  drops  convey'd 
Shine  in  the  drefs  of  the  bright  Latian  maid. 

THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF  CYCNUS 
INTO  A   SWAN.  ' 

CYCNUS  beheld  the  nymphs  transformed,  ally'd 
To  their  dead  brother,  on  the  mortal  dde, 

In 


OVID,  METAMOKFH.  SpQK  ;X.       |^« 

In  friend  ihip  and  afie^ion  nearer  bqund  s 
He  left  the  cities  and  the  realms  he  awa'd. 
Through  pathlefs  fields  and  lonely  ^ores^  to  ranj^ 
And  woods,  made  thicker  by  the  fi^rs"  change* 
WhiLft  here>  withi^  th!p  difmal  gloom,  alone^ 
The  melancholy  monarch  maide  his  moaa. 
His  voice  was  le^en'd,.  as  he  try*d  tp  fptak,^ 
And  i/Tu^d  through  a  long-eiuended  neck  i 
JEiis  hair  transforms  to  down,  his  fingers  meet 
In  (kinny  films,  and  ftiape  his  o«iry  feel; 
From  both  his  fides  the  wings  and  fedthers  bireak{> 
And  from  his  n^outli-  proceeds,  a  blunted  beak  : 
All  Cycnus  now  into  a  iwan  was  turu'd. 
Who,  flill  remembering  how  his  \^in£msax  burnMj^ 
To  foHtary  pools  and  lakes  retires. 
And  loves  the  waters  as  opposed  to  fires^ 

Mean-while  Apollo  iu  a  gloomy  fliadfe 
(The  native  luftre  of  his  brows  decay'd): 
Indulging  forrow,  iickens  at  the  fight 
Of  his  own  fun-ihine,  and  abhors  the  light : 
The  hidden  griefs,  that  in  his  bofom  rile. 
Sadden  his  looks,  and  overcaft  his  eyes. 
As  when  fame  duflcy  orb  obftru6is  his  ray. 
And  fullies,  in  a  dim  eclipfe,  the  day. 

Now  fecretly  with  inward  griefs  he  pin'd, 

Itfow  warm  refeutraents  to  his  griefs  he  join'd, 

And  now  renounced  his  office  to  mankind- 

**  E'er  fince  the  birth  of  time,  laid  he,  I  've  borae 

**  A  long  ungrateful  toil  without  return  ; 

**  Let  now  fome  other  manage,  if  he  dare,. 

*'  The  fiery  fteeds,  and  mount  the  burning  car^ 

w  Or, 


»M  ADDIS  ON^S    POEMS. 

*«  Or,  if  none  elfe,  let  Jove  his  fortune  try, 
**  And  learn  to  lay  his  murdering  thunder  by  ; 
"  Then  will  he  own,  perhaps,  but  own  too  late, 
**  My  fon  deferv'd  not  fo  fevere  a  fate." 

The  gods  ftand  round  him,  as  he  mourns,  and  pray 
He  would  refume  the  conduft  of  the  day, 
Nor  let  the  world  be  loft  in  endlefs  night : 
Jove  too  himfelf,  defcending  from  his  height^ 
Excufes  what  had  happened,  and  intreats, 
Majeftically  mixing  prayers  and  threats. 
PrevaiPd  upon  at  length,  again  he  took 
The  hamafsM  fteeds,  that  ftill  with  horror  ihook. 
And  plies  them  with  the  lafll,  and  whips  them  on,  - 
Andy  as- he  whips,  upbraids  them  with  his  Ton. 

THE    STORY   OF   CALISTO* 

THE  day  was  fettled  rn  its  courfe ;  and  Jove 
WalkM  the  wide  circuit  of  the  heavens  above, 
To  fearch  if  any  cracks  or  flaws  were  madej    • 
But  all  was  fafe  :  the  earth  he  then  furvey'd. 
And  caft  an  eye  on  every  different  coaft. 
And  every  land  j  but  on  Arcadia  moft. 
Her  fields  he  cloathM,  and  chear'd  her  blafted  face 
With  i-unning  fountains,  and  with  fpringing  grafs» 
No  trafts  of  heaven's  deftruftive  fire  remain  j 
The  fields  and  woods  revive,  and  nature  fmiles  agaiir 

But,  as  the  god  walkM  to  and  fro  the  earth. 
And"  raisM  the  plants,  and  gave  the  fpring  its  birth. 
By  chance  a  fair  Arcadian  nymph  he  view'd. 
And  felt  the  lovely  charmer  in  his  blood. 

The 


OVID,  METAMORPH.  Booic  11.         121 

The  nymph  nor  fpun,  nor  drefs'd  with  artful  pride; 

Her  veft  was  gatheVd  up,  her  hair  was  ty'd  5 

Now  in  her  hand  a  (lender  fpear  fhe  bore. 

Now  a.  light  quiver  on  her  fhouldera  wore  5 

To  chafte  Diana  from  her  youth  inclined. 

The  fprightly  warriors  of  the  wood  ftie  joined* 

Diana  too  the  gentle  huntrefs  lov'd. 

Nor  was  there  one  of  all  the  nymphs  that  rov'd 

Or  Maenalus,  amid  the  maiden  throng. 

More  favoured  once ;  but  favour  lafts  not  long. 

The  fun  now  fhone  in  all  its  ftrength,  and  drove 
The  heated  virgin  panting  to  a  grove  5 
The  grove  around  a  grateful  fhadow  caft  : 
She  dropt  her  arrows,  and  her  bow  unbrac'd  9 
She  flung  herfelf  on  the  cool  grafly  bed ; 
And  on  the  painted  quiver  raisM  her  head. 
Jove  faw  the  charming  huntrefs  unprepared, 
StretchM  on  the  verdant  turf,  without  a  guard, 
*'  Here  I  am  fafe,  he  cries,  from  Juno's  eyej 
**  Or  ihould  my  jealous  queen  the  tlieft  defcry, 
*'  Yet  would  I  venture  on  a  theft  like  this, 
*'  And  ftand  her  rage  for  fuch,  for  fuch  a  blifs  !" 
Diana's  fhape  and  habit  ftraight  he  took, 
SoftcnM  his  brows,  and  fmooth'd  his  awful  look, 
And  mildly  in  a  female  accent  fpoke. 
'^  How  fares  my  girl  ?  How  went  the  morning  chace  V\ 
To  whom  the  virgin,  ftarting  from  the  grafs, 
**  All  hail,  bright  deity,  whom  I  prefer 
•*  To  Jove  hiralclf,  though  Jove  himfelf  were  here.'* 
The  god  was  nearer  than  fhe  thought,  and  heard 

WcU-pleas'd  himfelf  before  himfelf  preferred* 

He 


} 


^^4^         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

He  then  falutes  her  with  a  warm  embrace ; 
And,  ere  flie  half  had  told  the  morning  chace^ 
"With  love  inflaiird,  and  eager  on  his  bills, 
Smother'^d  her  words,  and  ftop'd  iier  with  a  kifs  ^ 
His  kiiTes  witk  unwonted  asdour  glow'd, 
Nor  could  Diana'*!  fliape  conceal  the  God. 
The  virgin  did  whatever  a  vlcgin  con'd 
(Sure  Juno  moft  have  {>ardon'd,  bad  (he  viewM)  ^ 
With  all  her  might  againii  his  force  flie  ftrove : 
But  how  can  mortal  maids  contend  with  Jove  t 

Pofleft  at  length  of  what  bis  heart  del^r'd, 
Back  to  his  heavens  th*"  inluiting  god  retir'cL 
The  lovely  huntrefs,  riling  from  the  grafs, 
With  down-caf^  eyes,  and  with  a  Wuftiing  face^ 
By  ftiame  confounded,  and  by  fear  difmayM^ 
Flew  from  the  covert  of  the  guilty  ^ade. 
And  almofty  in  ^  tumult  of  her  mind. 
Left  her  forgotten  bow  and  fhafts  behind. 

But  now  Diana,  with  a  fprightly  train 
Of  quiver'd  virgins,  bounding  o'er  the  plain, 
Caird  to  the  nymph  ?  The  nymph  began  to  fear 
A  fecond  fraud,  a  Jove  difguis  d  in  her  j 
But,  when  Ihe  faw  the  filter  nymphs,  lupprefs'd 
Her  rifing  fears,  and  mingled  with  the  reft. 

How  in  the  look  does  confcious  guilt  appear ! 
Slowly  (he  mov'd,  and  loitcr'd  in  the  rearj 
Nor  lightly  tripp'd,  nor  by  the  goddefis  ran. 
As  once  (he  us'd,  the  fo'-emoft  of  the  train. 
Her  looks  were  fiufh'd,  and  lullen  was  her  mien. 
That  fure  the  virgin  goddels  (had  (he  been 
^ught  but  a  virgin)  muft  the  guile  have  feen 


} 

Tis 


OVID,  METAMORPH*  Booi  ^t^ 

*T:i  &i*i  the  oyTDphs  fawall,  and  frue^fV'J  ^ 

Acd  now  the  it3thjii  hod  niHc  bmea  Jolt  b£ 
When  Dian  fainting,  in  tbc  mid^^^y  bea 
found  a  cooi  «pv«rt,  and  refrertiiw^  ftreamij 
That  ID  foft  mumitu^  thrDiigh  the  f'ortft  fiow'd, 
Aiid  a  imood)  bed  erf  Qimiitg  gravel  Ihow'd. 
A  covert  £n  obfcure,  and  Areant*  fo  deir, 
Tbc  godLkfs  praifi'd  i  "  And  now  no  Ipies  arc  ncaTf    T 
**  Lcc's  ftrip,  my  gf  nl  ^  maids.  And  \ra.^,^^  Ae  cries* 
Plns'ti  with  the  fnotic       every  i»aid  compliea  § 
Only  the  bltifhii^  hy;  j^^ik  itoad  confui'di 
And  forfn'd  iklays,  a]    .  her  deity 5  encus'd  t 
In  vam  excused  j  her  J    lows  round  het  prefs'd, 
Aisd  tbc  reJuftaiit  oyn        by  Ibrce  imdrels'd, 
Tbe  naked  btititrei«  ai  fbamr  reveal 'd. 

In  vail)  her  h^nd^  the       ^^lajit  w^>mb  eonccard| 
**  Begtine  \  the  goiidc      .ries  with  fiern  difdain, 
*^  BcgorQe  1  nor  dare  tnc  h allowed  j^ream  to  llajn  ^  ^ 
Sbe  fled^  foT-cver  banith  dfrom  the  train* 

Thk  Jnno  heard,  who  long  had  wateb'd  her  time 
To  ptiniifa  the  detelted  rival's  en  me  i 
The  tij^ie  was  come  :  lor,  to  cnrag^e  her  rtiore, 
A  loirely-boy  the  leeraing  rival  bore, 

TTie  goddeA  ca^  a  fwrious  look,  and  cry*d, 
"  It  U  enough  !  I'm  fuily  fatiafy'd  ! 
**  Thi»  boy  fliall  ftaod  a  living  mark,  to  prove 
^^  My  htiflband^  baicoefft,  and  the  trumpet's  Wet 
**  Bu(  vengeaiKe  fliall  awake  thofe  guiiiy  charms, 
*'  That  drew  the  thimderer  from  juno'B  amit, 
**  No  longer  &all  tlieir  wonted  forct:  retain, 
'  N«r  pleaiie  the  god,  nor  iiuUi;^  ihe  in^rul  vain/* 

Tbk 


i 


fi6         ADDISON^S    POEMS. 

This  l'*k!,  her  hand  widiin  her  hair  (he  wound, 
JSwun^  her  to  earth,  and  dragg'd  her  on  the  ground  i 
The  prollrate  wretch  lifts  up  her  arms  in  prayer  j 
Her  arms  grow  ftiagg}*,  and  deformed  with  hair. 
Her  nails  are  iharpen'^d  into  pointed  claws. 
Her  hands  bear  half  her  weight,  and  turn  to  paws  ; 
Her  lips,  that  once  cculd  tempt  a  god,  begin 
To  grow  diitorted  in  an  ugly  grin. 
And,  Urt  the  fupplicaiing  brute  might  reach 
The  ears  of  Jove,  ihe  was  dipriv*d  of  fpeech  : 
Her  luiW  voice  ihroUi:h  a  hoarfe  palTage  came 
In  uva^e  loimds  :  her  mind  was  ilill  the  I'aine. 
The  fum*  monfter  lixVi  her  e\-es  above. 
And  hcav'd  her  nev?  unwcildy  paws  to  Tore, 
And  beggM  his  aid  with  inward  groans ;  and  though 
She  could  not  call  him  falfe,  ihe  thought  him  fo. 

How  did  ihe  fear  to  lodge  in  woods  alone. 
And  haunt  the  iields  and  meadows  once  her  own  t 
How  often  would  the  deep -mouthed  dogs  purfue, 
WluM  from  her  hounds  the  frighted  huntrefs  flew  * 
How  did  flie  fear  her  fellow  brutes,  and  ihun 
The  ihaggv  bear,  thou^  now  herfelf  was  one ! 
How  horn  the  tight  of  rugged  wolves  retire. 
Although  the  grim  Lycaon  was  her  £re  I 

But  now  her  fon  had  fifteen  furamers  told, 

Vkraettljhe  duKe,  and  in  the  foreft  bold ; 

^  "^  Hm  woods  in  quei^  of  prey, 

^^  MBliKr  where  Ihe  lay. 

■pt  ham  m  her  light, 

iMfiOiiaa  fright, 

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OVID,  METAMORPH.  Book  U.        197 

And  aimM  a  pointed  arrow  at  her  breaft; 
And  would  have  flain  his  mother  in  the  beaft ; 
But  Jovjt  forbad,  and  fnatchM  them  through  the  air 
In  whirlwinds  up  to  heaven,  and  fix'd  them  there : 
Where  the  new  conftellations  nightly  rife. 
And  add  a  luftre  to  the  northern  flues. 

When  Juno  faw  the  rival  in  her  height. 
Spangled  with  fl^ars,  and  circled  round  with  lighty 
She  fought  old  Ocean  in  his  deep  abodes. 
And  Tethys  5  both  rever'd  among  the  gods. 
They  alk  what  brings  her  there.   "  Ne'er  aik,  fays  fli^ 
**  What  brings  me  here 5  heaven  is  no  place  for  me. 
"  You  '11  fee,  when  night  has  covered  all  things  o'er, 
**  Jove's  ftarry  baftard  and  triumphant  whore 
**  Ufurp  the  heavens  5  you  '11  fee  them  proudly  roll 
**  In  their,  new  orbs,  and  brighten  all  the  pole. 
**  And  who  (hall  now  on  Juno's  iltar  wait, 
**  When  thofe  ihe  hates  grow  greater  by  her  hate? 
**  I  on  the  nymph  a  brutal  form  imprefs'd, 
*«  Jove  to  agoddefs  has  transform'd  the  beaft: 
**  This,  this  was  all  my  weak  revenge  could  do  ; 
**  But  let  the  god  bis  chafte  amours  purfue, 
**  And,  as  he  a6led  after  lo's  rape, 
*«  Reftore  th'  adulterefs  to  her  former  ftiape; 
**  Then  may  he  caft  his  Juno  off,  and  lead 
<*  The  great  Lycaon's  offspring  to  his  bed. 
<*  But  you,  ye  venerable  powers,  be  kind ; 
<«  And,  if  my  wrongs  a  due  refentment  find, 
**  Receive  not  in  your  waves  their  fetting  beams, 
^»  Nor  let  the  glaring  ftrumpet  taint  your  fticams.^ 

The 


The  goddds  chded,  afid  her  ^iJh  >Va4  givtn* 
Back  ihe  return*^  in  ttititnph  up  to  heUVfeii  j 
Her  gaudy  fileatDtks  dreW  htr  thrctigh  the  flrie»> 
Their  tails  wei*  fpdttt^d  with  a  tficmfand  eyes  j 
The  eyes  of  Af^s  bn  thtir  tails  \*r4re  rawg'd, 
At  the  fame  timi*  thtf  iaren's  eolidUr  changed. 

THE  STORY  OF  CORONIS,   AND  BIRTH  OF 
^SCULAPIUS. 

THE  raven  bhce  in  fiioWy  pkimes  was  dreft, 
"XVhite  as  the  whiteft  dove^s  unfully'd  breaft, 
Tair  as  the  guardian  of  the  capitol, 
Soft  as  the  fwan  ;  a  large  and  lovely  fowl ; 
His  tongue,  his  prating-  tongue,  had  changed  him  quite 
To  looty  blacknefs  from  the  pureft  white. 

The  ftory  of  his  change  fliall  here  be  toldj 
In  Theffaly  there  liv^d  a  nymph  of  old, 
•  Coronis  nam'd  j  a  peerlefs  maid  fhe  fhinM^ 
Confeft  the  faireft  of  the  fairer  kind. 
Apollo  lov'd  her,  till  her  guilt  he  knew  ^ 
While  true  flie  was,  or  whilft  he  thought  her  true* 
But  his  own  bird  the  raven  chanc'd  to  find 
The  falfe-one  with  a  fecret  rival  joinM. 
Coronis  begg''d  him  to  fupprefs  the  tale, 
-But  could  not  with  repeated  prayers  prevail. 
His  milk-white  pinions  to  the  god  he  ply'd  j 
The  bufy  daw  flew  with  him  fide  by  fide, 
And  by  a  thoufand  teazing  queftions  drew 
Th'  important  fecret  from  him  as  they  flew, 
The  daw  gave  honeft  counfel,  though  defpis'd, 
And^  tedious  in  her  tattle,  thus  advised. 

«^  Stay 


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OVID*  JOTAMCHtPH:  B^oc  H.        tif 

«  Sttf,  Olr  binb  Ik*  iD-Mlur^d  ttH.nM^ 

*  Ifar  bt  the  liCMic  of  wiwdcofcc  aiiirt/ 

*  Be  wmM  kf  mj  cxunpfe:  70a  difccm 

«  Wfattaowlim,  and  what  1 1^  Ihall  leva* 
**  M J  feoliii  boBcAf  was  all  mj  crime  $ 

*  Then  bear  my  flofjb    Oace  upon  a  time, 
<<  Tbe  tmo-fkagrd  EriCUmim  bad  bn  bhtb 

**  (Wkboot  a  iBMitber}  from  tbe  teeming  eartb  ; 
•*  Miyjria'iwrt'd  bim,  and  die  infant  laid 
«  Widlinmdiel^  of  tmiingofiert  made. 
"  ine  oav^btefs  of  king  Ceciope  nndertook 

*  To  goad  dR  diel^  commanded  not  to  look 

*  On  wbat  was  bid  vddiin.    I  ftood  to  fto 

*  Tbe  cbnge  obeyM,  pcrchM  on  a  ndg^Tiouring  te. 
*>  TbB' Men  Fndrafiie  and  Hert^  keep 

**  Tbe  ftrift  cwmmand  i  A^auros  needs  wooM  peep» 

^  And  &m  tbe  monftioos  infant  in  a  fi^t, 

<*  And  calTdbcr  fillers  to  tbe  bideoiM  fight  f 

**  A  boy's  foflt  ihape  did  to  tbe  waift  prerai'l, 

^  Bot  tbe  boy  ended  in  a  dragon*s  tail. 

"  I  told  tbe  ftem  Minerva  all  that  pafs'd, 

••  Brt,  for  my  pains,  difcarded  and  dll^rac'd, 

*«  The  frowning  goddefs  drove  me  from  her  light, 

**  And  for  ber  favourite  chofe  the  bird  of  ni^ht. 

^  Be  then  no  tell-tale ;  for  I  think  my  wrca^ 

^  Enough  Co  teach  a  bird  to  hold  her  tongue. 

**  But  you,  perhaps^  may  thirk  I  was  rtinov'd, 
•*  As  never  by  the  heavenly  maid  belov'd  j 
*«  But  I  was  lov'd  j  a(k  Pallas  if  I  Ke  j 

Tbougb  Pallas  hate  me  no^,  fhe  wcnH  deny  ; 

K  •«  For 


I 


J 


1  :u^j.  vou  view, 

^       ...^w  :iie  dory 's  true) 

.   .,..•:      •.  *  king's  daughter  too. 
,  ../i.wN  .'^\:\  d  my  beauty*8  charms  ^ 
..  .^  i»  *;>r  v-aule  of  all  my  harms  5 
..   u.  .\'  Wis  ihores  I  went  to  rove, 
.    .    nc  V.  my  wajks,  and  fell  in  love- 
..^,1.  '  s  vourtlhipy  he  confefsM  his  pain, 
.  .    y.'if*  il  force  when  all  his  arts  were  vain  j 
...r  v^.  jv.irfucd  :  I  ran  along  the  ftrand, 
■  '.  .  ij'cnt  and  weary 'd  on  the  finking  fand, 

iv  .»-k'd  aloudy  with  cries  I  fill'd  the  air 
■.  J  s;ods  and  men  5  nor  god  nor  man  was  there 
■    \  virgin  goddefs  heard  a  virgin's  prayer. 
•  Kor,  as  my  anns  I  lifted  to  the  ikies, 
••  I  faw  black  feathers  from  my  fingers  rife ; 
•■  l  ftrove  to  fling  my  garment  on  the  ground  ; 
"  My  garment  tum'd  to  plumes,  and  girt  me  round. 
••  My  hands  to  beat  my  naked  bofom  tryj 
••  Nor  naked  bofom  now  nor  hands  had  I, 
•<  Lightly  I  tript,  nor  weary  as  before 
«*  Sunk  in  the  fand,  but  (kimmM  along  the  (hore  } 
"  Till,  rifing  on  my  wings,  I  was  prefer'd 
*«  To  be  the  chaftc  Minerva's  virgin  bird ; 
«*  Prefer'd  in  vain  !  I  now  am  in  difgrace  : 
••  Nyftimcne  the  owl  enjoys  my  place. 

•*  On  her  inceftuous  life  I  need  not  dwell 
«  (In  Lefbos  ftill  the  horrid  talc  they  tell)  ; 
*«  And  of  her  dire  amours  you  mull  have  heardj 
**  For  which  ihe  now  does  penance  in  a  bird, 

"  That 


/  kttrAj^foitM.  Bddfb  If:         Tjr 

RkMtt  OT^  wtt  nttottf  ^  winds  nic  iirii^ 
life  glcM»f  fonnii^  of  the  n^t ; 

tvlie»*te  fiitf  itittersy  fcareaway 
ig  wreiEcli^  and  drive  Her  from  the  bf .^ 

ingf^d  tfy  foch  impeitihencey 
tte^  k  Ij^mt,  anH  took  of^ 
ifantitefft  da^  {  the  daw  withdrew ) 
nef  ii))'iirlB  patfoli  flew^ 
m^iat,  and  told  the  fatal  truth 
iMWmd  the  IfkvourM  youth. 
IS  wroth  i  Ae  colour  left  his  look;; 
il  head,  the  harp  his  hand  forfbok } 
'  iad  feadur'd  diafts  he  took* 
a  SUcr«w  i*  the  tender  hreaft, 
Ren  tR  hk^fimn  been  preft. 

>iWU>Jul  aymf^y  and  fadly  gro^n'd^- 
s  arrow  recjdng  from  the  wound ; 
g  in  her  bloed^  tfius  faintly  cry'd, 
ttd !  though  I  have  juftly  dyM, 
alas  1  my  unborn  infant  done, 
>uld  fall,  and  two  expire  in  one  V 
agonies  flie  fetch'd  her  breath. 
Polves  in  pity  at  her  death  3 
ird  that  made  her  falfehood  known^ 
ifelf  for  what  himfelf  had  done  j 
ihaft,  that  fent  her  to  the  fates, 
land,  that  fent  the  (haft,  he  hates. 

heal  the  wound,  ^d  eafe  her  pain, 
:ompaf8  of  his  art  in  vain. 
'  the  lovely  nymph  expire, 

ready*  and  the  kindiine^  fire, 

K  z  With 


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13»  ADDlbO>J*S    POEMS* 

With  fighs  and  groans  her  obfequies  he  kept, 
And,  if  a  god  could  weep,  the  god  had  wept. 
Her  corpfe  he  kilVd,  and  heavenly  incenfe  brought^ 
And  folemniz^d  the  death  himfelf  had  wrought. 

But,  left  his  offspring  fliould  her  fate  partake. 
Spite  of  th*  immortal  mixture  in  his  make. 
He  ript  her  womb,  and  fet  the  child  at  large, . 
And  gave  him  to  the  centaur  C]^n*s  charge : 
Then  in  his  fury  black'd  the  raven  o'ei^ 
And  bid  him  prate  in  his  white  plume^  no  mor^« 

OCYRRHOE  TRANSFORMED  TO  ^  MARE; 

OLD  Chiron  took  the  babe  with  fecret  jp^^  '  * 

Proud  of  the  charge  of  the  celeftial  boy. 

His  daughter  too,  whom^n  the  fandy  fhore;        ';, 

The  nymph  Chariclo  to  the  centaur  bote. 

With  hair  diflieverd  on  her  ihouldcrs,  came 

To  fee  the  child,  Ocyrrhoe  was  her  name  j 

She  knew  her  father^s  art,  and  could  rehearfr 

The  depths  of  prophecy  in  founding  verfe. 

Once,  as  the  facred  infant  ihe  furvey'd. 

The  god  was  kindled  in  the  raving  maid. 

And  thus  ihe  utter'd  her  prophetic  tale ; 

**  Hail,  great  phyiician  of  the  world,  all  hail|    * 

**  Hail,  mighty  infant,  who  in  years  to  come 

**  Shall  heal  the  nations,  and  defraud  the  tomb ; 

««  Swift  be  thy  growth  I  Ay  triumphs  unconfinM ! 

^*  Make  kingdoms  thicker,  and  increafe  mankind. 

**  Thy  daring  art  ihaU  animate  the  dead, 

**  And  draw  the  thunder  on  thy  guilty  head  t 

<c  T 


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Oyro,  METAMORPH.  Book  IL         isf 

«  Then  ihidt  thou  die ;  but  from  the  dark  abode 

*'  Riie  up  vlflorious,  and  be  twice  a  god* 

^*  And  ihouj  my  fire,  not  dettinM  by  thy  btrtb 

"  To  turn  to  duft,  and  mix  with  cpmmon  earth, 

**  How  wiit  ihou  tofs,  and  rave,  and  long  to  die, 

'*  And  quit  thy  claim  to  immortality  j 

»*  When  thou  flialt  feel,  inrag'd  with  inward  pains, 

'*  Tbe  Hydra"'3  venqpi  riinJ^Jing  in  thy  veins  ? 

"  The  gods  lA  pity  fliall  contra£l  thy  date ; 

'*  iind  givt  thee  over  to  the  power  of  fate*  ■' 

Thufij  entering  into  deftinyj  the  maid 
The  fecreti  of  offeaded  Jove  beti-ay'd  ; 
Mflre  had  {he  ft  ill  to  fay  j  but  now  appears 
OpptefiPd  with  fobs  and  iighf ,  and  drowned  in  fears  ^ 
ff  ^y  ^oicc,  fays  ftie,  is  gone,  my  Janguage  faila  j 
*'  Through  every  limb  my  Itiudred  ftiape  prevails  ; 
«  Why  did  tfie  g&d  thi*  fataJ  gift  impajrt,  •> 

*f  And  With  piophetic  raptures  fwell  my  heart  ? 
*•  What  new  defires  are  thefe  ?  I  long  to  pace 
"  O'er  flowery  meadov^e,  and  to  feed  on  grafe.i 
*'  I  baften  to  a  brute,  a  maid  no  more ; 
"But  why,  alas  *  am  I  trails  formed  all  o'er  ? 
**  My  fite  does  hall-  a  human  fhap<^  retain, 
**  And  in  his  upper  parts  prtferves  the  man.'** 

Her  totigue  no  more  diftinjl  complaints  afford*. 
But  m  fhril!  accents  and  mif-fhapen  words 
Poui^  forth  fuch  ludcous  wailbgs,  as  declare 
The  hum  an  fi>rm  confounded  in  the  mare  i 
Till  by  degiees,  accornplifhM  in  die  btaft, 
She  neigh' d  outrtghl^  and  all  the  fteed  expreit* 


f 


134-  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Her  (looping  body  on  her  hands  is  bome» 

Her  hands  are  turn'd  to  hoofs^  and  fhod  in  horn  3 

iicr  yellow  trefles  ruffle  in  a  mane. 

And  in  her  flowing  tail  (he  frills  her  train. 

The  mare  was  finiih'd  in  her  voice  and  look. 

And  a  new  name  from  the  liew  figiite  took. 

THE  TRAKSFORMATION  Ol?  BATTUS  TO 
A  TOUCHSTONE. 

SORE  wept  the  centaur,  atid  to  Phoebus  pray'd  j 
But  how  could  Phoebus  give  the  centaur  aid  f 
Degraded  of  his  power  hf  angry  Jove, 
In  r.lls  then  a  herd  of  beeves  he  drove  } 
And  wielded  in  his  hand  a  ftafFof  oak, 
Anc|  o'er  his  jhculders  threw  the  (hcpherd's  cloak  |  ■ 
On  ftfven  compared  reeds  he  us'd  to  play, 
And  on  his  rural  pipe  to  wafte  the  day.  ;. 

As  once,  attentive  to  his  pipe,  he  played,  ^ 

The  crafty  Hermes  from  the  god  convey'd  > 

A  drove  that  fcparate  from  their  fellows  ftray*d»       3 
The  theft  an  old  infidious  peafant  view'd 
(They  call'd  him  Battus  in  the  neighbourhood)  j 
Ilii'd  by  a  wealthy  Pylian  prince  to  feed 
Ills  favourite  mares,  and  watch  the  generous  breed* 
The  thievifh  god  fufpefted  him,  and  took 
The  hind  afide,  and  thus  in  whifpers  fpokes     ' 
*<  Dilcovcr  not  the  theft,  whoe'er  thou  be, 
"  And  take  that  milk-white  heifer  for  thy  fee. 
«<  Go,  ftranger,  cries  the  clown,  fecurely  on, 
<<  Tliat  ftone  ihall  fooner  tell  j'"  and  fhow'd  a  ftone. 
...  Thf 


OVID^  METAMORFH.  B6oe  U.        13^ 

'Jihegod  wilhdrenr,  but  ftraigfat  returnM  again, 
Im  fpeech  and  liaUt  like  a  country  Twain  $ 
^d  cried  out,  "  Neighbour,  kaft  thou  feen  a  ftra^r 
*i^o{  bullocks  and  of  heifers  pais  this  wsiy  ? 
«<  In  the  rtcovcty  of  my  cattle  join, 
<<  A  bullock  and  a  he^er  %U  be  thine.** 

'  The  peafant  quick  rgplies^i^  You  Ui  find  them  there 
"  In  yon  darl^vaie  :V  and  in  the  trale  they  wert. 
The  double  bitbe  had  his  fi^  faeast  beguilM  i 
The  god,  fucceisful  in  tbeUnal,  fmilM  ; 
**  And  doft  thou  thus  betray  j^yfelf  to  nib  ? ' 
<<  Me  to  myfelf  doft  thou  hetray  ?*'  iays  h^ 

.  Thep  to  a  Toucb-Jhne  turns  the  £|ithlefs  ffy. 

And  m  hU^  lyame  records  his  infamy.       ^  ^^ 

^   .  >, 

T*HE  STORY  OF*  AGLAURdS,  TRANSFORM'Ji 
^      INTO  A  STATUE.     ^-  * 

THIS  done,  the  god  £kw  vp  on  lugh,  and'pafs'd  • 
O'er  lofty  Athens,  by /Minerva  grac'd. 
And  wide  Munichia,  whilft  his  eyes  furvcy 
All  the  ya£t  region  tlmt  beneath  him  lay.  ^ 

Twas  now  tlie  feaft,  when  each  Athenian  maid 
Her  yearly  homage  to  Minerva  paid ; 
In  canifters,  with  garlands  covered  o'er  5 
High  on  their  heads  their  myftic  gifts  they  bor^  j 
And  now,  returning  in  a  foleran  train. 
The  troop  of  ftiining  virgins  fiil'd  the  plain. 

The  god  well-pleas'd  beheld  the  pompous  ihpw, 
And  law  the  bright  proceffion  pafs  below  5 
Then  veer'd  about,  and  took  a  wheeling  flight. 
And  hover'd  o'er  them  j  as  the  fpreading  kite,  - 

K4.  That 


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136  ADDISON'S     POEMS. 

That  fmells  the  (laughter'd  vi£lim  from  on  high^ 

Flies  at  a  diftance,  if  the  priefts  are  nigh, 

And  fails  around,  and  keeps  it  in  her  eye  ! 

So  kept  the  god  the  virgin  choir  in  view,  , 

And  in  flow  winding  circlet  nm«d  them  flew.    . 

As  Lucifer  excels  die  ii|puiei(  ftar. 
Or,  as  the  full->orVd  Pha;>e  Lucifer^ 
So  much  dfd  Hersi  all  the  jrft  ootvy,     n 
And  gave  a  grace  to  the  iclemnity. 
Hermes  was  fir*d,  as  in  thc-clouds  he  hung: 
So  the  cold  bfillet,  that  with  fury  flung 
From  Balearic  engines  mounts  on  high. 
Glows  in  th(/  whirl,  and  bums  along  the  fky. 
At  length  he  pitched  upon  the  ground,  and  ibow'd 
The  form  divine,  the  features  of  a  god.  *•  * 

He  knew  t£eir  virtue  o*er  a  female  heart, 
And  yet  he  fbives  to  better  them  by  art.     "   .  . 
He  hangs  his  mantle  loofe,  and  fets  to  fhow 
The  golden  edging  on  the  feaixi  below  $ 
Adjufls  his  flowing  curls,  and  in  bis  hand  « 

Waves  with  an  air  the  fleep-procuring  wanid  x 
The  glittering  fandals  to  his  feet  applies. 
And  to  each  heel  the  well-trim*d  pinion  ties* 

His  ornaments  with  nicefl  art  difplay*d. 
He  fecks  th*  apartment  of  the  royal  maid, 
The  roof  was  all  with  polifh'd  ivory  linM, 
That,  richly  mix'd,  in  clouds  of  tortoife  fhinM. 
Three  rooms  contiguous  in  a  range  were  placM  i 
The  midmoft  by  the  beauteous  Herse  gracM  j 
Her  virgin  fiftert  lodged  on  either  fide* 
Aglauros  firft  th*  approaching  god  defcry'd. 

And 


lid,  as  he  crof5"'d  her  thambcr,  BCk'd  bu 
And  what  his  bufinffs  was,  ^nt!  wh^ficr  h 
■*  I  cocncj  rcpJjrM  the  god,  fi^om  heaTen  tc 
"  Vour  fi/kr,  and  to  make  an  aunt  of  you  i 
**  I  am  the  fbn  and  meilWrgrr  of  Jove, 
**  M  J  ijajiie  IS  Merc^jry,  my  btiiinefs  !o?e  i 
*'  Do  yod*  kind  dainjcJ,  take  a  lorer's  partf 
*'  And  gain  admittance  to  your  fifter's  heart." 
She  iiar'd  him  in  lh<   ~         ~  ti  looks  amaz^df 
As  when  flie  on  Mttiei  i- 

And  aiks  a  migrhty  tT« 
Aod,  tLll  he  brtngf  rt,        Eet  di 
^£nert^  giiev'd  to  fe^         ^y^ipii  i^n.^ 
And  now  rviTiembrlfig         late  tmpious         if 
Wben,  dii obedient  to         ^nB.  comm^ui 
She  touched  the  chrft  v        ^n  unhaJlow^'a  nand  j 
lo  big^WoIn  iighf  h^  d  rage  e^cprtTfi'd^ 

TJut  heaved  the  rifing     igis  on  her  breaft  ^ 

("Theii  fotigbt  out  Envy  in  ber  dark  abode, 
Bcfil'd  with  ropy  gore  and  ctols  of  blood  : 
Shut  from  the  winds,  atid  from  the  wholcfome  £kic% 
In  a  deep  rale  the  gloomy  dungeon  lies, 
Difmal  and  cold»  where  not  a  beam  of  Ugbt 
In?ades  the  winter,  or  difturb*  the  night, 

Dirr^ly  t(i  the  cave  her  courfe  fhe  fteer"'d  | 
Againit  the  g&te^  her  martial  lance  (he  rearM  i 
\ht.  patc«  llew  open,  and  the  fiend  appeared. 

^  A  poilbaous  morfel  in  her  teeth  (be  chewed, 

Vm    Aad  gorged  tbe  flefli  of  vipers  for  her  food* 

"ifiiierTa,  loatbing,  tum'daway  her  eye  j 

[be  Jiidcotts  monfter,  riling  heavily, 

Came 


} 


13$  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Came  ftalking  forward  with  a  Allien  pac^ 

And  left  ber  mangled  offals  on  the  place. 

Soon  as.ihe  (aw  the  goddefs  g%y  a«d  bright^ 

She  fetched  a  groan  at  fuch  a  chearful  %ht. 

Livid  and  meagre  were  her  looks,  her  eye 

In  foul  diftorted  glances  tiiniM  awry ; 

A  hoard  of  gall  her  inward  parts  poflefs^d. 

And  fprea4  a  greennefs  o^er  her  cankered  breaft ; 

Her  teeth  werq  brown  with  ruft ;  and  from  her  tongue. 

In  dangling  drops,  the  ftringy  poiibn  hung,. 

She  never  fmile^  but  when  the  wretched  weep, 

Nor  lulls  her  malice  with  a  moment's  ileep. 

Reftlefs  in  fpite :  while,  watchful  to  deftly. 

She  pines  and  fickens  at  another's  joy  ; 

Foe  to  herfelfj^  diiirefling  and  diftreft. 

She  bears  her  own  tormenter  in  her  breaft. 

The  goddefs  gave  (for  ihe  abhQrr'd  her  %bt) 

A  ihort  command  :  <<  To  Athens  fpeed  thy  ftight  f 

<«  On  curft  Aglauros  try  thy  utraoft  art, 

**  And  fix  thy  rankeft  venoms  in  her  heart/* 

This  faid,  her  fpear  (he  pufh'd  againft  the  giwind. 

And,  mounting  from  it  with  an  a6live  boxmd. 

Flew  off  to  heaven :  The  hag  with  eyes.aikew 

Looked  up,  and  mutterM  curfes  as  ihe  flew }   ..    > 

For  fore  (he  fretted,  and  began  to  grieve  ^^r  ' 

At  the  fuccefs  which  flie  herfelf  rauft  give. 

Then  takes  her  ftaff,  hung  round  with  wreaths  of  ikpmt 

And  fails  along,  in  a  black  whirlwind  home,  ^ 

O'er  fields  and  flowery  meadows  t  where  flie  HMN^Jji^ 

Her  baneful  coi^rfe  a  mighty  blaft  appears, 

Mildew- 


•vip^.MrrAMOKPiil  ioM  n.     up 

MOdflWS  and  14i||jhli  I  the  mei^w^ 
ThMdat,  the,inpm»  andtlitwlipl^  yuM,  kid  wnAit 
OBiaortdtiiaE|»«p49K>pl«dtowv«imftllt>       , 
And  breaibM:  %  ^iK^iag  pbigue  among  their  waUt. 

When  ^Itbmt  ft«  beheld,  for  arte  renowa*d. 
With  peace  madu  hwj»  and  with  fknty  orown*d, 
Scarce  co«l|l  t^  hideova  fiend  ftwk  t^art  forbfar« 
To  find  «»o^>v8og<h^  dcfenr^d  a  <ear, 
Th*  ufUtmmA  now  Ok  cnter*dt  where  «l  rift 
A|fauiroa  layi,  wii^  gtatle  fletp  oppnft. 
To  cscq^  MuKMrya'e  din  commaBdy 
the  ftro|B*d  the  virgin  with  her  cankered  haid^ 
Thm  pufklf  Aam^iatp  her  breaft  conyef  d^ 
Tbtftnng  tp  madnefii  the  deroted  maid  i 
H»  fii||rie  vfnoip  ftiil  lOfrorH  the  fmav^ 
VMs  in  the  bloodt  ^  fitA*»  ui  the  heart. 

i^o  anake  the  work  BRoit  Ave,  a  (bene  ihe  drcwv 
And  plac*a  before  Ae  dfcaming  viigin^s  iriew 
Her  fiAer^s  marrisifey  knd  her  glorious  fate  |        ^ 
\  Tk*  imaginary  brideMbyfears  in  ftate  { 

•  Ue  brtdegroom  with  unwonted  beauty  glows^) 
lor  Envy  inagniHes  whatever  (he  (hows. 

•  Full  of  the  ((preaini  Aglauros  pin'd  away 

•  i  h  tears  all  nighr»  in  darknels  ail  the  day  j 
i  WumM  like  ije, ,  that  juft  begins  to  run, 

•  y.^lni  itebiyt  fmitten  by  the  diftant  fun  i 

;^lkej||iwhoteronie  weeds,  that  let  on  fire 
i  i» torhryrafted,  and  in  i'moke  expire* 
<  (iniflMW^nvy  (for  in  every  thought 
!,^thoriit|  the  venonii  and  the  viiion  wrought)   , 

I .     ;  Oft 


HO  ADDISON'S    P  O  E  xM  ?. 

Oft  (lid  (he  call  on  death,  as  oft  decreetf. 
Rather  than  fee  her  fifter**  wiih  fucceed, 
To^ell  her  awfol  father  wint  had  poft : 
At  length  befbre  the  dcwr  hcf61f  fliecaft  5 
And»  fittiiig  on  the  groimd  widi  fallen  pride, 
A  paflage  to  the  lofe-fick  god  denyM. 
The  god  careis'dy  and  for  admifiion  prayM, 
And  iboth*d  in  ioAeft  words  th*  enFcnomM  maid. 
In  vain  he  IbothM  ;  "  Bcgoce  ■  the  maid  replies, 
**  Or  here  I  keep  my  feat,  and  r.ever  rife." 
**  Then  keep  thy  feat  for  ever,"  cries  the  god. 
And  touched  the  door,  wide  opening  to  his  rod* 
Fain  would  ihe  rife,  and  ftop  him,  but  (he  found 
Her  trunk  too  heavy  to  forfake  the  gronnd  j 
Her  joints  are  all  benumbed,  her  hands  are  pale^ 

And  marble  now  appears  in  every  nail. 
Aa  when  a  cancer  in  the  body  feeds. 

And  gradual  death  from  limb  to  limb  proceeds  } 

So  does  the  chilnefs  to  each  vitaf  part  * 

Spread  by  degrees,  and  creeps  inter  her  heart ; 

Till,  hardening  every  where,  and  fpeechlefs  grown. 

She  fits  unmovM,  and  freezes  to  a  ftone. 

But  ftill  her  envious  hue  and  fullen  miea 

Are  in  the  fedentary  figure  feen. 

EUROPA'S     RAPE.., 

When  now  the  god  his  fury  had  allay'd,    'V 
And  taken  vengeance  of  the  ftubbom  niaid^jjfc jv 
From  where  the  bright  Athenian  turrets  riie^^^ 
He  mounts  aloft,  and  re-afcends  the  fkies.  %^ 

JoTi 


OVID,  METAMORPH.  Boot  14^ 

Jorc  faw  histi  enter  the  Tub  lime  abodc^  ^ 

AnJy  at-bcjTthc'd  among  lite  croud  of  G  ,- 

BttkonM  him  diitj  and  drew  him  from  tii 
And  in  foft  whliptrB  thus  hh  will  exprefl  i 

'*  My  trufty  Hermes,  by  whofc  ready  aid  , . 

*'  Tby  Sire'*  camMaiidi*  are  through  t  be  woirldconwy'^Jj 
**  R€&ime  thy  wiflgSj  exert  their  titmtfft  farce. 

And  to  the  walls  of  Si  don  fpeed^thy  courfc^ 


'*  There  find  a  herd  0 "' 
'*  The  neighbouring  ] 

Thus  fpoke  the  Goi 
The  trufty  Hermes  on 
And  found  die  herd  o 
A  neighbouring  hiWf 
Wiitre  the  King's  dai 
Of  fallow -nymphs,  yi 

The  dignity  of  cmi 
(For  love  but  ill  Bgret 


ig  0tr 
-jatotheiliore*" 


Lin 


■  ers  nK^ii^ 

raye  them  lu  u^c  nionci 
=r  with  a  lovely  train 
ing  on  the  plain« 
afbdc 
^1111  itingly  pride)  i 


The  ruler  of  the  JldeSj  the  thundering  God, 
Who  (balces  the  world's  foundations  with  a  nod. 
Among  a  herd  of  lowing  heifers  ran, 
FriOc'd  in  a  bullj  and  bellow'd  o*er  the  plain« 
Lii^ge  rolU  of  fat  about  his  fhouldei's  clung. 
And  from  hit  neck  the  double  dewlap  hung. 
H(s  ikin  was  whiter  tb^  the  fnow  that  lies 
UnfuUy^d  by  the  breath  of  fouthem  fkie*  j 
SmiU  fining  homs  on  hi»  curled  forehead  ftand. 
At  titm^'d  and  polilhM  by  the  workman*^  hand  4 
Hii  eyeballs  roil'd,  not  formidably  bright, 
*'  .V  5»»M  and  lan^uiih'd  wiili  a  gentle  light. 


Hit 


14*  ADDISON'S    poems; 

His  eveiy  look  was  peacefuli  and  expreft     * 
The  foftnefs  of  the  lover  in  the  beaft. 

Agenor's  royal  daughter,  as  (he  play'd 
Among  the  Helds,  the  milk-white  bull  furVey'd, 
And  view'd  his  fpdtlefs  body  with  delight. 
And  at  a  diftance  kept  him  in  her  fight. 
At  length  flie  pluek^d  the  nCihg  flowers,  and  fed 
The  gentle  bead,  and  fondly  ftrokM  his  head. 
He  ftood  well-pleas *d  to  touch  the  charming  fair. 
But  hardly  could  confine  his  pleafure  there. 
And  now  he  wantons  o'er  the  neighbouring  ftrand. 
Now  rolls  his  body  on  the  yellow  fand ; 
And  now,  perceiving  all  her  fears  dccay'd, 
-Comes  tofling  forward  to  the  royal  maid ; 
Gives  her  his  breait  to  ftroke,  and  downward  turns 
His  grifly  brow,  and  gently  ftoops  his  horns. 
In  flowery  wreaths  the  royal  virgin  dreft 
His  bending  horns,  and  kindly  clapt  his  breaft. 
Till  now  grown  wanton,  and  devoid  of  fear, 
Not. knowing  that  flie  preft  the  thiinderer, 
She  placed  herfelf  upon  his  back,  and  rode 
O^er  fields  and  meadows,  feated  on  the  God. 

He  gently  march'^d  along,  and  by  degrees 
Left  the  dry  meadow,  and  approach'd  the  feas ; 
Where  now  he  dips  his  hoofs,  and  wets  his  thighsj 
Now  plunges  in,  and  carries  off  the  prize. 
The  frighted  nymph  looks  backward  on  the  (hore^ 
And  hears  the  tumbling  billows  round  her  roar  $ 
But  ftill  flie  holds  him  fall :  one  hand  is  borne   * 
Upon  his  back  3  the  oth^  grafps  a  horn : 

Her 


0\1IV  META^RFIt   Booc  H, 


«♦! 


!■  ta  tiie  >ir,  ^adr  ^cAvn  m  die  'VukL 

OPS  «iM  imifc^  ke  the  ififgie  Ihit, 

P0W1  im  %h  Smim:k  knm  awwf^ 
Aldan  ^  Ood  dSilbtN^-^  to  ber  Sgte* 


l-i-^-^-t-^--t   t^flD^r 


i 


144  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

OVID'S     METAMORPHOSES. 

B    •    O    K     III. 

THl   STORY   OF  CADMUS. 

WH  £  N  Mm  Af^cBor  had  his  daughter  ioC^ 
He  frvt  his  ion  to  iearch  on  erery  coaft  ^ 
And  Aernf  y  bid  him  to  his  arms  reftore 
The  darlittg  maid>  or  fee  his  face  no  more. 
But  live  an  exile  in  a  foreign  clime  j 
Thvs  was  the  father  pious  to  a  crime. 

The  reftiefs  youth  learchM  all  the  world  around  i 
But  how  can  Jove  in  his  amours  be  found  f 
When»  tir*d  at  length  with  unfuccefsful  toil. 
To  fliun  his  angpry  fire  and  natire  foil. 
He  goes  a  luppliant  -to  the  Delphic  dome ; 
There  a&s  the  God  what  new-appointed  home 
-Should  end  his  wanderings,  and  his  toils  relieve. 
The  Delphic  oracles  this  anfwer  give  : 

**  Behold  among  the  fields  a  loucly  cow, 
-**  Unworn  with  yokes,  unbroken  to  the  plough ; 
*'  Mark  well  the'  place  where  firft  (he  lays  her  down, 
•*  There  meafure  otit  thy  walls,  and  build  thy  town, 
**  And  firom  thy  guide  Boeotia  call  the  land, 
<<  In  which  the  deftin'd  walls  and  town  ihall  ftand.*^ 

No  fooner  had  he  left  the  dark  abode. 
Big  with  the  promife  of  the  Delphic  God, 
When  in  the  fields  the  fatal  cow  he  viewed,  j 

Nor  gall*d  with  yokes,  nor  worn  with  fcrvitude  5       S 
HergoitlyatadiftaDCchepurfued}  ^ 

And, 


Oyn>9  MBTAMORPH.  Book  HI.      145 

Aadf  «•  lie  widcVI  afeof,  in  iDence  pra j*d 
To  the  gii>C  power  irhofe  connfels  he  obeyed, 
ttr  wsf  tiurovgh  ioweiy  Psmop^  flic  took, 
Aad  now,  Cephilas»  ccoft*d  thf  filver  bnwk ; 
When  to  Ae  liemvcnt  her  fystdwn  front  ihe  laisM, 
And  bellowM  dbrice,  then  backward  turning  gazM 
^     On  tlioie  behind,  till  on  the  deftinM  place 
\     €heflogp*d,  nnd  coucfa'd  amid  die  rifing  grafs. 
I'       Cadmns  fiflutet  the  Ibil,  and  gladly  hails 
:    The  neir-fbnnd  monntnins,  and  the  namelefs  vales. 
And  thanks  the  Gods»  and  tmns  about  his  eye 
lb  ice  his  new  dominions  round  him  lie ; 
Then  fends  his  fenrants  to  a  neighbouring  grove 
For  living  ftfeams»  a  iacrifice  to  Jove. 
0*cr  tlie  wide  plain  fhere  role  a  ihady  wood 
Of  aged  trees  j  in  its  dirk  bofom  ftood 
I    A  bulky  thicket^  paAlefs  and  unworn, 

■  <rcr-nin  with  brtanbles,  and  perplexM  with  thorn ; 

■  Amidft  the  brake  a  hollow  den  was  found, 

■  With  rocks  and  Ihelving  arches  vaulted  round, 
r  Deep  in  the  dreary  den,  conceard  from  day, 
I     Hcred  to  Mars,  a  mighty  dragon  lay, 

L  Bbated  with  poifon  to  a  iiion(fa-ous  fize  ; 
l\  fire  broke  in  flafties  when  he  glanc'd  his  eyes : 
y.  Hi<  towering  creft  was  glorious  to  behold, 
1  Uis  ihoulders  and  his  fides  were  fcaPd  with  sold  ; 
I  rarec  tongues  he  brandi(h"d  when  he chari^d  his  foe.^  • 
fci  teeth  ftood  jaggy  in  three  dreadful  rows. 
Tbe  T3rrian8  in  the  den  for  water  fought, 
i&d  with  their  urns  explor'd  the  hollow  vault : 

L  IVow 


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OVID,  MFTAMOaRPH.  Boat  HI.       14.7 

^<  Such  friends,  k.e  cries,  defbrr'd  a  Vonger  date : 
"  But  Cadmus  wiil  revenge,  or  ftiacc  their  fate/' 
Theii  heav'd  a  ^one,  and,  rifiag  to  the  throw. 
He  fen t  it  in  a  whirlwind  at  the  foe  : 
A  tower,  afr^ulted>by,fo4rudea  ftroke. 
With  all  its  lofty  battlements  had  ihook ; 
But  nothing  here  th'  unwieldy  rock  avails, 
Hebounding  hannk^  from  the  plaited  fcales. 
That,  firmly  }oin*d,  preienr*d  him  from  a  wound* 
With  native  armour  cmfied  all  around. 
With  more  iuccefs  4he  dart  unerring  flew. 
Which  at  his  back  the  raging  vtrarrior  threw  | 
Amid  the  planted  icales  it  took  its  courfe. 
And  in  the  fpsnal  maprow  fpent  its  force. 
The  monf^er  hifs'd  aloud,  and  rag'd  in  vain, 
And  writh'd  his  hody  to  and  fro  with  pain ; 
An4  bit  the  fpear,  ai[ul  wixnch'd  the  wood  away  t 
The  point  ftiU  buried  i»  the  marrow  lay. 
And  now  his  rage,  increafing  with  his  pain. 
Reddens  his  eyes,  and  beats  in  every  vein ; 
ChurnM  in  his  teeth  the  foamy  venom  ro(e, 
Whilft  from  his  mouth  a  blaft  of  vapours  flows^ 
Such  as  th'  infewaal  Stygian  waters  caft  : 
The  plants  around  him  wither  in  the  blaft. 
Now  in  a  maze  of  vings  he  lies  enroUM, 
Now  all  unravePd,  land  without  a  fold ; 
Now,  like  a  torrent,  with  a  mighty  force 
Bears  down  the  foreft  in  his  boifterous  courfe. 
Cadmus  gave  b^ck,  and  on  the  lion^s  fpoil 
Suftain'd  Uie-ihoi^  then  fqi^c'fi  hina  ^P  recoil; 

L  z  The 


i4«         ADDISON'S    POEMS* 

The  pointed  j«nrelin  warded  off  hi8\rage : 
Mad  with  his  pains,  and  furious  to  engage. 
The  ferp^nt  champs  the  ftcel,  and'i)ites  the  fpear. 
Till  blood  and  venom  all  the  point  befmear« 
But  ftill  the  hurt  he  yet  rccciv'd  was  flight  5 
For,  whilil  the  champion  with  redoubled  might 
Strikes  home  the  jarelin,  his  retiring  foe 
Shrinks  from  the  wound,  and  difappoints  the  blow. 

The  dauntlefs  hero  ftill  purfues  his.ftroke. 
And  prefles  forward,  till  a  knotty  oak 
Retards  his  foe,  and  ftops  him  in  the  rear ; 
Full  in  his  throat  he  plunged  the  fatal  fpear. 
That  in  th*  extended  neck  a  pafiage  found, 
And  pierced  the  folid  timber  through  the  wound. 
FixM  to  the  reeling  trunk,  with  many  a  ftroke 
Of  his  huge  tail,-  he  la(h*d  the  fturdy  oak  ; 
Till,  %ent  with  toil,  and  labouring  hard  for  breath, 
He  now  lay  twifting  in  the'^pangs  of  death. 

Cadmus  beheld  him  wallow  in  a  flood 
Of  fwimming  poifon,  intermix'd  with  blood  ; 
When  fuddenly  a  fpeech  was  heard  from  high, 
(The  fpeech  was  heard,  nor  was  the  fpeaker  nigh) 
*'  Why  doft  thou  thus  with  fecret  pleaftire  fee, 
'*  Infulting  man  !  what  thou  thyfelf  flialt  be?" 
AftonifliM  at  the  voice,  he  flood  amaz'd. 
And  all  around  with  inward  horror  gaz'd : 
When  Pallas  fwift  defcending  from  the  flcles, 
Pallas,  the.  guardian  of  the  bold  and  wife. 
Bids  him  plow  up  the  field,  and  fcatter  round 
The  dragon's  teeth  o'er  all  the  furrow'd  ground} 


Then 


OVm,  METAMORPH.  Bo       IL       i^ 

Thei^  ^^Hs  the  youth  how  to  his  wondti  cs         - 

Embattled  armle!;  from  the  Heiil  Should  * 

He  fows  the  tteth  at  Pallas' s  com  mat 
And  i^itigs  the  future  p^opk  from  hts  h 
The  clods  ^ow  warm,  and  crumble  wl      r  hc  fow^  i 
And  now  tbe  pointed  fpears  advance  in  j^^^i^ 
Now  nodding  [flumes  appeal,  and  ftiining  crells. 
Now  the  broad  fhould^rs  and  the  riiiug  breaft$  j 
O'er  all  the  field  the  hax      t  fwarraij 

A  growing  hod,  a  cj  1 

So  through  !he  pai  '^» 

In  bodj  up,  and  lim        .«  |p^* 

By  juft  degrees ;   t»U         lie  mai* 
And  in  hi$  full  pi^pt  ikes  th^  ^jkS* 

Cadmus,  furprii'd  ,rtled  at  the  iight 

Of  his  new  foes,  pnr  mf^lf  for  fight : 

When,  one  cfyM  out|  ^ear,  fond  man,  forbear 

^  To  mingle  in  a.  bii       ^jromifcuous  war,"* 
This  faid,  he  Anick  his  brother  to  the  ground , 
Himfelf  exptring  by  another* s  wouud  j 
Nor  did  the  third  his  conqueil  long  furvive. 
Dying  crefcarce  be  had  begun  to  live. 

The  dire  example  ran  through  all  the  field, 
Till  heaps  of  brothers  were  by  brothers  kill'd  ^ 
The  furrows  fwam  in  blood ;  and  only  five 
Of  all  the  vaft  increafe  were  left  alive. 
£cbion  one,  at  PaJlas's  command, 
I«t  fall  the  guiltlefs  weapon  from  his  hand  ; 
And  with  the  refl  a  peaceful  triaty  makes. 
Whom  Cadmus  as  his  friends  and  partners  takes  ^ 

L  3  ^* 


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OVIO,  METAMORPH,    ffoo        T.       15* 

*  The  full  I«  hfgh  adF^nc'd]  antl  dowi^^  4> 

**  His  bamlng  btnjns  tfire^Jy  o*i  our  h^t 

**  Tli^n  by  (rortft?nt  a^f?.im  from  further  ♦  - 

**  Cill  oif  the  dogs,  'dt\r\  ^^iliQv  ii|i  tht  t< j  ' 

"  And  £re  to-mijri'c**?*'*  tnji  begirt s  hr»  rac^^  ' 

*'  Take  the  cool  jtiofnin^  ro  renew  the  chace,"' 
They  nil  conJentt  and  in  a  chearfol  tram 
The  Jolly  huntfrnen,  badcti  with  the  ilaiii^ 
Rtttivn  in  tritHtTph  Jto  lit 

Rrff^ifeM  vi-ith  gentle         is,  a  ihsde^ 

The  chaiite  Diann's  f^r       ^  hau...^ 

Full  if)  tbt  center  of  1      d^kfbme  wi 

A  fpacjoii^  gm:to,  all  \  o\r-gt^^tu 

With  hoary  iriof^,  3in  ,  with  ptimkc-l^onc  : 

from  out  its  rocky  ch  t  waters  ilow. 

And  iricklitig  fwdS  Ir  ikt  below* 

Katurt  bad  L^^ery  wht-rc  fo  play'^d  her  parts 

That  every  where  ft^  feem^d  to  vie  vi'ith  ^rt. 

Here  the  bright  gotkiefs,  toil'd  and  chaf  M  with  hvat» 

Was  wont  to  bathe  her  in  the  cool  retreat. 

Here  did  flie  now  with  all  her  train  refort, 
Panting  with  heat,  and  breathlefs  from  the  fport  j 
Her  armour-  bearer  laid  her  bow  afide, 
Some  looftM  her  fendals,  fonie  her  veil  unty'd  ^ 
Each  bufy  nymph  her  proper  part  undrcft  j 
While  Crocale,  more  handy  than  tlic  reft, 
Gathered  her  flowing  hiiir,  and  in  a  noofe 
Bound  it  together,  whilft  her  own  hung  loofe. 
Fhre  of  the  more  ignoble  (brt  by  turns 
Fetch  up  the  water,  and  unlade  theii*  urns* 


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I 


OVII^  MBTAMORPH.   Book  IIL       »« 

And  as  he  wept,  within  the  watfry  glaft 
He  faw  the  big  round  drops }  with  fi]tnt  pskce. 
Run  tiicklmg  down  a  lavage  hairy  face, 
Whit  rtioutd  he  do  ?  Or  ftek  lib  &ld  abodes, 
Or  herd  stiiiong  the  deer>  and  iculk  in  woods  ? 
litre  flume  diiTuadea  him,  there  hi$  fear  prevail b>.     j 
And  each  by  tuna  Kit  aking  heart  afTatli*  £■ 

As  he  thu*  p^ndcrsj  he  behind  him  f|4e3  jl^ 

fii<  opening  boutid*,  ami  ouw  he  hears  their  crieii  -^ 
A  generous  pack^  or  to  maintairt  the  chace. 
Or  fiiuff  the  v3.poiir  from  ihe  fcented  grafs. 

He  bounded  oJf  with  fear,  and  fwiftly  ran 
O'er  era^y  mountains^  and  the  flowery  plam  ; 
Through  biidces  and  thickets  forced  his  way,  and  flew 
riirough  many  a  dug',  where  once  he  did  purfuc* 
In  tain  he  oft  endeavoured,  to  proclaiai 
Hi»  new  miaforttmej  and  to  tell  his  name  |  § 

Kor  voice  nor  words  the  brutal  tottgue  fopplles  3 
from  lltoiiting.  meiij  and  honi^t  and  dogs,  he  Hies 
Deafen'd  and  Itunn^d  with  th^r  promifcuous  cries* 
Whtn  lUiW  the  fleeteft  of  -  the  pack,  that  preft 
Clole  at  hts  heels,  and  fprung  before  the  reft^ 
Bsd  faftcn^don  him,  firatght  another  pair 
Hung  on  his  wounded  haxinch,  and  held  him  tbere^ 
Till  all  the  pack  came  up,'  and  every  hound  ^ 

T<irc  the  fad  huntfman  graveling  on  the  ground^        > 
Who  now  appeared  but  one  continued  wound,  J 

With  dropping  tears  his  bkter  fate  he  moansj 
And  fill«  the  mountain  with  his  dying  groana*- 
Hit  ferrants  with  a  piteous  look  he  Ipiesi 
Aoil  turns  ajb^ut  bis  fupplicating  eyef. 

His 


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**  Ak  my  reproachw  of  fo  fmali  a  force  ^ 

*  Tis  time  I  thctl  pvirfue  another  courfc : 

*  It  i%  decreed  tbt  guntv  wrec^^h  JhalJ  die, 

*  If  I  'm  indeed  l5ie  miHrefi  of  thfe  iky^ ; 

"  If  riglitt)-  ilj^l'd  ajn6jig  the  powers  alcove 
**  The  wife  and  fifter  of  the  thundering  Jove 
"  (And  none  cm  Curt  a.  fiffer't.  nght  deny)  ; 

*  It  15  iteciiacd  the  guiUf  wretcli  !ljaI1  iVie, 

"  She  boaflJs  a£  honour  T  can  hardly  tlaim ; 
**  Pxetjnanl  fhtf  nils  to  a  nic?tli?r'$  namei 
"  Whtic  pl-jud  :md  vain  iJic  triumphs  in  her  JoTt^ 
"  Atid  AioW^  the  glyriou^  tokens  of  hu  love  ; 
"  Bat  if  I  *m  ill  11  the  niiftrtfs  of  the  ikiti, 
"*  Bf  her  own  lover  the  fond  bcatily  dies*'*' 
This  faid}  dcfcendiiig  in  a  yellow  cloud, 
Ae^ns  the  gates  of  Senu^le  fiie  tloud. 

Old  Bcroif  s  decrepit  fliape  flie  wears. 
Her  wrinkled  vifage,  and  her  hoary  hairs  ; 
Whilil  in  her  tremWing  gait  fhz  totters,  oa, 
Aud  le±n>a  to  tattle  m  the  narfe^s  tone. 
The  goddtfs,  thtis  difguis'd  in  Bge,  bcg^ird 
With  pleafiog  ftories  h?r  falfe  folkT-cIiikl. 
Much  did  file  talk  of  lovt^,  an  J  when  fbc  canje 
Tu  mention  to  the  nymph  her  lover's  n3n;e. 
Fetching  a.  iigh,  and  holding  down  her  hiad> 

*  ^rh  well,  fays  flie,  if  all  be  tme  that  's  Isid. 
^  But  trui!  me,  child,  I  'm  much  incUnM  to  fear 

*  Some  coimtcrfeit  in  this  your  Jupiter, 
**  Mztiy  &n  hone^  wtll-deCgning  maid 

**  Has  b«n  by  thcfc  pretended  gods  betrayM. 

«  But 


/: 


j^S  ADBISON'S    POEMS^ 

*•  But  if  he  be  indeed  the  thundering  Jove, 

**  Bid  him,  when  next  he  coyrts  the  rites  of  lovr^ 

**  Defcend  triumphant  from  th'  ethereal  iky, 

**  In  all  the  pomp  of  his  divinity  $ 

•*  EncompafsM  round  by  thofe  celeftial  charms, 

**  With  which  he  fills  th'  immortal  Juno's  arms." 

Th*  unwary  nymph,  enfnar'd  with  what  fhe  faid,- 
Defir'd  of  Jove,  when  next  he  fought  her  bed. 
To  grant  a  certain  gift  which  fhe  would  choofe  j 
"  Fear  not,  replied  the  God,  that  I  '11  refufe 
"  Whate'er  you  alk  :  may  Styx  confirm  my  voice, 
**  Choofe  what  you  will,  and  you  fhallhave  your  choice. 
**  Then,  fays  the  nymph,  when  next  you  feek  my  arms- 
**  May  you  defcend  in  thofe  celeftial  charms 
"  With  which  your  Juno's  bofom  you  inflame, 
**  And  fill  with  tranfport  heaven's,  immortal  dame." 
The  God  furpriz'd  would  fain  have  ftopp'd  her  voice  i 
But  he  had  fworn,  and  (he  bad  made  her  choice. 

To  keep  his  promife,.  he  afcends,  and  fhrouds 
His  awful*  brow  in  whirlwinds  and  in  clouds  5 
Whilft  all  around,  in  terrible  array. 
His  thunders  rattle,  and  his  lightnings  play. 
And  yet,  the  dazzling  luftre  to  abate, 
He  fet  not  out  in  all  his  pomp  and  ftate. 
Clad  in  the  mildeff  lightning  of  the  fkies. 
And  arm'd  with  thunder  of  the  fmallcft  fize : 
Not  thofe  huge  bolts,  by  which  the  giants  fiain 
Lay  overthrown  on  the  Phlegrean  plaip. 
Twas  of  a  lefier  mold,  and  lighter  weighty 
They  call  it  tliunder  of  a  fecond  rate. 

For 


/'OVID,  METAMORPH,  Book  m,       i^j 

the  rough  Cyclopsj  who  by  Joye''s  command 
Jiper*d  the  bolt,  and  turned  tt  fo  bis  hurvd^ 
^r]t"d  lip  lefs  flame  and  fury  in  rts  make. 
And  quench M  it  fboner  in  the  ftanding  Jake. 
This  dreadFiilly  adom'd,  with  hoiror  bright, 
Tk*  illuAfious  God,  defceoding  from  hh  height, 
[*Cime  niftiirtg  on  Iht  in  a  llonm  of  light. 
The  mortal  dame,  too  feeble  to  engage 
Tb*  ligKtnang^s  flafhes  and  the  thunder's  rage, 
Cmfiim'd  amldft  the  glories  ihc  tMr  d, 
id  in  the  terrible  embrace  expired. 
Bat,  t0  preferve  Ms  offspring  from  the  tombj 
I  Ja»e  took  hini  fmofcing  from  the  bhftcd  womb ; 
Jin^y  if  on  -ancient  tales  we  mav  rely, 
litdos*d  th'  abortive  infant  in  his  thsgh. 
flere,  when  the  babe  bad  all  his  time  fulfill'dj 
ho  firft  took  hira  for  her  fofter- child; 
f  flen  the  NifEans,  in  their  dark  abode, 
t'd  fecretly  with  ifrjilk  the  thriving  God, 


THE    TRANSFORMATION 
TIRESLAS. 


OF 


TWAS  nowj  while  thefe  tranfaftioiia  pa^ft  on  earth; 
I  &tid  Bacchus  thus  procured  a  fecond  birth, 
I  WlieD  Jove,  difpos'd  to  lay  afide  ihe  weight 
[6f  public  empire,  and  the  eares  of  (late  j 
111  to  his  Queen  in  tie^lar  bowl^he  quaff 'd, 
I*  Li  troth,  fays  be,  (and  as  he  fpoke  be  hugh*d,) 

'  The  fenfe  of  pleafure  in  the  male  is  fiw 

*  More  duil  and  dc  ad ,  than  wh  a  t^y  o  a  f em  ale  s  fhare  -  "*     "^ 
7  4  ^         Jun 


158         ADDISQN'^   i^^E^MS. 

Juno  tl\e  truth  o£  what  was  feid  deny'd ;  ^ 

Tirefias  therefpre  muft  the  caufc  decide  j  ^ 

.  For  he  the  ple?dure  of  each  fex  had  try'd.  J 

It  happened  once,  within  a  Ihady  wood> 
Two  twifted  foakes  he  in  conjunction  view'd  5 
When  with  his  ftaff  their  ilimy  folds  he  broke. 
And  loft  his  manhood  at  the  fatal  ftroke. 
But,  after  feven  revolving  years,  he  view'd 
The  felf-fao^e  ferpents  in  the  felf-fame  wood  j 
*♦  And  if,  fays  he,  fuch  virtue  in  you  He,  j 

««  That  he  who  dares  your  ilimy  folds  untye  > 

■«'  Muft  change  his  kind,  a  fecond.ftroke  I  '11  tiy."  •* 
Again  he  ftruck  the  fnakes,  and  ftood  again 
-New- fex' d,  and  ftraight  recovered  into  man. 
Him  therefore  both  the  Deities  create 
The  fovereign  umpire  in  their  grand  debate : 
And  he  declar'd  for  Jove :  when  Juno,  fir'd. 
More  than  fo  trivial  an  affair  required, 
Deprived  him,  in  her  fuiy,  of  his  fight. 
And  left  him  groping  round  in  fudden  night. 
But  Jove  (for  fo  it  is  in  heaven  decreed. 
That  no  one  God  repeal  another's  deed) 
Irradiates  all  his  foul  with  inward  light. 
And  with  the  prophet's  art  relieves  the  want  of  fight. 

THE  TRANSFORMATION   OF  ECHO. 

Fam'd  far  and  near -for  knowing  things  to  come. 
From  him  ih'  enquiring  nations  fought  their  doom ; 
The  fair  Liriope  his  anfwers  try'd. 
And  firft  th'  unerring  .prophet  jnftify'4  i 

5  This 


OV9V : A^TAMOWP.  Brae  UI.     i  sf 

htf  aymphtbe  G^  QipUfiis  bad  alw^d, 
nth  all  Jm»  miAig  ««ttn  €kcmn(f»*6, 
Aad  on  tbe  Ni|ak[4^  a  lofffyboj, 
WluMn  the  loft  jpaidi  f^a  tfMi  bcbtM  wkk  10^ 

The tenjeribuBC*  Mickoiu  to Iummt 
Whether  her  child  ftoald  ndi  old  age  or  BO, 
CanTaltB  the  £ige  Tirafiat,  yHio  rc|ittee, 
•"If  e*erheJww»hiMleir,  he  fucelf  diee.** 
long  fiT*d  die  dubioua  aioftAr  in  {mipen&p 
Xaj  tune  narkUkd  all  dK  pcophef  §  tefe. 
Nanatfba  BOW  his  fiatecBdi  year  began, 
Jni  tun^'d  of  hoy,  and  on  the  vtrgt  of  bmb^ 
Manj  a  firiend  the  Wooming  youth  canft'd, 
Jianj  n  love-lick  maid  her  iame  conftft'd. 
tek «M  hie  pdde^  Bi vMilfae friend care6*4» 
The  Wic-fick  naid  m  vain  hor  flame  oonfc6*d. 
Qbci^  in4he  tpoodey  at  he.piirlacd  the  chaci^ 
The  babbliBg  Echo  had  defoy'd  hie  £Ke$ 
-She,  who  in  others*  words  lier  fileace  bccafcs. 
Nor  Speaks  bedelf  but  when  another  fpcaka. 
Echo  was  then  a  maid,  of  fpeecb  bereft. 
Of  wonted  fpcech ;  for  though  her  voice  was  left. 
Judo  a  ctuie  did  on  her  tongue  impoie. 
To  fport  with  every  fimtence  in  the  ck>ie« 
Foil  often,  when  tbe  goddtCt  might  have  caug^ 
Jore  and  her  rivals  in  die  very  fault. 
This  nymph  with  fubtle  ftoiies  would  del^ 
Her  coming,  till  the  lovers  ilippM  away. 
■  i  The  Goddcis  found  out  the  deceit  in  tin^e, 
I   And  then  ihe  cry *d,  **  That  tongue,  fur  this  thy  criaie, 
'  r   ^  Which  could  fo  many  fubtle  tales  produce, 
i\   M  Shall  lie  heceafter  but  of  U.tlt  aicr  l:ltt^^^ 


li-.  ADDISOJi'S    POEMS. 

Hencj  *:::  iht  prattks  in  a  fsunter  tore, 

WIl:  r:!.Ti:c  f^undi,  and  accents  not  h-iz  ovrcu 

Thii  iove-iicic  virgin,  o7er-jo7'd  to  find 
Tag  bof  alone,  ibii  followM  hira  behind  | 
When  glowiag  warmly  at  her  near  approach^ 
As  fulphur -biases  at  die  taper's  touch. 
She  k>ng*d  her  hidden  paffion  to  reveajy 
And  tell  her- pains,  hut  had  not  words  to  tell : 
She  can*t  begin,  but  waits  for  the  rebound. 
To  catch  his  voice,  and  to  return  the  found. 

The  njrmph,  when  nothing  could  Narci^us  move. 
Still  dafhJd  with  blu(he«  for  her  llighted  love, 
Liv'd  in  the  ihadj  covert  of  the  woods. 
In  folitary  caves  and  dark  abodes ; 
Where  pining  wander'd  the  reje£^ed  fur. 
Till,   harafs'd  oat,  and  worn  away  with  care, 
Theybi^ding  Skeleton,  of  blood  bereft, 
BeHdes  hei*  bones  and  voice  had  nothing  left. 
Her  bones,  are  petrifyM,  her  voice'is  found 
In  vaults,  where  ftill  it  doubles  every  found. 

THE  STORY  OF  NARCISSUS. 

THUS  did  the  nymph  in  vain  carefs  the  boy, 
He  ftill  was  lovely,  but  he  ftill  was  coy : 
When -^cmc" fair  virgin  of  the  flighted  train 
Thus  pray'd  the  gods,  <provok'd  by  his  difdain, 
*'  Oh  may  he- love  like  me,  and  love  like  me  in  vain ! 
Rhamnufia  pity'd  the  negle^ed  fiur. 
And  with  juft  vengeance  anfwer*d'to  her  prayer. 

'There  ftands  a  fountain  in  a  darkibme  wood. 
Nor  ftainld  with  falling  leaves  nor  riling  mud ; 

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tTntioabled  by  the  breath  of  winds  it  refit,* 
fJnfiillyM  by  the  tdoch  of  m«n  or  beafts  j 
High  bo^ftn  of  ihady-txtes  abore  it  growy 
And  rifing  graft  and  fearful  greens  below. 
Pleis'd  with  the  form  attd-coolnefs  of  the  place. 
And  over-heafeesd  by  the' iteming  chace, 
Narciflut  on  the  grafi^  irerdiire  lies  : 
Bat  whilft  within  the  cryKal  fount  he  tries 
To  quench  his  beat,  he  fe^s  ilew  heats  arife. 
For,  as  hit  ornn  bright  image  he  fnrveyM, 
Be  fell  in  love  with  the  lintMt  ihade  $ 
And  oV  the  fair  reieiAbhmce  Hung  iininoT^;   '  ^ 
Nor  knew,  fond  youth  !  it  was  himfelf  he  lovMl 
The  wcll-tum'd  neck  and  fhoalders  he  defcrics. 
The  fpacious  forehead,  and  the  fparkling  eyes ; 
The  hands  that  Bacchus  might  not  fcorn  to  ftiow. 
And  hair  that  round  Apollo's  head  might  flow. 
With  all  the  purple  youthfulnefs  of  face, 
That  gently  blushes  in  the  watery  glafs. 
By  his  own  flames  confum'd,  the  lover  lies, 
And  gives  himfelf  the  wound  by  which  he  dies. 
:  To  the  cold  water  oft  he  joins  his  lips,  "J 

Oft  catching  at  the  beauteous  fliade  he  dips  f 

I  Bis  arms,  as  often  from  himfelf  he  flips.  J 
^r  knows  he  who  it  is  his  arms  purfue 
^ith  eager  clafps,  but  loves  he  knows  not  who. 

What  could,  fond  youth,  this  helplefs  paffion  move  ? 
bat  kindle  in  thee  this  unpityM  love  ? 
r  own  warm  blufh  within  the  water  glows, 
^uh  thee  the  colourM  (hadow  comes  and  goes, 

II  M 


i6*  A  DP  I  SON'S    POEMS. 

Its  empty  being  on  thyfelf  relies  5 

Step  thou  afide,  and  the  frail  charmer  dies. 

Still  o'er  the  fountain's  watery  gleam  he  flood, 
JMindlefs  of  deep,  and  negligent  of  food  $  | 

Still  viewed  his  face,  and  laog^ih'd  as  he  viewed.     - 
At  length  he  raisM  his  heat),  sumI  thus  began 
To  vent  his  griefs,  and  tell  -the  ^oods  his  pain  : 
**  You  trees,  fays  he,  and  thou  furrounding  grove, 
<«  Who  oft  have  been  the  kindly  fcenes  of  love, 
^*  Tell  me,  if  e'er  within  your  (hades  did  lie 
•*  A  youth  fo  -tortur'd,  fo  pcrplex'd  as  1 1 
•'  I  whol)efore  me  fee  the  chai^ming  fair, 
^f  Whilft  there  he  (lands,  and  yet  he  (lands  not  there : 
**  In  fuch  a  maze  of  love  my  thoughts  are  loft  $ 
<*  And  yet  no  bulwark'd  town,  nor  diftant  coaft, 
**  Preferves  the  beauteous  yoiith  from  being  feen^ 
-«<  No  mountains  rife,  nor  oceans  flow  between.. 
**  A  ihallow~wa^r  hinders -ray  embrace  j 
*••*  And  yet  the  lovely  mimic  wears  a  face 
***  That  kindly -fmiles,  and  when  I  bend  to  join 
•■**  My  lips  to  his,  he  fondly  bends  to  mine. 
"•*  Hear,  gentle  youth,  and  pity  my  complaint, 
*^^  Come  from  thy  well,  thou  fair  inhabitant. 
•*  My  charms  an  eafy  conqueft  have  obtainM 
**  O'er  other  hearts,  by  thee  alone  difdaih*d. 
*'  But  why  (hould  I  defpair  ?  I  *m  iure  he  burns 
*'  With  equal  flames,  and  knguilhes  by  turns. 
**  When^e'er  I  ftoop,  he  offers  at  a  kifs; 
*'  And  when  my  arms  I  ftretch,  he  ftretches  his. 
*'  His  eye  with  pleafure  on  my  face  he  keeps, 
"v*  -He  fmiles  my  iiniles^  and  when  I  we^p  he  weeps. 

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^Vfl>,  MStAMORPH.  Book  in.      t6i 

*<  When-e'er  I  fpe^)  his  moving  lips  appear 
*<  To  otter  fomeCbingy  which  I  cannot  hear. 

**  Ah  wretched  -me  I  f  now  begin  too  late 
**  To  find  out  ail  the  lo9ig  perpkx'd  deceit  j 
'^  It  18  myfelf  I  love,  myfetf  I  fee  5 
*'  The  gay  deluiion  is  a  part  of  «iie. 
**  I  kindle  up  the  ikes  by  which  I  bum, 
**  And  my  own  beai^ties  from  the  wefll  return. 
**  Whom  ihould  I  oovrt?  How^tter  mycompiaint  ?- 
**  Enjoyment  but  produces  my  veftraint, 
**  And  to9  much  plenty  makes  me  die  for  want. 
'<  How  gladly  .would  I  irom  myielf  remove  ! 
**  And  at  a  diftance  iet  the  thing  f  love. 
**  My  breafl:  is  warmM  with  liich  umifual  ^e, 
**  I  wiih  him  abfent  whom  I  moft  de^re. 
•*  Aad  now  I  faint  with  grief  j  my  fate  draws  nig^  j 
**  In  all  the  pride  of  blooming  youth  I  die. 
**  Deadi  will  the  ibrrows  of  my  heart  reliere, 
**  O  might  the  vifionafy  youth  furvivc, 
•*  I  (hould  with  joy  my  lateft  breath  refign ! 
**  But,  oh  t  I  fee  his  fate  invoIvM  in  mine." 

This  faid,  the  weeping  youth  again  retumM 
To  the  clear  fountain,  where  again  he  burn'd  j 
His  tears  defac'd  t^  furfaoe  of  the  well. 
With  circle  after  circle,  as  they  i'ell : 
A-nd  now  the  lovdy  face  but  half  s^pears, 
O-^r-run  with  wriakles,  and  defoinnM  wi^tearg. 
<<  Ah  Mdiither,  csies  NarciCus,  doft  thou  fly  f 
<<  Let  me  j&ili  feed  the  fiame  kxy  which  I  die  | 
<«  Let  me  ftill  fee,  though  I  'm  no  further  bleft/' 
Then  rends  hie  garment  off,  and  beats  his  breaft  : 

M  2  Hrs 


A  P  P  ' 

Still  o'erth  ^^^  .     ^,^    ,     .    »..-w. 

Still  vievv\*  '  _^.            ...:"......  -^.. 

At  Kni:tl^ '  _.           -.i-^    '•     '*•»» 

•'  Yo'i  ■  ■  ,,     ...Uu  .  .■"^••:«'. 

-IJ  ■  ■       ■■  ■• 

««  "Wb'^  v      .11. ill*.  *l.  ♦■'V, 

li.-*.-  — '■• 

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;  MITAMORPIL   Book  UL       idj 

S  STOay  OF  PENTHEU 

evtnt  give  blind  Tircrnsi  fame, 
eccc  cftiiblifh'd  in  u  prophet's  name* 
Icw'ii  Fcuthi'UA  Qtiiy  duiil  d«H dc 
pcoplcj  iind  their  cydcfi  guide,, 
t'  i^ruphcE  iu  bis  (vtty  dudt 
lioaiy  hoouuri  cf  hh  h^^d  ^ 
'l\f  piTJ'umpt\ious  man,  'twere  well  fm  thtt; 
:rt  e^elefs  too,  und  blind^  like  me  ; 
nt  comes,  nay,  'tis  already  hct^, 
jQUng  ^od*i  folemtiities  rippeur  j 
thou  dolt  not  i^itli  ImH  nttrs  udoin, 
mft  cuxvfej  into  pieces  tom^ 
•  tlie  woodii   !iiid  hstng  on  every  thorn 
n,  remember  what  1  now  forciej, 
the  bimd  Tirefias  Taw  too  well.*'* 
;  IcDms  him,  and  derides  his  ikill  ^ 
ill  the  prophet's  t hi  cuts  fulfiL 
ugh  proftrate  Greece  young  Bacchus  rode, 
ig  matrons  celebrate  the  god, 
1  fcxes  to  his  Orgies  ran, 
the  pomps,  and  fill  the  train, 
us  thds  his  wicked  rage  cxprcfsM ; 
nels,  Thebans,  has  your  Toul  polVefs'd  ? 
r  timbrels,  can  a  drunken  fhout, 
wd  clamours  of  a  beaftly  rout, 
your  courage  ?  Can  the  weak  alarm 
s  yell  thofe  ilubborn  fouls  difarm, 

M  3  ♦♦  Wiom 


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^^  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

ih  naked  bofom  redden'd  with  the  blow. 
In  fuch  a  blufli  as  purple  cluftcrs  ihow. 
Ere  yet  the  fun^s  autumnal  hetts  refine 
The  fprightly  juice,  and  mellow  it  to  wine. 
The  glowing  beauties  of  his  breaft  he  fpies* 
And  with  a  new  redoubled  pafCon  dies. 
As  wax  dilTolves,  as  ice  begins  to  run. 
And  trickle  into  drops  before  the  fun. 
So  melts  the  youth,  and  languishes  away  : 
His  beaiity  withers,  and  his  limbs  decay. 
And  none  of  thofe  attra^ve  charms  remain. 
To  which  the  flighted  Echo  fued  in  vain. 

She  faw  him  in  his  prefent  mifery. 
Whom,  fpite  of  all  her  wrongs,  ihe  grieved  to  fee. 
She  anfwerM  fadly  to  the  lover's  moan, 
Sigh'd  back  his  fighs,  and  groan'd  to  every,  groan.; 
**  Ah  youth  !  belov'd  in  vain,"  Nat  ciflus  cries ; 
•*  Ah  youth  !  belov'd  in  vain,"  the  nymph  replies. 
**  Farewel,"  fays  he  :  the  parting  found  fcarce  fell 
From  his  faint  lips,  but  (he  replyM,  "  Farewel," 
Then  on  th'  unwholfome  earth  he  gafping  lies. 
Till  death  fhuts  up  thofe  felf-admiring  eyes. 
To  the  cold  fliades  his  flitting  ghoft  retires. 
And  in  the  Stygian  waves  itlelf  admires. 

For  him  the  Naiads  and  the' Dryads  mourn, 
"Whom  the  fad  Echo  anfwers  in  her  turn  : 
And  now  the  fifter-nymphs  prepare  his  urn ; 
When,  looking  for  his  corpfe,  they  only  found 
A  rifing  flalk  with  yellow  bloflbms  crown'd. 


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m^  ^rETAMORPH.  Boor  !IL       le; 
l^iutllre  ufg*ii  him  to  |^te  p>r 
It  Hv  iMti;  the  tvf etch  iHit  nvn  the  itiort* 

So  J  i>  a  nvfr  ^(idy  ijlific,  _ 

fn  •  ftnootli  C9ur(«t  and  niofkniiTr  lirfcj 
lit  tf  wirh  J;i*n*  it4  tiw  itah  wc  n?rtrAm* 
beait  dovk'O  d),  J«it1  fcamt  sli^cg  the  pl^in, 

now  ht»  (Vtyjiit tetanic  bdlf^c*r*d  mxh  hloott, 
iluir  hciiighiy  prince  ta  ihtc  li;e  god  j 
!ie  f;ci<l  tWy  I(infi4  itiot  hi  the  f'i'anik  ttit^tigt 
diAtjj^M  .i  re ^ lull*  votAjy  .ilang. 

HE  MAKiNKRS  TRANSFORMED  TO 
DOLPHINS. 

HtM  PcfltLirm  vipw*d  wittk  ftiry  In  Kii  lo^>k^ 
Ind  ic»n;c  wnf  trtclh,  while  thus  he  I'poltf 

Vik  ilave   \v.r        .      iv  vengcaBcc  iluU{  purfpr, 
A  lid  iKXtify  thy  h^ile  ^cdttlouA  cmw : 
Thy  eountT)*,  aiuI  thy  purem^ige  mvt^iir 
Attd*  why  OtQU  fe>m'it  m  thdie  mad  orgitt,  ttlK''* 

intrtt  eytir> 

.  iktnxt  I  cainc^ 

Jl_,,  '  _  ....    ....♦..- . 

fiil^h'd 


i66  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

**  Whom  nor  the  fword  nor  trumpet  e'er  could  fright, 

**  Nor  the  loud  din  and  horror  of  a  fight  ? 

*'  And  you,  our  fires,  who  left  your  old  abodes, 

"  And  fix'd  in  foreign  earth  yow  country  gods  5 

**  Will  you  without  a  ftroke  your  city  yield, 

**  And  poorly  quit  an  undifputed  field  ? 

•*  But  you,  whofe  youth  and  vigour  fhould  infpire 

<*  Heroic  wannth,  and  kindle  martial  fire, 

*«  Whom  bumifh'd  arms  and  crefted  helmets  grace, 

*'  Not  flowery  garlands  and  a  painted  face  ; 

**  Remember  him  to  whom  you  iland  allyM : 

**  The  ferpent  for  his  well  of  waters  dy'd. 

**  He  fought  the  ftrong ;  do  you  his  courage  ihow,, 

**  And  gain  a  conqueft  d'tr  a  feeble  foe. 

"  If  Thebes  muft  fall,  oh  might  the  fates  afford 

*'  A  nobler  dcom,  from  famine,  fire,  or  fword ! 

"  Then  might  the  Thebans  perifh  with  renown : 

**  But  now  a  beardlefs  vi£lor  facks  the  town  5 

•*  Whom  nor  the  prancing  fteed,  nor  ponderous  (hield, 

•*  Nor  the  hackM  helmet,  nor  the  dufty  field, 

«•  But  the  foft  joys  of  luxury  and  eafe, 

•'  The  purple  vefts,  and  flowery  garland  pleafe* 

**  Stand  then  afide,  1*11  make  the  counterfeit 

**  Renounce  his  godhead,  and  confefs  the  cheat, 

**  Acrifms  from  the  Grecian  walls  repelPd 

**  This  boafted  power  j  why  then  ihould  Pentheus  yield  > 

**  Go  quickly,  drag  th*  audacious  boy  to  me  i 

*<  I'll  try  the  force  of  his  divinity." 

Thus  did  th*  audacious  wretch  thofe  rites  profane  y 

His  friends  difliiade  th^  audacious  wretch  in  vain } 

la 


OViDi,  METAM«R?H.  Boorlir.    '  li^r 
In  tain  hid  grSind!fire  ui^^d  him  to  gite  o*er 
His  impicius  threats  $  thtf  \treteh  bttt  rA^ti  the  itidrc^ 

So  have  I  ftffeft  a  rfver  gefttly  glide. 
In  a  fmoioth  courfe>  and  inof2tn£ve  tide  $ 
But  if  with  dams  its  ciirrei^  we  reftrarn. 
It  bears  down  ally  and  fbamt  along  the  pUin. 

But  now  his  fervants^canie  befinearM  with  blood. 
Sent  by  their  haughty  prince  to  feize  the  god  i 
The  g#d  they  fcAsnd  not  in  the  frantic  throng. 
But  dragged  a  ^alcnxs  votary  along. 

THE  MARINERS  TRANSFORMED  TO 
DOLPHINS. 

HIM  Pentbeus  view-d  with  fiiiy  in  his  look. 
And  fcarce  withheld  his  hands,  while  thus- he  ipoke  r 
**  Vile  flave  whom  fpeedy  vengeance  fliall  purfue,     ^ 
*'  And  tierrify  thy  bafe  feditious  crew : 
"  Thy  country,  and  thy  parentage  reveal, 
"  And,  why  thou  jdin'ft  in  thefe  mad  orgies,  tell.'* 

The  captive  views  him  with  undaunted  eyes. 
And,  arm'd  with  inward  innocence,  replies  : 

«'  From  high  Meonia's  rocky  flrores  I  came, 
"  Of  poor  defcent,  Ac^etes  is  my  name  : 
**  My  fire  wals  meanly  born  ;  no  oxen  ploughed 
"  His  fruitful  fields,  nor  in  his  paftures  low'd, 
<*  His  whole  eftate  withiti  the  waters  lay  j 
<*  With  lines  and  hooks  he  caught  the  finny  prey  j 
**  His  art  was  all  his  livelihobd  5  which  he 
<*  TKtfS  with  his  dymg  lips  beq\ieath\l  tso  me  : 

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i6S         ADDIS  ON*S    POEMS. 

**  In  ftreams,  my  boy,  and  rivers,  take  thy  chance ; 
**  There  fwims,  faid  he,  thy  whole  inheritance. 

**  Long  did  I  live  on  this  poor  legacy, 
**  Till,  tir'd  with  rock8>  and  my  own  native  iky, 
**  To  arts  of  navigation  I  inclined.  $ 
•*  ObfervM  the  turns  and  changes  of  the  wind; 
**  LeamM  the  fit  havens,  and  began  to  note 
<*  The  ftormy  Hyades,  the  rainy  Goat, 
"  The  blight  Taygete,  and  the  ihining  Bears,. 
**  With  all  the  failor's  catalogue  of  ftars. 

"  Once,  as  by  chance  for  Delos  I  defignM, 
♦*  My  vefl'el,  driv'n  by  a  ftrong  guft  of  wind, 
"  MoorM  in  a  Chian  creek :  a/hore  I  went, 
«*  And  all  the  following  night  in  Chios  fpent. 
*<  When  morning  rofe,  I  fent  my  mates  to  bring 
•*  Supplies  of  water  from  a.  neighbouring  fpring, 
•<  Wkilft  I  the  motion  of  the  winds  explor'd  j 
'*  Then  fummon'd-in  my  crew,  and  went  aboard. 
•*  Opheltes  heai'd  my  fummons,  ^and  with  joy 
"  Brought  to  the  fliore  a  foft  and  lovely  boy, 
•*  With  more  than  female  fweetnefs  in  his  look, 
**  Whom  ftraggling  in  the  neighbouring  fieldshelook. 
**  With  fumes  of  wine  the  little  captive  glows, 
**  And  nods  with  fleep,  and  daggers  as  he  goes. 

"  I  view'd  him  nicely,  and  began  to  trace  O 

*'  Each  heavenly  feature,  each  immortal  grace,  > 

**  And  faw  divinity  in  all  his  face.  j 

'<  I  know  not  who,  f^id  I,  this  god  fliould  be  y 
"  But  that  he  is  a  god  I  plainly  fee  : 
**  And  thou,  whoe'er  thou  art,  excufc  the  force 
"  Thefe  men  have  us'd,  and  oh  befriend  our  courfc ! 

«  Pray 


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OVID,  METAMORfir.    Booic  III.     -  j£^ 

•*  Pray  not  for  us,  the  nimble  Xlt(^ys  caryldj. 

*<  Di6lys,  that  could  the  main-top-maft  befbride^ 

^'  And  down  thp  ropes  with  a£Uve  vigour  flide^ 

"  To  the  fame  purpofe  old  Epopeus  fpoke, 

**  Who  over- loo^k'd  the  oars,  and  tim'd  the  ftroke; » 

**  The  fame  the  pilot,  and  the  fame  the  reft  j 

**  Such  impious  avarice  their  fouls. pofTeft. 

**  Nay,  heaven  forbid  that  I  ihould  bear  away 

"  Within  my  veflel  fo  divine  a  prey^ 

"  Said  I  i  and  ftood  to  hinder  their  intent ;. 

"  When  LyeabaS)  a  wretch  for  murder  fent 

"  From  Tufcany,,  lo  fufFcr  baniihment,- 

**  With  his  clench'd  fift  had  ftruck  me  over-board^   - 

*'  Had  not  my  hands  in  falling  grafp'd  acord. 

**  His  bafe  confederates  the  {a£t  approve  5 
"  When  Bacchus  (for  'twas  he)  began  to  move^ 
"  Wak'd  by  the  noife  and  clamours  which  they  rais'd ;» 
"  And  (hook  his  drowfy  limbs,  and  round  him  gaz^dn. 
**  What  means  this  noife  ?  he  cries;  am  I  betray'd? 
**  Ah  !  whither,  whither  muft  I  be  convey"'d  ? 
**  P'ear  not,,  faid  Proteus,  child,  but  tell  us  where 
**  You  wi/h  to  land,  and  truft  our  friendly  care* 
'*  To  Naxos  then  dire6l  your  courfe,  fays  he  j 
<^  Naxos  a  hofpitable  port  fliall  be 
**  Xo  each  of  youj  a  joyful  home  to  me. 
<«  By  every  God,,  that  rules  the  fea  or  flcy, 
*'   The  perjur'd  villains  promife  to  comply, 
*'  And  bid  me  haften  to  unmoor  the  /hip. 
'<   With  eager  jpy  I  launch  into  the  deep  j 
"   And,  heedlefs  of  the  fraud,  for  Naxos  ftand : 
^   They  whifper  oft,  and  beckon  with  the  hand. 

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170  ADDISON'S     POEMS. 

"  And  give  me  figns,  all  anxious  for  their  prey, 
**  To  tack  about,  and  ftcer  another  way. 
**  Then  let  fome  other  to  niy  poft  iricceed, 
**  Said  I^  I  'm  gBittfeft  of  fo  fbul  a  deed. 
<<  Whaty  fays  EtKalien,  ittvil  the  fliip^s  whole  crew 
*^  Follow  jTour  humour,  ind  depetld  on  you  f 
*•  And  ftraigfat  hknielf  he  (eated  at  the  prore, 
^  And  tack*d  about,  and  fought  another  fhore. 

**  Thebeauteottsyouth  now  found  himfelfbetray'd, ' 
**  And  froRtthe  deck  the  rifing  waves  furveyM 
'*  And  feem'd  to  weep,  and  as  he  wept  he  faid  5 
**  And  do  you  thus  my  eafy  feith  beguHe  ? 
**  Thus  do  y6u  bear  fhe  to  my  native  ifle  ? 
**  Will  flich  a  multitude  of  men  employ 
"  Their  ftrength  againft  a  weak  defencelefs  boy  ? 

<<  In  vain  did  I  the  Godlike  youth  deplore, 
•*  The  mote  1  begg'd,  they  thwarted,  me  the  more^ 
**  Arid  new,  by  all  the  Gods  in  heaven  that  hear 
««  This  foJemn  oath,  by  Bacchus'  felf,  I  fwear, 
"  The  mighty  miracle  that  did  enfue, 
•*  Although  it  feems  beyond  belief,  is  true. 
•*  The  vcfffel,  fix'd  and  rooted  in  the  flood, 
**  Unmov*d  by  all  the  beating  billows  ftood. 
**  In  vain  the  mariners  would  plough  the  main 
"  With  fails  uttfdrrd,  and  ftrike  their  oars  in  vain  ; 
•*  Around  their  oars  a  twining  ivy  cleaves, 
**  And  climbs  the  mdft,  and  hides  the  cords  in  leaves  : 
"  The  fails  are  oover'd  with  a  chearful  green^ 
"  And  berries  in  the  fi-uitftil  canvas  feen. 
"  Amidft  the  waveS  a  fudden  foreft  rears 
•<  Its  vei'darit  head,  and  si  new  fpring  appears, 
•4.  "  Thr 


0VIB,  METAMORPH.    S(^ic  III.        I7x 

f*-  The  ged^^fv  no^  behold  witlf  open  eye^  | . 
'<  Axherd  otfpotttd  panthers  .rottiidhiM  lies 
<^  In  glaring  forms  $  the  grapj  dttfters  fpread ' 
*'  On  his  fair  brows,  and  dangle  en  his  head. 
"  And  whilft;he  frowns^  andbhmdifties  hial  (Jm^iv 
^  My  mates,  ftir|M-itt'd  with  ]hadnef«^or  with  fear, 
"  Leaped  over-bltetd j  fir^  peifiir**M!id<lil  foimd 
*^  Rough  fcales^and  fins  his  ftiiletiing  fid««ibft^iid  V 
•*  Ah  what,  cries  one,  has  thus  transform^  thy  look  > 
»*  Straight  his  own  month  grew  wider  as  he  fpoke ; 
^  And  now  himfelf  he  views  -with  like  fufprite. 
**  Still  at  his  oar  th*  induftrious  Libys^plies  ; 
**  But,  as  he  plies,  each  bnfy  arm  ihnnks  in^ ; 
«  And  by  degrees  is  fafliion'd  to  a  fin. 
•*  Another,  as  he  catches  at  a  cord, 
**  Miflbs  his  arms,  and,  tumbling  over-board, 
<*  With  ^  is  broad  fins  and  forky  tail  he  laves 
**  The  rifing  furge,  and  floances  in  the  waves. 
"  Thus  all  my  crew  transformed,  around  the  fliip, 
**  Or  dive  below,  or  on  the  furface  leap, 
*'  And  fpout  the  waves,  and  wanton  in  the  deep. 
«  Full  nineteen  failors  did  the  (hip  convey, 
'<  A  iliole  of  nineteen  dolphins  round  her  play. 
♦*  I  only  in  my  proper  fhape  appear, 
*•  Spcechlefs  with  wonder,  and  half  dead  with  fear, 
•*  Till  Sacchus  kindly  bid  me  fear  no  more. 
*'  With  him  I  landed  on  the  Chian  ihore, 
<•  And  him  ihall  ever  gratefully  adore." 

<<  This  forging  flave,  fays  Peathetis,  would  prevail 
"  O'er  ©ur  juft  fury  by  a  far-fet«h'd  tale } 

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**  Oft,   .ftf  n.m  Kst  rhe  viiipH^  -jie  L>^For«is,  the  i:*?, 

T  A   ftmcvr,»»  terraraa  imrrj  iiiai  xiaay, 

An<i  ±e  poor  opsive  ci  a  dungiecs  bhy. 

Saf^  wtuift  the  wbipt  zati  tocazrcv  are  prcpor^dy 

The  gates  ftf  fipesy  of  diemiieives  tmbarrM  ; 

At  Ubcrtf  ik*  uM&Xtex^d  capd^^  ^aads, 

Aflil  lUi^  tW  foc&ZL'd  {fivkiea  firain  I&is  hacds. 

THE  DEATH  Or  PEXTHEUS. 

Bot  Fendiem,  grcwr.  raore  farcus  tbair  before,. 
ftefoivM  to  fend  his  raeOecgers  co  more. 
But  went  himielf  to  the  diflraiteti  throngs 
Where  high  Cifhatron  echo'd  with  their  fong. 
And  M  the  fiery  war-horfe  paws  the  groundy 
And  fnort*  and  trembles  at  the  tmmpet*t  ibund  $. 
Tranrported  tbas  he  heard  the  frantic  rout,- 
And  rav'd  and  madden'd  at  the  diiiant  fhout. 
'  A  fffActou%  circuit  on  the  hill  there  ftood, 
Level  nnf\  wide,  and  (kirted  round  with  wood  ^ 
Here  the  nifh  Fenthcus,  with  unhallowM  eyes,. 
The  howling  dames  and  myftic  orgies  fpies. 
I-Iid  nuithcr  ftcrnly  viewM  him  where  he  flood. 
And  kindled  into  mndnefs  as  fhe  viewed  : 
tirr  Irafy  javelin  at  her  fon  Hie  caft; 
Antl  cric»,  "  The  boar  that  lays  our  country  wafte ! 
••  The  ho:ir,  my  fitters!  aim  the  fatal  dart, 
••  And  111  ike  the  brindled  monfter  to  the  heart," 

Prnthpim  aftonifh'd  hcaiti  the  difmal  found, 
And  ivn  the  yelling  matrons  gathering  round  5 

lie 


OVIDr'METAMOItfH.  Bow  Ut.        17.3 

He  kn,  and  weeps  at  his  approaching  fate. 
And  Jbqgs  Ibr  mercy,  and  rppents  too  late. 
"  Vdp,'  help !  mj  aunt  Autoiioe»  he  cry*dj 
'*  Remember  ho^  your  own  A6h6on  dy*d.^*  ' 
Deaf  to  his  criesj  the  frantic  matron  crops 
Oiielhetich''d-ont  arm>  the  other  Ino  lops* 
hi  vain  does  Pentheus  to  his  mother  ftie. 
And  the  raw  bkeding  ftumps  prefents  to  view : 
Bis  mother  JMwlfd  $  and,  heedlefs  of  his  prayer, 
fior  trembling  hand  ihe  twiiSed  in  his  hair, 
*  And  this,  ihe  cry'd,  ihall  be  Agave*s  ihare/* 
When  horn  the  ned&4iis  .ftrugglii^  head.ihe  tore. 
Aid  in  her  hands  the  ghaftiy  vifage  bore, 
Widi  pleafure  all  the  hideous  trunk  Curvey ) 
Tkn  pnllM  and  tope^the  mangled  limbs  away, 
A^ibiting  in  the  pangs  of  death  it  lay. 
Urn  as  the  wood  its  leafy  honours  xafts, 
Hown  off  and  fcatter-d  by  autumnal  blafts. 
With  fuch  a  fudden  death  lay  Pentheus  (lain. 
And  in  a  thoufand  pieces  ftrow'd  the  plain. 

By  {0  diftinguifhing  a  judgment  aw*d. 
The  Thebans  tremble,  and  confefs  the  god. 


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THE 


174  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

THE    STORY    OF    SALMACIS   AND 
HERMAPHRODITUS. 

PROM   THE    FOURTH    BOOK   OT   QVID*S 
METAMORPHOSES. 

HOW  8a]maci8>  with  weak  enfeebling  ftrcaras* 
Soltens  the  body,  and  uiuienres  the  limbs, 
.  And  what  the  fecret  caufe,  fhall  here  be  fhown ; 
The  caufe  is  (ecrct,  b«t  th*  effe^  is  known. 

The  Naiads  nurft  an  infant  heretofore^ 
That  CjTtherea  once  to  Hermeff  bore  : 
From  both  th*  illuftrious  authors  of  his  race  *j 

The  child  was  nam-d  5  nor  was  it  hard  to  trace         V 
Both  the  bright  parents  through  the  infantas  face.     ^ 

•  When  fifteen  years,  in  Ida's  cool  retreat. 
The  boy  had  told,  he  left  his  native  feat, 
And  fought  ftieffa  fountains  in  a  foreign  ibil : 
The  pleafure  leifen'd  the  attending  toil. 
With  eager  fteps  the  Lycian  fields  he  croft, 
And  fields  thatiiorder  on  the  Lycian  coaft  j 
A  river  here  he  view'd  fo  lovely  bright. 
It  fliew^d  tht  bottom  in  a  fairer  light. 
Nor  kept  a  fand  concealed  from  human  fight : 
The  flream  produc'*d  nor  flimy  ooae,  nor  weeds, 
Nor  miry  mfhes,  nor  the  fpiky  reeds ; 
But  dealt  enriching  moifhire  all  around. 
The  fruitful  banks  with  chearful  verdure  crown' 

•  And  kept  the  ijpripg  eternal  on  the  ground* 


^TAMORPfl.  Book 

I  ^  p^'inp^  pretide^,  nor  pro^js'd  in  the.  cha 
Kor  sl^ilfui  at  tb^  bow,  nar  ^t  the  r^cc ; 
Of  all  the  blue-£y'4  daughters  of  the  moi; 
Tht  oiil^  ftrmger  to  Diana* s  train  : 
H^r  h^trs  often,  as  'tis  faid^  wou^d  cry, 
**  Fy,  Salmads,  what  al\'vay»  idle  1  fy^ 
■**  Or  take  thy  quiver,  or  thy  arrows  ieue, 
-•^  And  mix  the  toil  a  of  huiiting^  with  tlijr  *  fcfcJ 
Nor  quiver  Ae  nor  arr™""  "*-""  *'"^"^'*  ^^""t. 
Nor  milt  the  toils  of  Y 
Btit  oft  would  bathe  ] 
Oft  with  2.  comb  her  i         .v^.«%i 
Kow  in  ihe  Untpid  fln 
Aad  dreft  her  im^e  ii 
fh  beds  of  leares  (he 
Now  gathered  Aowcrs 
Ajnd  then  by  chance  s 
To  fiew  the  boy,  and 


-tf* 


he  vitv  Ji 

looting  f,. 

/d  her  iimb», 
rw  ftbout  her  ilreamt.^- 

ring,  as  ihc  ftood 
n.  what  ihe  vt(iw\l. 
Fain  would  0^  meet  ine  youth  with  haAy  feet^ 
Slie  fain  would  meet  him,  but  refusM  to  in««l 
Before  her  looks  were  fct  with  niceft  care. 
And  well  deferv*d  to  be  reputed  fiair. 
**  Bright  you^h,  (he  criet,  whom  all  thy  featut^  prove 
"  A  god,  and,  if  a  god,  the  god  of  love  ; 
"  But  if  a  rooi'tal,  bleft  thy  nnrfe'*breaft ; 
"  Bleft  are  thy  pa^entSi,  and  thy  fiflerB  bleft  ; 
**  But  oh  how  bkft  '  how  tnot^  than  bleft  ^y  bnde, 
"  Ally'd  m  blifs,  If  any  yet  aUy'd- 
'*  If  fo,  let  mine  the  ftol'n  enjoymeBts  be  ; 
**  If  noCj  bel|oy  a  wlilii^  bnd«  in  ipe,"* 

Th0 


iX^.        ADDISON*  S    POEMS. 

The  boy  knew  nought  of  love,  and  touclit  with  (hame. 
He  ftrove,  and  blufht,  but  ftill  the  blu(h  became  j 
In  rifing  blufhes  fiill  frefli  beauties  rofe  5 
The  funny  fide  of  fruit  fuch  blufhes  fhowSy 
And  fuch  the  moon,  when  all  her  filver  white 
Turns  in  eclipfes  to  a  ruddy  light. 
The  nymph  ftiil  begs,  if  not  a  nobler  blifs, 
A  cold  faiute  at  leail,  a  filler's  kifs : 
And  now  prepares  to  take  the  lovely  boy 
Between  her  aims.     He,  innocently  coy» 
Replies,  **  Or  leave  me  to  myfelf  alone, 
*«  You  rude  uncivil  nymph,  or  I  '11  be  gone." 
<*  Fair  ftrapger  then,'  fays  fiie,  "  it  (hall  be  £0 1" 
And,  for  fhe  fear'd  his  threat,  fliefeign'd  to  go  j 
But,  hid  within  a  covert's  neighbouring  green. 
She  kept  him  ftill  in  fight,  herfelf  unfeen. 
The  boy  now  fancies  all  the  danger  o'er. 
And  innocently  fports  about  the  fliore  j 
Play  fill  and*  wanton  to  the  ftrcam  he  trips. 
And  dips  his  foot,  and  ihivers  as  he  dips. 
The  coolnefs  pleas'd  him,  and  with  eager  hafte 
His  airy  garments  on  the  banks  he  cail  $ 
Hin  godlike  features,  and  his  heavenly  hue. 
And  all  his  beauties,  were  ezpos'd  to  view. 
His  naked  limbs  the  nymph  with  rapture  i|ues. 
While  hotter  paflions  in  her  bolbm  life, 
Flufli  in  her  cheeks,  and  fpaikk  in  ker  eyes. 
She  longs,  flie  bums  to  clafp  him  in  ker  arms. 
And  looks  and  4gks,  and  kindles  at  his  channs. 

Now  all  imdreft  upon  the  banks  be  ftood, 
AmA  dapt  his  fides,  and  leapt  into  the  flood  : 

His 


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His  loveJy  Umbt  fhe  fiirer  witvirs  <liyidtf,  -  ,  ^ 

Hii  limbs  appear  tnot^  bvely  through  the  1  i^J^ 

A^  lilies  ihiit  within  a  cr^'ftal  caStt 

Receive  a  gToffy  luilre  frorrt  the  gtafs, 

*  He^smitiei  he 't  aU  my  own/'  the  Naiac  ^m*j 

AjsdAtBgs  «^ail,  ami  after  bim  /he  ^m, 

Aod  now  ftie  f^ftena  on  hkn  as  he  fwimt^ 

And  hold  a  him  clofe,  and  wrapti  abauf  his  lifufbt. 


The  more  the  htsy  rchil 
The  morie  Die  clapt,  an 
So  wheo  the  wriggiiiig 
laefigk'e  cbwsj  and  Iki 
Annjnd  the  fb«  hit  tm\ 
And  twiftft  her  legs,  ur 

The  reftlefs  boy  ftiU  . 
To  free  hiEnft:Ift  and  iti 
Aatid^  hi$  limbs  &e  kt 

And  why,  coy  youth 


td  W3A  COyr» 

te  ftruggllng  bo  jr. 
fn^ch'd  on  higli 

il  h«  flingSt 

ics  about  her  wutgi^ 
y  ftrove 
lovTf, 

intwin^d,  ' 

,  why  thus  unkind.* 


'^  Oh  may  the  gods  thus  iteep  ua  ever  joinM  1 
^  Oh  may  we  never j  never  part  again  !" 
^  prayM  the  nymph,  nor  did  ftie  pray  in  vain  t 
for  now  (he  finds  him,  as  his  limbs  ftie  prcfl^ 
Grow  nearer  ftill,  and  nearer  to  ber  breaft  j 
mi,  piercing  each  tlie  other's  flelh,  they  rum 

Together,  and  incorporate  in  one  : 

in  one  face  are  both  their  faces  joined, 

Ai  when  the  flock  anil  grafted  twig  cnmbin*d 

Ifaoot  ii|i  th^  fame,  and  wear  a  common  rind  i 

Soth  bodies  in  a  fmgle  body  mix, 

k  £ngk  body  with  a  double  fex^ 

N  ^ 


The 


ij%  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Tbc  boy,  dins  loft  in  woman,  now  furvey'd 
The  river*s  guilty  ftream,  and  thus  he  pray'd, 
(He  prayed,  but  wondered  at  his  fobtr  tone» 
SurprizM  to  hear  a  voice  but  half  his  own) 
Yon  parent  gods,  whole  heavenly  names  I  bear. 
Hear  yoor  Hennaphrodite,  and  grant  my  prayer; 
Oh  grant,  that  whomlbe*er  thefe  ftreams  contain. 
If  man  he  enterM,  he  may  riie  again 
Supple,  unfinew'd,  and  but  half  a  man ! 

The  heavenly  parents  anfwer'd,  from  on  h^i^ 
Their  two-ihap*d  fon,  the  double  votary } 
Then  gave  a  fecret  virtue  to  the  flood. 
And  tingM  its  ibiuce  to  make  his  wiihes  good. 


NOTJ 


t  179  1 

NO         T         E         S 

ON  SOME  OF  THE   FOREGOING   STORIES 
IN  OVID*S  METAMORPHOSES. 

ON   THE   STORY    OF    PHAETON. 

THE  ftoryof  Phaeton  is  told  with  a  greater  air 
of  majefty  and  grandeur  than  any  other  in  all 
Ovid.  It  is  indeed  the  moft  important  fubje6b  he 
treats  of,  except  the  deluge ;  and  I  cannot  but  believe 
diat  this  if  the  conflagration  he  hiiits  at  in  the  firf!: 
book} 

'*  Efle  quoque  in  fatis  reminifcitur  affbre  tempus 

**  Quo  mare,  quo  tellus,  correptaque  regia  coeli 

**  Ardeat,  et  mundi  moles  operofa  laboret  5'' 

(though  the  learned  apply  thofe  verfes  to  the  future 

burning  of  the  world)  for  it  fully  anfwers  that  defcrip- 

tiony  if  the 

•*  Cceli  miferere  tui,  circumfpice  utrumque, 

**  Fumat  uterque  polus— — " 
**  Fumat  uterque  polus*'— comes  up  to  "  correptaque 
•*  Regia  coeli"— Befides,  it  is  Ovid's  cuftom  to  prepare 
the  reader  for  a  following  ftory,  by  giving  fome  in- 
timations of  it  in  a  foregoing  one,  which  was  more 
particularly  neceflary  to  be  done  before  he  led  us  into 
io  ftrange  a  ftory  as  this  he  is  now  upon. 

P.  106. 1.  7.     For  in  the  portal,   &c.]    We  have 
here  the  pi^ure  of  the  univerfe  drawn  in  little. 

N  a  •«  — Balwe. 


iSo    NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

**  -— Balaenanimque  prementem 
**  ^gBona  fui»  immania  terga  laccrtis." 
iEgeon  makes  a  diverting  figure  in  it, 
<<  — Facies  non  omnibus  una, 
*'  Ncc  diverfa  tamen  :  qualem  decet  eflc  fororcra."'* 
The  thought  is  very  pretty,  of  giving  Doris  and  her 
daughters  fuch  a  difference  in  their  looks  as  is  natural 
to  different  perfons,  and  yet  fuch  a  likenefs  as  fhowed 
their  affinity. 

<*  Terra  viros,  urbefque  gerit,  fylva(quc,  ferafque, 
«*  Flunrinaque,  et  nymphas,  et  cstera  ntimina  ruris," 
The  lefs  important  figures  are  ^ell  huddled  together 
in  the  promifcuous  defcription  at  the  end,  which  very 
well  reprefents  what  the  painters  call  a  groupe. 
**  — Circum  caput  omnce  micdnfts 
"  Depofuit  radios  5  propiufque  accedere  juflit." 
P.  107.  1.  27.     And  flung  the  blase,  &c.]   It  givM 
tis  a  great  image  of  Phoebus,  that  the  youth  was  forcdd 
to  look  on  him  at  a  diftance,  and  not  able  to  approach 
him  until  he  had  lain  afide  the  circle  of  rays  tltet  caft 
fuch  glory  about  his  head.     And  indeed  we  may  every 
where  obferve  in  Ovidj   that  he  never  fails  of  a  due 
loftinefs  in  his  ideas,  though  he  wants  it  in  his  words** 
And  this  I  think  iafinitely  better  than  to  have  Aiblifnv 
cxpreflions  and  mean   thoughts,   which  is   genevally 
the  true  chara6ler  of  Claudian  and  Statins.    But  thift 
is  not  confidered  by  them  who  run  down  Ovid  in  the 
grofs,  for  a  low  middle  way  of  writing.     What  can 
be  more  fimple  and  unadorned,  than  his  defcriptioii  of 
Enceladus  in  the  fixth  book  f 

«  Nitituj 


**  Hub  III,  fiid  Aflitew  nMat  oft  fubjc^  Pdm, 
M  f4ev««  Vadqpniy  tibi»  filibro  crura  preaiimtiir^ 
**  0igi'j|f1  JBtMi  cifmt^  ful>  qui  fefupinut  aro^M 
^  Bjittat,  ^amwatngwe  feroTomit  ore  Typlioe««/* 
iitt^K  iiHigt  w  ksfe^iere  is  truly  great  and  fubUme, 
of  H  •fiuit  iMMnmag  out  a  ftempeft  of  fire,  and.heavii^ 
^«U  Sidlyj  with  flbe  body  of  an  ifland  upon  hi«  breaft> 
Md  a^raft  promontmy  on  eidier  arm. 

That  tat  few  books  that  have  had  worTe  commen- 
tMoft  OB  ibem  than  Ovid*8  Metajoaorphofes.  Thofe  of 
Ae  graver  ibrt  have  been  whoHy  taken  up  in  the  My- 
Mogicffl  and  think  ^ey  have  appeared  very  judiciotM^ 
tf  tlwy  have  ihewn  vt  out  of  an  old  author  that  -Ovid 
ii  — ii^fe^w  in  a  pedigree,  or  has  turned  fuch  a  perfon 
■IB  a  wolf  diat  ought  to  have  been  made  a  tiger.  O- 
tet  kavc  employed  themfdves  on  what  never  entered 
«laihepoet*8  thoughts,  in  adapting  a  dull  moral  to 
Clary  Aory,  and  making  the  perfons  of  his  poems  to 
fce  only  nicknames  for  fuch  virtues  or  vices  5  particu- 
hily  the  pious  commentator,  Alexander  Rofs,  has  dived 
deeper  into  our  Author*s  defign  than  any  of  the  reft  5 
fcr  be  difcovers  in  him  the  greateft  myfteries  of  the 
Chriftian  religion,  and  finds  almoft  in  every  page  feme 
epical  rcprefentation  of  the  world,  the  flelh,  and  the 
4enl,  But  if  thcfe  writers  have  gone  too  deep,  others 
bve  been  wholly  employed  in  the  furface,  moft  of 
&cm  ierving  only  to  help  out  a  fchool-boy  in  the  con- 
iniing  part  j  or  if  they  go  out  of  their  way,  it  is  only 
tB  mark  out  the  gnoma  of  the  author,  as  they  call 
N  3  them. 


ifi     NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

them,  which  are  generally  the  heavieft  pieces  of  a 
poet,  diftinguiihed  from  the  reft  by  Italian  chara£lei's. 
The  beft  of  Ovid's  expoiitors  is  he  that  wrote  for  the 
Dauphin's  ofey  who  has  very  well  ihewn  the  meaning 
of  the  author,  but  feldom  reflefts  on  his  beauties  or 
imperfections;  for  in  moft  places  be  rather  a&s  tht 
geographer  than  the  critic,  and,  inftead  of  pointing  out 
the  fineuefs  of  a  defcription,  only  tells  you  in  what 
part  of  the  world  the  place  is  iituated.  I  ihall  there- 
ibre  only  coniider  Ovid  under  the  chara6ler  of  a  poet, 
and  endeavour  to  fhew  him  impartially,  without  the 
ufual  prejudice  of  a  tranflator :  which  I  am  the  more 
willing  to  do,  becaufe  I  believe  fuch  a  comment  would 
give  the  reader  a  truer  tafte  of  poetry  than  a  comment 
on  any  other  poet  would  do ;  for,  in  reflecting  on  the  an- 
cient poets,  men  think  they  may  venture  to  praife  alt 
they  meet  with  in  fome,  and  fcarce  any  thing  in  others ; 
but  Ovid  is  confeft  to  have  a  mixture  of  both  kinds, 
to  have  fomething  of  the  beft  and  worft  poets,  and 
by  confequence  to  be  the  faireft  fubjcft  for  criticifm. 

P.  io8.  1.  8.  My  fon,  fays  he,  &c.]  Phcebus's  fpeech 
is  very  nobly  ufherM  in,  with  the  **  Terque  quaterquc 
**  concutiens  illuftre  caput" — and  well  reprefents  the 
danger  and  difficulty  of  the  undertaking;  but  that 
which  is  its  peculiar  beauty,  and  makes  it  tmly  Ovid's, 
is  the  reprefenting  them  juft  as  a  father  would  to  his 
young  fon ; 

<<  Per  tamen  adverfi  gradieris  comua  tauri, 
"  Hsmoniofque  arcus,  violentique  ora  leonis^ 
**  Ssevaque  circuitu  curvantem  brachia  longo 
*<  Scorpion,  atque  aliter  curvantem  brachia  cancrum.** 

foe 


XMAiOVmn  METAMORPHOSES.    1S3 

wtm  him  with  bngbcttt  in  the  way, 
*<  — iVafti  qno^sq  icAor  Olympic 
**  Qgi  ^nteoJbiU  jacuktur  fiilnu 
<*  Non  agathos  cumis^i  ct  quid  Jove  majiw  habctnr  r* 
f*.  ftifiMyr  hoc  naiiiii  quod  vero  nomine  pona, 
**  Hon  honor  eft.  Poenani»Phaeton»promunereporcis.** 
AnKn  odier  placet  pafe^Uy  tattles  like  a  father,  which 
hjr  the  way  makes  die  Inigth  of  the  fpeech  very  natu- 
nd,  «ad  condndes  with  all  the  fondnefs  and  concern 
^  a  tender  parent. 

M  ^^^itrio  pater  dBt  metu  probor;  afpice  vultus 
<*  Ecee  neos  t  ntinamque  oculos  in  pcAore  pofles 
M  JnSuatf  &'patrias  intus  deprendere  curas  1  &c/* 
• .  Pt  no*  L  13.  A  golden  axle.  Sec.']   Ovid  has  more 
IHH  and  lepetitioDS  in  his  words  than  any  of  the  Latin 
yacla»  which  are  always  wondeif uliy  eaiy  and  natural 
m  him*    The  repetition  of  Aureus,  and  the  triniition 
to  Aigenteus,  in  the  defcription  of  the  chariot,  give 
theie  veries  a  g^at  fweetnefs  and  majefty  : 
'*  Aureus  axis  erat,  temo  aureus,  aurea  fummae 
**  Curvatura  rotae  5  radiorum  argenteus  ordo." 

P.  Ill,  1.  7.  Drive  them  not  on  direftly,  &c.]  Se- 
veral have  endeavoured  to  vindicate  Ovid  againft  the 
old  objedkion,  that  he  miflakes  the  annual  for  the  di- 
urnal motion  of  the  fun.  The  Dauphin's  notes  tell 
us  that  Ovid  knew  very  well  the  fun  did  not  pafs 
through  all  the  figns  he  names  in  one  day,  but  that 
he  makes  Phoebus  mention  them  only  to  frighten  Phae- 
ton from  the  undertaking.  But  though  this  may  an- 
fwer  for  what  Phoebus  fays  in  his  Arft  fpeech,  it  can- 
N  4  not 


■.^.;.;  ai  irt'jciTun  *sfc  lam  mmnmiE  ! 


4r'  yi*ai^^  ^^mn  isucj.  ^iLfemr  .iiaf  k  dianat  sad  «■■»• 

\  -iKTT  -^^  ic  jul  -^  -vx,  13.1  'tss  liHrrrs  s  ^  &  ■uaimc 

^-  *  nr.-.zs  ,T  .«  «»acd  v.sk  cxxe  sc  ct:  :3iaes  frotfl 
w'^.rtt  r.  n-ui  !n  t.*r.»j*a:j«i  •»i£ii  tie  oclier.  Hlvs  in  cor 
trA  -if  •*  A  Sarr  ae  xsxk  jvi  taar  J^csfisr  €a^  a  ikoa- 

csptilit  ^irifotm,^  fvhevt  be  jujus  a  foracd  piece  ef 
I^^'a  (  '^  ar»f9n«  expuiLt  aoh^aci'^  )  that  he  aiaj- 
c/y'r;,i-t  th*  foT.1  uui  the  whseli  ?o  the  iaaie  Terb- 

P.  III.  1.  17.    The  youtr.  was  in  a  maze,  fcc.]    It 

it  i!f,yfj(ii^*\t  for  a  maa  to  be  crawn  ic  a  greater  con- 
fnfit/n  iWdft  t)acton  i% ;  t ^t  the  andtheiis  of  iigiit  and 
iUrkwAK  a  ]  ittic  flattens  the  deter  iption.  "  Snntqueocvln 
itn^hrti  yt;r  tantum  lumen  obortx.'* 

Ihi'l.  1/10.  Then  the  feven  ttars,  &c.]  I  wonder 
fiimr  of  Ovitl'ft  commentators  have  taken  notice  of  the 
ovrtfiKhf  he  hut  committed  in  this  vcrie,  where  be 
iriaVr  the  'IViones  grow  warm  before  there  was  erer 
Ut*  h  a  fiffn  in  the  heavens  ;  for  he  tells  us  in  this  very 
huok ,  that  Jupiter  titmcd  Califto  into  this  conilella* 

tion> 


'     PROM  OVnys  METAMORPHOSES.     1^5 

fion,  after  he  had  repaired  the  ruins  IJhat  Phaeton  had 
«iade  in  ikie  world. 

P.  114. 1.  12.  Athos  and  Tmolus,  &c.]  Ovid  has 
here,  after  the  way  -of  the  ©Id  ^oets,  giren  ns  a  ca^ 
talogue  of  the  monntainft  and  riven  vAAdi  were  burnt. 
But,  that  I  mi^t  not  tire  the  Englifli  reader,  1  have 
left  out  fome  of  them  that  make  no  figure  in  the  de- 
fcription,  and  inverted  the  order  of  the  reft  according 
as  die  fmoothnefs  of  my  Terie  required. 

P.  115. 1.  7.  'Twas  then,  they  fay,  tJie  iwarthy 
Moor,  frc]  This  is  the  only  Metamoi^hofis  in  all 
this  long  ftory,  which,  contrary  to  cuftom,  is  inferted 
in  the  middle  of  it.  The  critics  may  determine 
-whether  what  follows  it  be  not  too  great  an  excurfion 
in  him  who  propofes  it  as  his  whole  defign  to  let  us 
know  the  changes  of  things.  I  dare  fay  that,  if  Ovid 
4uk1  not  rcligioufly  obferved  the  reports  of  the  ancient 
Mythologies,  we  fliould  have  fcen  Phaeton  turned  inta 
fome  creature  or  other  that  hates  the  light  of  the  fun  j 
or  perhaps  into  an  eagle,  that  ftill  takes  pleafure  to  g^ze 
4>n  it. 

P.  115.  I.  28.  The  frighted  Nile,  &c.]    Ovid  hw 
made  a  great  many  pleafant  images  towards  the  lattor 
end  of  this  ftory*    His  verfes  on  the  Nile, 
**  Nilus  in  extremum  fugit  perterritus  orbem, 
**  Occuluitque  caput,  quod  adhuc  latet :  oftia  feptem 
«*  Pulverulenta  vacant,  feptem  line  flumine  valles." 
are  as  noble  as  Virgil  could  have  written ;  but  then 
be  ought  not  to  have  mentioned  the  channel  of  the  fbi 
afterwards^ 

w  Mart 


i86      NOTES  ON  TIffi  TRANSLATIONS 

*«  Mare  contrahinir,  :icc<'Eque  ett campus  arrme," 
brcnuCc  rhe  rhont(ht  is  roo  near  "rhe  other.      Die  image 
of  ^hc  Cyctadrs  ifi  a  very  pretty  one  5 

**  — Quo»  altum  tezenit  aquor 

**  fedftiMt  montet,  et  ifnrfiM  CfcUH  angant^"* 
bur  tio  tri4  iM  that  the  fwans  grevp  iMum  in  C%iter» 

«  —Medio  vohicres  caiuoe  Ciyftro,'^ 
and  that  the  Dolphins  dndk  nor  leam 

"  Ne  le  ibper  aequoni  curvi 

'^  Toileve  conluetas  auilenr  Oeiphinea  in  aam^** 
i«  intolerably  trivial  on  10  great  a  iubje&  as  the  bvm^ 
Hig  o^  the  world. 

P.  116.  1.  19.  The  earth  at  length,  &c.]  Wlebare 
here  a  fpeech  of  the  Earth,  which  will  donbdeiji  Setm 
vtTj  unnatural  to  an  Engliih  reader.  It  is  1  bcliere 
the  bokleft  Froibpopceia  of  any  in  the  old  Focts  }  or,  if 
tt  were  neyer  lb  natural,  I  cannot  but  chink  §m  ^eaks 
too  moch  in  any  realbn  for  one  in  her  condition. 

ONEUROPA'SRAPE. 

P.  141.  L  17.  The  disunity  of  empire,  &c.]  TTiis 
'ftory  19  prettily  told,  and  very  well  brought  in  by  thofe 
two  ferimft  line^, 
"  Non  bene  contrrniunty  nee  in  una  fede  morantur, 
•*  Majefta»  ct  Amor*  Sceptri  gravitate  reli6Va,  &c.'' 
without  which  the  whole  fable  would  have  appeared 
tery  prophnne. 

I*,  t^i.  1.  117.  The  frighted  nymph  looks,  &c.]  Thit 
ronftenmtinn  and  bch^iviour  of  Europa, 
*'  -^-KlulHin  dclipiHt  imagine  tauri 

"  Europcn 


FROM  OVID'S  METAMORPHOSES,    ity 

**  Europen  t  venim  tauniniy  freta  rera  piitaras. 
**  Ipfa  videbatur  terras  fpe^^are  reliftas, 
"  £t  comites  clamare  fuos,  ta^himque  vereri 
**  Aililientis  aquae,  timidafque  reducere  plantas,** 
is  better  defcribed  in  Arachne't  piAure  in  the  Sixth 
Book,  than  it  is  here ;  and  in  the  beginning  of  Tatius's 
Clitophon   and  Leucippe,   than  in   either  place.     It 
is  indeed  ufual  among  the  Latin  Poets  (who  had  more 
art  sUid  reflexion  than  the  Grecian)  to  taice  hold  of  all 
opportunities  to  defcribe  the  pi£lure  of  any  place  or 
a£lion,  which  they  generally  do  better  than  they  could 
the  place  or  a6lion  itfelf ;  becaufe  in  the  defcription  of 
a.pi6lure  you  have  a  double  fubje^l  before  you,  either 
to  defcribe  the  pi6lure  itfelf,  or  what  is  reprefented 
in  it. 

ON  THE  STORIES  IN  THE  THIRD  BOOK- 

FAB.       I. 

THERE  is  fo  great  a  variety  in  the  arguments  of 
the  Metamorphofes,  that  he  who  would  treat  of  them 
rightly,  ought  to  be  a  mailer  of  all  ftiles,  and  every 
different  way  of  writing.  Ovid  indeed  ihows  himfelf 
mod  in  a  familiar  ftoiy,  where  the  chief  grace  is  to 
be  eafy  and  natural  j  but  wants  neither  ftrength  of 
thought  nor  cxpreffion,  when  he  endeavours  after  it, 
in  the  more  fublime  and  manly  fubje^ls  of  his  poem. 
In  the  prefent  fable,  the  ferpent  is  terribly  defcribed, 
and  his  behaviour  very  well  imagined  j  the  a6lions  of 
both  parties  in  the  encounter  are  natural,   and  the 

languagt 


iSS      NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

lJ4nj»uat»c  that  rpvnftr.tn  them  more  itron^  and  mafcu- 
I'lTt:  rf-Hp.  v*h:ir  wt  •;{U2liy  meet  with  in  thii  Poet:  if 
th<:ie  be  any  faults  in  the  namtion,  tiicy  are  thd'e, 
p^rhapiy  which  foilow: 

P.  146.  1.  8.  Spire  above  Spixe,  &c.]  Ovid,  to  make 
hit  frrpent  more  terrible,  and  to  raife  the  cfaanAer  of 
hi»  champion,  hns  giyen  tco  great  a  loofe  to  his  ima- 
gination, and  exceeded  all  the  bounds  of  probability. 
i-le  telU  u»,  that  when  he  raifed  up  but  half  his  body, 
he  over- looked  a  tall  foiefl  of  oaks,  and  that  his 
whole  boHy  wa«i  as  lai^e  as  that  of  the  ferpent  in  the 
fties.  None  but  a  madman  would  have  attacked  fuch 
a  monger  as  this  is  defer ibed  to  be  ;  nor  can  we  have 
«ny  notion  of  a  mortal's  (landing  againft  him.  Virgil 
is  not  afhamed  of  making  j^neas  fiy  and  tremble  at 
the  fight  of  a  far  Icfs  formidable  foe,  where  he  gives 
«s  the  ficfcrjption  of  Polyphemus,  in  the  Third  Book  j 
he  knew  very  well  that  a  monfter  was  not  a  proper 
enemy  for  his  hero  to  encounter:  but  we  (hould  cer- 
tainly havr  i'cin  Ciulmus  hewing  down  the  Cyclops, 
had  he  fullen  in  Ovid's  way:  or  if  Statius's  little 
'J'ydens  \vm\  been  thrown  on  Sicily,  it  is  probable  he 
wouhl  not  have  IpaieH  one  of  the  whole  brotherhood. 

••  — >'lKt»nit ;i»,  five  illi  ttla  parabant, 

"  Mvr  liijTfim,  Itvcipictimorprohibebatntrumque, 

••  (^crupnt  J—" 

Ibitl.  I.  M.  In  v;un  the  Tynans,  &c.]  The  Poet 
cmild  Mut  ktTp  up  his  narration  all  along,  in  the 
fimiidrui  mul  nmp.iniiirMrr  of  an  heroic  ftile:  he  has 
•liriv  iuuk  iiilu  Uw  lUtncU  uf  |irufe,  where  he  tdls  us 

tht 


IMM  OTm*S  METAMOltPHOSBS.    189 

tfct  MMrMr«f  ifceTyrkois  atthe  fight  if  tiic  ierpent : 

<*  •-«TdgiriM»dif«ptA  leoDi 

^  PtUif  ««t|  triom  iplendeati  laice*  frnt, 

.«  £t  jtfcuhlm  I  teloquc  animus  prsrftantior  pnm*** 
and  in  afew  llnea  after  kts  drop  the  ttiaje%  of  hia 
nrit,  hr  i)m  fi^M  of  one  of  hit  little  tarae.    How 
doea  hm  hngMvia  tiiat  which  feems  a  lahourtd  line  I 
^  XriftiAfiuigQiiiealambentefflTvlBeralingwL**    Aad 
vIntpaiM  does  he  take  to  expreft  dieierpent*8  breafc- 
iag  the  Ibtfe  of  Hie  ftroke,  hy  ihrinkiag  back  inm  it  t 
**  Sed  leva  tnlaiu  erat,  quia  fe  ntrahebat  ab  i£b^ 
^  Iwfiiqm  colla  dabat  retro,  plagimqna  ftdera 
^  CradMMla  ftcifc,.  ace  longcus  ire  finebae*** 

P.  S49.  If  4*  And  flints  Hte  future,  &c.]  The  de*. 
ib^tiaa  of  the  men  rifing  out  of  the  groond  is  aa 
bcaotiful  a  paflaga  at  aaj  in  Ovid.  It  Arikes  the  inuu< 
l^aation  my  flnmglfi  we  fte  their  mocSon  ia  tha 
firft  part  of  it»  and  their  multitude  ia  the  <<  Meffif 
**  Tinomm"  at  laft. 

Ibid.  I.  9.  The  breathing  harveft,  Ac]  «  MeflU 
*  dypeata  vironim."  The  beauty  in  thcfe  words 
would  have  been  greater,  had  only  •*  Meflis  vironim'* 
been  expiefled  without  '*  clypeata;"'  for  the  reader*! 
mind  WDuid  have  been  delighted  with  two  ftich  different 
ideas  compounded  together,  but  can  fcarcc  attend  to 
fnch  a  complete  image  as  is  made  out  of  all  three. 

This  way  of  mixing  two  diii^rent  ideas  together  in 

One  linage,  as  it  is  a  g^at  ftirprize  to  the  reader,  is  & 

great  beauty  in  poetry,  if  there  be  fafikienf  ground  for 

it  ia  tha  BaMure  ^f  the  thing  that  it  daMboi.     The 

4.  Latin 


r<)0      NOTES  ON  THE  TR.\NSLATI0N5 

Latin  Poets  ire  verv  full  of  it,  ei'peciallT  rhc  worft  of 
them  J   rorrhe  more  corr«  uie  it  but  iparinglv,  as  in- 
deed the  nature  of  things  will  lefdom  iSard  si  juft  oc- 
caiioa  for  ic     When  any  diing  we  delchbe  has  accf- 
dentally  in  it  fime  qoalitf  that  feems  repngnant  to  its 
nature,   or  is  werr  extraordinary  and  uncommon  in 
thin^  4i  that  l^ies,  fnch  a  compomided  image  a» 
we  are  noir  fpeakxng  of  is  made,  by  tmning  this  qna« 
Itty  into  an  epithet  of  what  we  defcnbe.     Thus  Clan- 
diaDy  baring  got  a  hollow  ball  of  cryftal  widi  water 
in  the  midft  of  it  for  his  fubjed,  takes  the  advantage 
of  considering  the  cryftai   as  hard,    ftony,  precion^ 
water,  and  the  water  as  fbft,  flnid,  imperfect  cryilal  • 
aad  thns  fports  off  abote  a  dozen  Epigrams,  in  fet- 
ting  his  words  aad  ideas  at  variance  among  one  ano. 
ther«    He  has  a  great  many  beauties  of  this  nature  in 
htoi  I  but  he  gives  himielf  np  fo  much  to  this  way  of 
wiitiflg,  that  a  man  may  eafiiy  know  where  to  meet 
with  them  when  he  fees  his  fubject,  and  often  fh^iins 
ib  hard  for  them  that  he  many  times  makes  his  defcrip- 
tions  bombaftic  and  unnatural.    What  work  would 
he  have  made  with  VirgiPs  Golden  Bough,   had  he 
been  to  defcnbe  it  f  We  ihould  ceitainly  have  feen  the 
yellow  bark,  golden  fprovts,  radiant  leaves,  bloom. 
ing  mctali  branching  gold,  and  all  the  quarrels  that 
could  hare  been  raifed  between  words  of  fuch  different 
natami    when    we    fee  Virgil   contented    with  his 
*'  Avri  fnmdentit  )'*  and  what  is  the  fame,  though 
much  finer  exprefled,— <<  Frondefcit  virga  metallo.- 
TUi  compofitioD  of  different  ideas  is  often  met  wiifh 


ISOM  OVnrS  METAMmPUO$£S.    191 

iB  a  liiwle  ftmCBDce^  where  circamftaaces  are  happily 
itconrikd  dyrt  ftem  wholly  foreign  to  each  odieri  and 
is  oAcnfamduMMig  the  Latin  Poete  (ibr  ^  Greeks 
wanted  aa  fiv  it),  in  their  defcriplions  of  piftures, 
inu^gesy  dreams,  affparitions,  metamoi-phofts,  and  the 
like  I  wliere  they  bring  together  two  fuch  thwarting 
ideas,  by  making  qne  part  of  their  defcriptions  relate  to 
the  rqpvdeatation,  and  the  other  to  the  thing  that  is 
scpnsfimted.  Of  this  nature  is  that  verfe,  which,  per-. 
faqps,  ii  the  witdeft  in  Virgil)  <<  AttoUens  humeris 
**  fimamque  ct  fata  nepotum,'*  Mn,  viii.  where  he 
defianbca  iBaeas  carrying  on  his  ihoulders  the  repu- 
tatiott  and  fbrtimes  of  his  pofterity }.  which,  though 
VBy  odd  and  (Virprising,  is  plainly  made  out,  when  we 
eonfider  how  thele  difagreeing  ideas  are  reconciled,  and 
hia  poierity^s  fame  and  fiite  made  portable  by  being 
c^gmfca  on  the  ihield.  Thu8>  when  OTid  tells  us 
Aat  Pallas  tore  in  pieces  Aracbne*s  work,  where  ihe 
had  embroidexcd  all  the  rapes  that  the  gods  had  com- 
mitted, he  fays— *<  Rupit  coeleftia  crimina.**  I  fliall 
conclude  diis  tedious  re6exion  with  an  excellent  ftroke 
of  this  nature  out  of  Mr.  Montague's  *  Poem  to  the 
ELings  where  he  tells  us,  how  the  King  of  France 
would  have  been  celebrated  by  bis  fubjefts,  if  he  had 
erer  gained  fuch  an  honourable  wound  as  King  Wil- 
liam*s  at  the  fight  of  the  Boyne. 
**  His  bleeding  arm  had  furni/h'd  all  their  roomi, 
*<  Aod  run  for  ever  purple  in  the  looms.'* 

*  Afterwards  Earl  of  Halifax. 

FAB. 


19*      NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

FAB.     ir. 

P.  150.  1.  5.  Here  Cadmus  reign'd,]  This  is  % 
pretty  felemn  tnofition  to  the  ftoiy  of  Adtxott,  ^ich 
is  alt  natBraUy  tokl.  The  goddefs  and  her  maids 
undreiRng  her,  are  deicribed  with  diverting  circum- 
Aaince».  Aftasen*^  flight,  confufion,  and  griefs,  are 
paflUnately  repreiented  $  bot  it  is  pity  the  wh<^  nar* 
ration  (hoald  be  fo  cardefly  clofed  up. 

<«  — Ut  abefie  queruntur, 

'*  Nee  capere  oblatae  fegnena  fpe^iiacula  prsedae. 

**  Vellet  abeffe  quidcm,  fed  adeft,  velletqoe  Tidere,  ' 

'*  Non  etiam  ientire,  canum  fcra  fafta  fuorum/* 

P«  153.  1,  10.  A  generous  pack,  &e.]  I  have  not 
hat  troubled  myielf  to  call  over  AAseofi^s  pock  o# 
dogs  in  thyme  s  Spot  and  Whitefoot  make  but  a  mean 
figure  in  heroic  verfe;  and  the  Greek*  names  Ond 
nfta  would  foimd  a  great  deal  worfc<  He  cloies  up 
bif*  Own  catalogue  with  a  kiml  of  a  jeft  on  it : 
••  Qnofque  referre  mora  eft''— which,  by  the  way,  is 
too  light  and  full  of  humour  for  the  other  ferioa# 
pwti  of  this  ftory. 

This  way  of  inftrthfig  catalogues  of  proper  name* 
lb  llieir  Pbems^  the  Latins  took  from  the  Greeks  ;  but 
h«w  made  them  more  pleafing  than  thoTe  they  imi* 
tate,  by  adapting  fo  many  delightful  charaAers  to 
thehr  perfons  names ;  in  which  part  0%id*s  copionfhefs 
of  invention^  and  great  insight  into  nature,  has  given 
liim  the  precedence  to  all  the  Poets  that  ever  came 
before  or  a£txr  him.    The  fmocrthacfi  of  our  Englifh 

verfc 


ti&A  trtndb^x' meItamorphoses.  i  93 

^'<fij''«(9.«y^  Utt'iy  the  i^ietidap  of  proper 
MUje^'^irl^j^'  nfltunl,  and  alififlotelx 

iilflffiiy,'iit  ttfae'ai^i  uWfiKreabattktora^ 
M  H^  "'^  lufii^dBblii^  tepeftvtion  of  the  twtitt^ 
iiliitLWnfy'lSie^  at€it  n^  that  are  eiij;a^. 
For*  kiid  Homer  or  Viigfl  only  told  us  in  two  or  direr 
Gan  biibK  tiieir  figlili,  that  theit  were  forty  tfaou- 
fiud  of  cfdi  fiAfs  qnr  imagiiiation  could  i^at  poffil)ly 
Iwift'tkiM  fe  fffiAcA '  Bi  when  we  lee  eveiy  leader 
wupttlL  MpC^  ind  e?eijr  .r^ment  in  a  manner  dniwn 
ip  Dflinnt  our  qfct* 

FA    B,      HI. 

9,  jH^'L  «¥•  Hoir*^eiiide^  &c«]  Thi«  is  one  of 
Ovid^  fiidflitid  fioriet.  Thfei  tran^tion  to.it  it  proper 
nd  maSoretdt  Jnno,  in  her  two  fpeechesy  afls  in- 
rmiiytufely  wdl  the  partk  of  a  lefditing  goddefs  and 
a  tatduig  onHe :  Jupiter  makes  a  very  majeftic  figure 
with  hit  thunder  and  lightning,  but  it  is  ftill  fuch  a 
one  at  ihewt  who  drew  it ;  for  who  does  not  plainly 
^iicoirer  Ovid*s  hand  in  the 

•*  Qua  tamen  ufque  poteft,  vires  fibi  demere  tcntat. 
«  Nee,  quo  centimanum  dejiceret  igne  Tj'phoea, 
**  Nunc  armatur  eo :  nimium  feritatis  in  illo. 
**  Eft  aliud  levins  fulmen,  cui  dextra  Cyclopum, 
**  SsvitisB  flammaeque  minus,  minus  addidit  irae  5 
•*  Tela  fecunda  vocant  fupcri." — 
P.  155.  1.  76.  'Tiswell,  fays  Ihe,  I'c]    Vii^l  has 
Aade  a  Beroe  of  one  of  his  goddelTes  in  the  Fifth 
Aneid ;  but  if  we  compare  the  fpeech  (he  there  makes 
O  with 


194      NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

with  that  of  her  name-fake  in  this  ftory,  we  may  find 
the  genius  of  cacfr  Poet  difcovering  itfelf  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  nurfe :  VirgiPs  Iris  could  not  hav« 
fpoken  more  majeftically  in  her  own  Ihape ;  but  Juno 
is  fo  much  altered  from  herfelf  in  Ovid,  that  the 
gbddefs  is  quite  loft  in  the  old  woman. 

FAB.      V. 

P.  z6«.  1.  9.  She  can't  begin,  &c.]  If  playing  .on 
words  be  excufable  in  any  Poem,  it  is  in  this,  where 
Echo  is  a  fpeaker ;  but  it  is  fo  mean  a  kind  of  wit* 
that,  if  it  deferves  excufe,  it  can  claim  no  more. 

Mr.  Locke,  in  his  Effay  of  Human  Underftanding, 
has  given  us  the  beft  account  of  wit  in  ihort  that  can 
any  where  be  met  widi.  "  Wit,  f^ysJie^  lies-  in 
"  the  aflemblage  of  ideas,  and  putting  thofe  together 
*^  with  .qiiicknefs  and  variety,  wherein  can  be  found 
**  any  refemblance  or  congruity, .  thereby  to  make  up 
"  pleafant  pictures. and  agreeable  yifrons  in  the  fancy.** 
Tiius  does  true  wit,  as  this  incomparable  author 
obferves,  generally  confift  in  the  likenefs  of  ideas,  and 
is  more  or  lefs  wit,  as.  this  likenefs  in  ideas  is  more 
furprizing  and  unexpe^led.  But  as  true  wit  is  nothing 
elfe  but  a  (imilitude  in  ideas,  fo  is  falfe  wit  the  iimi- 
litude  in  words,  whether  it  lies  in  the  likenefs  of  let- 
ters only,,  as  in  Anagram  and  Acroftic ;  or  of  Syl- 
lables, as  in  doggrel  rhymes  3  or  whole  words,  as 
Puns,  Echoes,  and  the  like.  Befide  thefe  two  kinds 
of  falfe. and  true  wit,  there  is  another  of  a  middle 
nature^   that  has  fomething  of  both  in  it««when  in 

two 


inMlU  Cnfnra  MXTAMORPHOSB9;    195 

inMMft  Ihat  bite  kmt  idcmbfamce  whii  cadi  odier. 

Mil  Ak 'both  cgfwftJ  bj  die-fiune  word,  ^m  mlEe  u& 

4f<h0  aoHginly.  of  tlie  wofd^io  fpeak  that  of  one 

ite  i|id<ickd  wider  ky  wiiidi  it  proper  to  the  other* 

%k^  Cmt  crtngJet  moft  Iteguages  have  hit  on  the 

!i9id«  ndudi  pfoporijr  figniiies  fire*  to  ezprefi  love  by 

(■mA  jwwfore  we  may  be  ibre  diere  is  ibme  refem- 

'yaMe<iaf;tfae  i^cas  mankind  have  of  then}!  from 

loM  l||e  5vjl^  Fdeta  of  all  languages  when  they 

•Me  hmn  called  Love  a  fire,  confider  it  no  longer  aa 

Iht  paSoOy  Irat  ipeak  of  it  under  the  notion  of  a  real 

'km%  wmd,  lb  Ae  tun  of  wit  reqiiiresy  tnake  die  Qmc 

WMd  IB  die  ihiae  fehtence  ftand  for  either  of  the  ideas 

iqe.  iff  anend  to  k.    ^bea  Ovid's  ApoUo  £dls  in 

bfi^'be  boTM  with  <m  nfew  flame  i  when  dK  Sea^ 

,%pmip  hangaWk  wid^  tUt^paffiony,  they  kindle  in  the 

mmt%  ihe  Gicek  Epigiaoui^atift  fWIl  in  love  with  one 

te  tfutf^  *  fiMw-ball  at  hlm»  and  therefore  takes  oc- 

C9§on  to  admire  how  fire  could  be  thus  concealed  in 

jb/fW:    In  ihorty  whenever  the  Poet  feels  any  thing 

ia  this,  love  that  refembles  fomething  in  fire^  he  cairies 

•a  this  agreement  into  a  kind  of  allegory ;  but  if,  as 

b  the  preceding  infbmces,   he  finds  any  circumftance 

in  hie  love  contrary  to  the  nature  of  fire,  he  calls  hU 

leva  a  &«»  and  by  joiniQg  this  circumftance  to  it  fur- 

prises  his   reader  with  a  feeniing  contradi6):ion.     I 

Itould  not  have  dwelt  fo  long  on  this  inftance^  had  it 

■ot  been  fo  frequent  in  Ovid,  who  is  the  greateft  ad- 

Unr  of  this   raixt  wit  of  all   the  ancients,  as   our 

CcnHey  is  among  tlie  modems.      Homer,  Virgil,  Ho'» 

O  2  racr, 


196      NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

race,  and  the  greateft  Poets,  fcorned  it ;  as  indeed  it 
is  only  fit  for  Epigram,  and  little  copies  of  verfes  s 
one  would  wonder  therefore  how  fo  fublime  a  genius 
as  Milton  could  fometimes  fall  into  it,  in  fuch  a 
work  as  an  Epic  Poem.  But  we  muft  attribute  it  to 
his  huraoiuring  the  vicious  tafte  of  the  age  he  lived 
in,  and  the  falfe  judgment  of  our  unlearned  Englifli 
readers  in  general,  who  b^ve*  few  of  them  a  relifli  of 
the  more  mafculine  and  noble  beauties  of  Poetry.- 

FAB.      VI. 

Ovid  feems  particularly  pleafed  with  die  fubje^  of 
this  ftory,  but  has  notorioufly  fallen  into  a  fault  he 
is  often  taxed  with,  of  not  knowing  when  he  has  faid 
enough,  by  his  endeavouring  to  excel.  How  has  he 
turned  and  twifted  that  one  thought  of  Narciflus^s 
being  the  perfon  beloved,  and  the  lover  too  ? 

**  Cun6laque  miratur  quibus  eft  mirabilis  ipfe* 

**  —Qui  probat,  ipfe  probatur. 

**  Dumque  petit  petitur,  pariterque  incendit  et  ardet, 

**  Atque  oculos  idem  qui  decipit  incitat  error. 

•*  Perque  oculos  pcrit  ipfe  fuos— 

«•  Uror  amore  mei,  flammas  moveoque  feroque,  ftc.** 
But  we  cannot  meet  with  a  better  inftance  of  the  ex- 
travagance and  wantonnefs  of  Ovid's  fancy,  than  in 
that  particular  circumftance  at  the  end  of  the  ftory, 
of  NarcifTus^s  gazing  on  his  face  after  death  in  the 
Stygian  waters.  The  defign  was  very  bold,  of  making 
a  boy  fall  in  love  with  himfelf  here  on  earth  i  but  to 
torture  him  with  the  fame  paflion  after  death,  and  not 

to 


METAMOKPaoSES.     197 
tm»%jjM  ^«^  «m^  ^W  btolenWy  cniel  and 


%ifgfit»h1k  ^"^  y^^  widun>  &c.]  «  Dumque 
llppi  ^dm  cifit  fids  altera  crevit.**  We  have  here 
ojpi^^tbat  mvKcd  wit  I  have  before  ipoken  of  |  but 
h|ilk  ^  ]il^^u(e  of  ppa  in  it  out-weight  the  true 
t|'  irar  if .inre  czprdls  die  thought  in  other  wordt  the 
Mi.vbPOft  loft.  Thif  pafis^  of  Narciflus  ptpba- 
rjMPC  Milton  the  hint  of  applying  it  to  Eve,  though 
^Uif,hBf6xpnK,  at  the  fight  of  her  own  face  in  the 
iBTa  £u  more  juft  and  natural  than  this  of  Narcif- 
.  ,  fhe  was  a  caw  unexperienced  being,  )uft  created, 
Itl^freftce  mis^t  eafily  be  fubje6t  to  the  delufion  i 
tJgftattiM  had  been  in  the  world  iixteen  yean,  was 
Apr  and  fim  to  the  water-nymphs,  and  therefore  to 
ftpjinfrd  conversant  with  fountains  long  before  this 
•Lnuftake. 

P,  ste.  1.  8.  You  trees,  fays  he,  &c.]  Ovid  is 
y  jnffly  celebrated  for  the  paifionate  fpeechcs  of  his 
em.  They  have  generally  abundance  of  nature  in 
in,  but  I  leave  it  to  better  judgments  to  confidcr 
ether  they  are  not  often  too  witty  and  too  tedious. 
le  Poet  never  cares  for  fmothering  a  good  thought 
t  comes  in  his  way,  and  never  thinks  he  can  draw 
rs  enough  from  his  reader :  by  which  means  our 
ef  is  either  diverted  or  fpent  before  we  come  to  his 
iclufion  ;  for  we  cannot  at  the  fame  time  be  delight- 
with  the  wit  of  the  Poet,  and  concerned  for  the 
fon  that  fpeaks  it ;  and  a  great  Critic  has  admirably 
U  obierved,  *<  Lamentationes  debent  effe  breves  et 
'     O  3  "  concifa, 


J98      NOTES  ON  THE  TRANSLATIONS 

<«  concifae,  nam  Jacryma  fiibito  excrefcit,  et  difiiciler 
"  eft  Auditorera  vel  Le6lorera  in  fummo  animi  affe&u 
"  dill  tenere/*  Would  any  one  in  NarciirQs''s  condi- 
tion have  cry'd  out—**  Inopem  me  copia  fecit  ?" 
Or  can  any  thing  be  more  unnatural  than  to  turn  off 
from  hi«  forrows  for  the  fake  of  a  pretty  reflexion  ? 

♦*  O  utinam  noftro  fecedere  corpore  pcflTera  ! 

**  Vottim  in  amante  novum  3  vellem,  quod  amamus^ 
**  abtffit.'* 
None,  I  fuppofe,  can  be  much  grieved  for  one  that  is 
io  witty  on  his  own  afRifiions.  But  I  think  we  may 
every  where  obferve  in  Ovid,  that  he  employs  his  in- 
vention more  than,  his  judgment ;  and  fpeaks  all  the 
ingenious  things  that  can  be  fard  on  the  fubje^^,  rather 
than  thofc  which  are  particularly  proper  to -the  perfon 
and  circumftances  of  the  Ipeaker. 

FAB.  yii. 
P.  165.  1.  27.  When  Pentheus  thusj  There  is  a. 
great  deal  of  fpirit  and  fire  in  this  fpeech  of  Pentheus,. 
but  I  believe  none  befide  Ovid  would  have  thought  of 
the  transformation  of  the  ferpent's  teeth  for  an  incite- 
ment to  the  Thebans  courage,  when  he  defires  them 
not  to  degenerate  from  their  great  forefather  the  Dra- 
gon, and  draws  a  parallel  between  the  behaviour  of 
them  both. 

**  Efte,  precor,  memores,  qua  fitis  (lirpe  creati, 
**  lUiufque  animos,  qui  multos  perdidit  unus» 
**  Sumite  ferpentis  :  pro  fontibus  ille,  lacuque 
**  Interilt,  at  vos  pro  fama  vincite  vedra. 
*<  Ille  dedit  letho  fortes,  vos  pellite  moUes, 
**  Et  patriura  revocate  decus." 

FAB. 


n(0M.0VID*8'METAM0RPH0SES.     199 

Tlw  iorj  of  AcCBtet  has  abundance  of  nature  in  all 
A^'pvts  oif  it^  at  well  in  the  defcription  of  his  owh 
pitnUpe  and  employineaty  aa  in  that  of  the  failors 
dnnfibera  and  manners^  But  the  ihort  fj^eeches  (cat. 
land  /vp  and  down  in  it,  which  make  the  Latin  vtey^ 
■allDnil^  cannot  appear  fo  well  in  our  language,  which 
it  mdi  more  ftubborn  and  unpliant  |  and  therefore 
■It  Imt'tf  to  many  niba  in  the  ftoiy,  that  are  ftiU  turn- 
up''tbe  narration  out  of  its  proper  courie.  The 
tnoM&matioB  at  thie  latter  end  is  wonderfbllj  beau< 

FAB.      IX. 

Ofid  bat  two  itrj  good  fimilies  on  Pentheus,  where 
he  oompoict  bim  to  a  river  in  a  former  Aory*  and  to  a 
war-horie  in  the  prefent. 


O4  AN 


AN        ESSAY 

ON     VIRGIL*S     GEORGICS,. 

T7IRGIL  may  be  reckoned  the  firft  wbo  intixxiuced' 
^  three  new  kinds  of  poetry  among  the  Romans, 
which  he  copied  after  three  of  the  greateft  matters  of 
Greece :  Theocritas  and  Homer  have  ftill  diipvted  for 
the  advantage  over  him  in  Paftoral  and  Heroics,  But  I 
think  a]]  are  unanimous  in  giving  him  the  precedence  to 
Heiiod  in  his  Georgics.  The  truth  of  it  is,  the  iweet^ 
nefs  and  nifticity  of  a  Pafloral  cannot  be  fo  well  ezpref- 
led  in  any  other  tongue  as  in  the  Greek,  when  rightly 
mixed  and  qualified  with  the  Doric  diale£i ;  nor  can  the 
majefly  of  an  heroic  poem  any  where  appear  fo  well  as 
in  this  language,  which  has  a  natural  greatneili  In  it» 
and'cdn  be  often  rendered  more  deep  and  ibnonras  by 
the  pronunciation  of  the  Tonians.  But  in  the  middle 
ftyle,  where  the  writers  in  both  tongues  are  on  a  level, 
we  fee  how  far  Virgil  has  excelled  all  who  have  written 
in  the  fame  way  with  him. 

There  has  been  abundance  of  criticifm  fpent  on 
Virgil's  Paftorals  and  ^neids ;  but  the  Georgics  are  a 
fubjcft  which  none  of  the  critics  have  fufficiently  taken 
into  their  confideration ;  mod  of  them  paffing  it  over 
in  filence,  or  cafting  it  under  the  fame  head  with  Pafto- 
ral 5  a  divilion  by  no  means  proper,  unlefs  we  fuppofe 
the  ftyle  of  a  hufbandman  ought  to  be  imitated  in  a 
Georgic,  as  that  of  a  ihepherd  is  in  a  Paftoral.    But 

though 


TIR#£L'6    GEORGICS*       loi 

%W||i  fhn  ftqwflf  both  t]ieiepoem»lictin  the  fame 
f|ac»|  tito  4cidmi.ia  them  ase  of  quite  a  dlfierent  cha- 
if{kr»  fiKt  Ibo  |«<ece^  of  huflnuidiyasenottobede- 
Ipmdwitli  tlw  iaiplicitjr  of  a  ploughman^  but  with  the- 
ijkbaft  «f  s  poet.    No  rules  thtreforey  that  relate  to 
higmlj^  Mn  aayiwryaffieft the  Geoygict»  fince  they  fall 
mdmltalb  daihof  poetry,  whkh  confiils  in  giving  plain 
md  tolft  itttouQioas  to  the  reader  i  whether  they  be 
wiil  diMMtt  ••  thoft  of  Theogttit  and  Pythagoras  $  or 
ffciiftphiwl  fpeculationa,  as  thofe  of  Aratus  and  Lu- 
oeihMi  or  rules  of  praflice*  as  thofe  of  Hefiod  and 
▼agil»    Among- theft  different  kind  of  fubjeas*  that 
ihkktht  Gcofgics  go  upon  is,  I  think,  the  noeaneft  and 
but  the  moft  pleaTmg  and  delightful. 
)  of  morality^  befides  the  natural  eorruption  of 
which  makes  us  ayerie  to  them,  are  ia 
i  £om  ideu  of  ienie,  that  they  feldom  give 
IB  oppoiCuaaty  for  thofe  beautiful  defcriptions  and 
in^es  which  are  the  fpirit  and  life  of  poetry.  Natural 
phibibphy  has  indeed  (enfible  objects  to  work  upon  $ 
but  then  it  often  puzzles  the  reader  with  the  intricacy 
of  its  notions,  and  perplexes  him  with  the  multitude 
of  its  difputes.     But  this  kind  of  poetry  I  am  now 
speaking  of,  addrefles  itfelf  wholly  to  the  imagination  : 
It  is  altogether  converfant  among  the  fields  and  woods,. 
sod  has  the  moft  delightful  part  of  nature  for  its  pro* 
viiwe*    It  rai(es  in  our  minds  a  pleafrng  variety  of 
icenes  and  land/kips,  whilft  it  teaches  us  j  and  makes 
tbe  dryeft  of  its  precepts  look  like  a  defcription.     <*  A 
^  Geofgic  thecefote  is  fbme  part  of  the  fcience  of  huf. 

<*  bandry 


2*i  A  31    E  S  S-  A  Y    0  BT 

••  bandrr  put  mto  a  picsiinjr  rfrrts,  and  Set  off  with  all 
"  the  -j^eauties  ind  rmbctlhhments  nf  poetry."  Now 
lince  rhis  icience  at  auifaandrr  is  of  i  very  Isrgc  extentf 
tbe  poet  fkews  his  (idll  nx  fingiin^  ant  fiidi  yttut^ 
«»  ^n€tei  on,  »  are  oftfui,  and  at  the  hmt  tune  noft 
capable  of  ornanunt.  Virgil  was  fb  weil  acqmiaAed 
with  this  fiecret,  that  tn  tet  off  his  (bft  Georgicy  he  has 
nm  inco  a  fet  ctf  preempts,  which  are  almoff  foreqpi  to 
his  6abft£tj  in  that  besuititui  account  he  gives  ns  of 
the  £gpB  m  aatnre,  which  pi-ecede  the  changes  of  the 
weather. 

And  if  there  be  io  modi  art  in  the  choice  of  fit  pie- 
cepcs,  there  is  much  more  required  in  the  treatii^  of 
them  }  diat  thej  may  fall-m  after  each  cither  bj  a  na- 
toral  nnforced  method,  acd  ihew  themiehres  in  the 
bei  and  mo*  adirants^coiu  light.  They  ihoold  all  be 
£9  finely  wnmght  together  in  the  fame  piece,  that  no 
coarfeieammaydifcomer  where  they  join;  as  in  a  cnrioos 
brcde  of  needle- work,  one  colour  falls  away  by  fach  juft 
degrees,  and  another  rifiM  lb  inienfibly,  that  we  iee  the 
variety,  without  being  able  to  diitinguifli  the  total  va- 
nifhing  of  the  one  from  the  firft  appearance  of  the  other. 
Nor  i»  it  fo/Bclent  to  range  and  diijpoie  this  body  of 
precepts  into  a  clear  and  eaTy  method,  nnlefs  they  are 
delivered  to  ut  in  the  nu>ft  pleafing  and  agreeable  man- 
ner I  for  there  are  feveral  ways  of  conveying  the  fame 
truth  to  the  mind  of  man  $  and  to  choofe  the  pleafant- 
eft  of  thcfe  ways,  it  that  which  chiefly  diftinguilhes 
poetry  from  profc,  and  maket  Virgil's  rules  of  huf- 
bandry  pleafanter  to  read  than  Varro's.    Where  the 

proie 


▼  IRGIL^S    GBORQICS.       S03 

pMb 'Wffiiw'tdb  «  plaiiiljr  wfa»t  otoglit  to  bedone» 
Ae  fMt  afeir  ooacctlt  the  precept  in  t  defeription» 
iad  nynABtt  liit  oonmtryBiia  performmg  the  t^lioii 
■I  ^idHck  lie  wooM  iiiftro6(  hit  reickr.    Where  the  one 
ftti  oiit^  at' AiUy  «ini  diftinftlj  at  he  can,  tit  the  parts 
if  tke  tnitb»  which  he  woold  commiinicate  to  us  $ 
the  other  finglet  out  the  moft  pleafing  circumftance 
of  this  truth,  and  fo  conveys  the  whole  in  a  more  di- 
eting manner  to  the  underftanding*  I  (hall  give  one 
kiftwice  out  of  a  multitude  of  this  nature  that  might 
1w  found  in  the  Georgics  where  the  reader  may  fee 
the  dillerent  wayt  Vir|^l  has  taken  to  ejtpreft  the  fame 
iki^t  md  how  much  pleafanter  every  manner  of  ex- 
praflkvb  it,  than  the  plain  and  dinCt  mention  of  it 
wiMdd  have  been.  It  it  in  the  fecond  Georgic,  where  he 
tdb  ut  wiitc  treet  wiH  bear  grafting  on  each  other, 
**-  tBt  fiepe  alteriut  ramos  impune  videmut 
*■  Vertcre  in  alterius,  mutatamque  infita  mala 
**  Ferre  pyrum,  et  prunis  lapidofa  ruhefcere  coma. 
•<   .  Steriles  ptatani  malos  geflere  valentes^ 

**  Caftaneae  fagos,  omufque  incanuit  albo 
**  Flore  pyri  t  glandemque  fues  fregere  Tub  ulmis. 
**  ^      Nee  longnm  tempus  :  &  ingcns 
'<  Exiit  ad  coelum  ramis  felicibus  arbos  j 
•*  Miraturque  novas  frandes  ct  non  fua  poma." 
Here  vre  fee  the  Poet  confidered  all  the  efFedU  of  thisr 
ttnion  between  trees  of  different  kinds,  and  took  notice 
of  that  eflfedl  which  had  the  moft  furprize,  and  by  con* 
fequence  the  moft  delight  in  it,  to  exprefs  the  capacity 
that  wat  in  them  of  being  thus  united.    This  way  of 

writing 


"    ::  ......■-    !i:  ?     .•  vi:-:;.!-    a    tm: 

••         i\-.Cw  .    ;.x*:  tr.isrji 

■     .    ■    .i.i    :  .  -:nri::ir^  2;.  laeii. 

•  *     j;rr.  i.-:.  minu, 

.   ~....  .:     •  IV.    iI::oTsriss, 

..i..    :cti"s    Co  work 

.....     ^u.-^.   ri'tcfn:  v/ili 

..:. ,     .'i:    K^lrCt^  witt: 

:  .     .    ..    :xv    ;.«;•.   :;o:  a  11.- 

.  _     ..,.    .......     -^..lu:   .  nii:  wnu- 

.   :..;    V,.;.   .       jr-.  rcticniui,.   a: 
.  :    ■•    .  :  .^-^:l   Liii  :ii-- 


for-.e, 


yiR^'IL^S    GCOR<?ICS.        105 

Ibill^  KoraHMtn/  tflft  oot  of  the  pridpd  argument 
■if  Mgtt'of  llisfotem,    I  know  no  one  digreffion  in 
dHr4lM^gic«itli*'iMiyfteni  to>eontndift  this  obfervt- 
dMH  hdldm  thit  in  the  lattet  end  of  the  lirft  book» 
^MterttheBoM  lavidiea-OQ^  into  a  difcourfeof  the  bat. 
tto'of  Pllif^K^  *attd!  the  anions  of  Auguftus  t  but 
It  fi'iMrilk  '$rMt.  to  confidcr  how  admirably  he  hat 
tMMd«tf»obiM4eof  bis  narraticm  into  its  proper  chan- 
M$  sad  onde  hit  hwfbandiiian  concerned  even  in  what 
iciBM  tothe'  bahle;  in  thoie  inimitable  lines  ; 
«•  fldliott  et  tempos  Teiiiet»  com  Unibiis  illis 
**  Aitrieoln  incorroterram  moNtns  aratro» 
«  Skdk  invetiiet  foArfi  nibigine  pila : 
•«' Avt  gravibos  raftris  galeas  pulfabit  inanes^ 
*(  Orandiaqoe  efibffia  mirabitur  ofla  fepulchris/* 
Aad  8lBerwardt>  ()|>ealung  of  Augu(his*8  actions,  he 
fin  leiaembers'that  i^;ricolture  ought  to  be  fbme  way 
binted  at  tluooghont  the  whole  poem. 
"  -Non  ullus  aratro 
**  Dignnt  honos :  fqualent  abdu^^is  arva  colonis : 
«*  Et  curvsB  rigidum  falccs  conflantur  in  enfem.** 
We  now  come  to  a  ftyle  which  is  proper  to  a  Geor- 
gic  ;  and  indeed  this  is  the  part  on  which  the  Poet 
muft  lay  out  all  his  ftrength,  that  his  words  may  be 
warm  and  Rowing,  and  that  every  thing  he  defcribes 
may  immediately  prefent  itfelf,  and  rife  up  to  the  rea- 
der's fiew.     He  ought  in  particular  to  be  careful  of 
not  letting  his  fuhje^  debafe  his  ftyle,  and  betray  him 
into  a  meannefs  of  expreflion  j  but  every  where  to  keep 
op  his  vtrCt  in  all  the  pomp  of  numbersy  and  dignity 
of  wofdt, 

I  think 


-■  '      ,1^    h«»i«..i     .#.     rtinrtfr:    ::rii  .   .-r.iiii.  '^  kszi  .      r- 

•".-    »     -nvt   iif    i-.im    ri*»  .t.i-mni(v  ir    nt  :gr»r?iir«rr, 

*^H   rji*^   r  .vi-  4ppar  i  -urrj.  jt  :iiniuiaBcr     TmrTT  T» 

V  -y^ir    Hifr   HMT  i»ii«si«;.  it6C    KmH  -m   vec^   Iihc  iSB 

.r-^y^-f  ,v  iii^YvMrfr-v     ):sair  wsr  sacs   siscas^ 

-"v  i/f  </^  vt-viw  t>  •^'  :-f«i3^r*   -^^ ^j^rt  jx.  ins  irfc 

^4S« -in*  ♦«/>,  A^ut  4iK?>-n.  vxfluia  Vjr^jl""-*  Brafcr> 
y  •^^^   *VV  K**  iW^  Wr/  r/.-.it.i^  i»i  cCuk:  Fc«*,  b»it 

»«*  ^'/^'J*,  «>^#/,  i»tr»  ///-.•;  /;v»i( ':r«ae  from  the  cbjects 
»^*##»M4<if»  J  0t,/i  Uitd  *rk7  \tti%%%rM}fHA  miftt  afftct«l 
it/  hi*  'UU  nif9toh%,  fh^ti  y:*^y  '«ftM\d  have  been  by  the 

I  tit^W  9Hty^t  jtiUi  ihit  Uidttt  rr;henie  of  ruiet,  con- 
M^-t  ftf*>  »UttHfhl  huKi^i^  tUdt  lleriod  and  Virgil  luve 
fH*>»  wHh  )M  fhin  kUu\  of  poetry^  wiiich  may  give  us 
Ihmih  huMfKi  MiifitfH  of  fill!  cxrdlcnce  of  the  GcorgicK. 
'I'M  U^^Ui  Willi  ll»ltiMl|  if  we  may  giicit  at  his  chu- 
itl^Ui  I) Mill  ti|«  wiiiiit^ii,  he  h:ul  much  more  of  the 
ItillhHHilHiMll  Ihrtii  \\\p  Port  in  his  temper:  he  was 
tll^^HilH hilly  |(irtvi>i  (liUiP«l»  and  frugal,  be  lived  aU 

logethcc 


VII^piL^S    GEORG2CS,       aof 

Ai|i.lhi  Qomlif ,  ud  was  pcobiUj  for  hit 

ihe  oncle  of  the  ii^{M>le  adghbourw 

nefitpdaqplct  ci^gqnd  huflMUMlr]iLnn  through 

Ittn  wrka,  and  dirdEbd  him  to  the  choice  of  tillage 

aad  wcrchmdiie,  for  the  fu^^jed  of  that  which  is  the 

■ioft  ccktotrd  of  them.    He  is  ereiy  where  bent  oa 

mfrnftionj  avoidB  ailonanner  of  digreffioiia»  and  doea 

Bot  lir  out  of  the  field  once  in  the  whole  Gcorgic^ 

M»  meAodln  de&ribing  month  afbr  month>  with  ita 

finycr.  fttfimt  and  employments,  is  too.  grave  and 

fipqile  I  it  takes  off  firom  the  furprize  and  variety  of 

the  Poem*  and  makes  the  whole  look  but  like  a  mo- 

jfan  almanaffk  in  verie.    The  reader- is  carried  through 

a  fionrfe  of  weather  $  and  may  before-hand  guefs  who* 

•ihcc.be  is  4o  meet  with  £how  or  rain,  clouds  or  fun- 

'Aantp  in  the  .next  defcription.    His^elcriptions  indeed 

Iptft  abnndance.  of  nature  la  them>  but  then  it  is 

Aatme  in  her  fimplicity  and  undrefs.    Thus  when 

ht  fytak»  of  January,    "  The  wild  beafts,  fays  he» 

««  nm.  ihivering  through  -the  woods  with  their  heads 

'*  ftooping  to  the  ground,  and  their  tails  clapt  be- 

**  tween  their  legs.$  the  goats  and  oxon  are  almoft 

''  flead  with  cold  j  but  it  is  not  fo  bad  with  the  (heep, 

"  becaufe  they  have  a  thick,  coat  of  wool. about  them, 

*'  The  old  men  too  are  bitterly  pinched  with  the 

^*  weather  j  but.  the  young  girls  feel   nothing  of  it> 

**  who  iit  .at  home  with  their  mothers  by  a  warm  fire* 

*<  fide.**     Thus  does  the  old  gentleman  give  himfelf 

Up  to  a  loofe   kind  of  tattle^  rather  than  endeavour 

after  a  juft  poetical  defcription.     Nor  has  he  (liewn 


»o«  A  N    E  S  S  A  Y    O  N 

more  of  art  or  judgment  in  the  precepts  he  has  given 
us  ;  which  are  ^wn  fo  very  thick,  that  they  clog  the 
Poem  too  much,  and  arc  often  fo  minute  and  full  of 
circumftances,  that  they  weaken  and  unnerve  bis  verfe. 
But,  after  all,  we  are  beholden  to  him  for  the  firft 
Tough  flcetcb  of  a  Georgic :  where  we  may  ftill  dil^ 
cover  fomething  venerable  in  the  antiquenefs  of  the 
rwoik ;  but,  if  we  would  fee  the  defign  enlarged,  the 
•figures,  reformed,  the  colouring  laid  on,  and  the  whole 
piece  finiihed,  we  muft  expe^  it  from  a  greater  mafter*8 
hand.  ^. 

Virgil  has  drawn  out  the  rules  of  tillage  and  plant- 
ing into  two  Books,  which  Hefiod  has  difpatched  in 
-half  a  one  5  but  has  fo  raifed  the  natural  rudenefs  and 
iimplicity  of  his  fubje^ft,  with  fuch  a  fignificancy  of 
«xpre(Iion,  fuch  a  pomp  of  verfe,  fuch  variety  of 
traniltions,  and  fuch  a  folemn  air  in  his  reflexions, 
that,  if  we  look  on  both  Poets  together,  we  fee  in  one 
the  plainnefs  of  a  downright  countryman  ;  and  in  the 
other,  fomething  of  ruftic  majefty,  like  that  of  a 
Roman  diftator  at  the  plough-tail.  He  delivers  the 
meaneft  of  his  precepts  with  a  kind  of  grandeur ;  he 
.  breaks  the  clods  and  tolTes  the  dung  about  with  an  air 
■  of  gracefulnefs.  His  prognoftications  of  the  weather 
are  taken  out  of  Aratus,  where  we  may  fee  how  judi- 
xioufly  he  has  picked  out  thofe  that  are  moft  proJ)er 
£or  his  huibandman's  obfervation ;  how  he  has  en- 
forced the  expreflion,  and  heightened  the  images  which 
lie  found  in  the  original. 

4  The 


^rtt^rhH^^b leases.  -^ 

HJJpifimtte  iiietaplKMra,  ttAiii«tiy«f  ^i«lb.    Tbt 

■  NWbanff  <h«c  Ktta  ifag'liltt,.  to  Ms  km.'t1u(  idb 
«llifa|^t1tti  tiMi»t4^^a^^  nUta^lt(>n,  butlidtro  (hf- 
^4%'ltt  11d»  j"  tor  btilbttk  t}id'a|ht4  add  p^U&o&s  iftajr  bb 
'ttMib  laiUnUf  tfcJited  to  a^  bee,  tltim  td  an  iiiariil 
^-Meflnft. '  flK'iMd'lHdiii  dvw  Hhi  )>ii!aliire8  of  a 
*-^diiiil^^%fe»  As  dsiy  iUt^  Mcrtbed  l>y  ySr^  in  the 
•1bfllM«AA  df  ltlk;lMt,  eatl  Ibarce  iib  vt  Virgil'a 
'iBtiaA!«rpitftMfiig^  of  tL  ]pliildib|>lftf  to  it. 

';W||tJhBay»  i^iyt/i^  the  i^t*s  tlMi  hi  hit  de- 
:  i^ll^lftii,  fi^faeifaeaau  to  h^e  been ^ i l^fvett kt  the 

';'  -«f^£43^tifvt)Mg^d^^^ 

I  '  iiil  tt'««OT Wlicre.menfioniAg,  among  His  chief  plea- 
tvAUp  me  coolness  of  hfs  {hades  and  rivefs,  vales  and 
grtttoes,  which  a  more  Northern  Poet  would  have 
OmTtted  for  the  defcniftion  of  a  funny  hill,  and  fire-fide. 
'  The  Third  Georgic  feeflis  to  be  the  moft  laboured 
of  them  all  j  there  is  a  wonderful  vigoor  and  fpirit  in. 
^  defcciption  of  the  horfe  and  chai*iot-race.  The 
fvcc  of  love  is  reprefented  in  noble  inflances,  and 
tarj  fublime  cxpreffions.  The  Scythian  winter-piece 
appears  To  very  cold  and  bleak  to  the  eye,  that  a  man 
can  (carce  look  on  it  without  Hiivering.  The  mur- 
nun  at  the  end  has  all  the  exprefUvenefs  that  words 
on  pve.  It  was  here  tliat  the  Poet  drained  hard  to 
'•rt-do  Lucretius  in  the  dcfcrlption  of  his  plague  j  and 
P  if 


.j£      .ui      .(, 


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-    .. .     ..-;     .    ■:     ,.".-1    -T,.c:iTOi"    -.-: 

^. ;  ...'."-.'.■.:...    .        .-..  ..".7.     3«r  nisn|£T 

.'       -..ft  :  ..  ■-      '.:r.  :       :v     ,  .; 'l    /.     :    .lil    ll"^  .ICt:  .1: 

.':....,..!     i,  ■-.;,    .'     ii...     i'.r    5V::';:Tlt:    'n    laiT.C 

:.f....  .    ..  ...,»:'.'. ;-.-^-  r.-/  .'vn    :i;2Tr.ssir,  "aan  I 

'  I.,     .r  .r*»  •    ft  ;.iii.:    "i.    i»:    ii    .lUi  r*.T'n.   "v:!;!,:!  .a"'  ..3 


▼  IRGIL*S  GBORGICS.  m 
pot  to  it.  The  firft  Gcoigic  was  probd>ly  burlcfqed 
in  die.wdior*«  IKedmei  lorweilill  find  in  tKt^cho- 
liaft  n  i«de  ditt  rididilet  part  of  a  line  tnniltted 
from  Hcfiod»  .•*  Nndnt  aii»  iere  nudut**— And  we 
may  eafily  guefa  at  the  judgment  of  thit  extraordinary 
critic,  wfaoerer  he  was,  from  his  cenfuring  this  par- 
ticalar  j|»ecq»t.  We  may  be  fure  ViigU  would  not 
have  tranflated  it  from  Heliod,  bad  he  not  difcovered 
imne  beauty  in  it }  and  indeed  the  beauty  of  it  is 
whtt  I  have  before  ohierved  to  be  frequently  m^t  with 
in  Viigil,  the  deliraring  the  precept  fo  indireAly,  and 
fingling  out  the  particular  circumftance  of  fowing  and 
jdowing  naked,  to  ft^ggeft  to  us  that  thele  employ- 
menta  are  proper  only  (p  the  hot  feafon  of  the  year. 

I  ihall  not  here  compare  the  ftyle  of  the  Georgics 
with  that  of  Lucretiui,  which  the  reader  may  iee  al- 
ready done  in  the  preface  to  the  fecond  volume  of 
Mifcellany  Poems  *  j  hut  (hall  conclude  this  Poem  to  be 
the  moft  complete,  elaborate,  and  iinilhed  piece  of 
all  antiquity.  The  .^Jieis  indeed  is  of  a  nobler  kind, 
but  the  Georgic  is  more  perhSt  in  its  kind.  The 
JEntis  has  a  greater  variety  of  beauties  in  it,  but  thoiii 
of  the  Georgic  are  more  exquifite.  In  /hort,  tl.e 
Georgic  has  all  the  perfe^ion  that  cun  be  cxpc^Wd  in 
a  poem  written  by  the  greateft  Poet  in  the  flowci  ot 
his  age,  when  his  invention  was  ready,  his  inia^ini- 
tion  warm,  his  judgment  fettled,  and  all  his  faculties 
in  their  foil  vigour  and  maturity. 

•  Tht  CoUe^ion  publifhed  by  Mr.  Diydcn. 
P  2  Ml 


[  «I*  ] 

MISCELLANEOUS  POEMS. 

•'  ,rif    Bitiir         

TO    SIR    GODFREY    KNELLX 

GN  HIS  PICTURE  OF  THE  klNG. 

KNELLER,  with  filcnce  «rid  furpmc 
We  fee  Britannia's  monarch  rife, 
A  gddlikc  form,  by  thee  difplayM 
In  all  the  force  of  light  and  (hade  5 
And,  aw'd  by  thy  delufive  hand. 
As  in  the  prefence  chamber  ftwid. 

The  magic  of  thy  art  calls  forth 
His  fecret  foul  4nd  hidden  worth, 
His  probity  and  mildnefs  Ihows, 
Hi's  care  of  friends,  and  fcorn  of  foes  : 
In  cvciy  ftrokc,  in  every  line. 
Does  fome  exalted  virtue  Ihine, 
And  Albion's  happinefs  we  trace 
Through  all  the  features  of  his  face. 

O  may  I  live  to  hail  the  day. 
When  the  glad  nation  Ihall  furvey 
Their  fovercign,  through  his  wide  commahd« 
Pafling  in  progrefs  o'er  the  land  I 
Each  heart  fhall  hcnd,  and  every  voice 
In  loud  applauding  ihouts  rejoice, 
Whilrt  all  his  gracious  afpe£l  praife. 
And  crowds  grow  loyal  as  tliey  gaze. 

c  The 


ro  SIR  GOPFREY  KNEJ      SR;     sij 

The  image  oa  tbe  ip^di^t  pl^c''c|. 
With  its  bright  rivtwid  oi^  title 9  gric'd. 
And  fbimpt  on  Britiih  oonu  ^IJ  live. 
To  j-jcheft  ores  the  vaJM*  glvt^ 
Or,  wrought  witliiii  the  t(^ripii&  mold,. 
Shapt  and  adorn  the  ninning  g<3ild* 
To  bear  this  form,  the  gtiilal  ibp^ 
Has  daily  fintt?  hj^  coUfie  begun 
Rtjoic'd  the  metal  to     -ifle,  . 
And  ripen'^d  the  Penn     n  iT^ine* 

Thoup  Knellcr,  loo    with  noble  prkW, 
The  forEmolt  of  thy  a       haft  vy'd 
With  niiturt  in  a  gent  ilrife. 

And  totich'd  the  ca^iv:      ^to  life» 

Thy  pencil  hm,  by        ,archs  fought^ 
From  reign  to  reign  ii     .  nilne  wrought^ 
Afld,  in  the  robes  of  1     «  ^'r^y*d, 
The  kings  of  half  an.  ^^  diiplay'd*  ,  ^     , 

Here  fwanhy  Charles  appeaxa,  ixnX  iVr^r-. 
His  brother  with  dejefltd  air  1 
Triumphant  NafTaij  here  we  find. 
And  With  him  bright  Muria  join'd ; 
There  Anna,  great  as  when  ftie  ftafc 
lier  armitfs  throu|^  xk^  coaxlnttUj 
£fe  yet  her  Hero  was  difgtacM  ; 
0  may  fa«i^d  Brunfwidi:  be  the  lalt, 
(Though  heaven  ft^ojjJJ  with  my  wUh  agfcc? 
And  long  preferve  thy  av^  in  thee) 
The  jail,  the  h^ppiefl  EritlHi  king, 
?faom  thou  i^t  paiat,  or  I  {Jfi^Gx^g  \ 


Li^  a:?  CI  SOX'S    POEMS- 

''Vi:e  Phiiiitjs  tiim,  kj»  Ikill  to  prcv?', 
i  hxuu^h  :nany  i  god  adrarc'd  t^  Jorr, 
Aim  thugbt  the  pciiJSu  rocks  to  ftine 
With  airs  md  liixiiufutB  diwne; 
Till  Greece,  amxz'd,  md  kUf-sBakl, 
Th'  aflentbltd  deities  lixnrey*d. 

Great  Pua,  wbo  wont  to  chace  the  fair. 
And  icT'd  the  fpreading  oak,  was  there  ^ 
Old  Saturn  too  with  upcaft  eyes 
Beheld  his  abdicated  ikies ; 
And  mighty  Mars,  for  war  rrnown'd. 
In  adamantine  armctir  ArownM  ; 
By  him  the  chihUefs  gcddefs  roie, 
Minerva,  ftudious  to  compofe 
Her  twiiled  threads  ;  the  web  ihe  ftning^ 
And  o*er  a  loom  of  marble  hong : 
Thetis  the  troubled  ocean^s  queen. 
Matched  with  a  mortal,  next  was  feen. 
Reclining  on  a  funeral  iim. 
Her  fhort-liv'd  darling  Ion  to  mourn. 
The  laft  was  he,  whofe  thuoder  flew 
The  Titan-race,  a  rebel  crew, 
Tliat  from  a  hundred  hills  ally'd 
In  impious  leagues  their  king  defyM. 

This  wonder  of  the  fculptor's  hand 
Product,  his  art  was  at  a  ftand  : 
For  who  would  hope  new  fame  to  raiie. 
Or  riik  his  well-eftablifhM  praife, 
Tliat,  his  high  genhis  to  approve. 
Had  drawn  a  George,  or  carv'd  a  Jovr  ? 


PRO 


C    "5    1 


P    R    O    L    O    G    u    a 

ro  SMITH'S  2HJEDRA  AND  HIPPOLITUS, 

iFOKEK    BY    Mr»    WILKS- 

ONG  ha$  a.  race  of  httx^es  fiird  the  ftagr, 
'  T'hat  rant  by  no''^  ^nd  ihroiig-h  the  g^mut  ragt ; 
htlr  iriarTtal  lire^  i 

,  fuge  expire ) 

111  unditturb'd  by  wilj        4 
tnx]y  fit, 
of  thinking  frct^ 

nil  ft  forfake  the  fie  I  J, 
loft  Scarlett!  yield.  ^ 

^  poet  of  this  day 


In  fongs  and  HiTt  exp 
Combat  in  trills,  aiid 
While,  luird  by  fou] 
Calm  and  ferene  you 
And,  from  the  duU  i 
Hear  the  facetious  iid 
Our  hoitif-lpuo  auth< 
And  ShaiLefpFai«  to  i 
To  your  new  tafts 
Was  by  a  frieud  advia'd  to  form  his  play  | 
Had  Valentini,  muficaUy  coy, 

Shunn'd  Phaedra's  arms,  and  fcorn'd  the  proffered  joy : 
It  had  not  mov'd  your  wonder  to  have  feen 
An  eunuch  fly  from  an  enamourM  queen  : 
How  would  it  pleafe,  fliould  fhe  in  English  fpeak, 
And  could  Hippolitus  reply  in  Greek  ! 
But  be,  a  ftranger  to  your  raodifli  way, 
By  your  old  rules  muft  (land  or  fall  to-day, 
And  hopes  you  will  your  foreign  tafte  command, 
To  bear,  for  once,  with  what  you  underftand. 


P4 


PRO- 


C   *»^  3 

r  R    O    L    O    G    U    B 
TO  S^EELE^S  TEKDER   HUSBAND.^ 

IN  the  fifft  fifi;  «ad  inlaiicj  of  ^u-ce*. 
WImi  fooUwtn  mxajf  and  when  i»layt  wm  finuKifc « 
Tbe  raw  impp9^»*d  authors  could,  with  eaie^  . 
A  young  and  unexpenenc^d  audience  plcafe  » 
No  iingld  chara^ier  had  e*er  been  ihown. 
But  the  whole  herd  of  fopa  was  all  their  own  |  . 
Rich  in  ortgi9alt»  they  fet  to  view. 
In  every  piece,  a  co%coaab  that  was  new* 

But  now  ovr  Britiih  theatce  can  boaft 
Drolls  of  all  kinds,  a  vaft  unthinking  hoft! 
Fruitful  of  folly  and  of  vice,  it  &ows 
Cuckolds,  and  ciu,  and  bawds,  and  pimps,  and  beaiixf 
Rough  country  knights  are  found  of  every  ihirc } 
Of  every  ftUhion  gentle  fops  appear  $ 
And  punks  of  different  charafiiers  we  meet. 
As  frequent  on  the  ftage  as  in  the  pit. 
Our  ipodem  wits  are  forc'd  to  pick  and  cull, 
And  here  and  there  by  chance  glean  up  a  fools 
Long  ere  they  find  the  nccefiary  fpark. 
They  fearch  the  town,  and  beat  about  the  Park^ 
To  all  Km  moft  frequented  hauau  refoit. 
Oft  dog  him  to  the  ring,  and  oft  to  court } 
As  lov«  of  pletfure  or  of  place  invites  ; 
Aad  fomtiimct  catch  him  taking  (huff  at  White's. 

Howe*er9^ 


PROLOGUE  TO  TENDER  HUSl    WP,    %tf 

HoweVr,  to  do  you  right,  the  jM-cfent  age 
Breeds  v^vy  boptful  i^ipuftf rs  for  llic  fttgt ; 
That  fcom  the  paths  their  dull  forefathers  trod# 
Ait4  won't  be  blockhtads  in  the  camnion  tqoA^ 
Do  but  fuiTfy  this  croudcd  bouic  to-*nigh;  : 
—Here  *s  fHll  ciicoura|;;efncnt  for  th oft  wntf*  / 

Our  author,  to  divert  his  friends  to- da; 
Stocks  with  variei/  of  fools  bis  ckv: 
And  that  there  may  \h         —  ■■  iw^ 


Two  laclk'i'crraiit  has 

I 

The  firJt  ii  damft^  tra 

,  »« 

^m 

The  toother  more  rcfiti 

^1 

J    4 

Refcue,  like  courttrous 

?j  UK  njTfi 

^0 

And  kindly  treat,  like 

►red  tncnj 

itiger* 

k 


E  P  I< 


E    f    I    L    O    G    U    E 
TO  LAXSIX>WN£^S  BRITISfl  ISCHAXTOLS. 

WIfF.K  Orpfc«J5  tan'd  ois  lyre  widi  pfeafing  woe, 
Rtfcrf  forgot  to  mn,  zzd  winds  to  blow. 
While  li^cnmg  forcis  corcr'cl,  as  he  plaj^d, 
Th6  (oft  mtifictan  in  a  mcvlxig  iKa^. 
Tl>'^  tliU  ni^t*$  (tntm  the  fame  fuccds  may  find, 
Tlie  force  of  muiic  is  to  muuc  joined  : 
Where  founding  ftrings  and  artful  voices  fail. 
The  charming  rod  and  mutter'd  fpells  prerail. 
l/€t  fage  Urganda  wave  the  circling  wand 
On  barren  mountains,  or  a  wafte  of  fand ; 
The  defert  fmiles;  the  woods  begin  to  grow. 
The  birds  to  warble,  and  the  fprings  to  flow. 

The  fame  dull  fights  in  the  fame  landfkip  mixt. 
Scenes  of  ftill  life,  and  points  for  ever  fix'd, 
A  trdiouA  plciifure  on  the  mind  beilow, 
yVnd  pull  the  rcnCc  with  one  continued  fhow  : 
Hut,  un  our  two  magicians  try  their  fkill, 
Tho  vllion  vnrics,  though  the  place  (lands  ilill; 
While  the  liunc  (pot  its  gaudy  form  renews, 
ShiTiing  the  pn>fpc6l  to  a  thoufand  views. 
Thus  (without  unity  of  place  tranfgreft) 
*J*)r  iMuhantcr  turns  the  critic  to  a  jeft. 

Ilvil  howloc^cr,  to  plcafc  your  wandering  eyes, 
lllight  ohic\Hs  diiJipjH'ar  and  brighter  rife  : 
Thcu'V  uv»nr  i  an  nuke  amends  for  loft  delight, 
NV  hilc  ftviu  that  circle  we  divert  yomr  fight. 

AN 


[  SI?  J  ^ 

tN   ODE   FOR    ST.  CECIXL         ~^AT. 


SET  TO  MUSrCK  BY  MR.  DANIlt  1 

FEEFOHMEO    AT    OXFORD    1693. 
I. 

PR  EPA  RE  the  haltowM  ftrain,  my  Mufe, 
Thy  fofteft  founds  and  fwceteft  num    m  chufe|' 
The  bright  Cecilia's ,       '      ' 


In  warbJing  worcla^  i 
That  fmoothly  mn  ir 
And  gentjy  die  awiiy 

U  i 

11 

-'^ 

Si 

Firft  let  the  fprightly 
The  joyful  melody  b( 
And  none  of  ull  h 
While  the  fliarp  foun 
In  iwtfct  harmoniouB 

yt  matCt 
.€cay, 

-1 

Soften  and  mcUaw'd  by  tht  flute^i 
•  "  The  flute  that  fwcetly  can  complain, 
**  Diffolve  the  frozen  nymph's  difdain  5 
•*  Panting  fympathy  impart, 
«  Till  fhe  partake  her  lover's  fmart/* 
CHORUS. 
III. 
Next,  let  the  folemn  organ  join 
Religious  airs,  and  drains  divine. 
Such  as  may  lift  us  to  the  ikies, 

And  fet  all  heaven  before  our  eyes : 

"  Such 
•  The  four  kft  lines  of  the  fecond  and  third  ftanxa^s 
were  added  by  Mr,  Tate. 


szo  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

**  Such  as  may  lift  us  to  the  fkies  j 
*«  So  far  at  kaft  tiU  they 
**  Defcend  with  kind  furprize, 
**  And  meet  our  pious  harmony  half-way/ 

IV. 

Let  then  the  tmmpet's  piercing  found 
Our  raviih'd  cars  with  pleafurc  wound  : 

The  ibul  o'er-powering  with  delight,  . 
As,  with  a  quick  uncommon  ray, 
A  (break  of  lightning  clears  the  day. 

And  flaflies  9n  the  fight. 
Let  echo  too  perform  her  part. 
Prolonging  every  note  with  art, 

And  in  a  low  expiring  ftrain 

Play  all  the  concert  o'er  again. 

V. 

Such  were  the  tuneful  notes  that  hung-  ' 

On  bright  Cecilia's  charming  tongue  i 

Notes  that  facrcd  heats  infpir'd, 

And  with  religious  ardour  fir'd  : 

The  love-fick  youth,  that  long  fupprefs'd  ■ 

His  fmotherM  pafiion  in  his  breaft. 

No  fooner  heard  the  warbling  dame. 

But,  by  the  fccret  influence  tum'd. 
He  -felt  a  new  diviner  flame. 

And  with  devotion  burned. 
With  raviih'd  ibul,  and  looks  aataa'd, 
yp^n  her  beauteous  face  he  gaz'ds 


Nor 


t^i 


*^or  msde  his  amorous  complaint ; 
ikin  vaia  her  j?yes  hh  heart  had  chiiftn*J^ 
^Her  heavenly  voice  het"  eyes  difarm'J, 
And  chiing'tl  the  iovtr  to  a  faint. 

G  R  a  JJ  D     C  H  O  R  U  6. 

!  VL     ^^ 

^ND  now  the  choir  compJ^at  rtioiccf , 
With  trcrnblMi|r  ftrings 

The  tuneful  fenncnt 

And  works  with  tnin 
iQukk  diVifions  rtin  tht 
A  thouiand  rriJls  and  q  ng  louadi 

Id  airy  circle*  cr'tr  til 
frgig  wafrtd  by  a  ge^k 
^Thej  hiint  ami  langulA 

^And  at  a  dlitiuKi?  dii; 


A  N 


^t^         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

AN  ODE. 

I. 

TH  £  fpacions  firmament  on  high. 
With  all  the  blue  ethereal  &y» 
And  fpangled  heavens,  a  /hining  frame. 
Their  great  origiiial  proclaim, 
Th'  unweary'd  fun,  from  day  to  day. 
Does  his'  Creator's  power  difplay  ; 
And  publifhes,  to  every  land, 
The  work  of  an  Almighty  hand. 

II. 
Soon  as  the  evening  ihades  prevail. 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wonderous  tale  i 
And  nightly,  to  the  liftening  «arth, 
Hepeats  the  ftory  of  her  birth : 
Whilft.all  the  ftars  that  round  her  burn, 
,And  all  the  planets,  in  their  turn. 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll. 
And  fpread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

III. 
What  though,  in  folemn  filence,  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terrefh'ial  ball ; 
What  though,  no  real  voice,  nor  found, 
Amidft  their  radiant  orbs  be  found  : 
In  Reafon's  ear  they  all  rejoice. 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice  5 
For  ever  finglng  as  they  fhine. 
The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine. 


AN         H    Y    M    N- 

r. 

WH  E  N  all  thy  iDcrcie*,  O  my  God^ 
My  rifjng  foul  furveys  ; 
Tranfportcd  wlih  the  view,  I  *m  Joit 
In  wonder,  love,  and  pr^ife, 

ir. 

O  how  JhaJl  words  with  equal  warmth 

The  gratitude  declare^ 
That  glows  within  my  ravlfh'd  heart  1 

But  thau  canJt  read  It  there. 

IIL 
Thy  ProfidEncc  my  life  fuftain  d> 

And  all  my  wants  redreft  ;  , 

When  m  the  filent  wo  rub  I  Uy, 

And  hung  trpon  the  brc^fl. 

IV, 
To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries. 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear. 
Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learnt 
To  form  themfelves  in  prayer. 
V. 

UnnumberM  comforts  to  my  foiil 

Thy  tender  care  beftow'd. 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceived 

Fr«m  whence  thefe  comforts  flow'd. 

VL  When 


«i+         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 
VI. 

When  in  the  flippery  paths  of  youtk 

With  hccdlefs  fteps  I  ran, 
Tliine  anH  unfeen  convey'd  me  fafe. 

Add  led  me  up  to  man. 

VII. 

"Through  Tiiddett  dangers,  toil s>  and  de^. 

It  gently  clearM  my  way  ; 
.  And  through  the  pleafmg  fnaree  of  vice^ 
More  to  be  fear'd  than  tiiey. 

vnr. 

'  When  worn  with  ficknefs,  oft  haft  thou 
W  ith  health  rtnew'd  my  face ; 

•  And  when  in  fins  ftnd  forrows  funk. 
Revived  my  foul  with  grace. 

IX. 

Thy  bounteous  hand  wlin  woiluly  blifs 

Has  made  .my  cup  run  ocr. 
And  in  a  kind  and  faithful  friend 

Haft  doubled  all  my  ftore. 


•  Ten  thoufand  thoufand  precious  gifts 

My  daily  thanks  employ; 
Kor  is  the  leaft  a  chearfol  hcarf, 
That  taftU  thofe  gifts  with  joy. 


xr.  Through 


I 


o 

XT. 

'  Tbrongh  eviry  ptrlod  of  my  llfcf 
Thy  goodncfs  I'll  purfDe j 
And  after  death,  m  dil1:afit  wortd^^ 
The  glorious  theme  renew. 
XII. 
When  Natare  fails,  and' day  and  nigt 
Divide  thy  works  no  more, 
"  My  ever-g^raid*til  li( 
Thy  mercy  fliall 

Through  all  elernit  hec, 

A  joyful  fong  I  ^  — e  > 

-  For,  oh  1  eternity  'i  i 
To  utter  all  thy  j 


A    N     -O    D    E. 

..  ...      .    .1.  . 

HO  W^ethy  fenrants  blcft,  O  Lorfl 
How  fure  is  their  defence  ! 
Eternal  wifdom  is  their  guide. 
Their  help  Omnipotence. 

.,   -11.  .  ,,.    .    . 
foreign  realms,  and  iands  remote* 
Supported  by  thy  care. 
Through  buniing  climes  I  pafs'd  unhurt^ 

And  breath'd  in  tainted  air, 

Q^  m.  Thy 


2i6         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 
III.  ' 

Thy  mercy  iwceten'd  every  foil. 

Made  evfcry  region  plcafe  ; 
The  hoary  Alpine-hills  it  warm'd* 

And  fniboth'd  the  Tyrrhene  jfea»« 

IV. 

Thinjc,  O  my  foul,  devputly  think, 
^     How,  with  affrighted  eyes. 
Thou  faw'ft the  wide-^extendcd  deep. 
In  all  its  horrors  rife. 

V. 

Confufion  dwelt  in  every  face. 

And  fear  in  every  heart ; 
When  waves  on  waves,  and  guiphs  on  gulphs. 

Overcame  the  pilot's  art. 

VI. 

Vtt  then  from  all  my  griefs,  O  Lord, 

Thy  mercy  fet  me  free ; 
Whilft,  in  the  confidence  of  prayer, 

cMy  foul  took  hold  on  thee. 

VII. 

For  though  in  dreadful  whirls  we  hung 

High  on  the  broken  wave, 
J  knew  thou  wert  not  flow  to  hear,  -* 

Nor  impotent  to  fave. 

VIII.  Th 


...A   NjiH  Y.  M   N. 

Tfe  ioKp(»  j«U  Jiud!»  Ate  wi^ 

dbedjaktod^wiil}' 
The  ftMt  datroarM  at  thy  commaiuly 

At  tfaj  cohmuuid  was  ftill. 
DC. 
JDn  nndft  of  dai^^ertj  icKay  and  death* 

Thy  g^Mtteft  r*ll  adoKi 
And  pcaife  Thee.for  thy  mcities  pafi^ 

And  hamhlyJwpe  fiNr.nioR* 
..'   X. 
My  lift,  if  dioa  preferv^ft  my  life. 

Thy  iaotfct  Ml  be  $ 
And  death;  iJF  death  muft  be  my  doom. 

Shall  join  my  fool  to  Thee. 


AN        a.   Y     M    N. 

I. 

WHEN  rifing  from  the  bed  of  death, 
O'erwhelm'd  with  ^uilt  an '4  fear, 
I  fee  my  Maker  face  to  face ; 
O  how  /hall  I  appear ! 
II. 
If  yet,  while  pardon  may  be  found. 

And  mercy  may  be  fought, 
My  heart  with  inward  horror  (hrinks, 
Aad  trembles  at  the  thought : 

0^2  III.  Whca 


91^        ADDISON'S    POEI*S, 

m. 

When  thou,  O  Lordy  fhalt  ftand  difdot'd 

In  majeftjr  feverey 
And  fit  in  jadgmeiit  on  my  £hi1  ; 

O  how  ihall  I  appear  E 

IV- 
Bvt  thou  haft  toU  d»  trodbkd  ibolj 

Who  doet  her  fins  lamtnt,. 
The  timely  tribute  of  her  tMrt 

Shall  endlefs  woe  present. 

V. 

Then  fee  the  forrows  of  my  heart. 

Ere  yet  it  be  too  late } 
And  add  my  Saviour's  dying  groans. 

To  give  diofe  ibixjowt  weight.   . 

VI. 

For  never  fliall  my  foul  defpair 

Her  pardon  to  procure, 
'Who  kiiows  Thy  Only  Son  has  dy*d 

To  make  that  pardon  &ice« 


PARA- 


i^:4FAi^S£  ON  PSALM  xxm. 

THflfc  I>ofd  my  pafture  ihall  pceparet 
And. feed  me  with  a  fhepherd't  caref 
'    Hit  prtfence  ihaltmy  wants  Aipply, 
And  gp,ard  me  with  a  watchful  eye  t 
Afy  np9n-diy  wallu  he  (hall  attend^ 
AjQid  ali  mj.nud^night hours  defend* 

U.. 
"Wfien  in  the  fu^try  glebeJ-fainty 

?ir  miith^  thtr%i  m««uitain  pant  I 
9  f(prtile  Tale^  and  dewy  meads 
My. weary  wandering  ftq>8  he  leads  t 
MHiere  peaceful  rivers^  foft  and  flowj 
Anid  .the  verdan)^  landscape  flow* 

III. 
Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread. 
With  gloomy  horrors  overfpread> 
My  fledfaft  heart  ihall  fear  no  ill. 
For  thouy  O  Lordy  art  with  me  (lill  s 
Thy  friendly  crook  ihall  give  me  aid. 
And  guide  me  through  the  dreadful  ihad^ 

IV, 
Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way. 
Through  (}eviou8  lonely  wilds  I  ihay. 
Thy  bounty  ihall  my  wants  beguile. 
The  barren  wildemefs  ihall  fmile. 
With  fudden  greens  and  herbage  crownMy 
And  (beams  ihall  murmur  ail  ai'ound* 

Qj  THU. 


23©  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

THE  Play-house^. 

WHERE  gentle  Thames  thzough  ftately  chaDi]ieI$ 
glides. 
And  'England's  proud  metrc^iolls  divides  ; 
A  lofty  fabrick  does  tHe  figltt  invade. 
And  ftretches  o^er  the  waves  a  pompous  fhade  $ 
Whence  Hidden  ihouts  the  neighbom-hood  furprize. 
And  thundering  claps  and  dreadful  hHIings  rife. 

Here  thrifty  R —  hires  monarchs  by  the  day. 
And  keeps  his  mercenary  kings  in  payj 
With  deep-mouth'd  a£lors  fills  the  vacant  fcenes^ 
And  rakes  the  ftews  for  goddefles  and  queens  : 
Here  the  lewd  punk,  with  crowns  and  fcepters  gracMj 
Teaches  her  eyes  a  more  majeftic  caft ; 
And  hungry  monarchs,   with  a  numerous  train 
Cf  fuppliant  Haves,  like  Sancho,  ftarve  and  reign* 

But  enter  In,  my  Mufe  5  the  Stage  furvey. 
And  all  il3  pomp  and  pageantry  difplay ; 
Trap- doors  and  pit-falls,  from  th'  unfaithful  ground> 
And  magic  wall*  encompafs  it  around : 
On  either  fide  maim'd  Temples  fill  our  eyes. 
And  intermixt  with  Brothel-houfes  rife ; 
Disjointed  Palaces  in  order  ftand,  O 

Ami  Groves  obedient  to  the  mover's  hand  ^ 

O'crfliadc  the  Stage,  and  flouriih  at  command.  «j 

A  damp  makes  broken  towns  and  trees  entire  i 
So  when  Amphion  (Iruck  the  vocal  lyre. 

He 

*  See  SedJey's  Mifcellanies,  8vo.  p.  aoz. 


THE    P  L  AY-  H  O  U  S  E.        ij'j 

He  faw  the  fpacious  circuit  all  around^  -  . 
With  crowding  woods  and  riling  cities  crow%^d« 

But  next  the  tiring-room  furyey,  and  fee 
Falfe  titles,  and  promifcuous  quality,     ,         ..    <  .  . 
Confusedly  fwarm,  from  heroes  and  from  queens. 
To  thofe  that  fwing  in  clouds,  and  fill  machines. 
Their  various  charafters  they  chufe  with  art. 
The  frowning  bully  fits  the  tyrant's  part :  .      . 
Swoln  cheeks  and  fwaggering  belly,  make  an  hofi:. 
Pale  mea^e  lopks  and  hollow  voice  a  ghoft  j 
From  careful  brows  and  heavy  down-caft  eyes,  . 
Dull  cits  and  thick-fculPd  aldermen  arife  : 
The  comic  tone,  infpir'd  by  Congrcve,  draws  .  * 

At  every  word,  loud  laughter  and  applaufe: 
The  whining  dame  continues  as  before, 
Her  character  unchanged,  and  afts  a  whore. 

Above  the  reft,  the  prince  with  haughty  ilalks 
Magnificent  in  purple  buikins  walks  : 
The  royal  robes  his  awful  ihoulders  grace, 
Profufe  of  fpangles  and  of  copper-lace  : 
Officious  rafcals  to  his  mighty  thigh, 
Guiltlefs  of  blood,  th'  unpointed  weapon  tye : 
Then  the  gay  glittering  diadem  put  on. 
Ponderous  with  brafs,  and  ftarr'd  with  Briftol  ftonc 
His  royal  confort  next  confults  her  glafs. 
And  out  of  twenty  boxes  culls  "a  face  ; 
The  whitening  firft  her  ghaftly  looks  befmears,- 
All  pale  and  wan  th'  unfinilh'd  form  appears  j 
Till  on  her  cheeks  the  blufhing  purple  glows^ 
And  a  falfe  virgia-modefty  beftows, 

<U  Her 


^-j^        A  ]i  :5  r  3  c  N  3   ?  -:■  s  m  ^. 

;^*r  :-JrtMu   ip^  *lie  tpt*T)   vrrnillon   lyes^ 

r^mcjth  ro  AfT  limtv«j  i-he  lencii'i  irt  ibppileSf 

Anti  ^th  blacic  bending  arches  fhadn  her  -^yes. 

Wfill  pieas'd  at  length  the  pidure  fhe  lifhDiiii» 

And  (pot»  it  o'er  virith  TkrTificial  molds ; 

Hpt  rmmtenance  cortrplear,  the  beaux  (he  wsoma 

With  lockii  not  hen  ;  and,  lipight  of  nature,  daaanasu . 

Thus  arffxilly  their  perfons  they  diiguife, 
Tiii  the  Inft  ftouriili  bids  the  curtain  rife 
Tn«  privice  fhen  fint<*rs  on  the  Stags  in  fate; 
Brhmd>-  a  gr-.iard  r>f  can  die- fnuffers  waits 
'f  ii' r.»,  fwoln  '^ith  empire,  terrible  and  Herce, 
('^  ^^;i<<*4  the  dcime,  and  tears  his  lungs  with  Teric  3  - 
Mi<«  J\»i^ji»^s  tremble  j  the  flibmrflive  pit» 
Wr^l>t  up-  in  filer.ce  and  attention,  fit; 
Tiil,  freed  at  Irngrrh,  he  lays  alide  the  weight, 
C)f  public  biif;ne;"^  mcl  affairs  of  ftate  : 
ft^r^tX'K  \\'\<K  pomp,  (\t:\(\  to  ambitious  fires. 
And  to  foni.'  p-  K-fful  brandy-fhop  retires; 
Wh^re  in  fidl  j/jlU  his  anxious  thoughts  he  drowtUjL 
And  {jiMff-j  aWfiy  the  care  that  waits  on  crowns. 

Tlif  piincrrA  noct  her  painted  charms  difplaj-s, 
Wh«rr  rvery  look  the  pcnciTs  .Trt  betrays  ; 
'.I  hr  cilhvw  'Oiiiirc  at  diftance  feeds  his  eyes. 
Anil  filciitly  for  pidnt  and  wafhes  dies : 
15 u!  if  thf  yfHith  behind  the  fccncs  retreat,  ^ 

\U  (et^^  ihr  biriidrd  colours  melt  with  heat,  ^ 

Anil  nil  ihr  tiirklinj;  beauty  run  in  fweat.  3 

'riif  bi'irt'w  d  vjr,i|rc  he  admires  no  more, 
And  nindr.i(r»  rvrry  chwm  he  IgvM  before : 


M^tdt  bmTd  %«uv  far  double  force  renown'dt 
Afftfd  dw  iCBMdj  that  gave  the  wound^v 

^  tedkna  liAi  ^twcre  endkft  to  eaga^, 
Anf  dWrhf-M^theiab^bf  di^e  StagQ 
When  oae  ftr  twenty  yean  has  ghren  alanns» 
Aad  callM  fwifenrfing  monarchs  to  tl^^ir  amui 
Ahbttdr  iBU  tf  ^  importuit  1^^ 
Awl  ri6a^«i«rjr  idtiher  night  i  gHoft  | 
Through  the  deftl^tage,  his  mealy  face  be  rean^ 
Then  flalka  alonj^  gibant  ihric^  and.cli£^pcan{ 
-Othen»  widi  fwdkiit  and  fhlelds,  the Jloldiar't  jpridc^ 
Moft  than  a  dioafiuMi  tftnes  baVc  chang^'lf  Oieir  tiit^ 
Aadin  a  thoiifiuid  ftital  battles  dyM. 

Thna  fiEvenl  peribns  (ereral  parts  perform  ; 
Softlovcra  whine,  and  bluftering  heroes  ftorm* 
Tmt  Seoi  efaalpciated  tyrants  rage, 
TBI  Ae  kind  b6wl  of  potfon  clears  the  Sti^^ 
Then  honours  vanilh,  and  diftinftions  ceafe ) 
Then,  with  relu^bmce,  haughty  queens  undrefs. 
Heroes  no  more  their  fading  laurels  boaft. 
And  mighty  kings  in  private  men  are  loft. 
He,  whom  fuch  titles  fwelPd,  fuch  power  made  proud. 
To  whom  whole  realms  and  vanquifh'd  nations  bow'd. 
Throws  off  the  gaudy  plume,  the  purple  train. 
And  in  hit  own  vile  tatters  ftinks  again» 


OK 


«j|.         ADDIS  ON*S    POEMS. 


ON   THE  LADY   MANCHESTER. 


WHILE  haughty  Gallia's  dames,  that  fpreaft. 
O'er  their  pale  cheeks,  an  artful  r^x 
Beheld  this  beauteous  ftrauger  there 
In  native  charms,  divinely  JFair ; 
Confiifion  in  their  looks  they  fhow'd  j 
And  with  unborrowM  bluihes  glowed. 


CATC. 


o. 


•  A 

TRAGEDY. 


«  Ecet  Ipediciiltam  d^mmiy  ad  quod  reTpiciaty  in* 
-  ^  tcntiu  4ipari  fuo^  Dent  I  Ecce  par  Deo  dignum, 
■  ^  m  IbctM  com  nudi  fortnna  compofitiu !  Noir 
**  Tideo,  inqaaniy  quid  babeat  in  terris  Jupiter  pul- 
**  chriuty  Q  convertere  animum  velit,  quam  ut 
**  fpe£let  Catonemy  jam  partibus  non  femel  fra6lis, 
"  nibilominus  inter  ruinas  publicas  ereflum/* 

Sen,  de  Divin.  Pror» 


t    *37    1 
"▼       E       R       S       E       S 

TO   THE 

AUTHOR  OF  THE  TRAGEDY  OF  CATO. 

I TTIHLE  you  the  fierce  divided  Britons  awe, 

▼  ▼      And  Cato  with  an  equal  virtue  draw  j 

^Thile  envy  is  itfelf  in  wonder  loft, 

^d  fa£kions  ftrive  who  ihall  applaud  you  moft  ; 

■'orgive  the  fond  ambition  of  a  friend, 

Nho  hopes  himfelf,  not  you,  to  recommend  : 

\jiid  joins  th*  applaufe  which  all  the  leam*d  bellow 

!)n  one,  to  whom  a  perfect  work  they  owe. 

To  my  *  light  fcenes  I  once  infcrib'd  your  name, 

\iid  impotently  ftrove  to  borrow  fame ; 

Uion  will  that  die,  which  adds  thy  name  to  mine  { 

^t  me^  then,  live,  join'd  to  a  work  of  thine. 

RICHARD  STEELIE, 


'^^pIS  nobly  done  thus  to  enrich  the  ftage, 

JL    And  raife  the  thoughts  of  a  degenerate  age  ; 
To  (hew  how  endlefs  joys  from  freedom  fpring. 
How  life  in  bondage  is  a  worthlefs  thing. 
The  inborn  greatnefs  of  your  foul  we  view, 
Vou  tread  the  path»  frequented  by  the  few{ 

Witfc 

^  Tender  Hvdband,  dedicated  to  Mr,  Addifon. 


»-.$  ADDISON'S     POEMS. 

W':n  :j  niich  ibcngth  vou  write,  and  :b  much  eafc, 

Virnij  iiia  .cnic '.   .low  iunt  you  liope  to  pleaie  r 

V  rt  Towfis  "tii:  Lcntiments  .>f  even'  !ine 

Imp-iniui  ci-pt,  and  o^v^'d  the  work  divine. 

£v'n  the  lour  critics,  who  maiicious  came, 

Esuper  to  cenlure,  axid  relalir'd  to  blame. 

Finding  the  hero  regularly  rile. 

Great  while  he  lives,  but  gieatei  when  he  diet. 

Sullen  ipprov'd,  too  obftinate  to  melt. 

And  lidun'd  \vith  the  plealfares  whieh  diej  felt. 

Not  fa  the  fair  their  pafiiona  fecret  kept. 

Silent  they  heard,  but,  as  they  heard,  dwywept; 

When  glorioufly  the  blcioming  Mams  dy'd. 

And  CatD  tcid  the  gods,  Tmfatisfyd, 

See  !  how  your  lays  the  Briti/h  youth  inflame  ! 
Tliey  long  xo  fhoot  and  ripen  into  fame  \ 
Applauding  theatren  diftnrb  their  reft, 
And  imborn  Cato'n  heave  in  every  breaf(| 
Theirnigbtly  dffams,  their  daily  thought!  repeat. 
And  pulfcft  hif^h  with  fanryVl  glories  beat. 
So,  j^rifv'd  t'l  virw  the  Minathonian  fpoils, 
'J'hc  ytiung  Thcmilloclcs  vow'd  equal  toils  \ 
r)i'.I  th(  II  his  I'clirmcs  of  ftiturc  honours  draw 
rnmi  the  ]on|r  tijumphs  which  with  tears  he  faw. 

How  fhall  1  your.iinrivard  worth  proclaim, 
l.oft  in. the  Ipreailing;  circle  of  your  fame ! 
Wc  law  yoM  the  gfcat  WillianrB  praife  rehearfc. 
And  paint  Uritannia's  joys  in  Roman  vcrfc. 
We  hrani  at  dillamc  fbfl  enchanting  (trains, 
l^rom  blooming  mtiuutains,  and  Italian  plains. 


TO  THE  AUTHOR  OF  CATO.         3i« 
Tagl  bi^  in  EnjM^.  draft  to  iUne, 
'  StmtCf^'libl^i^'tttpvddc^  fini  dlvinei 
/kooi  him  too  AJotri^ifiifricJndly  you  witbdrewy 
But  bfon^  the  natfai  (3Vld  to  our  view. 
Then  the  aelif^tfiil  diemb  of  every  tongue, 
Tk*  inmiortd  MaHborongby  was  your  darling  fong. 
Fhni  clime  to  dime  the  ^ihighty  vidor  flew, 
fnm  dime  to  cfime  as  fWifUy  yoti  purfue. 
Still  widi  the  henTt  glowM  tiie  poet^s  flame* 
SliU  widi  his  oonqisbfls  yon  enlargM  your  fame. 
Wiihboiihdkft  ini|»tmes  herethe  Mufe  could  fmH, 
And  on  ytmr  Roftmondfor  ever  dwiU: 
Tliere  openmg  iweets  and  every  fragraut  flower 
Liuramiitfiaule»  a  never-^ing  bower ! 
Next,  human  follies  kindly  to  expofe, 
Ton  clmttge  from  numbers,  but  not  fink  In  proie : 
Whedier  in'infionary  fc^es  you  play, 
Itefineour'taftes,  brlaugblour  crimes  away. 
Now,  by  Ihe  bufkin^d  Mufe  you  fhine  confeft. 
The  patriot  kindles  in  the  poet^s  breaft. 
Such  energy  of  fenfe  might  pleafure  raife. 
Though  unembelliihM  with  the  charms  of  phrafe  : 
Such  charms  of  phrafe  would  with  fuccefs  be  crowned. 
Though  nonfenfe  flowM  in  the  melodious  found. 
The  cbafteft  virgin  needs  no  blufhes  fear. 
The  learned  themfelves  not  uninilru6ltd  hear. 
The  libertine,  in  pleafure s  us*d  to  roll, 
And  idly  fport  with  ah  immortal  foul, 
Here  comes,  and,  by  the  virtuous  heathen  taught. 
Turns  paie,  and  trembles  at  the  dreadful  thought. 

2  Whene'er 


•13  A  !?  I?  I  5  C  y  5    ?  0  Z  M  2. 

"Will  :"..j'~:h  3.".:-:'    :.  .iii  .il=  rtmama  I 

Bj  :iie  jci'inripticii  v^im  iy  -we  aiodL/  i^vcat^ 
A:i«i  ^n  die  zhiiiinij  iiil  -vjid  pauc  vitli  ifTT. 
Wjsit  iyes  behoio.  ict,  law  ±»i  i  am  rdznes, 
Tlii  1  -  itr^T-?^  the  Jjicn^  amror  -hines  ? 
Vv'jue  iiurricsnes  in  cir-iinu  sdiiics  piav, 
Tinr  op  tile  :iiiiiis.  ind  iwcep  ivriaii:  pioiaa  awaf^ 
Wi  ihrlnk  wTch  aorrar,  inii  jsnreis  our  Rar, 
And  1x1  :iie  ludden  icundin^  run  hear. 
When  rsvai  nces.  diiinin^d  witii  biuodt  deceive^ 
And  -naka  poor  >Iarc:a  beautirniiy  ^cve  j 
Wjizi  Jie  iier  uxs^  rhouciics  aa  mure  cancesis, 
Frargtts  rhe  -vaman,  and  her  dame  reveaia  j 
Weil  may  rae  prince  exnit  with  aoble  priucy 
Not  fbr  hia  Libyan  crown,  but  Roman  bride* 

Bat  r  in  viia  on  anjrie  fear.:Lres  dwell, 
Wjile  ail  the  parts  of  Lie  nir  piece  excel. 
So  nch  :iie  itGr?,  :b  d-jbicus  is  rhe  feait^ 
Wd  know  not  which  >a  pai's,  or  which  tD  tafe. 
The  ihining  incidents  :o   uiily  nill, 
"We  may  the  whole  new  fcenes  of  vrmiport  call« 
T'liiia  jeweiicrs  contbund  our  wandering  eyes. 
And  with  variety  of  gema  :'.:rpnze. 
Here  (apphires ,  here  the  Sai-'iian  ione  is  {eeuy 
The  topaz  yellow,  and  rhe  jaiper  Trcen. 
The  coftiy  brilliant  there,  confua'dly  bright. 
From  aumenaus  luracea  dara  crembiiiig  light : 


Tft  IffB-AUTliQi^  OP  CATO,         »4» 

ThtdjiSimvtpBiafmnunglt  in  a  blsue, 
SOcnt  wi^  ftiindy  unable  where  to  praife. 
In  plc^lGm/Weetllir  1^  tea  thoviaiid  wayi. 

iWrfiy  Coitaie,  CambfUge.  j^  EUSDEN. 


I 


SIR, 

WBSJ^  yovr .generous  labotir  £r&  I  viewed. 
And  Cato^t  liandt  in  hit  own  blood  imbrued. 
That  icene  of  death  ib  tenible  appears, . 
Mxfifsdj^ld  onlj  thank  you  with  her  tears.. 
Yetyitiiix  fach  wondrous  art  your  flulfiil  hlmd' 
Does  all  the  pafiions  of  the  foul  command. 
That  er^n  my  grief  to  praife  and  wonder  turned. 
And  envyM  the  great  deadi  which  firft  I  mourn *d. 

What  pen,  but  yours,  could  draw  the  doubtful  ftrife 
Of  honour  ftruggling  with  the  love  of  life  ? 
Defcribe  the  patriot,  obftinately  good. 
As  hovering  o'er  eternity  he  ftood  ; 
The  wide,  th'  unbounded  ocean  lay  before 
His  piercing  fight,  and  heaven  the  diftant  fhore^ 
Secure  of  endlefs  blifs,  with  fearful  eyes,  -^ 

He  grafps  the  dagger,  and  its  point  defies,  C 

And  niihes  out  of  life  to  fnatch  the  glorious  prize.    3 

How  would  old  Rome  rejoice,  to  hear  you  tell 
How  juft  her  patriot  liv'd,  how  great  he  fell ! 
Recount  his  wondrous  probity  and  truth. 
And  form  new  Juba's  in  the  Britiih  youth, 

R  Their 


«4i  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Their  generous  fouls,  when  he  rcfigns  his  breath. 
Are  pleasM  with  niin,  and  in  love  with  death  : 
And  wheii  her  conquering  fword  Britannia  drawSj 
Refolves  to  periihy  or  defend  her  caufe* 
Now  firft  on  Albion^s  theatre  we  fee 
A  perfe6l  image  of  what  man  fhould  be| 
The  glorious  chara£ler  is  now  expreft. 
Of  virtue  dwelling  in  a  human  breaft : 
Drawn  at  full  length  by  your  immortal  lineSf 
In  Caters  foul,  as  in  her  heaven  (he  fhinet. 


AU  Souto-CoUege,  Okon.  DIGBY  COTES. 


'>LEFT 


TO  The  author  of  cato.      143 

LEFT  WITH  THE  PRINTER  BY  AN 
UNKNOWN  HAND. 

^*|^OW  we  may  fpeak,  fince  Cato  fpeaks  no  mpre^: 
X^    Tis  praife  at  length,  'twas  rapture  all  before  5 
When  crowded  theatres  with  lo's  rung 
Sent  to  the  fkies,  from  whence  thy  genius  iprung.g 
Ev'n  civil  rage  a  while  in  thine  was  loft. 
And  fa6lions  ftrove  but  to  applaud  thee  moft ; 
Nor  could  enjoyment  pall  our  longing  tafte. 
But  every  night  was  dearer  than  the  laft. 

As  when  old  Rome,  in  a  malignant  hour 
Pepriv'd  of  fome  returning  conqueror. 
Her  debt  of  triumph  to  the  dead  difcharg'd. 
For  fame,  for  treafure,  and  her  bounds  enlargM,; 
And  while  his  godlike  figure  mov'd  along, 
Alternate  padions  firM  th'  adoring  throng  ; 
Tears  flow'd  from  every  eye,  and  fhouts  from  every 

tongue  5 

So  in  the  pompous  lines  has  Cato  far*d, 
Grac'd  with  an  ample,  though  a  late  reward : 
A  greater  viftor  we  in  him  revere  5 
A  nobler  triumph  crowns  his  image  here. 

With  wonder,  as  with  plcafure,  we  furvey 
A  theme  fo  fcanty  wrought  into  a  play ; 
So  vaft  a  pile  on  fuch  foundations  plac'd ; 
Like  Ammon's  temple  rear'd  on  Libya's  wafte : 
Behold  its  glowing  paint  I  its  eafy  weight  I 
Its  nice  proportions  !  and  ftupendoug  height  I 

R  2  lUw 


1 


1 


->.H.  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

How  chafte  the  conduft  !  How  divine  the  rage! 
A  RoJiian  worthy,  on  a  Grecian  ftage  I 

But  where  (hall  Gate's  praife  begin  or  end  j 
Inclined  to  melt,  and  yet  untaught  tobend. 
The  firmeft  patriot,  and  the  gentleft  friend  ? 
How  great  his  genius,  when  the  traitor  crowd 
Keady  to  ftrike  the  blow  their  fury  vow'd  } 
Q^ieird  by  his  look,  and  liftening  to  his  lore, 
LcarnM,  like  his  pafTions,  to  i*cbel  no  more  ! 
When,  lavifti  of  his  boiling  blood,  to  prove 
TIk-  v  urc  of  llavifh  life,  and  (lighted  love, 
r.i;ivc  Marcus  new  in  early  death  appears, 
AVhilc  Cato  counts  his  wounds,  and  not  his  yearsj 
Who,  checking  private  grief,  the  public  mourns, 
Con\niands  the  pity  he  fo  greatly  fcorns  ; 
But  when  he  Itrikes  (to  crown  his  generous  part) 
That  honell,  (launch,  impra6licable  heart ; 
Ko  tears,  no  fobs,  purfue  his  panting  breath  ; 
The  dying  Roman  ihaiues  the  pomp  of  death. 

O  facrcvl  freedom  !  which  the  powers  betlow 
To  ItAlon  bleOings,  and  to  foften  woe  j 
Plant  of  our  gi^owth,  and  ^m  of  all  our  cares, 
Tho  toil  of  ag-vS,  and  the  crown  of  wars  : 
U\  taught  by  thee,  tho  poet's  wit  has  flow'd 
In  Hruins  as  precious  as  his  hero's  blood  j 
IVvlerve  thoic  ttroius,  an  everlalling  charm 
To  keep  that  blo>xi  and  thy  remembrance  warm  : 
l^e  this  thy  guardian  image  ftill  iecure. 
In  \am  ihall  foicc  invade,  or  fraud  allure; 
O.u  5;vAt  |villadium  (hall  perform  its  pait, 
t\\  d  ;u  I  cnlhi-u'd  in  ev^n*  BritiUi  hv.a::. 

VPON 


TO  THE  AUTHOR  OF  CATb.         24^ 

UPON  MR.  ADDISON'S  CATO. 

LONG  had  the  Tragic  Mufe  forgot  to  weep. 
By  modern  Operas  quite  lulPd  alleep  : 
No  matter  what  the  lines,  the  voice  was  clear, 
Thus  fenfe  was  facrific'd  to  pleaf'e  the  ear. 
At  laft,  *  On^  Wit  ftood  up  in  our  defence,  ^    „ 

And  dar'd  (O  impudence  !)  to  publiili^— fenfe* 
Soon  then  as  next  the  juft  tragedian  fpoke, , 
The  ladies  fighM  again,  the  beaux  awoke. 
Thofe  heads  that  us'd  moft  indolent  to  move 
To  (ing-fong,  ballad,  and  fonata  love. 
Began  their  buried  fenfes  ta  expbre. 
And  found  they  now  liad  paflions  as  before  : 
The  power  of  nature  in  their  bofoms  felt. 
In  fpite  of  prejudice  compellM  to  melt. 

When  Cato  's  firm,  all  hope  of  fuccour  paft^ 
Holding  his  ftubborn  virtue  to  the  laft, 
T  view,  with  joy  and  confcious  tranfport  firM, 
The  foul  of  Rome  in  one  great  man  retir'd  : 
In  him,  as  if  fhe  by  confinement  gain'd,  O 

Her  powers  and  energy  are  higher  ftrain'd  ,     > 

Than  when  in  crowds  of  fenators  (he  reign'd  !  j 

Gato  well  fcorn*d  the  life  that  Caefar  gave. 
When  fear  and  weaknefs  only  bid  him  fave ; 
But  when  a  virtue  like  his  own  revives 
The  hero's  conftancy — ^with  joy  he  lives. 

Obferve  the  juftnefs  of  the  poef  s  thoughts 
W^fe  fmalleft  excellence  is  want  of  faults : 

R  3  '  With^ 

•  The  Speaator, 


246  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

Without  afFefted  pomp  and  noife  he  warms  5 
Without  the  gaudy  drefs  of  beauty  charms. 
Love,  the  old  fubje^l  of  the  buikinM  Mufe, 
Jleturns,  but  fuch  as  Roman  virgins  ufe. 
A  virtuous  love,  chaftis'd  by  pureft  thought. 
Not  from  the  fancy,  but  from  nature  wrought* 
Britons,  with  leffen'd  wonder,  now  behold 
Your  former  wits,  and  all  your  bards  of  old  j 
Jonfon  out-vyM  in  his  own  way  confefs  ; 
And  own  that  Shakefpeare^s  felf  now  pleafes  lefs. 
While  Phoebus  binds  the  laurel  on  his  brow. 
Rife  up,  ye  Mufes  ;  and,  ye  Poets,  bow  t 
Superior  worth  with  admiration  greet. 
And  place  him  neareft  to  his  Phoebus'  feat. 


QK 


t  w  I 

ON      C    A    T    O  : 

OCCASIONED  BY  MR.  ADDISON'S  TRAGEDY 

OF  THAT  NAME. 

BY   MR.    COPPING. 

HIS  ancient  Rome  by  purty-fa&ions  rent^ 
.  ]U>Qg  fince  the  genenous  Cato  did  lament  $ 
Ifimielf  united  with  his  country**  caufcj 
Bravely  refuiM  to  lire,  *midft  dying  laws* 
Pleaa'd  with  returning  liberty  to  come. 
With  joy  the  heco  ri&t  finom  his  tomb  $ 
And  in  Britannia  finds  a  &cond  Rome« 
Tili  by  repeated  rage,  and  civil  fires» 
Th*  unhappy  patriot  again  expires  $ 
Weeps  o*er  her  fate,  and  to  the  gods  retires. 


»%  The  verfes  of  Dr.  Young,  Mr.  Tickell, 
and  Mr.  Hughes,  on  this  tragedy,  are  among  the 
poems  of  their  refpe^ive  authors. 


PRO- 


Z4S  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

PROLOGUE    BY    MR.     POPE- 
SPOKEN  BY  MR.  WILICS. 

TO  wake  the  foul  by  tender  ftrokes  of  art. 
To  raife  the  genius,  and  to  mend  the  hearty 
To  make  mankind  in  confcious  virtue  bold, 
Live  o'er  each  fcene,  and  be  what  they  behold  : 
For  this  the  Traglc-Mufe  firft'  trod  the  ftage^ 
Commanding  tears  to  ftream  through  every  age  j 
Tyrants  no  more  their  favage  nature  kept. 
And  foes  to  virtue  wonder'd  how  they  wept. 
Our  author  fhuns  by  vulgar  fprings  to  move 
The  hero's  glory^  or  the  virgin's  love  j 
In.  pitying  love  we  but  our  weaknefs  fhow, 
And  wild  ambition  well  defervcs  its  woe. 
Here  tears  ftiall  flow  from  a  more  generous  caufe^ 
Such  tears  as  patriots  Ihed  for  dying  laws : 
He  bids  your  breafls  with  ancient  ardor  rife. 
And  calls  forth  Roman  drops  from  Britifh  eyes. 
Virtue  confefs'd  in  human  fliape  he  draws. 
What  Plato  thought,  and  god- like  C^to  was  : 
No  common  objeft  to  your  fight  difplays. 
But  what  with  pleafure  heaven  itfelf  furveys  j 
A  brave  man  ftruggling  in  the  ftorms  of  fate. 
And  greatly  falling  widi  a  falling  ftate  : 
While  Cato'  gives  liis  little  fenate  laws. 
What  bofom  beats  not  in  his  country's  caufe  ? 
Who  fees  him  adt,  but  envies  every  deed  ? 
Wha  hears  him  groan,  and  does  not  wifh  to  bleed  I 

Ev'a 


Eff'n  when  proud  Csefar  'mjdft  triumphal 

The  (polls  of  natioiiSj  and  the  pomp  of  v 

Ignobly  vajiij  and  im potently  great ^ 

Show'd  Rome  her  Cato's  figure  drawn  in  ftatc  j. 

As  her  dead  father"**  reverend  image  paft, 

The  pomp  was  darkened  j  and  the  day  o'er- c  a  ft, 

The  triumph  ceas'd — tears  gti/h'd  from  every  eyej 

The  world's  great  victor  oaft  unheeded  bv  j 

Her  lall  good  man  deji  ^ 

And  honoyrM  Cstfar's         i 

Britons,  attend :  be 
And  fliow  jou  have  xl  tc 

With  hootft  fcom  the       r  tamM  Cato  vnrw 
Rome  learning  arts  frc         "**ce,  whom  flie  fubducd  j. 
Our  Cctne  pre  carlo  ufly  too  loj\g 

On  French  tranflation,  ^ulian  fong"* 

Dare  to  have  fenfe  yoi  s  i  sflert  the  flage  } 

Be  juftly  warm'd  with  your  own  native  rage. 
Such  plays  alone  Oiould  pleafe  a  Britifli  ear,.        •   ~ 
Ai  Cato's  felf  had  not  difdain^d  to  hear. 


DRAMATIS 


•   L'.   ':<   S  O  N  J£. 

Mr.  Booth. 
Mr,  K££N. 

Mr.  Mills. 

Ml-.   WlLKS, 

"^T.  l:bb£il. 

■-:■,    ?Ow=L. 

'*-  .        V^   A  Jim 

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SCENE    L 
PORTIVS,     MARCUSi 

POETICrSa 

^  'ME  dawn  i]  over-cafl:,  the  momiiig  lowtrtf 
And  heavily  in  cloiid&  bnngt  Qti  tlie  day. 
The  grcatt  th'  import:    :  day  }  big  with  ihe  f^ic 
Of  Cato  3.iid  of  Rqmi    -<Jur  father's  dcatK 
Would  fill  lip  all  the  pult  of  civil  war, 
And  dofe  the  fccnc  of    ^bod.     Already  Ciefar 
Ha^  rai^g'd  more  thajf  '■^^^^  the  globe^  and  icc« 
Mankind  grown  thin  dt:{lft3ilive  fword  t 

Should  he  go  ftirther,  ^umoere  would  be  wars  ting} 
To  form  new  battlci^  and  fupport  bii  cnmei. 
Ye  Oodfi>  what  havo4k  doet  imbttion  make 
Among  your  works  I 

MARCUS* 

Thy  fteddy  temper,  Portiuf , 

Can  look  on  guilty  rebellion,  fraud,  and  CxQar, 

In  the  calm  lights  of  mild  philofopby; 

I  *m  tortured,  er'n  to  madnefs,  when  I  think 

On  the  proud  vi&or :  every  time  he  *s  nam^d 

Pharialia  riles  to  my  view— I  fee 

Th*  infuiting  tyrant  prancing  o*er  the  field 

Strow*d  with  Rome^s  citizens,  and  drenched  in  (laughter. 

Hit  horft*s  hoofs  wet  with  Patrician  blood. 

Ok 


25*     •     ADDISON'S    POEMSv 

Oh  Fortius,  is  there  not  fome  chofen  curfe. 
Some  hidden  thunder  in  the  ftores  of  heaven, 
Red  with  uncommon  wrath,  to  blaft  the  man 
Who  owes  his  greatnels  to  his  country's  ruin  ? 
FORTIUS. 

Believe  me,  Marcus,  'tis  an  impious  greatnefs. 
And  mixt  with  too  much  horror  to  be  envyM  ; 
How  does  the  luftre  of  ourvfather's  a6iions. 
Through  the  dark  cloud  of  ills  that  cover  him. 
Break  out,  and  bum  with  more  triumphant  brightnefs ! 
His  fufferings  ihine,  and  fpread  a  glory  round  him ; 
Greatly  unfortunate,  he  fights  the  caufe 
Of  honour,  virtue,  liberty,  and  Rome. 
His  fword  ne'er  fell  but  on  the  gui\ty  headj 
Oppreflion,  tyranny,  and  power  ufurp'd, 
Drav/  all  the  vengeance  of  his  arm  upon  them* 
MARCUS. 

Who  knows  not  this  ?  But  what  can  Cato  do 
Againft  a  world,  a  bafe  degenerate  world, 
That  courts  the  yoke,  and  bows  the  neck  to  Caefar  ?  ' 
Pent  up  in  Utica,  he  vainly  forms 
A  poor  epitome  of  Roman  greatnefs. 
And,  covered  with  Numidian  guards,  direft* 
A  feeble  army,  and  an  empty  fenate. 
Remnants  of  mighty  battles  fought  in  vain. 
By  heavens,  fuch  virtues,  join'd  with  fuch  fucccfs, 
Diftraft  my  very  foul :  our  father's  fortune 
Would  almoft  tempt  us  to  renounce  his  precepts. 
FORTIUS. 

Remember  what  our  father  oft  has  told  us : 

The 


C    A    T    O.  ajj 

The  ways  of  hoavai  are  dark  and  intricate, 
Fuailcd  in  maiet,,«nd  perplexed  with  drors} 
Onr  underftaadtng  traces  them  in  vain. 
Loft  and  bewilder*d  in  the  fruitlefi  feardi ; 
Mot  iees  with  how  much  art  the  windings  runt 
Nor  where  the.r^lar  confufion  ends. 
MARCUS. 

Tbeie  areTuggeftioni  of  a  mind  at  eafe  t 
Oh  PortittSy  didil  thou  tafte  hut  half  the  griefs 
That  wring  my  foul,  thou  could'ft'not  talk  thus  coldly^ 
Paflion  nnj^ty^d  and  Aiccelslefs  love 
Plant  daggers  in  my  heart,  and  aggnurate 
My  other  griefs.    Were  but  my  Lucia  kind  I— • 
FORTIUS. 

Thou  fee*ft  not  that  thy  brother  is  thy  rival  t 
But  I  muft  hide  it,  for  I  know  thy  temper.        \_4fidi^ 

Nowy^Marcui,  now,  thy  virtue  *s  on  the  proof: 
Put  forth  thy  utmoft-ftrcngth,  work  every  nerve, 
And  call  up  all  thy  father  in  thy  foul  t 
To  quell  the  tyrant  love,  and  guard  thy  heart 
On  this  wtak  Hdc,  where  moft  our  nature  fulls, 
AVould  be  a  conqueft  worthy  Cato's  fon. 
MARCUS. 

Portiusy  the  counfel  which  I  cannot  take, 
Inftead  of  healing,  but  upbraids  my  weaknefs. 
Bid  me  for  honour  plunge  into  a  war 
Of  thickeft  foes,  and  rufh  on  certain  death, 
Then  (halt  thou  fee  that  Marcus  is  not  flow 
To  follow  glory,  and  confefs  his  father. 
Love  is  not  to  be  reafon^d  down,  or  loft 

lit 


154-  ADDISON'S   T0EM5. 

In  high  ambition,  and  a  thirft  of  greatnefs  i 
'Tis  fecond  life,  it  grows  into  the  foul, 
Warms  every  vein,  and  beats  in  every  pulfe. 
.  I  feel  it  here :  my  refolution  melts-^ 
FORTIUS. 
Behold  young  Juba,  the  Numldian  Prince  I 
With  how  much  care  he  forms  himielf  to  gloiy. 
And  breaks  the  fiercenefs  of  his  native  temper 
To  copy  out  our  father's  bright  example. 
■  He  loves  our  fifter  Marcia,  greatly  loves  her  5 
His  eyes,  his  looks,  his  a£Vions,  all  betray  it : 
.  But  ftill  the  fmotherM  fondnefs  bums  within  him. 
"  When  moft  it  fwells  and  labours  for  a  vent. 
The  fenfe  of  honour  and  defire  of  fame 
Drive  the  big  paflion  back  into  his  heart. 
What  I  ihall  an  African,  fhall  Juba's  heir, 
Repi'oach  great  Cato's  fon,  and  fhow  the  world 
A  virtue  wanting  in  a  Roman  foul  ? 
MARCUS. 
Fortius,  no  more  I  your  words  leave  ftlngs  behind  them 
iVhen-e'er  did  Juba,  or  did  Fortius,  fhow 
A  virtue  that  has  caft  me  at  a  diftance, 
And  thrown  me  out  in  the  purfuits  of  honour  ? 
FORTIUS. 
Marcus,  I  know  thy  generous  temper  well  j 
Fling  but  th'  appearance  of  diihonolir  on  it. 
It  ftrait  takes  fire,  and  mounts  into  a  blaze. 
MARCUS. 
A  brother's  fuflferings  claim  a  brother's  pity. 

4  FORTIUS 


CATC.  S55 

FORTIUS. 
«n  kaowt  I  pity  thee :  Miold  my  eyes 
liilft  I  qwik«— ^  tliqr  not  Mm  in  toun^ 
mt  my  beart  at  naked  to  thy  view, 

I  would  fee  it  bleed  in  his  behalf* 

MAKOU'S. 
r  dien  doft  treat  me  with  rebukes,  inftead 
d  condoling  cares  and  friendly  forrow  ? 

P'OK  TXUS. 
jurctttt  £dl  know  the  way  to  ea& 
Qfublcd  heart*  and  mitigate  thy  pains, 
I,  belirye  me,  I  could  die  to  do  it. 

MAKCUS. 

II  heft  of  brochen,  and  thou  beft  of  friendtl 
a  weak  dtftemper'd  foul,  that  fweiis 

iidden  gufts,  and  finks  as  ibon  in  calms, 
Mt  of  paeons— But  Sempronius  comes : 
(t  not  find  this  foftnefs  hanging  on  me.     [£xi>. 

SCENE    II. 

SEMPRONIUS. 
piracies  no  fooner  fhould  be  form'd 
executed.     What  means  Fortius  here  ? 
lot  that  cold  youth.     I  muft  diflemble, 
leak  a  language  foreign  to  my  heart. 

S£MPROKIUS,     FORTIUS. 

SEMPRONIUS. 

d  morrow,  Fortius  !  let  us  once  embrace, 

Aore  embrace ;  whilft  yet  we  both  are  free. 

To-» 


5»  AI5D1SCX  S    rO£M$. 

."V-mftrrrm  Ihoulc  wt  il»»  d^Kt;^  oar  £:i;&iihlm 

Tha:  I'e:  fliaH  rik  <m  ^omo:  liherrr* 

To  rhi*  poor  hsM  his  lixtlc  Roniin  Senile 
(Tht  kxriTj^  of  riiarfilia),  to  confult 
If  xTt  he  CJUD  opfjoft  tJk  might}-  lomfr.t 
That  bears  down  Roine»  and  all  her  gods,  before  it. 
Or  m\ik  at  length  give  up  the  vrorld  to  Caefar« 
S  E  M  P  R  O  K  I  U  S, 

Kot  all  the  pomp  and  ma)efty  of  Rome 
Can  raifc  her  Senate  more  than  Cato's  prefcncc« 
His  i-irtues  render  our  aflembly  awful, 
They  ftrike  with  fomething  like  religioys  fear. 
And  make  ev>.  C:efar  tremble  at  the  head 
Of  annies  flufli'd  with  conqueft :  O  my  Fortius, 
Could  I  but  call  that  wondrous  man  my  father. 
Would  but  thy  lifter  Marcia  be  propitious 
To  thy  friend's  vows  :  I  might  be  blefsM  indeed  ! 
FORTIUS. 

Alas  I  Scmpronius,  would'ft  thou  talk  of  love 
To  Marcia,  whilft  her  father's  life 's  in  danger  ? 
Thou  might'ft  as  well  court  the  pale  tremblinjf  V<fta] 
When  (lie  beholds  the  holy  flame  expiring. 
SEMPROKIUS. 

The  more  I  fee  the  wonders  of  thy  race, 
Tlie  more  1  'm  charm'd.    Thou  muft  take  heed, 
Poitius !     ' 

2 


C     A     T      CK  %sf 

llie  worid  has  all  its  eyes  on  Cato*s  Ton, 
Thy  father^s  merit  fets  thee  up  to  view. 
And  fhows  thee  in  the  fairefl  point  of  light. 
To  make  thy  virtues  or  thy  faults  confpicuous. 
FORTIUS. 
Well  doft  thou  feem  to  check  my  lingjeriiig  here 
On  this  important  hour — ^I  *11  ftrait  away  i 
And  while  the  fathers  of  the  Senate  meet 
In  clofe  dehate»  to  weigh  th'  events  of  war» 
I  *11  animate  the  foldiers*  drooping  courage. 
With  love  of  freedom,  and  contempt  of  life* 
I  '11  thunder  in  their  ears  their  country's  caufe. 
And  try  to  rouze  up  all  that  ^s  Roman  in  theaou 
''Tis  not  in  mortals. to  command  fuccefs, 
3ut  we  '11  do  more,  Sempronius  $   we  '11  deierve  it. 

[Exit. 
SEMPRONIUS.  ^ 

Curfe.on  the  tripling !  How  he  apes  his  fire! 
Ambitioufly  fententious  I— But  I  wonder 
Old  Syphax  comes  not;  his  Numidian  genius 
Is  well  dirpos'i/*  to  mifchief,  were  he  prompt 
And  eager  on  it ;  but  he  muft  be  fpurrM,    ^ 
And  every  moment  quicken^  to  the  couvfo. 
Cato  has  us'd  me  ill :  he  has  refused 
His  daughter Marcia  to  my  ardent  vows. 
Befides,  his  baffled  arms  and  ruin'd  caule 
Are  bars  to  my  ambition.     C»lkr's  favour. 
That  Ihowers  downgroatnels  on  his  friends,  will  raifc  me 
To  Komt's  firft  honours.  .  If  I  give  up  Cato, 
I  claim  in  my  rewasd  bis  captive  daughter. 
Bnt^bfrphax  comes  t— 

^^^  S  SCENE 


{t58  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

SCENE    III. 
SyPHAX,    SEMPRONIUS. 

S  Y  P  H  AX. 

— Sempronius,  all  i$  ready* 
I  'vc  founded  my  Numidians,  man  by  man. 
And  find  them  ripe  for  a  revolt :  they  all 
Complain  aloud  of  Cato'8  difcipline, 
And  wait  but  the  command  to  change  their  mafter. 
SEMPRONIUS. 
Believe  me,  Syphax,  there  's  no  time  to  wafte  .5 
Ev'n  whilft  we  fpeak,  our  conqueror  comes  on. 
And  gathers  ground  upon  us  every  moment- 
Alas  '  thou  know'ft  not  Caefar's  aftive  foul. 
With  what  a  dreadful  courfe  he  rufhes  on 
From  war  to  war :  in  vain  has  nature  form'd 
Mountains  and  oceans  to  oppofe  his  pafTage  ; 
He  bounds  o>r  all,  vidborious  in  his  march  -, 
The  Alps  and  Pyreneans  fink  before  him  ; 
Through  winds,  and  waves,  and  florma,  lie  works  hii 

way,  , 

Impatient  for  the  battle :  one  day  more 
Will  fet  the  viftor  thundering  at  our  gates. 
But  tell  me,  haft  thou  yet  drawn -o'er  young  Jiiba  ? 
That  ftill  would  recommend  thee  more  to  Cxfar, 
And  challenge  better  terms— 

S  YP  H  AX. 

—Alas  !  he  's  loft, 
fie  's  loft,  Sempronius  ;  all  his  thoughts  are  full 
Of  Cato's  virtues— But  I  'il  try  once  more 


'O     X    1*     6.  « 

XFor  every  inftant  I  expeft  Him  here) 
If  jet  I  can  -fubdiu  thofe  ftnbborn  prindplei 
W  flridiy  of  iionbur/  and  I  know  not  what. 
That  havexoTrapted  his  Nuraidian  temper^ 
And  ftuck^th^-inf^on  into  all  his  foul. 
8SMPRONIU8. 
Be  Aire  to  prefs  upon  him  every  motive. 
Jnba's  fumender^  fince  his  father's  death. 
Would  give  up  Afrk  into  Caefar's  hands. 
And  make  him  lord  of  half  the  bumin|f  Zone. 
8  YPH  A  X. 
But  it  it  true,  Sempronius,  that  your  Senate 
It  caird  together  ?  Gods  !  thou  muft  be  cautious ! 
Cak>  hat^piercing  eyes^  and  will  difcem 
Oar  frandiy  upleA  they  're  cover'd  thick  with  art, 
StMPRONIUS. 
Let  me  alone,  good  Syphax,  I  '11  conceal 
My  thoughts  in  paflion,  ('tis  the  fiareft  way)  ; 
I  '11  bellow  out  for  Rome  and  for  my  country, 
And  mouth  at  Caefar  till  I  ihake  the  Senate. 
Your  cold  hypocrify  's  a  ftalc  device, 
A  worn-out  trick:  wouldft  thou  be  thought  in  eamc 
Clothe  thy  feign'd  zeal  in  rage,  in  fire,  in  fury  I 
SYPHAX. 
In  troth,  thou  'rt  able  to  rnftrucl  grey-hairs. 
And  teach  the  wily  African  deceit  I 

SEMPRONIUs. 
Once  more,  be  fure  to  try  thy  fkill  on  Juba  5 
Mean  while  I  '11  haftcn  to  my  Roman  foldicrs, 

S  z  Infl 


26o  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Inflame  the  mutiny,  and  underhand 

Blow  up  their  difcontents,  till  they  break  out 

Unlook'd  for,  and  difcharge  themfelves  on  Cato* 

Remember,  Syphax,  we  mnft  work  in  hafte : 

O  think  what  anxious  Inoments  pafs  betweei^ 

The  birth  of  plots,  ^nd  their  laft  f4tal  periods. 

Oh !  tis  a  dreadful  interval  of  time, 

Fiird  up  with  horror  all,  and  big  witji  death  1 

Deftru6lion  hangs  on  every  word  we  fpeak. 

On  every  thougkt,  till  the  concluding  ftroke 

Determines  all,  and  clofes  our  defign.  lExit, 

S  Y  P  H  AX. 

I  Ml  try  if  yet  I  can  reduce  to  reafon 
This  head-ftrong  youth,  and  make  him  fpum  at  Cato. 
The  time  is  ftiort,  Caefar  comes  ru/hing  on  us—     - 
But  hold  !  young  Juba  fees  me,  and  approaches.' 

S  C  E  N  E    IV. 
.       JUB  A,  '  S  Y  PH  AX. 

JUBA. 
Syphax,  I  joy  to  meet  thee  thus  alone. 
I  have  obferv'd  of  late  thy  looks  are  fallen, 
O'ercaft  with  glooipy  cares,  and  difcontent; 
Then  tel)  ine,  Syphax,  I  cpnjure  thee,  tell  me. 
What  are  the  thoughts  that  knit  thy  brow  in  frowns. 
And  turn  thine  eye  thus  coldjy  on  thy  Prince  ? 
SYPHAX. 
^Tis  not  my  talent  to  conceal  my  thoughts, 
Nor  carry  fmiles  and  fun-ihine  in  my  face,    , 

When 


is*    A*     T     O.  a«l 


r  tt  my  heart. 
Ilm  -Bot  jtk  h  ^Mt  iStUb  tibnxti  in  me. 

-   ^        •  jUB  A. 

Wlij  doft-duM  caft  dut  fulh  Ungenerous  terms 
i^^JrilA  (iftrlsitEii  diid  iby&eigns  of  the  world  ? 
Doft  thou  not  (&  intfhkihd  fill  down  before  them^  > 
Add  ofM  tho'  fi^xe  of.  their  Aiperior  virtue  ? ' 
If-  dwre  a  naddii  in  fbe  iwilds  of  Afric, 
Anidft  our  bilften  rdeks  and  bnming  fands^ 
That  dctviMit  tremble  at  the  Roman  name } 

GifHi  *kiikrt  *8  the  worth  that  fets  thik  people  up 
Abore jour o^Numidia^s  tawny  Tons  ! 
Dotb^  MOt  iotfghet  finews  bend  the  bow? 
Or  fliet  the  javelin  fwifter  to  its  mark, 
Lnittdfd  t^  ^Vifpar  of  a  Roman  arm  f 
Who  like  Mf  aftlVe  A^eah  inftraas 
The- fiery,  deed,  and  trains  him  to  his  hand  ? 
Or  gbldn  in  tix>Ops  th*  embattled  elephant, 
Loaden  with  war  ?  Thcfe-  thefe  are  arts,  my  Prince, 
In  whitfh  your  Zama  does  not  ftoop  to  Rome. 
J  U  B  A. 

Thefe  all  are  virtues  of  a  meaner  rank, 
Perfedtom  that  are  placed  in  bones  and  nerves, 
A  Roman  foul  it  bent  on  higher  views  : 
To  civilize  the  rude  tmpdlf/h'd  world. 
And  lay  It  under  the  refbaint  of  laws ; 
To  make  man  mild  and  fociable  to  man } 
To  cultivate  fhe  wild  licentious  favage 
With  wifdom,  difciplire,  and  libci^l  artsf 

t»  s  TU' 


%6i         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Th'  cmbelliihrnents  of  life  :  virtues  like  thefe- 
Make  human  nature  fliine,  reform  the  foul, 
And  break  our  fierce  barbarians  into  men. 
S  YPHAX* 
Patience,  kind  heavens !-— £xcufe.an  old  man^s  wrath*< 
What  arc  thefc  wondrous,  civilizing  arts. 
This  Romaii  polifli,  and  this  fmooth  behaviour,. 
That  render  man  thus  traflable  and  tame  ? 
Are  they  not  only  to  difguife  our  paflions,. 
To  fct  our  looks  at  variance  with  our  thoughts,. 
To  check  the  ftarts  and  fallies  of  the  foul, 
And  brcuk-ofF  all  its  commerce  with  the  tongue  |^ 
In  fliort,  to  change  us  into  other  creatures 
Than  what  our  nature  and  the  gods  defign*d  us  f 
JUBA. 
To  ftrik^  thee  dumb  i  torn  up  thine  eyes  to.Cato.l 
There  may*^  thou  fee  to  what  a  godjtjkc  height 
The  Roman  virtues  lift  up  mortal  man. 
While  good,  and  juft,  and  anxious  for  his  friends. 
He  *s  ftill  feverely  bent  againft  himfelf ; 
Renouncing  fleep,  and  reft,  and  food,  and  eafe,. 
He  ftiives  with  thirft  and  hunger,  toil  and  heat  j 
And  when  his  fortune  lets  before  him  all 
The  pomps  and  pleafiu*es  that  his  Ibul  can  wifh>. 
His  rigid  virtue  will  accept  of  none.. 
S  Y  P  H  A  X. 
Believe  me.  Prince,  there  *s  not  an  African 
That  traverfes  our  vaft  Numidian  deferts 
In  queft  of  prey,  and  lives  upon  his  bow. 
But  better  praftifcs  thefe  boaftcd  virtues. 

Coarfc 


.  C      A      T      O.  3^9 

t  Us  BNiIst  the  fortuae  of  the  chafe, 
[  he  (lakes  his  thirft, 
Toib  aU  the  daif^  and  at  the  aitproach  of  aight 
Chi  the  fiift  friendly  bank  he  throws  him  down. 
Or  icftt  his  head  upon  axxx:k  till  mom  : 
Then  riles  fidh,  purfues  fiis  Vented  game. 
And  if  the  following  day  he  chsnce  to  find 
Anew  repaft^  or  an  untafted  ipricg, 
Blcflfes  his  ftarsy.  and  things  it  luxury. 
J  U  B  A. 

^y  prejudices,  Syphaz,  won't  difcem 
What  wtncs  grow  fironw  ignorance  and  choice^' 
Kor  how  the  hero  differs  from  the  brute. 
But  grant  that  others  coiild  with  eqtial  glory 
Look  down  OB  pleafures  and  the  baits  of  IVni'e  $ 
Where  Audi  we  find  die  man  that  bears  afHi^ion, 
Gnat  and  fflajcftic  in  his  griefs,  like  Cato  ? 
Heavens,  with  whatftrength,  what  fleadinefs  of  min<I, 
He  triumphs  in  the  midft  of  all  his  fuffei  ings  ! 
How  does  he  rife  againft  a  load  of  woes, 
And  thank  the  gods  that  throw  the  weight  upon  him  i 
S  Y  P  H  AX. 

*Tis  pride,  rank  pride,  and  haughlinefs  of  foul : 
I  think  the  Romans  call  it  Stoicifm. 
Had  not  your  royal  father  thought  fo  highly 
Of  Roman  virtue,  and  of  Cato's  caufe, 
He  had  not  hlVn  by  a  (lave's  hand  inglorious  : 
Nor  would  his  (laugh ter'd  army  now  have  lain 
On  Afric's  fands,  disfigurM  with  their  wounds. 
To  gorge  the  wolves  and  vultures  of  Numidia. 

S  4.  J  u  B  At 


264  ADDISON  S     POEMS. 

J  U  B  A. 
Why  do'ft  thou  call  my  forrows  up  afrefh  ? 
My  father's  name  brings  tears  into  my  eyes, 
S  Y  P  H  A  X. 
Oh,  that  you'd  profit  by  your  father's  ills  f 

JUBA. 
What  would'ft  thou  have  me  do  ? 
8  Y  P  H  A  X. 

Abandon  CatcK 
JUBA. 
Syphax,  I  ihould  be  more  than  twke  an  orphan 
By  fuch  a  lofs. 

S  Y  P  H  A  X. 
Ay,  there  *s  the  tie  that  binds  yoHl 
You  long  to  call  him  father.    Marcia's  charms 
Work  in  your  heart  unfeen,  and  plead  for  Gate* 
No  wonder  you  are  deaf  to  all  I  fay. 
JUBA. 
Syphax,  your  zeal  becomes  importunate ;. 
I  *ve  hitherto  permitted  it  to  rave, 
And  talk  at  large }  but  heam  to  keep  it  in, 
Left  it  ihould  take  more  freedom  than  I  '11  give  it. 
SYPHAX. 
Sir,  your  great  father  never  us*d  me  thus. 
Alas,  he  's  dead  1  but  can  you  e'er  forget 
The  tender  forrows,  and  the  pangs  of  nature, 
The  fond  embraces,  and  repeated  bleflings, 
Which  you  drew  from  him  in  your  laft  farewell  ? 
Still  muil;  I  cheriih  the  dear  fad  remembrance, 

At 


^      <J     A     T     O.  2^5 

^^ooee  jb  tortm  and  to  plea(e  my  fbul. 
The  good  old  kkig^  at  parttn^^  wrung  my  hand, 
(Hb  eyei  Mh'^MI  «»#tam)  ilien  fighing  cry*d, 
Pr^ythee  be  carefol  of  my  f<tti  i«-iJiis  grief 
8weU*d  up  ib  li%k  he  co«id  not  niter  more. 

J  U  B  A. 
.     Alat,  thy  Aory  melts  away  Ay  foul. 
That  heft  of  fiitbers  I  how  lha]l  I  difcharge 
The  gntticode  aadduty,  which  I  owe  htm ! 
8YPHAX. 
By  laying  up  his  jcoimfels  in  your  heart* 

JUBA. 
Ms  aranfelf  bade  me  yield  to  thy  dire£(ions : 
Then,  Syphasc,  chide  me  in  fevereft  tenhi. 
Tent  ail  %  piAm,  and  I  *]1  ftand  its  (hock. 
Calm  and  Mruffled  as  a  fummer-fi^. 
When  not  a  breath  of  wind  iies  a*er  its  furface. 
6  Y  P  H  A  X. 
Alasy  my  prince,  I  'd  guide  you  to  your  fafety*. 

JUBA. 
I  do  believe  thou  wouId*ft  $  but  tell  me  how  ? 

S  YP  H  AX. 
Fly  firom  the  fate  that  follows  Caefar's  foes. 

JUBA. 
My  father  fcomM  to  do't. 

S  YP  HAX. 

And  therefore  dy'd'.. 

JUBA. 

Better  to  die  ten  thouiand  dioufand  deaths, 

2  Than 


T6i6.         ADDISON^S    POEMS. 

Than  wound  my.  honour. 

S  Y  P  H  A  X. 

Rather  fay  your  love^ 
J  U  B  A. 
Syphax,  I've  promis'd  to  preferve  my  temper. 
Why  wilt  thou  urge  me  to  confefs  a  flame, 
I  long  have  ftifled^  and  would  fain  conceal-? 
S  Y  P  H  A  X. 
Believe  me,  prince,  'tis  hard  to  conquer  lovc> 
But  eafy  to  divert  and  break  its  force  : 
Abfence  might  cure  it,  or  a  fecond  miftrefs 
Light  up  another  flame,  and  put  out  this. 
The  glowing  dames  of  Zama*6  royal  court 
Have  faces  fluiht  with  paore  exalted  charms. 
The  fun,  that  rolls  his  chariot  o'er  their  heSids, 
Works  up  more  fire  and  colour  in  their  clieeks  : 
Were  you  with  thefe,.  my  prince,  you'd  fooo  forget 
The  pale  unripen'd  beauties  of  the  North.^ 
J  U  B  A.. 
*Tis  not  a  fet  of  features,  or  complexion^ 
The  tinfture  of  a  ikin,  that  I  admire. 
Beauty  foon  grows  familiar  to  the  lover. 
Fades  in  his  eye,  and  palls  upon  thefenfe.. 
The  virtuous  Marc i a  towers  above  her  fex  z 
True,  fhe  is  fair,  (oh,  how  divinely  fair  1) 
But  dill  the  lovely  maid  improves  her  charms 
With  inwaid  greatnel'g,  unafte6ted  wifdom, 
And  fanftity  of  manners.     Cato's  foul 
Shines  out  in  every  thing  fhe  a61s  or  fpeaks. 
While  winning  taildnefs  and  attractive  fmiles 


Dwell 


*    A    T    a  «6r 

Bivdl  in  her  kmkty'«aiid  with  becoming  grace 
SoAen  die  rignor.of  her  £ither*8  virtues, 
.  8  Y  P  H  A  X. 
How  does  jnour  tongue  grow  wanton  in  her  praife  t 
But  <m-nij  knees  I  b^  you  would  confider— ^ 

Ewter  MAJLCIA  and  IlUCIa. 

JUBA.  * 

Bdi !  SjrphaXy  is  Y  not  (he !— She  moves  this-  way : 
And  with  her  Lucia,  Lucius's  fair  daughter. 
Mj  heart  beats  diidt— I  pr'ythee,  Syphax,  leave  me» 
SYPHAX. 

Ten  dioii&nd.  caries. faAen  on  them,  both  1- 
Now  will  thk  vroman  with  a  iingle  glance 
Undo,  triiat  I  *ve  been^labouring  <U  this  while.  [Exit. 

JUBA,  MARCIA,  LUCIA. 

JUBA. 

Hail  charming  maid,  how  does  thy  beauty  fmooth 
The  face  of  war,  and  make  ev*n  horror  fmile ! 
At  fight  of  thee  my  beart  ftiakes  off  its  forrows  ; 
I  feel  a  dawn  of  joy  break  in  upon  me, 
And  £or  a  while  forget  th*  approach  of  Caefar. 
M  AR  CIA. 

I  (hould  be  gricv'd,  young  prince,  to  think  my  prefence 
Unbent  your  thoughts,  and  llacken'd  them  to  arms. 
While,  warm  with  daughter,  our  vi£lorious  foe 
Threatens  aloud,  and  calh  you  to  the  fields 

JUBA. 


z6t  ADDISON'S    POEMS; 

J  U  B  A. 

O  Marcia,  let  me  hope  thy  kind  concerns 
And  gentle  wilhes  follow  me  to  battle  I 
Thi  thonght  will  give  tttw  vigovr  tt>  mjr  ktm. 
Add  ftrength  ttftd  weight  tb  mf  dcfteiidln^  lword> 
And  drive  it  in  a  tempeft  on  the  foe. 
MARCIA. 

My  prayers  and  wifhes  always  ihall  attend  - 
The  friends  of  Rome,  the  gloriotis  caufe  of  virtue^. 
Ahd  tncft  approv'd  of  by  the  gcds  aftd  Cato. 
J  U  B  Ai 

Thilt  Juba  may  dcferve  thy  pious  cares> 
I  HI  gaze  for  ever  on  thy  godlike  father, 
Tranfplantihg,  one  by  one,  into  my  life 
His  bright  per fefUons,  till  I  ihine  like  him« 

jUarcia.  " 

My  father  never  at  a  lime  like  this 
Would  lay  out  his  great  foUl  in  words,  iind  wafte 
Such  precious  moments. 

J  U  B  A. 

Thy  reproofs  are  juft. 
Thou  virtuous  maid  5  I  '11  haften  to  my  troops. 
And  fire  their  languid  fbuls  with  Cato's  virtue  j 
If  e'er  I  lead  them  to  the  field,  when  all 
The  war  (hall  ftand  ranged  in  its  juft  array. 
And  dreadful  pomp  :  theii  will  I  think fon  thee ! 
O  lovely  maid,  then  will  I  think  on  thee  1 
An'd,  in  the  Ihock  of  charging  hofts,  remember 
What  glorious  deeds  (hou*d  grace  the  man,  who  hopes 
For  Marcia*s  love.  »  [Exit, 

LUCIA. 


LVCIA. 

^i^naVf  you're  fxw  icvcpr  s 
'Hovr-coiildf^ii  «W«  die  young  good-natur'd  princ^ 
And  drhre  kip  from  ytm  vfith  ib  fiem  an  air, 
A  prince  that  lores  and  dottt  on  you  to  death  ? 
MAR  CIA. 
"TkAmthnf  Ludat,  that  I  chide  Iiim  from  me.    * 
HUair,  JutToice,  Us  looks*  and  honeft  foul. 
Speak  nUibmoringly  in  his  behalf, 
1  dare  not  tmft  vyiclf  IP  hesir  him  tall;* 

""     LUCIA. 
Why  will  yo»  fight  againft  fo  fweet  a  pafllon* 
And  ibel  yoor  heart  to  ftich  a  world  of  charms  ? 
MA  It  CIA. 
B0W9  LUbia !  wonhTft.diou  have  me  (ink  away 
In  plnfing  dreams,  and  lofe  myfelf  in  love. 
When  every  moment  Cato^s  lifers  at  ftake  ? 
Caefar  cpmes  armM  with  terror  and  revenge. 
And  aims  his  thunder  at  my  father^s  head : 
Should  not  the  fad  cfCcaiion  fwallow  up 
My  other  cares,  and  draw  them  all  into  it  ? 
LUCIA. 
Why  have  not  I  diis  conftancy  of  mind. 
Who  have  fo  many  griefs  to  try  its  force? 
Sure,  nature  forif 'd  ine  of  her  fofteft  mould. 
Enfeebled  all  my  ibul  with  tender  pafliops. 
And  funk  me  ev'n  below  my  own  weak  ftx  : 
Pity  and  love»  by  tarns,  opprefs  my  hearts 

M  A  R  CI  A« 


•27«  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

M  A  R  C  I  A. 
Lucia,  difburthen  all  thy  cares  on  me, 
And  let  me  (hare  thy  moft  retired  diftrefs  5 
Tell  me  who' raifestil)  this  confli6^  in  thee. 
LUCIA. 
I  need  not  blufh  to  name  them,  when  J  tell  thee 
The.y  'xe  Marcia's  brothers,  and  the  fons  of  Cato* 
M  AR  C  I  A. 
They  both  behold  thee  with  their  fitter's  eyes-: 
And  often  have  reveal'd  their  paflion  to  me. 
3ut  tell  me,  whofe  addrefs  thou  favour'ft  moft  ? 
I  long  to  know,  and  yet  I  dread  to  hear  it« 
LUCIA. 
Which  is  it  Marcia  wiihes  for  ? 

MARCIA, 

'*•  For  neither— —i 

And  yet  for  both— The  youths  have  equal  fhare 
In  Marcia's  wiflies,  •  and  divide  their  fifter : 
Buf  tell  me  which  of  them  is  Lucia's  choice? 
LUCIA. 
Marcia,  they  both  are  high  in  my  efteera, 
But  in  my  love — Why  wilt  thou  make  me  name  him  ? 
Thou  know'ft,  it  is  a  blind  and  foolilli  paflioft, 
Pleas'd  anc[  difgufted  with  it  knows  not  what. 
MAR  CI  A. 
O  Lucia,  I  'm  perplexM  :   O*  tell  me  which 
I  muftr  hereafter  call  my  happy  brother  ? 
LUCIA. 
Suppofe  'twere  Portius,  -could  you  blame  my  choice  I 
O  Portiu§,  thou  haft  ftol'n  away  my  foul  I 

5  Wit! 


•      ^      A      T      O,  a7t 

^^With^^rlnt  a  gnccfvl  tendernefs  he  lovts  t 
And  bNithet  tiieibftefty  the  finceref^  vowi ! 
Conplaceiicyy  and  trath,  and  manly  fweetnefs, 
'  J>well  erer  on  his  tongue,  and  fmooth  his  thoughts* 
Marcot  is  over-wamii  his  fond  complaints 
Havei*  much  earneftneis  and  paffion  in  them> 
I  hear  him  with  a  iecret  kind  of  dread. 
And  tremble  at  his  vehemence  of  temper. 
MAR  CIvA. 
Alatipoor  yoothl  howcan^ft  thouthrowhimfrom  thee? 
Lncia,  thoaknow*ft  not  half  the  lore  he  bears  thee ; 
Wlieiie*cr  he  fpeaks  of  thee,  his  heart  *s  in  flames. 
He  fends  out  all  his  foul  ia  every  word. 
And  thinks*  and  talks,  and  looks  like  one  tranfportcd. 
ITnhappy  youth  I  how  will  thy  coldnefs  raife 
Tempelb  and  ftonns  in  his  affli£^ed  bofom  ! 
I  dnad  the  conieqnence'^ 

LUCIA. 

You  feem  to  plead 
Againft  your  brother  Fortius— 
M  AR  C  I  A. 

Heaven  forbid  I 
Had  Fortius  been  the  unfuccefsful  lover, 
The  i^me  companion  Vrould  have  falKn  on  him. 
i  U  CI  A. 
Was  ever  virgin  love  diftrefl  like  mine  ! 
Fortius  himfelf  oft  falls  in  tears  before  me. 
As  if  he  moumM  his  rivars  ill  fucccfs. 

Then  bids  me  hide  the  motions  of  my  heart. 

Noi? 


27?  ADDISON^S    POEMS. 

Nor  fliow  which  way  it  turns.     So  much  he  fearsf 
The  fad  cfFefts  that  it  would  have  on  Marcus. 
M  AR  C  I  /^. 
He  knows  too  well  how  eaiily  he^s  fir'd. 
And  would  not  plunge  his  brother  in  defpairy 
..But  waits  for  happier  times,  and  kinder  moments. 
LUCIA. 
Alas  !  toa  late  I  find  myfelf  involvM 
In  endlefs  griefs  and  labyrinths  of  woe, 
.^JBfom  to  afflift  my  Marcia's  family. 
And  fow  difTention  in  the  hearts  of  brothers* 
Tormenting  thought  I  it  cuts  into  my  foul, 
MAR  CIA. 
Letus  not,  Lucia,  aggravate  our  fbrrows. 
But  to  the  gods  permit  th'  event  of  things. 
Our  lives,  diicolourM  with  our  prefent  woe8» 
May  ilill  grow  bright,  and  fmile  with  happitr  hoon. 

So  the  pure  limpid  ih-eam,  when  foul  with  ftains 
Of  rulhing  torrents,  and  defcending  rains. 
Work's  itlelf  clear,  and,  as  it  runs,  refines  5 
Till  by  degrees  the  floating  mirrour  fliines, 
-Reflects  each  flower  that  on  the  border  grows, 
.  And  a  new  heaven  in  its  fair  bofum  ihows.      lExftutf, 

END  OF  THE  FIRST  ACT. 


ACT  IL    SCENE  L 

rbg    SENATE. 

'  *«X1IP  RONIUS. 

ROME  ftill  furriTCt  in  tlu»  aflcmbled  Senate:! 
Let  US  wmembcr  we  are  Cato's  friends> 
Jbid  aft  like  nen  wbo  claim  that  glorious  title. 
LUCIUS. 
OdD  will  iboa  be-lieDCf  and  open  to  at 
ThTopaifionofaiirmeetiiig.    Harkl  hecometl 

[A  found  $ftrumpeU. 
hlfjf  all  Ae  j^iiar£an.god8  of  Rome  dlre^  him  \ 

JSnUr  CATO. 
CATO. 
Fatlien^  we  once  again  are  met  in  council. 
Caefar*t  i^roach  has  fummonM  us  together^ 
And  Rome  attends  her  fate  from  our  refolves  : 
How  (hall  we  treat  this  bold  afpiring  man  ? 
Succeft  ftill  follows  him,  and  backs  his  crimes  : 
Pharialia.gave  him  Rome  j  Egypt  has  fince 
Receiv'*d  his  yoke,  and  the  whole  Nile  is  Caefar^s. 
Why  (hould  I  mention  Juba's  overthrow, 
And  Scipio^f  death?  Numidia^s  burning  fands 
Still  foioak  with  blood.    ^Tis  time  we  fhould  decree 
What  courfe  to  take.     Our  foe  advances  on  us. 
And  envies  us  ev'n  Libya's  fuitry  defarts. 
Fathers,  proQOunce  your  thoughts,  are  they  fiill  fixt 
T  To 


*74  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

To  hold  it  out,  and  fight  it  to  the  laft  ? 
Or  are  your  hearts  fubdued  at  length,  and  wrought 
By  time  and  ill  fuccefs  to  a  fubmiffion  ? 
Sempronius,  fpeak. 

SEMPRONIUS. 

My  voice  is  ftil!  for  war, 
Gods,  can  a, Roman  fenate  long  debate 
Which  of  the  two  to  chufe,  flavery  or  death !       -    * ' 
No,  let  us  rife  at  once,  gird  on  our  fwords. 
And,  at  the  head  of  our  remaining  troops. 
Attack  the  foe,  break  through  the  thick  array 
Of  his  throngM  legions,  and  charge  hbih6  upoh'lnAl  9 
Perhaps  Tome  arm,  more  lucky  than  the  refl. 
May  reafch  his  heart,  and  free  the  world  fh>m  bbtidase. 
Kife,  fathers,  rife ;  'tis  Rome  demands  your  help ; 
Rife,  and  revenge  her  flaughter'd  citizens. 
Or  fhare  their  fate  :  the  corps  of  half  her  fenate 
Manure  the  fields  of  Theffaly,  while  we 
Sit  here,  deliberating  in  cold  debates. 
If  we  fhould  facrifice  our  lives  to  honour. 
Or  wear  them  out  in  fervitude  and  chains. 
Roufe  up  for  fhame  !  our  brothers  of  Pharfalia 
Point  at  their  wounds,  and  cry  aloud — to  battle ! 
Great  Pompey's  fhade  complains  that  we  are  flow. 
And  Scipio*s  ghofl  walks  unrevengM  amongft  us, 
C  A  TO. 
Let  not  a  torrent  of  impetuous  zeal 
Tranfport  thee  thus  beyond  the  bounds  of  reafon : 
True  fortitude  is  feen  in  great  exploits. 

That  juftice  warrants,  and  that  wifdom  guides, 

4  All 


C     A     T     O.  Z7S 

AO^fe  it  tamripg  jhrtnfy  and  difbaaicm. 
JUc  Boft  die  Uvn  «^  thoiey  vdio  draw  die  fward 
In  ]lonie*s  dcfenoet  entniflBd  to  our  care  ?  ^ 

Should  we  dnis  lead  them  to  a  field  of  flaughter, 
Might  not  th*  impartial  world  with  reafon  Cay, 
We  UviihM  at  onr  deaths  the  blood  of  thoufands. 
To  grace  onr  AU,. and  make  our  ruin  glo/ioua  ? 
JLncnUy  ^me  next  would  know  what  ^s  jour  opinion* 
jU  U  C  I  u  s. 
Mf  thoughts,  I  muft  confefs,  are  turned  on  peace* 
Hhmd^  have  our  quarrek  filPd  the  world 
¥Pldi  widows  and  wath  orphans:  Scythia  mourns 
Oar  guilty  tvar^  and  earth's  remoteft  regions 
Ue half  inypeopkdby  the  feuds  of  Rome : 
*Tit  time  to  (heath  dut  fword^  and  fpare  mankind. 
it  it  not  Cmbj^  hat  the  gods,  my  fathers^ 
The  gods  declare  againft  us«  and  repd 
Our  yain  attempts.    To  urge  the  foe  to  battle, 
(Prompted  by  blind  revenge  and  wild  defpair) 
Were  to  refufe  th'  awards  of  providence^ 
And  not  to  reft  in  heaven'^s  determination. 
Already  have  we  ihown  onr  love  to  Rome  : 
Now  let  us  ihow  fubmiilion  to  the  gods. 
We  took  up  armsy  not  to  revenge  ourfelves. 
But  free  the  commonwealth  j  when  this  end  fails. 
Arms  haTC  no  further  nfe  :  our  country's  caufe. 
That  drew  our  fwordsy  now  wrefts  them  from  our  hands^ 
And  bids  us  not  delight  in  Roman  blood, 
Unprofitably  ihed  ;  what  men  could  do 
Is  done  already :  heaven  and  earth  will  witnefs, 
if  Rome  muft  fall,  that  we  are  innocent. 

T  *  S  E  M- 


«7S         ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

SEMPRONIUS. 

This  fmooth  difcourfe  and  mild  behaviour  oft 
Conceal  a  traitor — Something  whifpers  me 
All  is  not  right— Cato,  bewareof  Lucius.  \^4Jideto  Cato. 
C  ATO. 

Let  us  appear  not  raih  nor  diffident  i 
Immoderate  valour  fwells  into  a  fault. 
And  fear,  admitted  into  public  councils. 
Betrays  like  treafon.    Let  us  fhun  them  both. 
Fathers,  I  cannot  fee  that  our  affairs 
Are  grown  thus  defperate.  We  have  bulwarks  round  us  j 
Within  our  walls  are  troops  imir'd  to  toil 
In  Afric's  heats,  and  feafon'd  to  the  funj 
Numidia^s  fpacious  kingdom  lies  behind  ue. 
Ready  to  rife  at  its  young  prince's  call. 
Whilft  there  is  hope,  do  not  diftruft  the  god8.j 
But  wait  at  leaft  till  Caefar's  near  approach 
Force  us  to  yield.    'Twill  never  be  too  late 
To  fue  forcliains,  and  own  a  conqueror. 
Why  (hould  Rome  fall  a  moment  ere  her  time  ? 
No,  let  us  draw  her  term  of  freedom  out 
In  its  full  length,  and  fpin  it  to  the  laft. 
So  fhall  we  gain  ftill  one  day's  liberty; 
And  let  me  perifh,  but  in  Cato's  judgment, 
A  day,  an  hour  of  virtuous  liberty. 
Is  worth  a  whole  eternity  in  bondage. 

Enter  MARCUS- 
MAR  c  U  S. 
Fathers,  this  moment  as  I  watch'd  the  gates, 
Lodg'd  on  my  poll,  a  herald  is  arriv'd 

Trom 


C     A     T     O.  277 

Kqoi  GRiirYcainp,  and  with  him  comes  old  Decius, 
'  Tbe  Romaaknij^s  be  carries  in  his  looks 
Trnfiitifff^j  and  demands  to  fpeak  with  Cato. 

C  A  T  O. 
.    By  yo^r  permiiEon,  fathers,  bid  him  enter. 

[Exit  Ma&cus. 
J^edtts  was  once  my  friend  ;  but  other  profpeSks 
Hate  loosed  thofe  ties,  and  bound  him  faft  to  Cxfar. 
His  meffiige  may  determine  our  refolves. 

Enter  D^CIVS. 
O  £C  lU  S. 
Csefitf  lends  health  to  Cato-- 
CATO. 

Could  he  fend  it 
To  CatoTt  flaaghter^d  friends,  k  would  be  welcome. 
Aft  not  yonr  orders  to  addrefs  the  fenate  ? 
D  E  C  I  US. 
My  bufinefs  is  with  Cato  :  Caefar  fees 
The  fireights  to  which  you  *re  driven ;  and,  as  he  knows 
Cato^s  high  worth,  is  anxious  for  his  life. 
CATO. 
My  life  is  grafted  on  the  fate  of  Rome  : 
Would  he  fave  Cato  ?  bid  him  fpare  his  country. 
Tell  your  dictator  this  ;  and  tell  him  Cato, 
Diidains  a  life,  which  he  has  power  to  ofFer. 
DEC  I  U  S. 
Rome  and  her  fenators  fubmit  to  Csfar; 

Her  generals  and  her  confuls  are  no  more, 

T  3  Wli# 


278  ADDISaN^S    POEMS. 

Who  checkM  his  conquefts,  and  denyM  his  triumphs,. 
Why  will  not  Cato  be  this  Caefar's  friend  ? 

C  A  T  O. 

Thofe  very  rtafons^  thou  haft  urg'd>  forbid  it» 
D  £  C  I  U  S. 

Cato>  I  *ve  orders  to  expoftulate. 
And  itafon  with  you  as  £rom  friend  to  friend  : 
Think  on  the  ftorm  that  gathers  o'er  your  head. 
And  threatens  every  hour  to  burft  upon  it  i 
Still  may  you  ftand  high  in  your  country's  honours » 
Do  but  comply,  and  make  your  peace  witii  Caefar.. 
Kome  will  rejoice,  and  caft  its  eyes  on  Cato, 
As  on  the  fecond  of  mankind. 

CATO. 

No  more  t 
I  muft  not  think  of  life  on  Aicb  conditions. 
D  £  C  I  U  8. 

Caefar  is  well  acquainted  with  your  virtues. 
And  therefore  fets  this  value  on  your  life  : 
Let  him  but  know  the  price  of  Cato's  friendfliip,. 
And  name  your  terms. 

CATO. 
Bid  him  difband  his  legions, 
Reftore  the  commonwealth  to  liberty. 
Submit  his  adlions  to  the  public  cenfure. 
And  ftand  the  judgment  of  a  Roman  fenate» 
Bid  him  do  this,  and  Cato  is  his  friend. 
D  £  C  I  U  S. 
Cato,  the  world  talks  loudly  of  your  wiidom— 

CATO. 


^  .....    .Cf     A     T     O.  27$ 

CATO. 

Hiwf  mpot  ifvfQlfi.  Cato^s  Toice  was  .iie*er  employ^ 

To  cleir  the  goiltjry  «|id  to  vamifli  crimety 

Myielf  frill  DUHUit  the  Jloftniin  in  hit  h,foar, 

jB^ijtiifttx'^  to  i^.his  pardon  from  the  people. 

D  JB  C  I  U  8. 

A  ilile  like  Uiis  becomes  a  conqueror. 

CATO. 

Deciiity  «  iile  like  this  becomes  a  Roman* 

D  £  C  I  U  8. 

What  is  a  Roman,  that  is  C«fiur*s  foe  f 

CATO. 

Grater  than  Cm&r,  he  *s  a  friend  to  virtue* 

D  E  CI  U  8. 

Confidety  Cato,  jon*re  in  Utica; 

And  at  the  head  of  your  own  little  ienatei 

You  don*t  now  thunder  in  the  capitoI, 

With  all  the  mouths  of  Rome  to  fecond  you* 

CATO. 

Let  him  confider  that  who  drives  us  hither  : 

*Tis  Csfar^s  fwcrd  has  made  Rome^s  fenate  little. 

And  thinned  its  ranks.     Alas  !  thy  dazzled  eye 

Beholds  this  man  in  a  falfe  glaring  light. 

Which  conqueft  and  fuccefs  have  thrown  upon  him  ; 

Didft  thou  but  view  him  right,  thou  Mft  fee  him  bla^i: 

With  murder,  treafbn,  facrilege,  and  crimes. 

That  ftiike  my  foul  with  horror  but  to  name  them. 

I  know  thou  look' ft  on  me,  as  on  a  wretch 

Bcict  with  illsj  and  coverM  with  misfortunes  j 

T  4  But, 


iSo  ADDISON^S    POEMS* 

But,  by  the  gods  I  fwear,  mfllions  of  worlds 
Should  never  buy  me  to  be  like  that  Caefar. 
DEciv  S. 

Does  Cato  fvnd  this  anfwerback  to  Caefary 
For  all  his  generous  cares,  and  profFor'd  friendihipf  ' 
CATO. 

His  cares  for  me  are  tnfolent  and  vain-:- 
Prefumptuout  man  1  tlie  gods  take  care  of  Cata«» 
Would  Carfar  Ihow.  the  greatnefe  of  his  foul^ 
Bid  him  employ  his  care  for  thcfe  my  friends,^ 
And  make  good  ufe  of  bin  ilUgotten  power 
By  iheltering  men  much  better  than  himftlf. 

D  E  C  I  U  S. 
Your  high  unconquer'd  heart  makes  you  forget 
That  you  're  a  man.    You  rufh  on  your  deftru6lion;. 
But  I  have;  done.    When  I  relate  hereafiec 
The  tale  of  this  unhappy  cmbaffy. 
All  Rome  will  be  in  tears.  [^Exif*. 

SEMPRONIUS. 

Cato,  we  thank  thee. 
The  mighty  genius  of  immortal  Rome 
Speaks  in  thy  voice,  thy  foul  breathes  liberty  : 
C«far  will  (brink  to  hear  the  words  thou  utter'lb, 
/ind  (hudder  in  the  midft  of  all  his  conquefts. 
LUCIUS. 
The  fenate  owns  its  gratitude  to  Cato, 
Who  with  fo  great  a  foul  confults  its  fafety. 
And  guards  our  lives  while  he  neglcfls  his  own, 
SEMPRONIUS. 
Sempronius  gives  no  thanks  on  this  account; 

Lucius^ 


C^     A     T     O,  %u 

lAad«flife;  Irat  what  is  life ? 

fkvm  tSmt  totiBey  cr  gate  upon  the  (bn  ^ 
*Tb  to  be  liee.    When  libertj  is  gone, 
LifegRm»flilipsd»  andlns  lo&its  rtliih.- 
O  could  wj  &pB%  haad  butlodge  a  IVrord 
Li  Ck&t^s  hotom,  and  reveage  mj  c^untiy, 
Bj  beacfoit  I  oovid*ciijpy  the  pangs  of  death,, 
And  finilejui  agionj^ 

L  V  C  I  U  9» 

Others  perhapti^ 
Majicne.dKir  oonntrf  with  as  warm  a  aealj, 
Tboogft  *tii  not  kindled  into  Co  much  rage. 
8  E  If  PR  ONI  us. 
This  fi»ber  conduct  is  a  mighty  yirtue 
In  Inke-warm  satriots. 

C  A  T  O. 
Come !  no  more,  Serapronibs': 
Allliere  are  friends  to  Rome,  and  to  each  other. 
Let  us  not  weaken  ftill  the  weaker  fide, 
By  our  divifions. 

8BMPROKIUS. 

Cato,  my  rdentment» 
Are  fiicrificM  to  Rome— I  ftand  reprovM. 

CATO. 
Fathers,  ^tis  time  you  come  to  a  refolve.. 

LUCIUS. 
Cato^  we  all  go  into  your  opinion. 
Caeiar^s  behaviour  has  convincM  the  fenate 
We  ottgfat  to  hold  it  out  till  terms  arrive. 

8  E  M- 


,»8a  ADJDISGN'S    POEMS. 

S  E  M  PRONIUS. 

We  ought  to  hold  it  out  till  death  j  but,  Cato, 
My  private  voice  is  drowned  amid  the^Ienate's. 
C  A  T  O. 

Then  let  us  rife,  my  friends^  aad^ftrivfrtoiill 
This  little  interral,  this  paufe  of  life, 
(While  yet  our  liberty  and  fates  are  doubtful) 
With  refolutioiiyfnendfliipy  Roman  bravery. 
And  all  the  virtues  we  can  crowd  into  it ) 
That  heaven  may  fay,  it  ought  to  be  prolonged. 
Fathers,  farewell — ^The  young  Numidian  prince 
Comes  forward,  and  experts  to  know  our  councils. 

£«/#rJUBA. 
C  A  T  o. 
Juba,  the  Roman  fenate  has  refolv*d. 
Till  time  give  better  profpe^ls,  ftill  to  keep 
The  fword  un/heath'd,  and  turn  its  edge  on  Caeiar. 
JUBA, 
The  refolution  fits  a  Roman  fenate. 
But,  Cato,  lend  me  for  a  while  thy  patience. 
And  condefcend  to  hear  a  young  man  fpeak. 

My  father,  when  fome  days  before  his  death 
He  ordered  me  to  march  for  Utica 
(Alas  !  I  thought  not  then  his  death  fo  near!) 
Wept  o'er  me,  prefs*d  me  in  his  aged  arms. 
And  as  his  griefs  gave  way.  My  fon,  faid  be. 
Whatever  fortune  /hall  bcfal  thy  father. 
Be  Cato's  friend  $  he'll  train  thee  up  to  great 

And 


e     A     T      O.  ris 

It  4o%iit •bfenrehkn  well, 
*  lW»itfcttilMifail«iMi,ortiMm*ltlqaatobcMr  diem. 
CATOw 
Jnba,  dqr  Micr  was  m  worthy  prince, 
AadnoitBdy  alasl  abetter firtej 
Birt'lmveA  dKing^  odierwiie. 
J  U  B  A* 

Myfiither'sfate, 
Ib  ipitcofallfiiefiMtitade  diatfliuies 
Bc&te  mj  fiux,  in  Cato*s  great  example, 
Subdnca  my  ibal,  and  fills  my  eyes  widi  tears*. 
C  A  T  O, 
It  is  an  beoeft  Arrow,  and  becomes  thee. 

JU  B  A. 
My  hAer  dftw  refpeft  from  IbieigB  climes  i 
The  kings  of  A^c  (ought  him  for  dicir  ^end» 
Kings  £ar  remote,  that  rule,  as  fisune  reports. 
Behind  the  hidden  fources  of  the  Nile, 
In  diftant  worlds,  on  Mother  fide  the  fun : 
Oft  have  their  black  a^bafTadors  appeared, 
Loaden  with  gifts,  and  fiU'd  the  courts  of  Zama* 
C  A  T  O. 
I  am  no  ffaranger  to  thy  father^s  greatnefs. 
O  JUBA. 

I  would  not  boaft  the  greatnefs  of  my  father. 
But  point  out  new  alliances  to  Cato. 
Had  we  not  better  leave  this  Utica, 
To  arm  Numidia  in  our  caufe,  and  court 
Th*-afliAance  of  my  father's  powerful  friends  ? 


2S4  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Did  they  know  Cato,  our  remoteft  kings 
Would  pour  embattled  multitudes  about  him  j 
Their  fwarthy  hofts  would  darken  all  our  plains^ 
Doubling  the  native  horror  of  the  war. 
And  making  death  naore  grim. 

C  A  T  O. 

And  canft  thou  think 
Cato  will  fJy  before  the  fword  of  Caefar  ? 
Reduced,  like  Hannibal,  to  feek  relief 
From  court  to  court,  and  wander  up  and  down^ 
A  vagabond  in  Afiic  ! 

J  U  B  A. 

Cato,  perhaps 
I  'm  too  officious,  but  my  forward  cares 
Would  fain  preferve  a  life  of  fo  much  value. 
My  heart  is  wounded,  when  I  fee  fuch  virtue 
Affli6led  by  the  weight  of  fuch  misfortunes. 

CATO. 

Thy  noblenefs  of  foul  obliges  me. 
But  know,  young  prince,  that  valour  foars  above 
What  the  world  calls  misfortune,  and  affli£lion. 
Thefe  are  not  ills;  elfe  would  they  never  fall 
On  heaven's  firft  favourites,  and  the  bcft  of  men  t 
The  gods,  in  bounty,  work  up  ftorms  about  us. 
That  give  mankind  occafion  to  exert  * 

Their  hidden  ftrength,  and  throw  out  into  prafticd 
Virtues,  that  fhun  the  day,  and  lie  concealed 
In  the  fmooth  feafons^  and  the  calms  of  life. 

5  J  VBA. 


J  0  B  A. 
I\b  duurmM  wlieiieV  thou  talk*ft !  I  pmt  for  virtue  t 
And  ill  mf  fiial  endeavoiirs  atperfe^on. 
CATO. 
TML  dioo  love  watching8>  abftineace,  and  toil, 
labofMMt  ▼irtoM  all  ?  kam'  them  fkom  Cato  i 
Swoeft  andfatoae  muft  diou  learn  from  Cslkr. 
J  U  B  A. 
Tlie  beft  good-fbrtnne  that  can  fall  on  Jtib9p 
The  whole  fucceft  at  which  mj  heart  ai^re^ 
fit^ends  on  Gato* 

CATO. 

What  docs  Juba  fay  \ 
Thy  wmdt  confound  me* 

.  JUB  A« 

I  would  fain  retra£l  them. 
CiTC  them  me  back  again.    They  aimM  at  nothing. 
CATO. 
Tell  me  thy  wifli»  young  prince ;  make  not  my  ear 
A  ftranger  to  thy  thoughts. 

JUBA. 

Oh}  they^re  extravagant  | 
:Still  let  me  hide  them. 

♦  C  A  X  •• 

What  can  Juba  aik 
That  Cato  will  refufe ! 

JUBA. 

I  fear  to  name  it. 
JdaiiciA«*iiiheriti  all  her  father*a  virtues. 

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JVB  A. 

Oh,  I  tHrald  pierce  my  heart, 
Mjibdilhlieart!  Wat  erer  wretch  like  Juba  ? 
,   •  S-YPHAX. 

Alas  1  iDjr  prince  bow  are  you  changM  of  late ! 
IVe  known  jopng  Juba  rife  before  the  fun. 
To  beat  llie  ditckat  where  the  tiger  flcpt. 
Or  ftck  dif  liott.in  hit  dieadful  haunts  t 
Aow  djd'dw  colour  mount  into  your  cheeks. 
When  furft  you  n>us*d  him  to  the  chace  1  I  >e  feen  you 
Er*n  in  the  Libyan  dog-days  hunt  him  down, 
Thfegycliaifcfc  Jiitt  cliofey  provoke  him  to  th6  rage 
Of  fimgl-aad  clawsi  and  ftooping  &om  your  horfe 
Rivet  thepaati]^  ikvage  to  the  ground. 
JUBA, 
Pr*ythee,  nomore! 

8YPHAX. 

How  would  the  old  king  fmile 
To  fee  you  weigh  the  paws,  when  tipp'd  with  gold, 
And  throw  the  ihaggy  fpoils  about  your  ihoulders  ! 
JUBA. 
Syphax,  this  old  man's  talk  (though  honey  flow'd 
In  every  word)  would  now  lofe  all  its  fweetnefs. 
Cato's  diipleasM,  and  Marcia  loft  for  ever! 

S  Y  P  H  A  i. 
Young  (Hince,  I  yet  could  give  you  good  advice. 
Marcia  ni^  ^1  be  yours. 

JUBA. 


Its  ADDIS-^ON'S    POEMS. 

J  U  B  A. 
What  fay'ft  thou,  Syphax  ? 
.3y  heavens,  thou  turn'ft  me  all  into  attention, 
S  Y.  P  H  AX. 
Msurcia.mij;htimi  be  yours. 
JU  B  A. 

As  how,  dear  Syphax? 
SYPHAX. 
Juba  commands' Numidia^s  hardy  ti-oops. 
Mounted*  oa  fteeds,  unusM  to  the  reftraint    • 
•Of  curbs  or  bits,  and  fleeter  than  the  wittds : 
Give  but  the  word,  we  Ml  fnatch  this  damfel  up^ 
And  bear  her  off* 

JUBA. 

Can  fiich  'dHhooeft.  thaugfats 
Rife  up -in  man  1  would^ft  thou  feduce  my  youth 
To  do  an  a6l  that  would  defboy  my  honour? 
S  YP  H  AX. 
Gods,  I  could  tear  my  beard  to  hear  you  tailc! 
Honour  *s  a  fine  imaginary  notion, 
That  draws  in  raw  and  unexperienced  men 
To  real  mifchiefs,  while  they  hunt  a  fhadow. 
J  U  BA. 
Would'ft  thou  degrade  thy.prince  into  a  ruffian  ? 

SYPHAX. 
The  boafled  anceftors  of  thefe  great  men, 
Whofe  virtues  you  admire,  were  all  fuch  ruffians. 
This,  dread  of  nations,  this  almighty  Rome, 
That  ccmprehends  in  her  wide  empire's  bounds 

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An  voderhanrtB*  wit  fininded  on  a  rape. 
YMTfigcipia^  CmU!;  Pdmpey'iy  aiul  your  C«to*« 
{Thde  gods  on  eardi)  an  afl  ^  ipuriout  bfood 
Of  violated  mudi,  of  raTifliM  Sabinet. 
JUBA. 
Sjphax,  I  fear  4at  hoary  head  of  thine 
Abbwuk  too  much  m  our  Numidian  wilei. 
SYPHAX. 
Indeed,  mj  prince  j  you  want  to  know  the  worlds 
Yon  have  not  read  mankind  :  your  youth  admires 
'^The  duowa  and  fwellingi  of  a  Roman  foul. 
Catena  1m14  fli|^ti,  th*  extravieigance  of  vlrtne* 
JUBA. 
If  knoi^edge  of  the  world  makes  man  perfidious  > 
May  Join  ever  life  in  ignorance  I 
8  YPHAX* 
Go,  go*  you're  young. 

JUBA. 

Gods,  muft  I  tamely  bear 
This  arrogance  unanfwerM  !  thou  'rt  a  traitor, 
A  falfe  old  traitor. 

SYPHAX. 
t  I  have  gone  too  far,  [4/Wf. 

JUBA. 
Cafto  fhall  know  the  bafenefs  of  thy  foul. 

SYPHAX. 
I  muft  appeafe  this  ftorm,  or  perifli  in  it.         [^AJde, 
Young  prince,  behold  thefe  locks,  that  are  grown  whitf 
Bomlh  a  hdmet  ii|  your  father's  battles, 

U  JUBA. 


1I90  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

J  U  B  A. 
Thcde  locks  fiiall  ne>r  protofl  thy  infolenoe. 

sy  P  HAX. 
Mut^  one  ralk  ^mord,  th*  infirmity  ^f  age. 
Throw  Jown  the  merit  of  nay  bctttr  yeairs  ? 
Thi$  the  mouni  of  m  whole  lite  of  ieiTice ! 
Cunc  on  the  boy!  knrikadi^y  he  hears  me!     14/^' 
J  U  B  A* 
1$  it  beckoie  the  thruie  of  my  iare-£ithefs 
Still  A&fid$  unfilled,  and  thst  Nuicidia's  craws 
Haajs^i  dsMthscfx:]  \  e:,  vhcit  head  it  ihsS  eadak, 
Tboia  thxi^^v^etuo'i  to  tiYai  try  rsisoe  viik  ibom? 
S  V  P  H  A  X. 
W^T  ^«^  yoQ  rife  ray  bnrt  w;^  ibdi  csfRfioBftf 
IVxtt  l>d:  okl  Srpksc  foticvr  ycv  to  war? 
Whua»h^>.i«tt:  wi!T4a^hei«l^nA4 
Ht$  txv»hi«D^  ^1K«  and cradh  tvseiu^  i< 
H»  wrakjMl  re.  «^  "  w^s3t  ir  it  he  a.^BicslD? 
l:f  i:  r>cc  r^ :  re  ibio  i^  alenr  ir^ilrs, 
Hk^iiA,|Kcrcsiiidf  hk*^  ia  ycur  oe&sce? 
I  V  J  A. 
^S^xj&HBK].  3i#  x^nrt :  I  wfc^  3Xfi  hsar  yam  tijk. 

i  Y  P  i«  A  X, 
Kit  Ik-jl*-  jik  Uak3  «4i:»  i«-iKX  srj  nJ:^  ar  Jx^h^ 

f  T  I  A, 

"ffVfct  V-nwf^  Ae  Wry  c»r  wel  iimr  By  !hnie» 

STPZAX. 


«     A     T     O.  i^t 

>rPHAX. 

7o  4o  u  aCiioii  tiUdi  my  ibol  abhors, 
ibid  gaia  ja«  whom  joa  lore  at  anj  price. 
JU  B  A. 
WattlHtlltjrmocipe?  I  bate  liceii  too  liaftf, 

s  T  P  H  A  X. 
Jiad  tk-lbr  tkb  my  prince  lia«  call*ii  me  tnifnc 

J  U  B  A. 
;8i4e  AmiaHftik'fti  I  liid  not  caH  dice  io. 

SV-P  H  AX. 

ToB-didiaiRd,  mjr  Prince;  3roa  callM  metraitDrs 
Tfajf  jfaftkr^  ducBtenM  joo  *d  coroplam  to  Cato* 
Of  wha^  mf  pnac^  wooJd  yon  complahi  to  Cafio? 
Sltt  SyflHB  lo«BsyoB>  mid  wonld  £Kriiiee 
Mm  UStg  -wtf  man,  kb  kononiy  in  joor  fcrrice? 
. J  U  B  A. 
SjplmSy  I  knoar  thoa  ]or*ft  me,  %nt  inderd 
Thy  weal  for  Jnba  earned  dice  too  far. 
Honour  *s  a  iacred  tie,  the  law  of  ki&gs. 
The  ndbk  mind-s  didingui&ing  perfeftiofif 
That  aids  and  ftrengthens  vlitse,  where  it  meets  hcx^ 
And  imittfes  her  adions,  wheze  ihe  is  sot: 
It  002^  not  to  be  ^^orted  with. 

S  Y  P  H  A  X. 

By  heare&s 
I^mrasrifli^wbenycmtalktiras,  tbofgghyoo  chide  cae. 
Alas,  I  *rt  hitherto  been  ns'd  to  think 
A  hliad  cCcions  zeal  to  ferre  my  kii|g 

Us  Tfce 


a^*  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

The  ruling  principle,  that  ought  to  burn 
And  quench  all  others  in  a  fubjefl's  heart. 
Happy  the  people  who  preferve  their  honour 
By  the  fame  duties  that  oblige  their  prince  1 
JU  B  A. 

Syphax,  thou  now  beginn'fl  to  fpeak  thyfelf. 
Numidia  *8  grown  a  fcorn  among  the  nations 
For  breach  of  public  vows.     Our  Punic  faith 
Is  infamous,  and  branded  to  a  proverb. 
Syphax,  we  Ml  join  our  cares,  to  purge  away 
Our  country ""s  crimes,  and  clear  her  reputation. 
S  Y  P  H  A  X. 

■  Believe  me,  prince,  you  make  old  Syphax  weep 
To  hear  you  talk— but  'tis  wkh  tears  of  joy. 
If  e'er  your  father's  crown  adorn  your  brow$» 
Numidia  will  be  bleft  by  Cato's  le^flures.       ■ 
JU  B  A. 

Syphax,  thy  hand  I  we  'II  mutually  forget 
The  warmth  of  youth,  and  frowardnefs  of  age  : 
Thy  prince  eftccms  thy  worth,  and  loves  thy  perfon. 
If  e>r  the  fceptcr  comes  into  my  hand, 
Syphax  fhall  ftand  the  fecond  in  my  kingdom* 
SYPHAX. 

Why  will  you  overwhelm  my  age  with  kindnefs  ? 
My  joy  grows  buithenfome,  I  iha'n't  fupporf  it. 
.     J  U  B  A. 

Syphax,  farewell.    I  '11  hence,  and  try  tp  find 
Some  bleft  occafion  that  may  fet  me  right 

A  In 


C     AT      O.  i|3 

b  GifeoS  dKWfbtt.    I M  rather  have  that  man 
Afpiofe  Vny  diseda,  dum  worlds  for  my  admirers. 

[Exit. 
8  Y  P  H  A  X. 
Young  men  foon  giye,  and  foon  forget  ailronts  | 
Old  age  is  llow  in  both— a  falfe  old  traitor ! 
Iftofe  wordsy  raih  boy,  may  chance  to  coft  thee  dear : 
My  heart  had  ftill  fome  fooliih  fondnefi)  for  thee : 
But  hence !  *tis  gone :  I  give  it  to  the  winds  :«— 
CmEu,  I  *m'wh<4ly  thine— 

E»t^   SEJMPRONIUS. 

8YPHA  X. 

All  hail,  -Scmpronius  { 
Well^  Cato*s  Senate  is  refolv^d  to  wait 
The  fiiry  of  a  £ege,  before  it  yields. 
SEMFKONIUS. 
Syphax,  we  both  were  on  the  verge  of  fate  : 
Lucras  declarM  for  peace,   and  terms  were  offcrM 
To  Cato  by  a  meilenger  from  Caefar. 
Should  they  fubmit,  ere  our  defigns  are  ripe. 
We  both  muft  perilh  in  the  common  wreck, 
Loft  in  a  gencial  undiftingiiifh^d  ruin. 
8  Y  P  H  A  X. 
«  But  how  ftands  Cato  ? 

SEMPRONIUS. 

Thou  haft  fetn  Mount  Atla»  : 
While  ftorms  and  tempefts  thunder  on  its  brow5> 
And  oceans  break  their  billows  at  its  i'ttt. 

It  ftands  unmoved,  and  glories  in  its  height. 

U  3  ^.'Ji 


^94  AlTDrSONVS    POEMS. 

Such  is  that  haughty  man  ;  his  towering  foul> 
'Midft  all  the  fhocks  and  injuries  of  fortune^ 
!Rifes  fuperior,  and  look  down  on  Caefar, 
S  Y  P  H  A  X. 
But  what  *s  this  meflenger  ? 

S£MPRONI.U9% 

I  Ve  praftis'd  with  him^i. 
And  found  a  means  to  let  the  vi^or  know 
That  Syphax  and  Sempronius  are  his  friends*. 
But  let  me  now  examine  in  my  turn ;. 
Is  Juba  fixTd  ? 

S  Y  P  W  A  X* 
Yes,  but  it  is  to  Cato. 
I  've  try'd  the  force  of  every  reafbn  on  him, 
Spoth  d  and  carefs'd,  been  angry,  foothM  again^ 
Laid  fa&ty,  lift,  and  intereft,  in  his  fight  5 
But  all  are  vain,  he  fcoriisr  them  all  for  Cato. 
S  E  M  P  R  O  N  1  U  S> 
Come^  'tis  no  matter,  we  Ihall  do  without  him,. 
He  *11  make  a  pretty  figure  in  a  triumph. 
And  fervc  to  trip  before  the  vigor's  chariot, 
Syphax,  I  now  may  hope  thou  haft  forfeok 
Thy  Juba's  caufe,  and  wifheft.Marcia  mine- 
SYPHAX. 
May  (he  be  thine  as  faft  as  th9u  wouldft  have  her  \ 

SEMPRONIUS. 
Syphay,  I  love  that  woman  3  though  I  curfe 
Her  and  myfelf,  yet,  fpight  of  aie,  I  love  her. 

SYPHAX» 


,"       *       C     A     T     O.  ^15 

8  Y  P  H  A  X. 

MpJEB  €rtofq«e,  ^lulgive  upUticat 
€UAr  will  iie*er  refvfe  tfiee  Aich  a  trifle. 
But  are  thy  troops  prepared  for  a  revolt  ? 
Docs  the  ieditton  catch  fi-om  man  fo  many 
And  mn  among  their  ranks  ? 

SEMPRONJUS. 

Ally  all  is  ready. 
The  hBHoui  leaders  are  our  friends>  that  fpread 
Mormnrs  and  difcontents  among  the  foldiers. 
They  count  their  toxlfome  marches,  long  ^Bitigues, 
Uoufital  fadings  }  and  will  bear  no  more 
This  nocdley  of  philoibphy  and  war. 
Within  an  hour  they  *]1  ftorm  the  Senate-houfet 
S  Y  P  H  A  X. 

Mdui  while  I  *11  draw  up  my  Numidian  troops 
Within  the  fquare,  to  exercife  their  armsj 
And.  as  I  fee  occafion,  favour  thee. 
I  laugh  to  think  how  your  unfhaken  Cato 
Will  look  aghafty  while  unforefeen  deftru6lioqi 
Pours  in  upon  him  thus  from  every  fiJe* 
S09  where  our  wide  Numidian  waives  extend. 
Sudden,  th*  impetuous  hurricanes  defcend. 
Wheel  through  the  air,  in  circling  eddies  play. 
Tear  up  the  fands,  and  fweep  whole  plains  away. 
The  heJplefs  traveller,  with  wild  furprize, 
Sees  the  dry  defert  all  around  him  rife, 
Andy  imother'd  in  the  dufty  whirlwind,  dies* 


} 


END  Of  THE  SECOND  ACT. 

U4  ACT 


a^$         ADDISON'S    IPOEMS, 

ACT    III.        SCENE    I. 

MARCUS  ^w^  FORTIUS. 

MARCUS. 

THANKS  to  my  ftars,  I  have  not  rangM  about 
Tlie  wilds  of  life,  ere  I  could  find  a  friend  j 
Nature  firft  pointed  out  my  Fortius  to  me. 
And  early  taught  me,  by  her  fecret  force. 
To  love  thy  perfon,  ere  I  knew  thy  merit  j 
Till,  what  was  inilin6^,  grew  up  into  friendfhip* 
FORTIUS. 
Marcus,  the  friendlhips  of  the  world  are  oft 
Confederacies  in  vice,  or  leagues  of  pleafure  3 
Ours  has  fevereft  virtue  for  its  bafis. 
And  fuch  a  fnendihip  ends  not  but  with  life. 
MARC  U*S. 
Fortius,  thou  know^ft  my  foul  in  all  its  weaknefs : 
Then  pr'ythee  fpare  me  on  its  tender  fide. 
Indulge  me  but  in  love,  my  other  paflions 
Shall  rife  and  fall  by  virtue's  niceft  rules. 
FORTIUS. 
Wiien  love  's  well-tim'd,  'tis  not  a  fault  to  love. 
The  ftrong,  the  brave,  the  virtuous,  and  the  wife. 
Sink  in  the  foft  captivity  together. 
I  would  not  urge  thee  to  difmifs  thy  pa0ion, 
(I  know  'twere  vain)  but  to  fupprefs  its  force. 
Till  better  times  may  make  it  look  mvre  graceful. 

MARCUS, 


,*  V  •  \C:  A  T  O.  9^ 

.MARCUS. 
JDU'I .  Abv  talVft  lika  one  wiio  nevtr  lelt 
Hi*  impatient  timbs  and  longings  of  a  fouU 
That  panU  and  reaches  af^er  difbint  good. 
A  lover  doct  not  live  hy  vulgar  time  { 
Believe  me.  Fortius^  in  my  Lucia^s  abfence 
Life  hangt  upon  me,  and  becomes  a  burden ; 
Arid  yet  idien  I  Behold  the  charming  maid 
I  *m  tcB-timct  more  undone  $  while  hope,  and  £ear» 
^M  grief*  *Bd  rage,  and  love,  rife  up  at  once> 
And  w&b  varictj  of  pain  di&mSt  me* 

FORTIUS. 
What  ean  diy  PMius  db  to  give  thee  help  ? 

MARCUS. 
Portiaa^  thou  oft  enjoy^ft  die  fair-one*s  prefence  s 
Then  uidertake  my  caofe,  and  plead  it  to  her 
Wkb  all  the  ftrength  and  heat  of  eloquence 
Fraternal  love  and  fiiendihip  ean  infpire. 
Tell  her  thy  brother  languiihes  to  death. 
And  fades  away,  and  withers  in  his  bloom  ; 
That  he  forgets  his  ileep,  and  loaths  his  food. 
That  youth,  and  health,  and  war,  are  joylefs  to  him  t 
Defcribe  his  anxious  days  and  reftlefs  nights, 
And  all  the  torments  that  thou  feed  me  fuffer. 

FORTIUS. 
Marcus,  I  beg  thee,  give  mc  not  an  ofHce 
That  fuits  with  me  fo  ill.    Thou  know'ft  my  temper* 

MARCUS. 
Wilt  thou  behold  me  frnking  in  my  woes  } 
And  wilt  Aou  not  reach  out  a  friendly  arm. 
To  raiie  me  from  amidil  this  plunge  of  forrows  > 

PORTIUS* 


9^i         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

FORTIUS. 

Marcus,  thou  canfl:  not  afk  what  I  'd  refufe. 
But  here  believe  me  I  've  a  thoufand  reafons— 
MARCUS. 

I  know  thou  *lt  fay,  my  paflion  's  out  of  feafon. 
That  Cato's  great  example  and  misfortunes 
Should  both  confpire  to  drive  it  from  my  thoughts* 
But  what 's  all  this  to  one  who  loves  like  me  * 
Oh  Fortius,  Fortius,  from  my  foul  I  wifli 
Thou  didft  but  know  thyfelf  what  'tis  to  love  I 
Then  would'ft  thou  pity  and  affift  thy  brother, 
FORTIUS* 

What  fhould  I  do  f  If  I  difclofe  my  paffion, 
Our  friendihip  's  at  an  end  :  if  I  conceal  it, 
The  world  will  call  me  falfe  to  a  friend  and  brother. 

MARCUS. 
But  fee  where  Lucia,   at  her  Svonted  hour. 
Amid  the  cool  of  yon  high  marble  arch, 
Enjoys  the  noon-day  breeze !  obferve  htr.  Fortius  \ 
That  face,  that  ihape,  thofe  eyes,  that  heaven  of  beauty  { 
Obferve  her  well,  and  blame  me  if  thou  canll. 
FORTIUS.      . 
She  fees  us,  and  advances-— 

MARCUS. 

I  11  withdraw. 
And  leave  you  for  a  while.    Remember,  Fortius, 
Thy  brother's  life  depends  iipo^  thy  tongue.      [E;cif^ 

Efttef 


C    A    T     or,  49 

Jto#r  LUCIA.. 

LUCIA. 

IKS'not  rfee  your  brotlier  Marcus  here  ? 
Why  did  he  fly  the  place,  and  fliun  my  prefence?^ 
FORTIUS. 

Ohy  Lvcia,  language  is  too  ^int  to  fhow 
Bit  rage  of  iov&;  it  preys  upon  his  life ; 
Be  pines^  he  flckens,  he  deipairs,  he  diess 
Bb  paffiont-and:his  virtues  lie  confusM, 
And  iiiix!d,tbgctbcr  in  fo  wild  a  tumult. 
That- die  whole  man  is  quite  disfigured  in  him, 
flcavenar  wouldone  tlnnl^  ^twere  poflible  for  lov^* 
To  makd  fnch^ramge  in  a  noble  (bul ! 
Qk,  Liicia>.  I  *m  diftteft *d  K  my  heart  bleeds  for  him  s^ 
Bv^  Hiomi  tvfaiie  thus  I  ftand  bleft  in  thy  prefence^^ 
A  ftcntdamp  of  giief  comes  o^ermy  thoughts-. 
And  I  *m  unhappy,  though  thou  fmiPft  upon  me. 
LUCIA. 

How  wilt  thou  guard  thy  honour,  in  the  (hock 
Of  love  and  friend/hip  ?  Think  betimes,  my  Fortius^ 
Think  how  the  nuptial  tie,,  that  might  enfure 
^nr  mutual  blifs,  would  raife  to  fuch  a  height 
Thy  brother^s  griefs,  as  might  perhaps  deffaroy  him* 
FORTIUS. 

Alasy  poor  youth!  what  doll  thou  think,  myLucia^ 
Hit  generous,  open,  undefigning  heart 
Hat  beggM  his  rival  to  folicit  for  him. 
Then  do  not  (hike  him  dead  with  a  denial,. 
But  hold  him  up  in  ]i£cf  and  cheer  his  foul 

Wit!| 


^^09  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

With  the  faint  glimmering  of  a  doubtful  hope  : 
Perhaps^  when  we  have  pafs'd  thefe  gloomy  hours. 
And  weathered  out  the  ftorra  that  beats  upon  us— » 
LUCIA. 
No,  Portius,  no !  I  fee  thy  fitter's  tears,. 
Thy  father's  anguifh,  and  thy  brother's  death. 
In  the  purfuit  of  our  ill-fated  loves. 
And,  Portius,  here  I  fwear,  to  heaven  I  fwear. 
To  heaven,  and  all  the  powers  that  judge  mankind. 
Never  to  mix  my  plighted  hands  with  thine. 
While  fuch  a  cloud  of  mifchiefs  hangs  about  us  t 
But  to  forget  our  loves,  and  drive  thee  out 
9rom  all  my  thoughts,  as  far— -as  I  afn  able«. 
PORTIUS. 
What  haft  tiiou  faid  1  I  'm  thunder-ftrack^t— Recals 
Thofe  hafty  words,  or  I  am  loft  for  ever. 
L  U  C  I  A, 
Has  not  the  vow  ali-eady  pafs'd  my  lips  ? 
The  gods  have  heard  it,  and  'tis  fealM  in  heaven*,. 
May  all  the  vengeance,  that  was  ever  pour'd 
On  perjur'd  heads,  overwhelm  me,  if  I  break  it ! 

[^AfUr  apau/l 
PORTIUS. 
Pix'd  in  aftonifhraent,  I  gaze  upon  thee  5 
PLike  one  juft  blafted  by  a  ftroke  from  heaven, 
'Who  pants  for  breath,  and  ftifFens,  yet  alive. 
In  dreadful  looks :  a  monument  of  wrath  I 
LUCIA. 
At  length  I  Ve  afted  my  fevereft  part  i 

J  kd  th^  woman  breaking  in  upon  me. 

Ant 


.7     /  C  •:    A      T      O.  301  . 

And mdt  about BU  heart!  my  tears  will' flow. 
aotdw  I*lldiiBknomore!  the  hand  of  fata 
fitf  mm  diae  fipom  me,  and  I  muft  forget  tliee. 
FORTIUS. 

Haid-hearted*  cmd  maid  I 

LUCIA. 

Ohy  flop  thofe  rotmd<» 
J)tpSfkSMSngiiavod9\  Whydoft thou  frown  upon  mef 
My  Uood  nma  cold»  my  heart  fbrgeu  to  heave^ 
And  life  itielf  goes  out  at  thy  difpleafure. 
The  foda  ioMd  na  to  indulge  our  lovea. 
But*  ^*l  I  cannot  bear  thy  Jbate,  apd  live ! 
FORTIUS. 

Talk  aieit  «f  ktwt,  thou  never  knew*ft  its  force. 
I  *yn  been  ddbded^  led  inti^  a  dream 
or  fencicd'Uifii.    O  Lucia*  cruel  maid  1 
Tby  dnadfbl  Vow,  leaden  with  death,  till  (bonds 
In  my  ftumi*d  ears.    What  ihall  I  fay  or  do  ? 
Qgicky'lct  na  pait.l  perdition  's  in  thy  prefence. 
And  horror  dwells  about  thee !— Ah,  fhe  faints  1 
Wretch  that  I  am !  what  has  my  raflinefs  done  I 
Lucia,  thou  injured  innocence  I  thou  beft 
And  lovelieft  of  thy  fex  I  awake,  my  Lucia, 
Or  Portiua  mihes  on  his  fword  to  join  thee. 
—Her  imprecations  reach  not  to  the  tomb. 
They  (but  not  out  fociety  in  death.— 
But,  ah  I  ibe  moves !  life  wanders  up  and  down 
Through  all  her  face,  and  lights  up  every  charm. 
LUCIA. 

O  Portiiu^  wM  tbia  mil  l«^to  ftown  on  bar 

/  ->    .;.  That 


^<n  ADDISON'S    POEMS, 

That  lives  upon  thy  fmiles  !  to  call  in  doubt 
The  faith  of  one  expiring  at  thy  feet. 
That  loves  thee  more  than  ever  woman  lov^d  I 
•*— What  do  I  fay  ?  My  half-recover'd  fenfe 
Forgets  the  vow  in  which  my  foul  is  bound* 
Deftruftion  (lands  betwixt  us  !  we  muft  part. 
FORTIUS. 
"Name  not  the  word,  my 'frighted  thoughts  nm'bad^ 
Jind  Castle  into  madnefs  at  the  found. 
LUCIA. 
What  would 'ft  thou  have  me  do  ?  Con&dtr  well 
The  train  of  ills  our  love  would  draw  bdiind.k* 
Think 9  Fortius,  think,  thou  fceft  thy  dying  brother 
''!Stabb''d  at  his  heart,  and  all  befmearM  with  bloody 
^'Storming  at  heaven  and  thee.1  thy  awfuJ  fire 
'*8temly  demands  thexaufe^  th*  accurfedicaufey 
That  rob«  him  of  his  fon !  poor  Marcia  trembles. 
Then  tears  her  hair,  and,  frantic  in  her  griefs, 
^tCalls  out  on  Jjucia  !  What  could  Lucia  anfwer*? 
Or  how  ftand  up  in  fuch  a  fcene  d£  forrow  f 
FORTIUS. 
To  my  confufion  and  eternal  grief, 
^  muft  approve  the  fentence  that  deftroys  me. 
The  mift  that  hung  about  my  mind  clears  up^ 
And  now,  athwatt  the  tep^ors  that  thy  tow 
^s  planted  round  thee,  thou  appear'ft  more  faii;, 
More  amiabie,  and  rifeft  in  thy  charms. 
lA>velieft  of  women  1  heaven  is  in  thy  foul. 
Beauty  and  virtue  fhinefor  ever  round  thee, 
S^ightenisg  each  other}  •thou  art  all  divine  1 

5  i,C«aA« 


CAT     O.  .  30J 

a,  u  c  I  A. 

^nitit  1  ikf  words  frootliiroiigh  my  heirl^ 
t  my  reibhret,  aad  turntme  all  to  love, 
r  are  thoft.  tean  of  fcmdaefii  in  thy  ejet  ? 
rheayetthy heart?  Why fweUsd^foai with  (am>wf  . 
ftens  me  too  much.— Farewell>  my  Fortius ; 
■dl»  dumgfa  death  4t  in -the  wordi  for-everl 

FORTIUS. 
wf,  I^«cia»  ihfl  What  doft  thou  fay  ?  For-ero^ 

LUCIA. 
vn  I  not  Avorn  ?  lf»  Portias,  thy  fuccefs 
i  Amqw  dq^Vco^a-on  his  fate,  farewell* 
hovr  full  Iiepeat  the  word-^  for-everl 

has  o*cr  43m  dydog  lamp  th*  -unfteady  flame 
gs  qwvering  on  a  pdnt,  leaps  off  "by  fits, 
falls  again,  as  loth  to  quit  its  hold, 
hou  muft  not  go,  ray  foul  fUll  hovers  o^er  the^ 
.  canH  git  loofe.  * 

LUCIA. 
If  the  firm  Fortius  (hs\)ce 
liear  of  parting,  think  what  Lucia  fuffers  1 

PO  RT  I  US. 
ris  true  3  unruffled  and  ferene  I  Ve  met 
i  common  accidents  of  life  but  here : 
b  an  unlook*d-'for  ftorm  of  ills  falls  on  me, 
eats  down  all  my  ftrength.    I  cannot  bear  it* 
nroft  not  part* 

LUCIA. 
What  doft  thou  fay?  Not  pact? 
llkm  forgot  the  vow  that  I  have  made  ? 

Axe 


3(14         ADDISON-'S    POEMS. 

Are  there  not  heavens  and  gods  and  thunder  o>r  ust 
•—JBut  fee  thy  brother  Marcus  bends  this  way  I 
I  ficken  at  the  iight.     Once  more,  farewell ; 
Farewell,  and  know  thou  wrong'ft  mo,  if  ibou  think^ft 
Eter  was  love>  or  «ver  grief,  like  mine.  ^Exit* 

Enter  MARCUS. 

MARCUS, 
l^ortius,  what  hopes  ?  How  ftands  (he  ?  Ami  doom'*^ 
To  life,  or  death  ? 

P  O  R  T  I  US. 

What  would*ft  thop,  have  neiky  f 
MARCUS. 
What  means  this  peniive  pofhire  ?  Thou  appear'ft 
Like  one  amaz'd  and  terrifyM. 

P  O  R  T  I  U  S. 

I  've  reafon. 
MARCUS. 
Thy  down-caft  looks,  and  thy  diforderM  tfiouglits. 
Tell  me  my  fate.    I  aik  not  the  fuccefs 
My  cauTe  ^as  found. 

P  O  R  T  I  U  S. 

I  'm  griev'd  I  undertook  it. 
MARCUS. 
What?  Docs  the  barbarous  maid  infult  my  heartt 
My  achii^^  heart !  and  triumph  in  my  pains  ? 
That  Icould  caft  her  from  my  thoughts  for  ever !    . 
PORT!  U  S. 

Away  I  you  'le  Xqq  fufpicigus  m  your  griefs ; 


T      O* 

l^iichf  though  fwom  never  to  think  of  Jove, 
CompafHo nates  your  pains ,  snd  pittes  you. 
MARCUS. 
Compafljonates  my  pains*  Jind  pities  me  ! 
What  h  compaflion  when   'tis  void  of  love  I 
Fool  that  I  vpas  to  cboofe  fo  cold  a  friend 
Xo  urge  my  caufc  I  compaflfionates  my  pains  f  * 
Pr'ytbee,  what  artj  what  rhetoric fc,  dldil  thou  ufc 


S*S 


To  gain  t!iis  mighty  ' 

To  one  that  a/ks  the  - 

CompafHon  's  cnielty, 

P 

Marcus,  no  more! 

W 

What  have  1  faid  ! 

A  foul  exafperated  In 

With  every  thing j  its 


?  She  pities  me  I 

c  turns  of  love, 
icnrn,  ^tis  deuth-^ 
r  I  u  s< 
I  defeiTf^d  this  treatment  ? 

-u  s, 
*"B,  O  forgive  me  \ 

DUt 

itfdf— Buthal 


What  means  that  (hout,  big  with  the  founds  of  war  I 
What  new  alaiin  f 

FORTIUS. 
A  fecond,  louder  yet, 
Swdlt  in  the  winds^  and  comes  more  full  upon  us. 
MARCUS. 
Oh,  for  ibme  glorious  caufe  to  fall  in  battle  I 
Lucia,  thou  haft  undone  me  !  thy  difdain 
Hat  brt^Ice  my  heart ;  'tis  death  muft  give  me  eafe. 
FORTIUS* 
Quick,  let  u!i  hence  j  who  knows  if  Cato^s  life 
Stand  fure  ?  O  Marcus,  I  am  wtinn'd,  my  heart 
itaps  aithc  tnimpet'*  voIcc,and  bums  for  glory,  [^a-^v;;/. 
X  Entfr 


3o6  ADDISON'S     POEMS. 

Enter  SEMPRONIUS,  nvUh  the  Leaders  of 
the  LIuth.y. 
S  E  M  P  11  Q  N  I  U  S. 
At  length  the  winds  are  raisM,  th?  ftorm  blows  high. 
Be  it  your  care,  my  friends,  to  kpep  it  up 
In  its  full  fury,  and  dire6l  it  right, 
7'ill  it  has  fpent  itfclf  on  Cato's  head. 
Mean  while  I  'II  herd  amon^  his  friends,  and  ieem 
One  of  the  number,  that,  \vhateV  arrive, 
My  friends  and  fellow-foldiers  may  be  fMe- 
FIRST     LEADER. 
We  all  arc  fafe,  Senipronius  is  our  friend. 
Sempronius  is  as  brave  ^  man  as  Cato. 
But  hark  I  he  enters.     Bear  up  boldly  to  him  ; 
Be  fure  you  beat  him  down,  and  hind  him  f^ft; 
This  day  will  end  our  toils,  and  giv?  us  reft  j 
Kear  nothing}  for  Sempronius  is  our  friend* 

Mtttir  CATO,    SEMPRONIUS,    LUCIUS, 

PORTIUS,   ^/A^  MARCUS. 
CATO. 
Whei^  are  thcfe  bold  intrepid  fops  of  war. 
That  greatly  turn  their  backs  upon  the  foe. 
And  to  their  general  fend  a  brave  defiance  ? 
SEMPRONIUS.      . 
Curfe  on  their  daftard  fouls,  they  (land  aHonifiiM! 

CATO. 
Perfidious  meni  and  will  you  thus  diflionoyr 
Vour  paft  exploits,  and  fully  all  yoxu*  wars  ? 

3^ 


C      A     ^      0/  507 

I  you  confef^  "'twas  not  a  ical  for  l^met 
Nor  loTC  of  Ubt^rt)',  nt>r  tliirtl  oif  honour. 
Drew  you  thvȣ  f^r  9  but  hopes  to  Jliare  the  (poti 
Of  con q tier' d  town^j  ami  plundtrr'd  pixrv'incM  f 
Fir^'d  "vritb  fuch  ujotivi^s  you  do  \v^\\  to  fmit 
With  Cuto's  foeS}  aiMl  follow  Cicl^^r^s  banMrti. 
Why  did  I  Ycape  th'  in  venom' d  afpic*s  rage. 
And  all  the  fiery  monfter*  of  the  def^t^ 
To  fee  this  day  ?  Wh  -    oukl  not  Cato  fdl 
Without  your  guijlf  Id,  ungrRtcrfy]  i]it%  ^1^ 

Behold  my  bofom  nal  1  yoiir  iwoi'dfip 

And  Ut  the  man  that         jur'd  ibikc  the  hlow< 
Which  of  you  all  t'ul        -  th it  he  is  wronged , 
Or  thinks  he  iWers  g  h  than  Cato  ? 

Am  I  diftingtiiiii'd  fr  hut  by  toiJs,  1 

Superior  toils,  anti  h  jht  of  ciir.es  1    , 

PPainfiil  pre* eminence 
'  SEMPROKIUS. 

By  heaven  a,  they  droop! 
Confufioa  to  the  viUalns  I  uU  h  loft.  14/^*^^* 

C  A  T  O. 
Have  yCn  forgotten  Libya's  burning  wafte. 
Its  barren  rocks,  parch 'd  earth,  and  hills  of  fand. 
Its  tainted  air,  and  all  Irs  brooda  of  poifon  ? 
Who  wast  the  firft  C*  explore  tV  untrodden  path. 
When  IVfc  was  hazarded  in  every  ftep  ? 
Ofj  fainting  in  the  l^ng  laborious  march, 
W^hen  on  the  bank*  of  an  unlook'd-for  ftream 
You  funk  the  river  with  repeated  dratights, 
Who  was  the  Jait  in  all  your  hoft  thaf  thirfted  ? 

'X  %         ►/      8EMPRONIUS. 


30S  ADDISON'S    POEMS* 

8EMPRONIUS. 

If  fome  penurious  fource  by  chance  appearM 
Scanty  of  waters,  when  you  fcoop'd  it  dry. 
And  oficr^d  the  full  heknet  up  to  Cato, 
Did  not  he  dafli  tfa*  untafted  moifture  from  hhn  ? 
Did  not  he  lead  you  through  die  mid-day  fun. 
And  clouds  of  duft  f  Did  not  hit  temples  glow 
In  the  iame  fultry  winds,  and  fcorching  heats  f 
CATO. 

Hence^  worthlefs  men !  hence !  and  complain  to  Cie&r 
You  could  not  undergo  the  toils  of  war. 
Nor  bear  the  hardfliips  that  your  leader  bore. 
LUCIUS. 

See,  Cato,  fee  tihi*  unhappy  men  I  they  weep  I 
Fear  and  remorfe,  and  forrow  for  their  crime. 
Appear  in  every  look,  and  plead  for  mercy. 
CATO. 

Learn  to  be  honeft  men  $  give  up  yoor  leaders^ 
And  pardon  fhall  defcend  on  all  the  reft. 
SEMPR0NIU8. 

Cato,  commit  thefe  wretches  -to  my  care. 
Firft  let  them  each  be  broken  on  the  rack. 
Then,  with  what  life  remains,  impal'd,  and  left 
To  writhe  at  leifure  round  the  bloody  ftake. 
There  let  them  hang,  and  taint  the  fouthem  wind. 
The  partners  of  their  crime  will  learn  obedience^ 
When  they  look  up  and  fee  their  fellow-traitors 
Stuck  on  a  foxk|  and  blackening  in  the  fun. 

hvcivsi 


C     A     T     O*  ^09 

LUCIUS. 
Scmpramqti  wiiy,  why  wilt  thoa  ni^  the  fate 
Of  wretched  mrn  ? 

8BMP&ONIUS. 
How  I  wovild'ft  thou  dear  rebellion' 
Lnchit  (good  man)  pities  the  poor  ofiendert 
That  wwdd  imbrue  their  hands  in  Cato's  blood* 
CATO. 
Forbear,  Sempronius  1— See  theyVuffer  death. 
But  in  their  deadis  remember  they  are  men. 
Strain  not  the  laws  to  make  their  tortures  grievous. 
Lucius,  the  bafe  degenerate  age  requires 
Scfnitj  and  juftice  in  its  rigour  $ 
This  awes  an  impious,  bold,  offending  world, 
Gxmmands  obedience,  and  gives  force  to  laws. 
When  bj  juft  vengeance  guilty  mortals  perifh. 
The  gods  behold  their  punifhment  with  pleafure. 
And  lay  th*  uplifted  thunder-bolt  afide. 
SEMPRONIUS. 
Cato,  I  execute  thy  will  with  pleafure. 

CATO. 
Mean- while  we  '11  facrifice  to  liberty. 
Remember,  O  my  friends,  the  laws,  the  rights. 
The  generous  plan  of  power  delivered  down, 
From  age  to  age,  by  your  renownM  forefathers, 
(So  dearly  bought,  the  price  of  fo  much  blood) 
O  let  it  never  periih  in  your  hands  I 
But  pioufly  tranfmit  it  to  your  children. 
Do  thou,  great  Liberty,  infpire  our  fouls, 

X  3  And 


310  ADDISON'S    P  QE  M  S. 

And  make  our  lives  in  tliy  poffefllon  happy,  ^ 

Or  our  deaths  glorious  in  thy  juA  defence. 

[Exeunt  Cato,  &Cm 

SEMPRONIUS  mdthd  LEADERS  of  tbe 

Mutiny, 

riRSTLEADER. 

Sem^onius,  you  have  a6led  like  yourfelf. 
One  would  have  thought  you  had  been  half  in  eameft*. 
SEMPRONIUS. 

Villain,  ftandofFi  bafe  groveling  worthlefs  wretches. 
Mongrels  in  faftion,  poor  faint-hearted  traitors  ! 
SECOND    LEADER. 

Nay,  now  you  carry  it  too  far,  Sempronius : 
Throw  off  the  mafk,  there  are  none  hen  but  friends- 
SEMPRONIUS. 

Know,  villains,  when  fuch  paltcy  Haves  preiumc 
To  mix  in  treafon,  if  the  plot  i'ucceeds. 
They  're  thrown  neglefted  by  :  but  if  it  fails. 
They  *re  fure  to  die  like  dogs,  as  you  (hall  do. 
Here,  take  thefe  factious  monflers,  drag  them  fortb. 
To  fudden  death. 

Entn-  GUARDS. 
FIRST     LEADER. 

Nay,  fince  it  comes  to  this—* 
SEMPRONIUS. 
Dtfpatch  them  quick ;  but  firft  pluck  out  their  tongues> 
Left  with  their  dying  breath  they  fow  fedition. 

[^Exeunt  Guards  *wiib  the  Leaders. 
5  Enter 


t    A    r    o. 


311 


.   Eatir  SYPHAX. 

8  y  p  n  A  x« 

Our  firft  dtfifii)  ntj  friend^  has  prot'd  abortrre  $ 
Still  there  remains  an  afur-game  to  play  : 
My  troops  are  mounted  i  their  Numidian  deeds 
Snuff  up  the  wind,  and  long  to  icower  the  defart : 
Let  but  Sempronius  head  us  in  our  flight. 
We  'II  force  the  gate  where  Maicus  keeps  his  guard. 
And  hew  down  all  that  wo.uld  oppofe  our  paiTage, 
A  day  will  bring  us  into  Csfar's  camp. 
-     8BMPRONIUS4 
Conftifion !  I  hate  faird  of  half  my  purpofe. 
Marcia,  th0  charming  Marda  's  left  behind ! 
SYPHAX. 
^How  1  will  Sempronius  turn  a  woman's  flave  ! 

SEMPRONIUS. 
Think  not  thy  friend  can  ever  feel  the  foft 
Unmanly  warmth,  and  tendernefs  of  love..  . 
Syphax,  I  long  to  chfp  that  haughty  niuid. 
And  bend  her  ftubborn  virtue  to  my  palTion  ; 
When  I  have  gone  thus  far,  I  'd  caft  her  off. 
SYPHAX. 
Well  faid !  that  's  fpoken  like  thyfelf,  Sempronius. 
What  hinders  then,  but  that  thou  find  her  out, 
And  hurry  her  away  by  manly  force  ? 
SEMPRONIUS. 
But  how  to  gain  admiHion  ?  For  accefs 
Is  given  to  none  but  JuHa,  and  her  brothers. 

X  +  s  Y  P  II  A  x. 


axx  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

S  Y  P  H  A  X, 

Thou  (halt  have  Juba^s  drefs,  and  Juba'^s  guards  t 
The  doors  will  open>  when  Numidia't  Prince 
Seems  to  appear  before  the  flayes  that  watch  dievu 
8BMPR0NIUS. 

Heavens>  what  a  thongjit  is  there  1  Marcia  *s  my  own  I 
How  will  my  bofom  fwell  with  anxious  joy. 
When  I  behold  her  ftrnggling  in  my  arms. 
With  glowing  beauty,  and  diforderM  charms^ 
While  fear  and  anger,  with  alternate  grace. 
Pant  in  her  bread,  and  yary  in  her  face  1 
So  Pluto,  feizM  of  Proferpine,  conveyM 
To  heirs  tremendous  gloom  th*  affirighted  maid, 
There  grimly  fmird,  pleasM  with  the  beauteous  prizes 
l^or  cnvy*d  Jove  his  fun-fiiine  and  his  ikies. 


END  OF  THE  THIRD  ACT. 


ACT 


€    A     T     0#  313 

A  C  T  IV.    S  C  E  N  E  I. 

.   LV CIA  ami  MARCl A. 


% 


LUCIA. 


NOW  tdl  me,  Maj^cla,  tell  me  from  thy  foul  j 
If  dKra  believ^ft  it  poilible  for  woman 
To  taSee  gnata  ills  than  Lucia  fuffers  ? 
M  A  R  C  I  A. 

0  huoMf  Lucia,  might  my  big  fwoln  heart 
Vent  all  its  griefs*  and  give  a  loofe  to  forrow : 
Blarcia  conld  anlWer  thee  in  fighs,  keep  pace 
ynA,  aU  thy  woes,  and  count  out  tear  for  tear. 

LUCIA. 

1  know  ihou^rt  doomM  alike  to  be  belovM 
By  Juba,  and  thy  father^s  friend  Sempronius ; 

But  which  of  thefe  has  power  to  charm  likePoitius ! 
M  ARCIA. 

Still  muft  I  beg  thee  not  to  name  Sempronius  ? 
Lucia,  I  like  not  that  loud  boifterous  man : 
Juba  to  all  the  bravery  of  a  heroe. 
Adds  fofteft  love,  and  more  than  female  fweetnefs  j 
Juba  might  make  the  proudeft  of  our  fex. 
Any  of  woman-kind,  but  Marcia,  happy. 

LUCIA.  • 

And  why  not  Marcia  ?  come,  you  ftrive  in  vain 
To  hide  your  thoughts  from  one,  who  knows  too  well 
The  inward  glowings  of  a  heart  in  love, 

MARCIA. 


3,14        ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

M  A  R  C  I  A. 

While  Cato  lives,  his  daughter  has  no  right 
To  love  or  hate^  but  as  his  choice  directs. 
LUCIA. 

But  ihould  this  father  give  you  to  Sempronius  ? 
M  A  R  CI  A. 

T  dare  not  think  he  will ;  btrt  if  he  fhould— 
Why  wilt  thoti  add  to  all  the  griefs  I  fuffer 
Imaginaiy  ills,  ^md  faircy'd  tortures  ? 
I  hear  the  found  of  feet !  they  march  this  v^ay  I 
Let  us  retire,  and  try  if  we  can  drown 
Each  fofter  thought  in  fenfe  of  pnfent  danger. 
When  love  once  }^eads  admi^don  to  our  hearts 
(In  fpight  of  all  the  virtue  we  can  boaft) 
The  woman  that  deiiborates  is  loft.  [Exeunt, 

Enter  SEMPRONIUS,  drefid  Uke  JUBA,  with 
Numidian  guards, 

SEMPRONICS. 
The  deer  is  lodg'd,     I  Ve  tracked  her  to  her  covert. 
Be  fure  you  mind  the  word ;  and  when  I  give  it, 
Rufh  in  at  once,  and  fei^e  upon  your  prey. 
Let  not  her  crres  or  fears  have  force  to  move  you. 
—How  will  the  young  Numidian  rave,  to  fee 
His  miftrefs  loft  I  If  aught  could  glad  my  foul 
Beyon^th'  enjoyment  of  fo  bright  a  prize, 
^Twoiuld  be  to  tormt  thaf  young,  gay,  barbarian. 
— But  Karky  wfaa«  iioiler  death  to  my  hopes  I  *t!8  he, 
'Tis  Juba's  felf  1  tftt«»  i#  l>«f  otte  wtry  lefit'^M^ 

^.      .  -     He 


C     A     T     O.  SIS 

&  nuft  be  ■mder'd,  and  a  paflage  cut 

Through  thoA  hit  guards.— Ha,  daftanb,   do  yoa 

tremble  1 
Of  aft  like  men,  or  hj  year  asure  heaven*^ 

EmerJVBA.     ' 

J  UBA. 
What  do  I  fee?  who*8  this  that  dares  ufurp 
The  guards  and  habits  of  ^umidia's  prince  ? 
B£MPRONIUS. 
One  that  was  bom  to  fcourge  thy  arrogance^ 
Frefumptuous  youth  1 

J  U  B  A. 
What  can  this  mean  ?  Scmpronius ! 
S  £  MP  RON  I  U  S. 
My  Iword  ihall  anfwer  thee.    Have  at  thy  heart. 

J  U  B  A* 
Nay,  then  beware  thy  own,  proud,  barbarous  mnn  I 
ISemt,  falls.     His  Guards  furrender, 
SEMPRONIUS. 
Curfe  on  my  ftars  !  am  I  then  doom'd  to  fall 
By  a  boy's  hand  ?  disfigured  in  a  vile 
Numidian  drefs,  and  for  a  worth lefs  woman  ? 
Gods,  I  'm  diflra^led  !  this  my  clofe  of  life  ! 
O  for  a  peal  of  thunder,  that  would  make 
Earth,  fea,  and  air,  and  heaven,  and  Cato  tremble  f 

[Dies, 
JU  B  A» 
With  what  a  fpring  his  furious  foul  broke  loofe. 
And  lift  the  limbs  ftiil  quivering  on  the  ground  I 

Hence 


3i6  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

Hence  let  us  carry  off  thofe  (laves  to  Cato, 
That  we  may  there  at  length  unravel  all 
This  dark  defign^  this  myftery  of  fate. 

lExit  JuBA,  iviib  fri/oners,  &c. 

Enter  LUCIA  and  MARCIA. 

LUCi  A. 

Sure  *twa8  the  clafli  of  fwords ;  my  troubled  heart 
Is  fo  caft  down,  and  funk  amidft  its  forrows. 
It  throbs  with  fear,  and  akes  at  every  found. 

0  Marcia,  ihould  thy  brothers  for  my  fake  l-« 

1  die  away  with  horror  at  the  thought. 

MARCIA. 
See,  Lucia,  fee!   here's  blood!   here's  blood  and 
murder ! 
Ha !  a  Numidian !  heavens  preferve  the  prince ! 
The  face  lies  muflBed  up  within  the  garment. 
But  ha !  death  to  my  fight !  a  diadem. 
And  purple  robes  1  O  gods  !  'tis  he,  'tis  he, 
Juba,  the  lovelieft  youth  that  ever  warm'd 
A  virgin's  heart,  Juba  lies  dead  before  us  ! 
LUCIA. 
Now,  Marcia,  now  call  up  to  thy  afliftance 
Thy  wonted  ftrength,  and  conftancy  of  mind  j 
Thou  canft  not  put  it  to  a  greater  trial. 
MARCIA. 
Lucia,  look  there,  and  wonder  at  my  patience. 
Have  I  not  caufe  to  rave,  and  beat  my  breaft. 
To  rend  my  heart  with  grief,  and  run  diftra6led  1 

4  LUCIA, 


C     A     T     O.  317 

LUCIA. 
Wlnt  can  I  diink  or  fay,  to  give  thee  comfort  ? 

MARCIA. 
Talk  not  of  comfort,  'tis  for  lighter  ills : 
Behold  a  fight,  that  ftrikes  all  comfort  deadU 

EntiT  J  U  B  A,  liftenmg. 

I  will  indnlge  my  iorrows,  and  give  way 
To  all  tiie  pangs  and  fury  of  defpair. 
That  man,  diat  beft  of  men,  deferv'd  it  from  me. 
J  U  B  A. 
'What  do  I  hear  ?  and  was  the  falfe  Sempronius 
That  beft  of  men  ?  'O,  had  I  falPn  lijke  him, 
Aad  could  have  that  been  mourn'd,  I  had  been  happy  \ 
LUC  I  A.      - 
Bere  win  I  ftand,  companion  in  thy  woes. 
And  help  thee  with  my  tears ;  when  I  behold 
A  lofs  like  thine,  I  half  forget  my  own. 
M  ARCI  A. 
'Tis  not  in  fate  to  cafe  my  tortur'd  breaft* 
This  empty  world,  to  me  a  joylefs  defert. 
Has  nothing  left  to  make  poor  Marcia  happy. 
JU  B  A. 
I  *m  on  the  rack  t  was  he  (b  near  her  heart  ? 

MARCIA. 
Oh,  he  was  all  made  up  of  love  and  charms. 
Whatever  maid  could  wiih,  or  man  admire ; 
Delight  of  every  eye  I  when  he  appear^, 
A  ftdvt  plcafure  gladdened  all  that  iaw  him  s 

But 


3i«  ADDISON^  S    POEMS. 

But  when  he  talkM,  the  proudeft  Roman  bluih'd 
To  hear  his  virtues,  and  old  age  grew  wife. 
J  U  B  A, 

J  fhall  run  naad 

MAR  CIA. 

O  Jubal  Juba!  Juba! 
J  U  B  A. 
What  means  that  voice  ?  did  ihe  not  call  on  Jnbftf 

M  A  R  C  I  A. 
Why  do  I  think  on  what  he  was  \  he  ^s  dead  I 
He  ''s  deady  and  never  knew  how  much  I  lov^d  him. 
.  Lucia,  who  knows  but  his  pook*  bleeding  heart 
Amidft  its  agonies,  reroemfber'd  Mancia, 
And  the  laft  words  he  utter*d  callM  me  crael ! 
Alas  t  he  knew  ttot,  haplefs  youth  !  he  knew  not  * 
Maicia^s  wbple  ibul  vras  full  of  love  and  JUni  i 
.JUBA. 
Where  am  II  do  I  livel  or  aAi  inlSeed 
What  Marcia  thinks !  All  ia  Elyfium  round  me  i 
M  A  RC  I  A. 
Ye  dear  remains  of  the  moft  lov'd  of  ihen,  ' 
Uor  fbodefty  nor  -virtue  here  forbid 
A  laft  embrace,  while  thus— — 
JUBA. 

See,  Marcia,  fte^ 
The  happy  Juba  lives  !  he  lives  to  eatch 
That  dear  embrace,  and  to  return  it  too 
^ith  mutual  wanndi  and  eagemefs  of  love. 

MARCIA, 


,     .      C     A     T     O.  319 

Af  A  R  C  I  A. 
With  pleafun  and  amaze^  I  fland  traofported  t 
Sun  ^tis  a  dream  I  dead  and  alive  at  once  t 
If  thou  art  Jubaj  who  lies  there  ? 

J  UB  A. 

A  wretch, 
Diiguis*d  like  Juba  on  a  curs'd  defign. 
The  tale  ih  long,  nor  have  I  heard  it  out. 
Thy  fadier  knows  it  all.    I  could  not  bear 
To  leave  thee  in  the  neighbourhood  of  death. 
But  flew,  in  all  the  hafle  of  love,  to  find  thee. 
I  found  thee  weeping^'  andconfefi  tbil  once. 
Am  wrapt  with  joy  i»  iee  my  Maicia^s  tears. 
M  AR  C  I  A. 
I  *ve  been  fiupdi'd  in  an  unguarded  hour. 
But  muft  not  maw  go  back ;  the  love,  that  lay 
Half-imoth^^d  to  my  fareaft,  has  broke  through  all 
Its  weak  reftraints,  and  bums  in  its  full  luftrej 
I  cannot,  if  I  would,  conceal  it  from  thee. 
JUBA. 
I  ^m  loft  in  extafy  1  and  doft  thou  love. 
Thou  claming  maid  ? 

MARC  I  A. 

Asid  doft  thou  live  to  aik  it  * 

JUBA. 
This,  this  is  life  indeed  !  life  worth  prefcrving  I 
Such  life  aa  Juba  never  felt  till  now  1 
M  A  R  C  I  A. 
Believe  me,  prince,  before  .  tlioughf  thee  dead, 
I  did  not  know  my  felf  how  much  I  lov'd  thee* 

J  17  B  A» 


349  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

JUB  A. 
Q  fortunate  miftake  I 

MARC  I  A. 

O  happy  Marcia  I 
JUBA. 
My  joy  I  my  beft  belovM !  my  only  wi(h  t 
How  ihall  I  fpeak  the  tranfport  of  my  foul ! 
MARCIA. 

Lucia,  thy  arm  I  oh  let  me  reft  upon  it  I — 

The  vital  blood,  that  had  forfook  my  hearty 
Returns  again  in  fuch  tumultuous  tides. 
It  quite  oVcomes  me.    Lead  to  my  apartment* 
O  prince  I  I  blufh  to  think  what  I  have  faid. 
But  fate  has  wrefted  the  confeffion  from  me  s' 
Go  on,  and  protper  in  the  paths  of  iumour. 
Thy  virtue  will  ezcufe  my  paffion  for  theet 
And  make  the  gods  propitious  to  our  love* 

[Ex.  Marc,  and  Luc. 
J  U  BA. 
I  am  fo  blefsM,  I  fear  ^tis  all  a  dream. 
Fortune,  thou  now  haft  made  amends  for  all 
Thy  paft  unkindnefs.    I  abfolve  my  ftars. 
What  though  Numidia  add  her  conquerM  towns 
And  provinces  to  fwell  the  vigor's  triumph  ? 
Juba  will  never  at  his  fate  repine. 
Let  Csefiu:  have  the  worlds  if  Marcia  *•  mine.    {£;viif* 


.      ^     A     T     O.  jit 

..■■■.'  ' 

M  auarcb  at  a  MftaHce* 

LUCIUS. 
7  ftand  aftonifliM  I  wbat»  the  bold  Sempronius  1 
That  ftiU  tmbke  fomnoft  throiigh  the  croud  of  patriots, 
■At  Jwith  a  hurricane  of  zeal  tranfported, 

And'TUtuous  ev^n  to  madnefs 

C  A  T  O. 

Truft  tney  Lucms, 
"Our  cml  diicordt  hare  produced  fuch  crimes, 
-Such  monftroos  crimet,  I  am  furprizM  at  nothing, 
— -— O  Lucius  I  am  fick  of  this  bad  world ! 
The  day-fi^  and  the  fun  grow  pain^  to  me. 

.But  fee  «4iere  Fortius  comes !  what  means  this  hafle  ? 
Why  are  thy  looks  thus  changed  ? 
FORTIUS. 

My  heart  is  griev'd. 
I  bring  fuch  news  as  will  ajBli6l  my  father. 
-C  A  T  O. 
Has  Caeiar  fhed  more  Roman  blood  ? 
P  O  RT  I  U  S. 

Not  Co, 
The  traitor  Syphax,  as  within  the  fquare 
HeezercizUhis  troops,  the  fignal  given, 
€lew  o£r  at  once  with  his  Numidian  horfe 

Y  T« 


321  ADDISON'S    P0EM5. 

To  the  fauth  gate,  where  Marcus  holds  the  watch. 
I  faw,   and  call'd  to  ftop  him,  but  in  vain  ; 
He  tofsM  Jiis  arm  aloft,  and  pro\idly  told  me. 
He  would  not  flay  and  .perifli  like  Semprontus. 
C  AT  O. 
Perfidious  fheti !  but  hafte  rtiy  fon,  and  fee 
Thy  brother  Marcus  afts.  a  Roman's  part. 

[Bxit'POKTUdS. 
—Lucius,  the  torrent  bears  too  hard  upon  rae : 
Juftice  gives  way  to  force  :  the'conquer'd  world 
Is  Casfar's  :  Cato  has  no  bufinefs  in  it. 
{h  V  CI  US. 
While  prMcjOppreffion,  and  injuftice  reign. 
The  world  will  ftill  demand  her  Cato's  prefence. 
In  pity  to  mankind,  fubmit  to  Cxfar, 
And  reconcile,  thy  mighty  jfoul  to  life. 
CATO. 
Would  Lucius  have  me  live  to  fwell  the  number 
Of  Caefar's  flaves,  or  by  a  bafe  fubmiffion 
Give  up  the  caufe  of  Home,  and  own  a  tyrant  ? 
LUC  I  U  S. 
The  vi6lor  fteyer  will  impofe  on  Cato 
Ungenerous  terms.    His  enemies  confefs 
The  virtues  of  humanity  are  Caefar's. 
CAT  O. 
Curfe  on  hh  virtues  1  theyVe  tmdone  his  country. 
Such  popular  humanity  is  ttreafon— 
But.fee  young  Juba !  the  gdod  youth  appears 
JFull  ^f  the  guilt  of  his^iMious  fubje^ts. 

LUCIUS. 


^C  -A    -T   '^.  in 

^LUCIUS. 

.  EfiUr,  JUBA. 

.  J  u  B  A. 
'  I  bldfliy  and  am  confounded  to  aj^pear 
i  Before  thy  prefeaee,  Cato. 

.c  AT  O. 

What  •»  thy  crime  ? 
JUBA.  .^ 

*  Fin  a  Mnnidiaa. 

CATO. 
And  a  brave  enetooy 
<Tho«i  haftAJftoaMn'^i]]. 

,J  UB  A. 

Haft  thou  not  heard 
^  Of  mj  falfe  countiymen  ? 

CATO. 

Alas  !  young  prince, 

•  Falfehood  and  fraud  (hoot  up  in  every  foil. 

The  produ^l  of  all  climes — ^Rome  has  its  Cxfars. 
J  UB  A. 
*Ti8  generous  thus  to  comfort  the  dilbrefsM. 

CATO. 
'Tis  juft  to  give  applaufe  where  'tis  deferv'd  j 
Thy  virtue,  prince,  ha»  ftood  tjie  teft  of  fortune, 
.-i«ike  poisft  gold,  tbat,  tortur'd  in  the  furnace, 

•  Comes  out  more  bright,  and  brings  forth  all  its  weight. 

Y  1  J  UBA. 


3H         ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

J  UB  A. 
What  (hall  I  airfwer  thee  ?  my  ravifliM  heart 
O'erflowg  with  fecret  joy :  I M  rather  gain 
Thy  praife,  O  Cato^  than  Numidia^s  empire. 

Ettter?OKTlVSbaJfiIj. 

FORTIUS. 
Misfortune  on  misfortune  1  grief  on  grief  t 
My  brother  Mapcuo 

C  A  T  0. 

Ha !  what  has  he  done? 
Has  he  forfook  hit  poft  ?  has  he  given  way  ? 
Did  he  look  tamely  on»  and  let  them  pafs  ? 
"PO  R  T  I  U  S, 
Scarce  had  I  left  my  father>  but  I  met  him 
Borne  on  the  fhields  of  his  furviving  foldiers^ 
fireathlefs  and  pale,  and  covered  o^er  with  wounds. 
Long,  at  the  head  of  his  few  faithful  friends. 
He  ftood  the  fliock  of  a  whole  hod  of  foes, 
Till,'6bftinately  brave,  and  bent  on  death, 
Oppceft  with  multitudes,  he  greatly  fell. 
CATO. 
I'm  fatisfy'd. 

PORTIUS. 

Nor  did  he  fall  before 
Hit  fword  had  piercM  through  the  &lfe  heart  of  Syphaxt 
Yonder  he  lies.    I  faw  the  hoary  traitor 
Grin  in  the  ptngt  of  detth|  and  bite  the  |;round. 

CATO. 


C     A     T     O*  315 

CATO. 
itodKgodtl  my  bo]r  ^  <ioM  hit  duty*** 
Ibrtini,  whfok  I  am  dead,  be  fure  thou  place 
His  vni  near  mine. 

FORTIUS. 

Long  may  they  keep^  aAmdcr ! 
LUCIUS. 
O  CMo»  arm  thy  (bul  with  all  its  patience  | 
See  where  die  corpfe  of  thy  dead  foil  approaches  1 
The  dtitens  and  fenators^  alarmM^ 
Have  gathered  round  it,  and  attend  it  weeing. 

CATO  mietiftg  th  corpfi* 

C  A  T  O. 

Welcome,  my  Ton  I  here  lay  him  down,  my  fiienJi, 
Full  in  my  light,,  that  I  may  view  at  leilure 
The  bloody  corfe,  and  count  thofe  glorious  wounds. 
How  beautiful  is  death,  when  earned  by  virtue  I 
Who  would  not  be  that  youth  ?  what  pity  is  it 
That  we  can  die  but  once  to  fcrvc  our  cotintry  I 
Why  fits  this  fadnefs  on  your  brows,  my  friends  f 
I  (hould  have  bluihM  if  Cuto's  houfe  had  iluud 
Secure,  and  fiouriOiM  in  a  civil  war.-^ 
Fortius,  behold  thy  brother,  and  remember 
Thy  life  is  not  thy  own  when  Rome  demands  it. 
J  U  B  A. 

Was  ever  man  like  this  I  [  /IJJiii* 

CATO. 

Alas,  my  friends  I 
Why  moura  ycu  thus  ?  let  not  a  private  loi's 


t%6  AUDISO^'S    POEM5. 

Affli6l  your  hearts.    ^Tit  Rome  requires  our  tears;. 
The  miftreft  of  the  world,  the  feat  of  empire. 
The  nurfe  of  heroct,  the  delight  of  gods; 
Thftt  h  ambled  the  proud  tyrants  of  the  earth, - 
And  fet  the  nations  6ree,  Rome  is  no  more. 
O  liberty  1  O  virtue  1  O  my  country  I 
J  U  B  A. 
Behold  that  upright  man  I  Rome  fills  his  eyes 
With  tears,  thal^owM  not  o'«r  his  own  dead  fon.  I4fi^'  ■ 
C  A  T  O. 
Whatever  the  Roman  virtue  has  fubdued, 
The  fun's  whole  courie^  the  <iay  and  year>  are  Caefar^s^ 
For  him  the  felf-deroted  Decii  dy*d; 
The  Fabii  fell^  and  the  great  Scipio's  conquered  : 
£v*n  Pompey  fought  for  Caefar.    Oh,  my  friends  I 
How  ii  the  toil  of  fate,  the  work  of  ages, 
The  Roman  empire  fallen  I  O  curft  ambition  I 
Fairn  into  Cajfar's  hands  !  Our  great  fore-fathers 
Had  left  him  nought  to  conquer  but  bis  country. 
J  U  B  A. 
While  Cato  lives,  Caefar  will  bluA  to  fee 
Mankind  enilavM,  and  be  aiham'd  of  empire. 
CATO. 
Csefar  afluunM  I  has  not  he  feen  Pharfalia  I 

LUCIUS. 
Cato»  *tis  time  thou  fave  thyfclf  and  us.  • 

CATO. 
Lofc  not  a  thought  on  me.    I  'm  out  of  danger. 
Heaven  frill  not  leave  me  in  the  vigor's  hand. 

CieM- 


e     A     T      O.^  St7 

CliArflfldlaQHrlcft  I  ^»  coo^ucr^d  Ci^ 

VnAvadmn^boai^z  athouhuidtecretterroct 
Rile  in  my  foul  c  how  ihall  I  fave  my  fn^jMils  } 
*Tis  ]i09r«  O  C«i»r«  X  be^n  to  fe»r  thde. 
LUCIUS. 
Csiar  hasmercyy  if  we  aik  it  of  lum.  • 
C  A  T  O. 

Tlien  adb  it,  I  onifiv^  you  i  Itt  him  kn^w 
Whate*er  was  done  agaiuft  him,  Cato  did  it. 
Add,  if  ysa  phraiby  that  I  requeft  it  of  himt 
Tiiat  I  myftlfy  with  tears/  requeft  it  of  himt 
The  virtue  of  n^  friends  may  paTs  unpuniih'd. 
Jubat  my  heart  is  troubled  for  thy  fake* 
Should  I  adnft  thee  to  regain  Numidiai 
Or  ffltk  the  coo^uerer  ? 

J  u  B  a; 

Iflforfaketfaoe 
Whilft  I  have  lift,  may  heaven  abandon  Juba  I 
CATO. 
Thy  virtues,  prince,  if  I  forcfcc  aright, 
Will  one  day  make  thee  great  5  at  Rome  hereafter, 
•Twill  be  no  crime  to  have  been  Gate's  friend. 

Fortius,  draw  near  I  my  fon,  thou  oft  hatt  feen 
Thy  fire  engagM  in  a  corrupted  ftate, 
Wreftliog  with  vice  and  fa£lion  :  now  thou  icvil  me 
Spent,  oveipower'd,  defpairing  of  fucceis  {  . 
Let  me  advife  thee  to  retreat  betimes 
To  thy  paternal  feat,  the  Sabine  field, 
Where  tbegrpat  Ccnfor  toiPd  with  his  own  hands, 

Y4  An«l 


3i«  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

And  all  our  frugal  anceftors  were  blefs'd 
In  humble  virtues,  and  a  rural  life. 
There  live  retir'd  5  pray  for  the  peace  of  Rome ; 
Content  th3rfelf  to  be  obfcurely  good. 
When  vice  prevails,  and  impious  men  bearfway^. 
The  poft  of  honour  is  a  private  ftation. 
FORTIUS. 

I  hope,  ray  father  <!oes  not  recommend 
A  life  to  Fortius,  that  he  fcoms  himfelf. 
C  AT  O. 

Farewell,  my  friends  !  if  there  be  any  of  you* 
That  dares  not  truft  the  viftor*s  clemency. 
Know  there  are  ihips  prepared  by  my  command,. 
(Their  fails  already  opening  to  the  winds) 
That  /hall  convey  you  to  the  wifh'd-for  port. 
Is  there  aught  elfe,  my  friends,  I  can  do  for  you  ? 
The  conqueror  draws  near.    Qnce  more  farewell ! 
If  e'er  we  meet  hereafter,  we  lliall  meet 
In  happlier  climes  and  on  a  fafer  fhore. 
Where  Caefar  never  fliall  approach  us  more. 
There  the  brave  youth,  with  love-  of  virtue  firM, 

[Pointing  to  the  body  of  his  deadfok. 
Who  greatly  in  his  country's  caufe  expir'd, 
Shati  know  he  conquered.     The  firm  patriot-  there 
(Who  made  the  welfare  of  mankind  his  care) 
Though  ftill,  by  faction,  vice,  and  fortune,  croft. 
Shall  find  the  generous  labour  was  not  loft. 


END  OF  THE  FOURTH  ACT. 


ACT 


e^    A     T     (X  )t^ 


ACT  V.    SCENE  K 

CATa>Uiv, 

iMag  m  M  Omigktfi^f^hiri:  Im  bU  bmrid  PIato*s  b$ok 
m  tb£  MumrtsGi;^  •/  tbefouL  A  drawn  jkvcrJ  $m 
OeuMefybitm. 

IT  maft  be  fo— Plato,  tlura  reafon^ft  well !— -— 
Ette  ^dience  this  pleafing  hope,  thit  fond  defirei 
Thit  loogiiig  after  inmiortalay  ? 
Or  ^riioice  thit  iecret  dmd,-  and  inward  horror,, 
Of  faUing  into  jao^i^i  Why  fiirinks  the  fouL 
Back  oa  herfelf,  and  ftartles  at  deftniaion  ? 
*Tls  die  divinity  that  ftirs  within  us  | 
*Tit  hHnren  itfelf,  that  points  out  an  hereafter,. 
And  intioiates  eternity  to  man. 
Eternity  I  thou  pleafing,  dreadful,  thought  I 
Through  what  variety  of  untry'd  being. 
Through  what  new  fcenes  and  changes  muft  we  paft  1 
The  wide,  th*  unbounded  profpe£^,  lies  before  me  ) 
But  fliadows,  clouds,  and  darknefs,  reft  upon  it. 
Here  will  I  hold.     If  there  *8  a  power  above  us, 
(And  that  there  is  all  nature  cries  aloud 
Through  all  her  works)  he  muft  delight  in  virtue ; 
And  that  which  he  delights  in  muft  be  happy. 
But  when  I  or  where !— This  world  was  made  for  Cxfar* 
\  Sa  weary  of  conjefiures— -This  muft  end  them* 

[Lajing  bis  band  upon  bisfnvord' 
Thut 


3^0  ADDTSON'S    POEMS. 

Thus  am  I  doubly  arm*d  :  my  death  and  life, . 
My  bane  and  antidote,  are  both  before  me ; 
This  in  a  moment  brings  me  to  an  end ; 
But  this  informs  me  I  (hall  never  die. 
The  foul,  fecurM  ii>  her  exigence,  fmiles 
At  the  drawn  dagger^  and  defies  its  point. 
The  ftars  ihall  fade  away,  the  fun  himfelf 
Grow  dim  with  age,  and  nature  (ink  in  years; . 
But  thou  (halt  ilourifh  in  immortal  youth, 
Unhurt  amidft  the  war  of  elements, 
The  wrecks  of  matter,  and  the  craih  of  worhie. 

What  means  this  heavinels  that  hangs  upon  ntf ' 
This  lethargy  that  creeps  through  all  my  i«nfes  f 
Nature  opprefs'd,  and  karrafs'd  ont  with  care. 
Sinks  down  to  reft.     This  once  I  Ml  favour  her,  • 
That  my  awakenM  foul  may  take- her  flight. 
Renewed  in  all  her  ftrength,  and  fi*efti  vriA  )aft,  ■ 
An  oflfering  fit  for  heaven.    Let  guilt  or  fear 
Difturb  man's  reft :  Cato  knows  neither  of  theni»  -. 
Indifferent  in  his  choice,  te  flcep  or  die. 

Enter  FORTIUS. 

But  ha  !  how*s  this,  my  fon  ?  why  this  intrufion  ? 
Were  not  my  orders  that  I  would  be  private  ? 
Why  am  I  difobey'd  ? 

P  OR  T  lU  S. 

Alas,  my  father  I  , 
What  means  this  fword  ?  this  iufirument  of  death  ? 
Let  me  convey  it  henoe  I 

CATO. 


•  "  '  O*   A*    T'^   Oi  33r' 

CATO, 

<Rilh  ytradi»  Ibi^enrl 
PORTIU8. 
0^  lei  the  prayers»  th*  entreatiet  of  your  friends^ 
Tkeip  tMM,  tkdr  common  dtngery'  umA  it  from  ]rau.  . 

CA  T  O. 
Woaldft  tiioRi  betray  me  ?  would^ft  thoii  giTe  me  up . 
AtUvey  a  captiTe»  into  Caefar't  hands  ? 
Rctiriy  and  learn  obedience  to  a  ^^thcr. 
Or  ktlami  young '9ian  >.««—•  • 

PO«  TIU  8. 

Look  not  thus  (hinily  on  me  |  . 
yba  kbcMT  I  *d  nther  die  than  diibbey  yon; 
C  A  T  0, 
^He^wdlJ-agaia  I 'm  mafter  of  myftlf . 
Hofw,  Oefiur,  let  thy  troops  befet  our  gates^  .. 
AAd  bur  each  aTenue^  thy  gathering  fleets 
O'er-fpread  the  (ea,  and  ftop  up  every  port  f  , 
Cato  fliall  open  to  himfelf  a  pafTage,. 
And  mock  thy  hopes--— 

PO  RTI  U  8. 

O  Sir,  forgive  your  fon, 
Whoie  grief  hangs  heavy  on  him  1  O  my  father  t 
How  am  {  fure  it  is  not  the  laft  time 
I  e*er  (hall  call  you  fo  t  Be  not  diiplfeas^dy 
0  be  not  angry  with  me  whilil  I  weep, 
Andy  in  the  anguifli  of  my  heart,  befeech  you 
To  quit  the  dicadfui  purpofe  of  your  foul. 
CATO, 
Thou  baft  been  ever  good  and  dutiful. 

[Em^raciMj  bim. 
Weep 


331  ADDISON'S    P  QE  M  S. 

Weep  not,  my  fon.     All  will  be  well  again. 

The  righteous  gods,  whom  I  have  fought  to  pleafe^ 

Will  fuccour  Cato,  and  preferve  his  children. 

FORTIUS. 

Your  words  give  comfort  to  my  drooping  heart- 

CATO* 

Fortius,  thou  may'ft  rely  upoa  my  conduft. 
Thy  father  will  not  a£l  what  mifbecoraes  him. 
But  go,  my  fon,.  and  fee  if  aught  be  wanting. 
Among  thy  father's  friends  :  fee  them  embarkM  {: 
And  tell  me  if  the  winds  and  feas  befriend  them. 
My  foul  is  quite  weigh'd  down  with  care,  and  afks 
The  foft  refrefliment  of  a  moment's  deep,    '         lEjfit^ 
FORTIUS. 

My  thoughts  are  more  at  eafe,  my  heart  revives. 

Enter  MAR  CIA. 

O  Marcia,  O  my  fifter,  ftil!  there 's  hope  \ 
Our  father  will  not  caft  away  a  life 
So  needful  to  us  all,  and  to  his  country* 
He  is  retir'd  to  reft,  and  feems  to  chcrifli 
Thoughts  full  of  peace.     He  has  difpatch'd  me  hence 
With  orders,  that  befpeak  a  mind  composed, 
And  ftudious  for  the  fafety  of  his  friends. 
Marcia,  take  care  that  none  difturb  his  (lumbers.  \_ExH- 
MARCIA. 
O  ye  irahiortal  powers,  that  guard  the  juft. 
Watch  round  his  couch,  and  foften  his  repofe, 
Baniih  his  forrows,  and  becalm  his  foul 
With  eafy  dreams  ;  remember  all  his  virtues  ! 
And  ihow  mankind  that  goodnefs  is  }'our  care. 

Eatir 


r- 


CATC.  333 

£/tf/r  LUCIA. 


LUCIA. 
^Where  it  yotir  fother^  Marcia,  where  is  Cato.? 

M  A  R  C  I  A. 
Lucia,  ipeak  low  $  he  it  retired  to  reft. 
Lucia,  I  feel  a  gently-dawning  hope 
Mi&  in  toy  Ibul.    We  Ihall  be  happy  fUIL 
LUCIA. 
Alas,  I  tremble  when  I  think  on  Cato. 
In  cfeiy  ^r&ew,  .in  e?ery  thought,  I  tremble:! 
Cato  it  ffern,  and  awful  at  a  god  ^ 
He  knowt  not  how  to  wink  at  human  frailty. 
Of  pardon  wakneft,  that  he  never  felt. 
MARCJA. 
Thongfa  Aemiaftd  awful  to  the  foet  of  Rome, 
He  it  ail  goodneft,  Lucia,  alwayt  mild, 
Compaffionate,  and  gentle  to  hie  friends. 
Filled  with  domeftic  tendernefs,  the  beft. 
The  kindeft-father !  I  have  ever  found  him 
Eafy  and  good,  and  bounteous  to  my  wifhes. 
LUCIA. 
*Tit  bis  confent  alone  can  make  us  blefs'd. 
Marcia,  we  both  are  equally  involved 
In  the  lame  intricate,  perplexed,  diftrefs. 
The  cruel  hand  of  fate,  that  has  deftroy^d 
Thy  brother  Marcus,  whom  we  both  lament-* 
M  ARCI  A. 
Aad^cfer  fliall  lament,  -unhappy  youth  1 


hVCiK, 


:554  ADDISON'S    POEMS. 

LUCIA. 
Has  fet  my  foul  at  large,  and  now  I  (land 
Loofe  of  my  vow.     But  who  knows  Cato's  thoug] 
Who  knows  how  yet.  he  may  difpole  of  PortiiiSy 
'.  Or  how  he  has  determined  of  thyfelf  ? 
M  A  R  C  I  A. 
Let  him  but  live  !  commit  the  refl  to  heaven. 

Eater  LVCIVS. 
LUCIUS. 
Sweet  are  the  flumbers  of  the  virtuouft  mail  I . 
"■■  O  Marcia,  I  have  feen  thy  godlike  father: 
4  Some  power  invifible  fupports  his  foul, 
/'And  bears  it  up  in  aU  its  wonted  greatnefs. 
.  A  kind  refreshing  fleep  is  fallen  upon  him : 
.» I  faw  him  ftretch*d  at  eafe,  his  £ancy  loft 
In  pleaiing  dreams  ;  as  I  drew  near  bis  couch, 
/  He  fmird,  and  cry'd,  Caeiar,  thou  -caoft  not  hurt; 
M  A  R  C  I  A. 
His  mind  ftill  labours  with  fome^lreadful  thoug 

LUCIUS. 
Lucia,  why  all  this  grief,  thefe  floods  of  forrov 
Dry  up  thy  tears,  my  child ;  we  all  are  fafe 
While  Cato  lives— his. prefeoce  will  prote6k  us. 

Enter  JUBA. 
JU  B  A. 
Lucius,  the  horfemen  are  returnM  from  viewing 
The  number>  ftrength,  and  pofture  of  our  foes, 
.Who  now  cncaipp  within  a.ftxoit  hour's  march. 


%u 


it  higk  point  of  yon  bright  -wefl^crn  tower 
en  tbem  fiom  af:ir  j  the  fctting  fun 

on  their  ihbing  amis  aj\d  burniih  d  hrl 
:overs  nil  tJie  field  with  gbams  of  int» 

L  U  C  J   U  S, 
re  I  a,  ''tis  time  we  (hould  iwakt  thy  fi.tlicr. 

IS  ftill  difpos^d  10  glvt  us  ttfrmsj 
vaitB  at  diitance  *tiU  he  hears  Trom  Cstto* 

Eut^r  POJITIUS. 


s,  thy  lo<iks  fpcak  fotr 

t  6f  importance. 

tidings  dofl:  thou  brin; 

'ethink-s  I  f^c 

lal  gladneft  fparkling  i 

est 

PORT 

I  was  hafting  to  the  p< 

e  nofW 

thex's  friends,  imp^itic 

^  paflag?. 

"c  the  lingering  winds, 

iriiv'^d 

Pompey's  fon,  who  through  the  realms  of  Spain 

out  for  vengeance  on  his  f^ther*$  death, 

'ouzc»  the  whcle  nation  up  to  arms.  ' 

Cato  at  their  hcad^  once  more  might  Rofiae 

her  rights,  and  daim  her  liberty. 

ark !  whlit  mtan*  that  groan  ?  O  gi\re  me  wtj, 

et  mefly  itttamyfathei^s  prefence* 

L  U  C  I  U  s, 
0,  •«Biidfthi»ilumber8,  thinks  on  Rome^ 
Q  the  wild  diforder  of  his  foul 
us  o*er  bis  country }  ha  I  a  fecoBd  groan  {— • 

rMAItCI\A. 


33^  AD  D  I  SO  N*S    P  O  E  M  S. 

M  A  R  C  I  A. 

Alas  !  'tis  not  the  voice 
Of  one  who  deeps  !  'tis  agonizing  pain, 
'Tis  death  is  in  that  found— 

Re-enUrV  ORTIVS. 

FORTIUS. 

O  fight  of  woe  ! 
O  Marcia,  what  we  fear'd  is  come  to  pafs  \ 
Cato  is  fall*n  upon  his  Avord — 
LUCIUS. 

O  Fortius, 
Hide  all  the  horrors  of  thy  ijaournful  tale. 
And  let  us  guefs  the  reft. 

FORTIUS. 

I  \e  raisM  him  up. 
And  placM  him  in  his  chair,  where,  pale  and  faint, 
lie  gafps  for  breath,  and,  as  his  life  flows  from  him. 
Demands  to  fee  his  friends.     His  weeping  fervants, 
Obfequious  to  his  orders,  bear  him  hither. 

[The  back  Sce?ie  opens y  and  difcowers  Cato* 
MARCIA. 
O  heaven,  afTift  me  in  this  dreadful  hour 
To  pay  the  laft  fad  duties  to  my  father  I 
J  U  B  A. 
Thefe  are  thy  triumphs,  thy  exploits,  O  Caefar! 

LUCIUS. 
Now  18  Rome  fairn  indeed  !— 

[Cato  brought  forward  in  bis  cbair. 

CATO, 


I 


p 


]l7 

C  A  T  0. 

Here  fe         «fown-» 
Bortius,  come  twar  mc^^-are  my  frkfidt  «         k*d  ? 

Can  any  thing  be  though?  of  for  theit  lemcc  f  'ii 

Whilft  I  ytt  Itvcj  let  mr  not  l!\'c  in  vain, 
'•— O  Lucius,  art  tbou  h^ro?—- TIkju  art  too  good  !— 
Ltt  thk  our  friend ftiip  Jive  between  our  children  i 
Miike  Fortius  happy  i-^  thy  dtiughtei'  Lucia.  " 

Alaa  poor  man,  be  wi    us  !— Marcia,  my  dau^hter^ 
^^O  bend  me  fon'rard  a  love*  thee^  Marcia* 

A  Senator  of  Rome,         it-  j;%ome  furviT'd* 

liter  with  a  kin^. 


WouJd  not  have  laatc 
But  C*;far's  arms  hav 
Whoe^'er  h  brave  and 
—'I  'm  fick  to  death— 
From  this  viim  worldj 
■^-And  ytt  niethink«  t 
On  my  dep^irting  TduI. 
I  *Te  been  too  bal^y. 


vn  all  diAiJidion  | 
*«  '-i  Roman — 
f  get  looi« 
It  And  rom>w  [^ 
breaks  In 
AlaSj  1  Icaj" 
O  ye  powers,  that  fearch 


The  heart  of  man^  and  wdgh  his  inmaft  though ti. 
If  I  have  done  am if^,  impure  it  not  !  — 
The  bcA  may  err,  but  you  are  good,  and-*-o   |  [DtfS. 
LUCIUS. 
There  fled  the  greateft  foul  that  ever  warm'd 
A  Roman  breaft.     O  Cato  !  O  my  friend  ! 
Thy  will  fhall  be  religioufly  obferv'd. 
But  lee  HI  bear  this  awful  corpfe  to  Cxfar, 
And  lay  it  in  his  fight,  that  it  may  (land 
A  fesec  betwi%t  ms  and  the  viflor's  wrath ; 
Cit0>  though  dead,  ihall  iiill  prote^  hit  friends. 

Z  Froi« 


Aud  robs  the  guilty  world  of  Cato's  life. 

lExeunt  On 


END  OF  THE  FIFTH  ACT. 


t  tn  1 


EPILOGUE 
WRITTEN  BY  S3R  SAMUEL  GARTH* 

WHAT  <Kld  fmtaffic  tkings  we  women  do  ! 
Wlio  would  not  llften  when  young  1  over*  woo? 
But  die  n  maid,  yet  have  the  choice  of  two  \ 
Ladies  are  often  cru«l  to  thtir  coft  i 
To  gi^c  you  prntif  themfcNes  they  punlfh  moil, 
Vaws  of  virginity  fhould  well  be  weigh  M  ; 
Too  ofr  they're  canccl'dj  though  in  convents  made. 
Would  you  revenge  fuch  ralh  refolves— you  may 
Be  fpitcful— and  believe  the  thing  we  fay, 
W^e  hate  yon  when  you^rc  cafily  hid  nay, 
Howneedlefsy  if  you  knew  us,  were  your  fears  ! 
Let  love  have  eyes,  and  beauty  will  have  ears. 
Our  hearts  are  form'd  as  you  yourfelves  would  chufe. 
Too  proud  to  a(k,  too  humble  to  refufe  : 
We  give  to  merit,  and  to  wealth  we  fell : 
He  (ighs  with  moft  fuccefs  that  fettles  well. 
The  woes  of  wedlock  with  the  joys  we  mix : 
•Tis^eft  repenting  in  a  coach  and  fix. 

Blame  not  our  condu6l,  fince  we  but  purfuc 
Thofc  lively  leflbns  we  have  learnt  from  you. 
Your  breails  no  more  the  fire  of  beauty  warms. 
But  wicked  wealth  ufurps  the  power  of  charms. 

Z  a  '  What 


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} 


She  is  no  goddefs  that  has  nought  to  give. 
Oh,  may  once  more  the  happy  age  appear. 
When  words  were  artlefs,  and  the  thoughts  fince 
When  gold  and  grandeur  were  unenvy'd  things. 
And  courts  Icfs  coveted  tlian  groves  and  fprings 
Love  then  fhall  only  mourn  when  truth  complain; 
And  conftancy  feel  tranfport  in  its  chains : 
Sighs  with  fucccfs  their  own  foft  anguifh  tell. 
And  eyes  fliall  utter  what  the  lips  conceal : 
Virtue  again  to  its  bright  ftation  climb. 
And  beauty  fear  no  enemy  but  time  i 
The  fair  fhall  liften  to  defert  alone. 
And  every  ^ucia  find  a  Gate's  fon. 


CONTENTS 

Of 

A  D  D  I  8  O  N*8     POEMS. 


DEDICATION  Page  s 

Poem  to  Mr.  Drydcn  5 

A  Poem  to  hit  Majcfty— pitfentcd  to  the  Rigbt  Hon. 

Sir  Joha  Somtn,  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal» 

1695.  7 

To  the  King  9 

Tnaflstion  of  all  Vtjgil*e  Fourth  Gcorgic,  except 

^  Story  of  Ariteut  1 7 

Song  for  St.  Cecilia^t  Day»  at  Oxford  31 

Account  of  the  grcatcft  Engli/h  Poets.    To  Mr.  Ilcni  y 

Sacbeverell  34. 

Letter  from  Italy,  to  the  Right  Hon.  Charles  Loni 

Halifax,  1701  40 

Milton's  Style  imitated,  in  a  Tranflation  of  a  Story 

out  of  the  Third  iEncid  46 

The  Campaign,  a  Poem,  to  his  Grace  the  Duke  of 

Marlborough  5 1 

Cowley*t  Epitaph  on  himfclf  eS 


POEMATAf 


34*  THE   CONTENTS   OF 

PO  E  M  AT  A. 

Inauguratio  Regis  Gulielmi  69 

Honoratiifimo  viro  Carolo  Montagu,   armigero, 

fcaccarii  cancellario,    aerarii  prsfe£lo>    regi  a 

fccretioribus  confiliis,  &c.  71 

Pax  Gulielmi  aufpiciis  Europae  reddita,  1697  72 
Barofkietri  defcripfio  78 

Praelium  inter  Pygmseos  et  Grues  commiffum'  81 
Refurreftio  delineata  ad  altare  Col.  Magd.  Ox.  80 
Sphserifterium  90 

Ad  D.  D.   Hannesy    infigniiCraum  medicum   & 

poetam  93 

Machinae    gefficulantes ;    Anglice,    A    Puppet- 

Sbow  95 

Ad    inlignifTimum  vfrum   D.   Tho.  Buraettum,  ' 

facrae  theoriae  telluris  auclorem  98 

Translations. 

Horace,  Book  III.  Ode  If  r.  100 

The  Vefta!,  from  Ovid  de  Faftis,  Lib.  III.  El.  i. 

105 

Ovid  Metam.  Book  U.  • 

The  Story  of  Phaeton  106 

Phaeton's  Sifters  transfonned  into  Tree*  118 

The  Transformation  of  Cycnus  into  a  Swan  120 

The  Story  of  Califto  122 

The  Story  of  Coronis,  and  Birth  of  .^fculapius  i?8 

Ocyrrhoe  transformed  to  a  Mare  132 

The  Transformation  of  Battus  to  a  Touch-ftone 

134 
Trans. 


ADDISON^S    POEMS*  %^i 

Tlw  Swry  of  Aglitiro*,    irflsftsfbrm^   into  m 

Statue  1 15 

Europe's  Rape  i4« 
Ovid  Memm.  BcTok  IIL 

The  Story  of  Cadmus  144. 
The  Trans formfltion  of  ASt^eon  into  a  Stag  1 50 

The  Birth  of  Bacchus  154. 

The  Transformation  of  Tire fi as  157 

The  Transformation  of  Echg  i   S 

>The  Stoiy  0  f  N  arc  ill  us  1  fi  o 

The  Story  of  Pentheus  165 

The  M ari ners  trans foriti ed  to  Dolphins  167 

The  Dtath  of  Peiitheus  171 
Ovid  Met.  Book  IV- 

Tht  Story  of  Salmacis  and  Hermaphroditns  174. 

Notes  on  the  foregoing  Stories  In  Ovid's   Me- 

tamorphofe$ 

On  the  Story  of  Phaeton  179 

On  Europa's  Rape  1B6 

On  the  Stories  in  the  Third  Book 

Fab.  I.  187 

Fab.  II.  I9Z 

Fab.  Ill,  J93 

Fab.  V.  194. 

Fab.  VI,  196 

Fab.  Vn.  198 

Fab.  VIII.  IX.  i9« 

£fl*ay  on  Virgil's  Georgics  ftoo 

A  Mis* 


544  THECONTENTS. 

Miscellaneous  PoeiIs. 

To  Sir  Godfrey  Knciler,  on  his  Pijhire  of  the 

King  ais 

Prologue  to  Smitb's  Phaedra  and  Hippolitiit  S15 

Prologue  to  Steele**  Tender Huflnnd  iai6 

Epilogue  to  Lanfdowne**  Britiih  Enchaaters  21S 

-An  Ode  for  St.  Cecilia's  Day  21^ 

An  Ode  %%% 

An  Hymn  ai  j 

An  Ode  225 

An  Hymn  aay 

Paniphrafe  on  Plalm  xxiiL  229 

The  Play-houfe  230 

On  the  Lady  Mancbefter  234 
Veries  to  the  Author  of  the  Tragedy  of  Cato  asyf— 

»— —  left  with  the  Printer  by  an  unknown  hand  243 
— —  upon  Mr.  Addifon^s  Cato  245 

,         on  Cato,  occafioned  by  Mr.  Addifon^s  Tra* 
gedy  of  that  Name.  By  Mr.  Copping  247 
Prologue  by  Mr.  Pope  248 

Cato  »5« 

Epilogue  by  Sir  S.  Garth  33  j 


THE  END  OF  ADDISON'S  POEMS. 


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V 


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THE 

WORKS 

O  F      T    H   K 

W  G  L  I  S  II      POETS. 
>     R     E     F     A     C     E     S, 

>GRAPHICAI.    AM)    CRITICAL, 

BY    SAMUKL    JOHNSON. 


L  U  M  K     T  tl  K     I   W  I.  N   I   V      •   O  (    J'   I   If. 


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BLACKMOR  E'S 


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CREATION. 


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R      E      A      T     I      O     N; 

!|  A    PHILOSOPHICAL 

I       P         O         E  M- 

i  IN      S  E  \^  E  N      BOOKS, 

By  Sit  RICHARD  ELACfcMORE,  Knr.  M.  Dr 
iSHD   l-£tthQW  OF  THE    CoLLHril   Of  pHYSIlTIANir 
IN  London^ 


**  PH  net  pie  faliim,  sc  terras  cainp6rquc  liqnrntctj 
*» LuCitiJamque  giobiflrti  lynac,  Tiraniatjuc  aftra 

*"  Inde  bodiinufn,    pecudumquE  genu^T  vitf  que  VQUn^UIn, 
*-  Et  cjujc  marmor^o  fcrt  nn^ufiri  fuU  xquore  poniui/" 


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[    S    ] 


PREFACE. 


TT  hm  be»Q  the  opinion  of  miny  perfoni  of  grrtt 
^  fenfe  and  iMrntng,  thu  the  Knowledge  of  %  God, 
%l  fpel)  ai  Ibme  other  felf-evident  and  uncooteihul  no- 
titprnt  it  bora  wkh  uti  and  exifti  antccedeoc  to  any 
paneiicion  cr  operapon  of  the  mind.  They  e^tprcfi 
dmnfelvni  on  Kbit  fubjeflt  in  metapliorical  termiy  aho- 
fail^r  nobaGOiiiint  philofopliical  and  judiciout  enqui- 
ritt,  wbil«  they  aflfert,  that  the  knowledge  of  a  God  i» 
imtnrbven  with  our  cooAitution,  that  it  is  writteni  en- 
ginrctty  ftampc,  and  tmprinred  in  clear  and  difcerniblD 
«htra£^«rs  oo  the  heart  ^  in  which  manner  of  fpccch 
ibey  ^ffe&  to  foliow  tiie  g;reat  orator  jof  the  Rptnani. 

By  thefe  unartful  phrafet  they  can  mean  nothing  but 
thtt«  that  the  propo6tiQn,'J*NER£  is  aC^oo,  is  actually 
^aidcoc  in  tlic  oiiod,  as  foon  as  the  mind  ha^  its  be- 
ing; and  ia  not  at  firft  acquired,  though  it  may  ho 
ffterwards  confirmed,  by  any  a6^  of  rcafon,  by  any 
argument  or  demonftration.  I  mufl  confefs  my  inabi* 
lity  to  conceive  this  inbred  knowledge,  thrfe  oiigtnal 
indcfcndsot  ideas,  that  owe  not  their  being  to  the  ope- 
l^ation  of  the  underftanding,  but  arCi  1  know  not  how, 
coDgemte  and  co-eiillent  with  it. 

B  X  for 


4  PREFACE       TO 

For  bow  a  man  can  be  faid  to  have  knowliedge  be- 
fore he  knows,  how  ideas  can  exift  in  the  min^  with- 
out and  before  perception,  I  mud  own  is  too  difficult 
for  me  to  comprehend.  That  a  man  is  horn  witk  a 
faculty  or  capacity  to  know,  though  as  yet  witKout 
any  a£hial  knowledge  ;  and  that,  as  the  eye  has  a  na- 
tive difpofition  and  aptitude  to  perceive  the  light,  when 
fitly  offered,  though  as  yet  it  never  exercifed  any  aft 
of  vifion,  and  had  no  innate  images  in  the  womb  ;  f« 
the  mind  is  endued  with  a  power  and  faculty  to  know 
and  perceive  xhe  truth  of  this  propofition,  Theue  w  a- 
God,  as  foon  as  it  (hall  be  reprcfented  to  it;  all  this  is 
clear  and  intelligible  ;  but- any  thing  more  is,  as  I  liav© 
faid,  above  my  reach.  In  this  opinion,  which  I  had 
many  years  ago  entertained,  I  was  afterwards  con- 
firmed by  the  famous  autlior  of  tlic  Elfay  of  Human 
Underftanding.  Nor  can  1  fee,  that  by  this  do6trin© 
the  argument  for  the  exiftence  of  a  Deity,  drawn  from 
the  general  aiTent  of  all  nations  (excepting  perhaps 
fome  few,  who  are  fo  barbarous  that  they  approach^ 
very  near  the  condition  of  brute  animals),  is  at  all  in- 
validated. For  fuppofing  there  is  no  inbred  know-' 
ledge  of  a  God  ;  yet  if  mankind  generally  aflent  to  itj 
whether  their  belief  proceeds  from  their  reflcfHonon 
themfelves,  or  on  the  vifiblc  creation  alx)ut  them,  it 
will  he  certainly  true,  that  the  exiftence  of  a'Dcity  car- 
ries with  it  the  cleareft  and  nioft  uncontrolable  evi» 
tUnce ;  fince  mankind  fo  readily  and  fo  univerfally  per- 
ceive and  embrace  it.  Jt  deferves  confideration^' 
tliat  St.  Faul  upon  tliis^  argument  does  not  appeal  to 

the 


BLAGKMORE's    CREATION.  s 

flic  IW^liE  widtiii>  or  to  any  char^^era  of  tlie  Divine  Be- 
ing otigmally  etigriiveii  on  che  he  art,  hut  t1cdut:4:«  ihc 
caufe  from  the  c^tct,  anci  from  the  creation  infeis  the 
Creator,  a 

Ft  h  very  probable  that  thoft  ^A?ho  l>cliciT  an  itrnacc 
idea  of  a  Divmu  Betog,  un  produced  by  ^^y  operatidn 
©t'  tlic  mir^dp  were  led  by  thin  to  another  opinion, 
namely,  that  there  never  was  iu  the  world  a  real  Atheift 
in  bdicf  and  i|iet:iilatieii,  how  m an v  fotiver  there  m^v 
have  ticen  in  life  arid  pra^ice*  Bur,  upon  due  txanii- 
nation^  thU  opinioo,  i  imaginci  will  not  alji4e  tlie  uii^ 
which  I  Jliall  pndcavour  to  make  evidsint. 

But,  before  I  enter  upon  this  futye^lrT  it  fcem?  pi  opt  r 
to  take  notice  of  the  spology^  which  fcvcral  pcrJonsi  of 
great  learning  and  can:lour  hure  made  for  many  fambus 
meflf  aad  gT^2.i  pbilofopher^t  unjufily  a  ecu  fed  of 
impiety. 

Whoever  fiiall  fee  alxjiati  to  mend  the  world,  and  re- 
form mco's  notions,  a 5  well  as  their  manners,  will  cer- 
tainls^  be  the  mark  of  much  icamlal  nnd  reproach  ;  and 
will  effe£tuaily  be  convinced,  that  it  is  roo  pcjlfiblc  the 
j^aEefl  lovers  and  benefactors  of  mankind  may  bt 
Tcpre fenced  by  the  muliituik,  whofe  opinions  tht-y 
«ootradi£t,  as  the  worft  of  men*  Tl^e  hardy  iTnder- 
takcrs,  who  esprefs  their  zeal  to  reftify  the  fcntttftcni*; 
<>fa  pr^jtitliccd  people  in  iTiatttrs  of  religion,  who  la- 
^ur  to  fiein  the  tide  of  popijlar  error,  Ind  ftrike  at 
the  fouotlations  of  any  ancient,  cfi^blifhed  fuperftltjonj 
muft  themfclvctt  cxpc<5l  to  ht:  trcaW  ^s  "pragniatical  anH 
thjolenc  inoovaEOrs,  diflun^^rs  of  U^l  public  peace, 
B  J  arid 


6  PREFACE       TO 

and  the  grctt  enemies  of  religion.  Tlic  obfervation  of 
all  iges  corfinns  this  truth ;  and,  if  any  man  who  is 
douUful  of  it  would  try  the  experiment^  I  rtiake  ii6 
queftion  he  will  very  foon  be  thoroughly  convinced. 

It  is  no  wonder,  therefore,  that  Anaxagoras,  thdttgli 
lie  was  the  firft  philofopher  who  plainly  a(%n«d  ail 
Eternal  Mind  by  whofe  power  the  world  v/%s  JdMtf  fbl: 
oppofing  the  public  worihip  at  Athensi  whofe  refined 
wits  were  plunged  in  the  moft  fenfelefs  idolatryi  aiWl 
particularly  for  denying  the  divinity  of  tlie  San,  fboold 
be  copdepined  for  irreligion»  and  treafon  againft  the 
Gods;  and  be  heavily  fined  and  banifhed  the  city. 
It  is  no  wonder,  after  fo  (harp  a  perfecution  of  this 
zealous  reformer,  tliat  Socrates,  the  next  fuccei&r  but 
one  to  Anaxagoras,  and  the  lad  of  the  Ionic  fchiioU  for 
dppofiog  their  fcandalous  rabble  of  deities,  and  afiert^ 
ingone  Divine  Being,  ihould  be  condemned  for  Athcxfisi, 
and  put  to  death,  by  blind  iuper^ition  and  inn^acable 
bigotry. 

Some  have  l>ccn  condemned  by  their  antagonifts  for 
impiety,  wlio  maintain  pofitions,  which  tliofc  from 
whom  they  dilfcnt  imagine  have  a  tcmicncy  to  tlic 
difbelicf  of  a  Deity.  But  thi^  is  a  manifcit  violation 
of  jullicc,  as  well  as  candour,  to  impute  to  any  man 
the  remote  confaiuences  of  his  opinion,  which  lie  him- 
fclf  difclaims  and  detcfls,  and  who,  if  he  faw  the 
cgnocxiun  of  his  principles  with  fuch  conduiion^ 
vrottld  readily  renounce  tliem.  No  man  can  be  rea* 
ionibly  charged  with  more  opinions  than  he  own»t 
and  if  ilrs  juilice  were  obfcrved  in  polemical  liifcourfcs. 


of  Hieol»  flt  fldldfcfhyj  jaamy  iieifQiit  b»d 

itar  aiwry  4UitasiMitib  hwre  ^tboughc  ifil  to  4i  upon 
idieBi*  No  otkc  therefore  it  to  be  reputed  an  Acheill, 
w  «o  eaemy  lo*feUgion»  ppen  the  •ceottnc  df  m^  er« 
tooeoQt  oprntoof  from  wfakh  mother  nay  by  a  long 
tUn  fH  feqoels  -draw  that  conclufion^  much  Wfs  kv 
luiUiqg  any  dodrines  in  philorophy»  which  the  com- 
•noB  people  are  not  able  to  examine  or  ^ompctheiKi^' 
iKhio,  frtien  they  meddle  with  ^pecttlatiom*  of  wKkil 
ihttf  vc  unqualified  to  judge,  will  be  at  apt -to  -cen* 
fore  A  plUbfopharfor^ui  Athoift,  at  an  ^ftronomer  kK 
oni^cixo* 

1  would  fain  too  in  tint  place  miike  fome  apology 
for  the  ^at  numbert  of  looTe  and  vicious  mti^  who 
U^f^  ot  teligtony  and  feem  in  their  conyedation  to 
^difdaim  ^  belitff  of  a  Dei^.  'I  do  net  mean  an  apo« 
logy  for  their  practice,  but  ;their  opinion.  I  hope 
thefe  unhappy  perfonsi  at  Itraft  the  greatefl  part,  who 
4iave  given  up  the  reins  to  theh*  palTions  and  exorbitanc 
appetites,  are,  rather  than  Athcids,  a  carelefs  and  (lu- 
■pid  fort  of  creatures,  who,  either  out  of  a  fupine  tem- 
per, or  for  fear  of  being  diilurbccl  with  r-emorfcin  their 
Ainwarraotable  eirjoyments,  never  foburly  coniidcr  with 
therofclves,  or  exercifc  their  reafon  on  things  of  the 
higheft  importance.  Thefe  pcrfons  never  examine  the 
arguments  that  enforce  tl^  belief  of  a  Deity,  and  the 
obligacions  of  religion  :  but  take  the  word  of  their  in« 
genious>friends,  or  fome  atheidical  pretender  to  philo- 
{ofhy,  who  alTurcs  them  there  is  no  God,  and  thcrc- 
B  4  fuic 


BL^pKMaRE'S  CRtEATION.  ^ 

i.of  dMiiclcft  oft  God.  1  do  noi  iffirm,  thnc 
idet  of  A  God  implies  the  reUtion  of  a  Crcatori 
JboCyfince  in  die  deinonilration  of  tha  axtftance  of  a  God 
we  ai^gue  from  the  cHtfi  to  the  caufoi  and  proeefd 
from^tlie  contemplation  of  the  creature  to  the  know* 
ledge  of  the  Creator,  it  it  evident  we  cannot  know  tliere 
iaa  God»  but  we  rauft  know  him  to  be  the  Maker* 
iandy  if  the  Maker*  then  the  Governor  and  BcnefaAor  of 
{be  world.  Could  there  be  a  God*  who  i*t  entirrly 
regardlels  of  things  without  him,  who  i»  perfc^Iy  un- 
concealed with  the  dire£Bon  and  government  oi  tlie 
wofldy  is  altogether  indiAereht  uiietlier  we  woi/liip 
or  affront  himi  and  i&  neirlicr  plcaTed  nor  difpIcaCcd 
with  any  of  our  a^^ions  i  he  would  certainly  to  u«  l>e 
the  fame  -as  no  God.  The  log  in  tlic  fable  would  be 
dttg^her  as  venerable  a  Deity  i  fur  if  he  hu  no  con- 
pem  widi  us,  it  it  plain  we  have  none  with  him  t  if 
we  are  noi  fubje£l  to  any  laws  he  \m  made  for  us  we 
can  never  be  obedient  or  difobcdicnt*  nor  can  we  need 
forgivcnefs,  or  cxpc£l  reward.  If  we  are  not  the  fub- 
Jeds-of  his  care  and  prote£lion,  we  can  owe  hitn  no 
love  or  gratitude;  if  he  either  docs  not  hear  or  dif- 
regards  our  prayers,  how  impertinent  is  it  to  build 
temples,  and  to  worfiiip  at  his  altars  I  In  my  opinion, 
fuch  notions  of  a  Deity,  which  lay  the  axe  to  the  root 
of  9l\  religion,  and  make  all  tlic  cxjircdions  of  ii  idle 
and  lidiculous;  which  dcflioy  the  dirr.<  .i<o'i  of  y^nixi 
and  bad,  all  moraiicy  of  our  a/Hoh',,  i:.,ii  remove  all 
the  grounds. and  reafons  of  fear  uf  punilhm<rt,  vuX 
hope  of  reward  I    will  juflly   denominate   a   :..    .    an 

Athcifr, 


ve  FUEFACE     TO 

Adietfty  though  he  ever  fo  mudi  difclaims  that  igso* 
cmnions  title. 

Tlialev  tlie  fonnder  of  the  Ionic  ichooT,  and  die 
fhilofiopliers  who  iocceeded  hiniy  AnaaaiDaodec,  Ajiau> 
nienes  Diogenet  Apollienaces,  Anaxagoras,  and  Ar- 
clicUufy  are  cenfured  by  Ariflocle  as  d'ffbelierers  of  a 
Deity  %  the  reafon  lie  ^vc%  is,  that  th^e  philofupheny 
in  treating  of  the  principles  of  the  world,  never  intiO' 
4ucc  the  Detcy  as  the  efficient  caufe.  But  if  it  be 
■confidcred,  diet  naturiA  fctence  was  then  in  its  infaiicpy 
and  that  thofe  primitive  philolbphers  only  undertook 
to  account  for  the  material  principle  out  of  wUck 
die  world  was  made,  which  one  aflerted  to  be  water, 
one  fire,  another  airj  though  this  may  prove  diac 
d)ey  fonned  but  a  lame  and  unfinifhcd  fcheme  of  phi- 
lofophy^  yet  k  does  not  evince,  that  they  denied  the 
■being  of  a  God,  or  that  they  did  not  believe  liim  to 
be  the  efficient  caufe  of  all  diings.  It  is  indeed  a  con- 
vincing; evidence  that  their  philofophy  was  imperfefty 
.as  at  firft  it  migln  well  \k;  but  from  their  filcnce  or 
omilTion  of  him  in  their  fyftems,  when  tb.e^  dcfjgned 
•to  treat  only  of  the  material  catrfcs  of  doings,  it  is  un- 
reafonable  to  affirm  that  they  denied  his  4x:ing  -.  and  it 
is  certain  Anaxagoras  taught,  that,  Ijcfidcs  matter,  it 
was  abfolutely  neccifary  to  a(lcrt  a  Di^'ine  Mind,  the 
tContriver  and  Maker  of  the  world  ;  and  for  diis  religi- 
ous principle,  as  was  faid  before,  he  was  at  Athens  an 
ilUiftrioQt  conf-iror- 

After  die  death  of  Socrates,  the  Ionic  fchool  was 
foon  divided  into  various  fc£ls  and  phiiofophicul  par- 
ties:   of  die  Cyrenaic  fcbool,  Theodoras   ami   Dion 

Bo:ifthcnitci5, 


BLACitMORfe'S  CREAf  ION.         ti 

BtmSSheoltieSf  i^ere  irputed  Atheith,  cotittmners  of  the 
Godsy  and  dferidefs  of  religion.  Yet  (tnte  it  does  hbt 
aj^petr,  that  tbfcy  had  formed  anjr  impious  fcheme  of 
{iliilofoph3r)  or  maintained  their  irrtligion  by  any  pre* 
tetoded  i>rmdp}es  of  reafcm,  it  i^  not  lifnprobable  th^ft 
Htliife  men  \v^re  rather  abandoned  libertines,  withotft 
'consideration  and  refleSUoo,  than  ^calative  and  philo- 
fophical  Atheiils. 

Tlie  Italit  fchool,  to  its  great  dilhononr»  was  moit 
•fertile  in  impiety,  and  produced  a  greater  number  df 
thefc  irreligious  philofopliers.  The  mafler^y  who  fuc- 
-ceeded  their  famious  founder  Pythagoras,  foon  degene- 
rated from  his  rioble  and  pious  principles,  and  not  only 
xorruptecl  the  purity  of  his  doftrine,  Imt  lietaine  -down- 
right ifpoftates,  renouncing  the  belief  6f  a  Gbd,  imd 
■fubrcrting  the  foundations  of  religidb.  Leuci|>pUS, 
Democritus,  Diagoras,  and  Protjigoras,  were  Juftly 
reckoned  in  this  rank  ;  who  afTerted,  that  tlic  world  was 
made  by  the  cafual  combinarion  of  atoms,  without  any 
alllftance  or  dirc6lion  of  a  Divine  "Mind.  They  taught 
their  followers  this  doftrine,  fupportcd  it  with  argu* 
xnents,  and  lb  were  Atheifts  on  pretended  principles  of 
reafon.  But  among  all  the  ancient  obdurate  Atheifts^ 
'and  inveterate  enemies  of  religion,  no  one  feems  more 
iincere,  or  more  implacable,  than  Epicurus. 

And  though  this  perfon  was  perhaps  of  as  dull  an 
tinderdanding,  of  as  unrefined  thought,  and  as  littte 
fagacity  and  penetration,  as  any  man  who  was  evet 
complimented  With  the  name  of  a  philofopher;  yet  feve-« 
ral  great  mxs,  and  men  of  diftinguiihed  learning,  in  this 

laft 


.,»  P  R  E  F  A<:'E      TO 

lad  age,  have  been  plcafcd  to  give  the  world  liigk  «nco- 

iniums  of  his  capacity  and  fuperior  attainments. 

After  a  long  night  of  ignorance  had  overfpread  the 
face  of  Europe,  many  wife  men,  from  a  generous  love 
of  truth,  refolvcd  to  cxercife  their  reafon,  and  free 
themfelves  from  prejudice, .  and  a  fervile  veneration  of 
,great  names,  and  prevailing  authority }  and,  growing 
impatient  of  tyrannical  impofttions,  as  well  in  philofo- 
.phy  as  religion,  to  their  great  honour,  feparated  both 
from  the  church  of  Rome,  and  the  fchool  of  Ariftotle. 
Thefe  patriots  of  the  commonwealth  of  learning  com- 
bined to  reform  the  corruptions,  and  redrcfs  the  grie- 
vances, of  philofophy ;  to  pull  down  the  Peripatetic  mo- 
narchy«  and  fet  up  a  free  and  independent  f^ate  of  fci- 
.cnce  ;  and,  l)eing  fully  convinced  of  the  weaknefs  and 
unreafonablenefs  of  Ariftotle's  fyflem,  which  confided 
chicBy  of  words  without  any  determined  meaning,  and 
of  idle  metaphyfical  definitions,  of  which  many  were 
falfe,  and  many  unintelligible;  they  in  this  cafe  had 
rccourfe  to  the  Corpuicularian  hypothefis,  and  revived 
the  obfolcte  and  exploded  fvftem  of  Epicurus. 

Many  of  thefe  noble  leaders,  who  Jiad  declared 
againft  the  Peripatetic  ufurpation,  and  alTerted  the 
rights  and  liberties  of  human  underflanding,  called  in 
this  philofopher,  for  want  of  a  better,  to  depofe  Arif- 
totle.  And  though  a  j^eneral  revolution  did  not  fol- 
!]ow,  vet  ihe  ^'-.f^tion  from  the  prince  of  fcience,  as 
he  v.as,  once  cii.^nie;.  was  very  great.  When  thcfc 
firfi  I  foimeis  of  ArU'otle's  frhcol  had  elpoufed  the  in- 
tcrcO  oi  £picuius>  and  introduced  his  doctrines,  that 
4  .  his 


BLACKMORE^S  CRIATIOR  ij 
lih  hypotheiif  might  be  ^£ceH£^tJ  with  the  left  oppofi-^ 
nartt  they  thou^bt  it  neceflary  to  remove  the  ignomini- 
0\js^  ch arable r  of  impiety,  urrcttr  ivhkh  their  philosopher 
had  long  lam»  And  it  is  indeed  veiv  natural  for  a  man, 
who  has  emhraceU  another*s  notions  and  pfmciplcs,  to 
}>chevc  well  of  his  mafTei  j  and  to  fland  up  in  the  de- 
fence of  his  reptiration,  '1  he  learned  Gafk;idu$  Js 
eminent  ahove  all  others  for  the  warm  zeal  he  had  ex- 
prcfled,  and  tlic  i^reat  pains  ht  has  taken,  to  vindicate 
tlic  honour  of  EDicoruSi  and  dear  Im  chara^tr  from 
the  imputation  of  inc]ig:on. 

After  the  \inh3ppv  face  of  Anaxagoras  and  the 
great  Socrates,  jt  b  no  wonder  that  the  philofophcrs^ 
who  fucceeded,  fhoak'  grow  more  cautious  in  propa- 
gating their  opinions,  or  fear  of  provoking  the  ma* 
^irtrate,  and  making  tliemfchxs  obnoxious  to  the  laws- 
«f  their  country  J  and,  if  any  had  formed  irreligious 
fdicmeSt  it  is  to  be  fuppofed,  they  would  take  care  to 
guard,  as  wdl  a^  tluey  coukl,  a^ainfl  tire  puiiifliment 
to  be  infltfted  on  all  wIlo  denied  the  Gods,  and  tlLri- 
dcd  the  efUUUfbed  worfhip.  Anr  Athcjft  cannot  he 
iiippofed  to  be  fond  of  fufterinj^,  wheti  pain  and  death 
ace  what  he  diitfiy  abhors  ;  and  therefore  Epicurus^ 
who,  if  Cicero  and  Plutarch  knew  his  opinion,  wa^  a 
downrig^it  prTofdTed  ArhciH,  h^  not  in  tcrmii  denied^ 
but  indeed  alf^rrcd,  the  bcinj^  of  the  Gocis ;  and  fpcaks 
honourably  of  thcm^  fb  far  a^  regards  the  excellence 
of  fhdr  nature,  and  rhdr  happinefs.  But  when  ho 
delcribe»  his  Godii,  and  ^i^cs  them  a  human  face  and 
Itmbs^  and  fay  a  tbcy  are  neither  incorporeal  nor  cor- 

J'0^ea^| 


,4  PREFACE      TO 

poretl,  but*  a^  it  were  corporeal  i  wUIe  he  cscluUcf 
them  from  any  h^  in  making,  or  car^  in  gui^i^ 
ajad  goyerning,  the  wo^iMy  and  vndenahes  to  (l^w  tVia| 
all  tliingi  were  bcougkc  about  by  mete  pbaacf,  yr\ilst: 
cue  any  help  or  <tire^ion  of  t)ie  Gods,  wbQ  arf  4ltQ^ 
getlier  unconcerned  with  human  ai&irsy  ai)d  rfgltdlpla 
of  our  anions  ;  be  muft  laugh  in  himfelf,  and  be  fup^- 
pofed  to  have  formed  thi^  ridiculous  idea  of  a  Pivio^ 
Being  merely  to  tfcape  the  chara£ler  of  ap  ipptous 
philofopher.  For  though  he  owns  the  name  of  a  Qoda 
by  his  defci-iption  he  intirely  deilroys  the  Divine  Natufp. 
Nor  do  I  think 9  that  Ariftotle  can  be  defended  from 
the  charge  of  Alheifm  ;  for  while  he  affirmsi  tha(  tli« 
world  as  to  its  formation,  as  wejl  as  its  progreilion  aiu} 
duration,  is  independent  on  the  Gods,  ^nd  owes  no^ 
thing  to  their  power,  wifdomi  or  providence,  he  utterly 
fuhverts  all  pretence  to  religion  and  diviifc  wof(bi[>» 
and  comes  at  lafl  into  tlie  dregs  of  the  Spicurcaa 
icheme  vthis,  I  believe,  1  have  plainly  proved  in  the 
following  poem. 

As  to  the  motlcrn  Athcifts,  Vjninus,  Hobbes,  and 
Spinoff ;  I  have  fpoken  of  them  in  their  turn,  and  ibail 
not  anticipate  what  is  faid  hereafter. 

1  have  l;ccn  determined  to  employ  fome  of  my  leif^rc 
hours  in  writing  on  this  fubje<a,  by  the  melan.clK>lf 
reflection  I  have  often  made  on  the  growth  of  piopbane* 
nefs,  and  the  prevailing  power  of  loofe  and  irreligiout 
principles  in  this  nation. 

It  i'j  a  mortifying  confidcratioc  to  all  who  love  man-. 

kind,  and  vvifh  well  to  their  country,  that  thii  opinio^^ 

has  of   late  years,  abovv;   the   example  of   pad  ages, 

5  fpicad 


BLAqUfOKK'^S  CUKATION.         rs 

fppt.in  W9if'^  ivftocpce  &  &r  tod  wide»  thac 
afiH^  m^ib/i&mA  \ff  At  poi«er  w4'  niimber  of  itt- 
iftrwwi  k  Vcoiffiii  infeknc  and  fbnMiaGlt.  Tbofe 
i^pioM  auwMN^  whick  afmriVparty  in  the  lift  age,. 
^I^beo  ittfUiDcd  wU&  winCf  vented  in  private,  are  navr 
At^dttartaiwBRit  of  tb^  ooffce-houfcf  publicly  pto-i 
IriMj  and  m  m^ny  coapanies  fpokea  of  in  cool  bloody 
m  tbo-orduMur^  Aifcie^  of  convarftsioo. 

All  agea  bave  brought  forrh  fome  monften,  fiune- 
infaffiira  and  patnmi  of  ineligioo ;  monAers  in  re- 
^e&  of  tbair  icac€encft»  at  well  aa  deformity ;  but  tba 
tfinBii**g;  abundance  of  tbeib  odions  prodojkiont  is«  I 
Ipl^Bievi^  pcavliar  to-tfait  futile  age.  1  inv  ipt  to  thiaky 
^har  noib  wko  were  leckonad  Atbtifta  in  former  reigna 
wee  ratber  vnbitdkd  libartinei^  tbao  isreligious  ia 
yf^fiple  li  bat  now  we  art  k>  fas  advaocad,  thac  the 
ipttOkn  baa  fined  the  mtodi  the  Atheift  in- pra£Uce 
i$  become  ooe  in  fpeculatton,  and  loofenefs  of-  maancrs 
gnprored  to  tntellef^ual  impiety. 

Many  (which  is  wid)out  example)- exprefs  an  ardenc 
aeal  for  prophanencfsy  are  grown  bigots  in  AthcifiTi,- 
and  with  great  induftry  and  application  projiagatc  their 
principles^  form  parties,  and  concert  rocafures  to  carry 
on  with- vigour  the  caufe  of  irreligion.  They  caicfs^. 
and  are  very  fond  of,  thofe  who  boldly  declare  fur 
impu:ty,  and  mock  all  religion  as  cheat  and  impuf- 
turc.  Thele  are  wics^  men  of  fenfe,  of  large  and  free, 
thoughts,  and  cannot  fail  of  being  men  in  falhion.- 
And  as  the  renegades  and  defert^jrft  of  Heaven^  who- 
Tcnooace  their  God  for  the  favour  of  men^  and  cUuH^ 

to- 


id  PREFACE      TO 

to  grow  popular  at  the  dcareft  rate,  arc  by  many  pro^*. 
tefted  and  applauded  j  fo  there  are  places  where  a  man, 
that  has  the  aflTarance  to  own  the  belief  of  a  Deity  and' 
a  future  ftate,  would*  he  expofed  and  laughed  out  of 
countenance.  Hence  many  are  tempted  to  conceal 
their  notions  of  religion,  for  fear  of  blading  their  re- 
putation, and  of  being  negle£ied  and  defpifcd  by^ 
thofe  from  whofe  favour  they  cxpcft  profit  or  pro- 
motion. 

Immediately  after  the  Reftoration,  the  people,  in- 
toxicated with  tlie  pleafures  of  peace,  and  influenced' 
by  the  example  cf  a  loofe  court,  as  well  as  from  their 
j;rcat  averfion  to  ihc  former  fanatical  ftriftncfs  and 
feverity  of  convcrfation,  which  they  detcftcd  as  hypo- 
crify,  indulged  themfelves  in  fenfual  liberties,  and  by 
degrees  funk  deep  into  luxury  and  vice.  Then  it  wa» 
that  fomc  irreligious  men,  taking  advantage  of  this 
growing  diirolution  of  manners,  began  to  propagate* 
their  deteAable  notions,  and  fow  the  feeds  of  prophanc-* 
ncfs  and  impiety,  which  fprung  up  apace,  and  flourifli- 
cd  in  proportion  to  the  growth  of  immorality.  Thus 
vice  and  irreligion,  mutually  aflifting  each  other,  ex- 
tended their  power  by  daily  encroachments;  and  ihe 
folid  temper  and  firmncfs  of  mind,  which  the  people 
ence  poirefTcd,  being  flackencd  and  diflblved  by  the 
power  of  riot  and  forbidden  pleafurc,  their  judgement 
foon  became  vitiated j  which  corruption  of  taftc  has 
ever  fince  gradually  increafed,  as  the  confederate 
powers  of  vice  and  prophanenefs  have  fprcad  their  in- 
fe^ion,  and  gained  upon  religion. 

While 


CREATrOK,        17 

Willie  To^ifc  pHnd  pies  ami  impmu*  opsniiini  per- 
vert ttic  judgmcDt,  I  jTCiuIant  humour  thit  iTitUi>cii 
men  to  give  »n  air  of  hvtty  amd  ritltcule  to  tU  ibclr 
tJitcourfc^,  *fid  turn  cver^"^  thing  ivi  minli  *otl  riillcrvi 
docsi  in  proportion  gc^i  ernuTid  ;  tUis  Itcini;  cQci^vt^cd  tlic 
moll  fucc^^ful  wetliod  to  wtJikcti  xht  powtr  )ixi4  lutin)' 
tjEy  of  religion  iti  tVc  mind*  of  mtn, 

I  wouUi  13 ot  here  be  undci  AkkkI  ait  If  I  oondaiinH 
tlic  rju^lihcations  of  wtc  9iid  plc^ftntryi  hut  onlv  the 
mifjipl^licttion  of  ihem.  1  fhaU  jilw4iy«  truio  a  i^f^^^ 
V^lue  for  inircnk^us  mcn>  prtn^dcd  they  div  riot  aibufc 
ami  pri>{tttiitc  ihclr  talents  to  rho  worft  pufpiifcn ;  1 
mcaa  the  denoting  »Il  ^^hricty  of  manner 5t,  and  turrt* 
irig  ioto  jcft  the  pnnci  :*  wMch  eonflMUtc  our  duty 
hcrtr,  and  alTurc  our  hi  sincfs  licrcafttT.  Bt*c  can  any 
who  reveres  a  Go<  'oves  hi$  coiitjiryi    fi«u<l 

uncoiiccincd,   while  ;nd  praphnne  win  IJitw 

much  zeal  and  dilifji-MKe    m   |>iopei|raiin^  mjtims^ 

kU  icvt^  (q  di*e»5lly  lo  ihc  diJhonour  ol  tJic  one,  «(vd 
tke  ruin  of  the  other  ? 

Shoo  Id  Ailieifir*  and  corruption  of  iTianncrt,  thnfc 
inftr^^aEahlc  companionSr  Miluch,  as  ctufe^  *ind  cffe^s, 
tnutujilly  introduce  and  fuppoit  each  oiliert  pie  vail 
much  fanhcrj  Ihould  impioui  notions  in  any  a^e 
l;crcafEer  generally  infcCt  the  IngUtR,  a^  well  Jis  tlic 
tnferior  tankii  of  nrien  j  what  confuHon  of  affairs  nmft 
cnfue  f  It  would  he  iropofTiblc  to  find  men  of  princi^ 
ele  ro  fill  the  places  of  nufl  and  honour,  or  patron « 
iQ  pimnoie  them  r  iTicrit  would  in^piicittte  and  dif* 
<jualiJy  for  the  fai^our  of  i^rcat  n^cn?  and  a  rclij^tuus 
C  thaiiider 


iS  PREFACE      TO 

chara6lcr  would  be  an  invincible  obftru£tion  to  ad- 
vancement ;  there  would  be  no  perfons  of  rank  to  en- 
courage men  of  worth,  and  bring  negle6^cd  virtue  in- 
to fafhion.  On  the  contrary,  the  contemners  of  hea- 
ven and  deridcrs  of  piety  would  be  careflcd,  applaud- 
ed, and  promoted;  the  difpofers  of  preferment  would 
confer  all  on  thofe  who  embrace  their  opinions :  and 
what  a  terrible  temptation  would  this  be  to  our  youth, 
to  accommodate  their  notions  to  thofe  of  the  men  in 
power,  when  they  (hall  fee  that  tlicir  favour  is  not 
otherwife  to  be  procured  ! 

Is  it  not  highly  probable  that,  in  fuch  an  age,  clubs 
and  cabals  would  be  formed  of  fcofFers  and  buffoons, 
to  laugh  religion  out  of  countenance,  and  make  the 
profeflbrs  of  it  the  obje£b  of  public  fcorn  and  con- 
tempt ? 

Befides,  it  is  natural  to  believe  that  Magiftratcs  in  a 
commonwealth,  generally  compofed  of  Atheifts,  would 
likewife  proceed  to  violence,  and  perfecute  thofe  whom 
they  could  not  perfuade  to  embrace  their  notions,  as 
much  as  any  fd6l  of  religion  has  ever  done.  For  it  is 
not  religion,  but  corrupted  human  nature,  that  puflies 
men  on  to  compulfive  methods  of  obliging  their  ad- 
verfaries  to  renounce  their  own,  and  afTcrt  the  opini- 
ons of  men  ia  power.  It  is  from  the  fa£lious  temper 
of  a  party,  not  th^  fpirit  of  piety,  it  is  from  pride  and 
an  impatience  of  contradi£lion,  or  from  luft  of  domi- 
nion, or  a  violent  dcfire  of  engrofling  the  places  of 
honour  and  profit,  that  men  endeavour,  by  cruel  and 
coercive  methods,   to  filcnce  their  opponents,  and  fup- 

prcfs 


0  dof  from  what  they  have  done,  ts  far  as  they 
ibilicf  I  we  nay  be  aflured»  when  they  do  noc 
ptweTp  they  will  never  want  a  will  to  employ 
icc»  10  extbguiih  the  aottons  of  piety,  and  the 
il  hercfy  of  icligton.  It  would  not  be  flrange 
beiftical  tefb  in  fuch  a  ftate  of  affair^  fliould  be 
d  and  impofed,  to  keep  men  of  dangerous  prin- 

out  of  all  pods  of  power  and  profit ;  and  all 
leliefcd  the  being  of  a  God,  and  the  rewards  and 
imentt  of  another  life,  fhould  be  looked  on  as 
:£led  to  the  government,  and  the  difhirbers  of  the 
6  peace. 

d  if  fuch  notions  of  impiety,  and  fuch  a  dege- 
i  conftitution  of  manners,  fiiould  ever  prevail  in 
nhappy  nation,  any  man  without  the  gift  of  pro- 
,  and,  indeed,  with  a  very  moderate  penetration, 
brefee»  that  the  public  wiU  then  be  expoied  to 
able  ruin, 
t  before  the  intereftt  of  virtue  and  religion  are  re« 

to  (o  deplorable  a  ftate,  it  is  to  be  hoped  this 


II 


yy  PREFACE      TO 

fcoffcr  be  as  mucli  out  of  credit,  as  a  fober  and  rcli- 
jrious  man  is  at  prcfcnt :  virtue,  ferioufncfs,  and  a 
due  reverence  of  facred  and  divine  thinp;s,  may  revive 
amontr  us;  and  it  is  the  duty  and  intercft  of  every 
man  that  loves  his  country,  and  wifhes  well  to  inan- 
Ivind,  to  make  his  utmoft  efforts  to  bring  about  fuch 
a  Iiappy  revolution.  This  would  tlie  fooner  ht  efFcft- 
cH,  if  the  virtuous  part  of  ingenious  men  (for  virtue 
has  ftill  a  party)  would  not  fupinely  ftand  by,  and  fee  the 
honour  and  intcreft  of  religion  expofcd  and  infulted  i 
but,  inftead  of  an  abjcft,  una6live  defpondence,  would 
unite  their  endeavours,  with  vigour  and  rcfolution, 
agiinft  the  common  enemies  of  God  and  their  coun- 
try. It  is  great  pity,  that  in  fo  noble  a  caufe  any 
ihould  fliow  fuch  poornefs  of  fpirit,  as  to  be  aibamcd 
of  alTcrting  their  religion,  and  Aemnung  the  tide  of 
impiety,  for  fear  of  becoming  the  entertainment  of 
fcoffing  libertines. 

I  know  the  gentlemen  of  Athciflical  notions  pretend 
to  refined  parts,  and  pafs  tljcmfclvcs  upon  the  world 
for  wits  of  the  firil  rank  -.  yet  in  iic!;ate  they  clecline 
argument,  and  rather  truft  to  the*  dccifion  of  raillery, 
liut  if  it  were  poflible  for  thefe  gentlemen  lo  apply 
thcmfelvcs  in  good  carncfi  to  the  rcalons  ailcdged  in  • 
proof  of  a  Divine  Being,  in  a  manner  that  becomes  an 
enquiry  of  fuch  confcqucnce,  1  fliould  bcHeve  their 
convidion  were  not  to  be  defpaired  of. 

But  there  is  little  appearance  that  they  will  be  ever 
prevailed  on  to  confider  this  matter  with  deliberate 
and  unprejudiced  tlu>«ght;   and^  d^creforey  I  am  not 

fo 


BLACltMORE  i>   CREATION,         «i 

fii  r^ngt;tne  to  lUink,  tlut  any  ^r^umtnti  I  cun  ^frifi^^ 
tiiQU|(ii  avtx  (0  cUh  ancl  d&niijnfli ative,  ire  Ukifly  m 
mtk^  atiy  iinpiclTiuri  ^[4jn  a  VLtct^n  Atltelftp  I  liivo 
n  evert  he  kf*  rbou^Hic  it  a  Icafimalilt  fervlcc  to  entka- 
Vour  Cci  iVap  the  cQiiEAgiiXir  ami,  ^%  (av  ak  1  itm  alilc,  to 
pr^rervc  thofc  wlin  dru  not  yet  itifc^Ttc^t, 

2nd  »rguttiem,  and  noc  klicfc  ihac  mmh  ought  to 
dcwrmmc  in  fg  v/cighty  a  tdcj  tJat  they  would  not 
iJmit  ofptincipks  of  the  utmoft  concern  without  t)£- 
imirmiura,  aril]  uke  impi^^ty  xxpon  content  ^  that 
tTicy  wuulii  appeal  from  the  buflbon  and  the  mocker, 
to  the  impartUl  dccifidn  cf  nght  rcafon^  and  de!»iit& 
t]i\%  matter  with  the  gravity  that  becomes  the  impor- 
itn^  vi  Elie  fahjeft. 

Bur,  fmce  t!ic  sjcrukmcn  who  own  do  ohUgadons  of 
wligkm  for  ihc  lule  of  bth:*viour,  fct  ^ip  in  iu  flcad  a 
fpUMOu^  principle,  which  they  call  honouri  4111]  « 
grtritrtcf^  of  mindp  (hiit  will  not  defccnd  to  a  mtati 
er  hafc  ȣ)ion;  tct  tliein  ti^flerft,  whether  that  tciuip 
ati  they  uTc  it,  11  nut  an  emjity  found  without  any  dc- 
icimijtcd  meaning.  If  honovtr  Uys  a  man  under  any 
oMigatioo  to  perform  or  ftjihc^ir  any  aitlon,  tUcn,  u  is 
eiUltnt,  honout  h  a  law  or  rule,  and  the  rranfgrcif- 
Aon  i>E  it  itiitkes  us  guilty  anfl  obnoxlohs  to  puniftj- 
mcnt :  and  it'  it  be  a  law,  it  mull  be  tlic  declaration  of 
fome  legiflator's  will  j  for  tliis  is  the  definition  of  a  law 
that  regulates  the  manners  of  a  moral  anient.  Now,  L 
afk  a  man  of  honour,  who  denies  religion,  what,  or 
whofe  law  he  breaks^  if  he  deviates  from  what  he  i[na<^ 
C  J  giacs 


it  PREF  AC'l     TO 

ginet  a  point  of  honour?  It  is  plun  there  cm  be  no 
tranfgreflion^  where  tbece  it  no  lavri  no  irregiilAity^ 
when  there  h  no  nile ;  not  ctn  t  man  do  a  bale  er 
di (honourable  thing,  if  he  lies  under  no  db!igatkmiD» 
the  contrary.  Honour,  therefore^  abftra&d  fhrni  A6- 
notion  of  religion,  which  enjcnns  it,  is  aa  idle  chime<> 
ra,  which  can  have  little  power  over  atay  mabr  ibat 
does  not  believe  a  Divine  Legiflator>  whofe  aiidu»ttjt 
mud  enforce  it^ 

It  is  the  fame  with  fnendlhip  and  gradtude,  ipdiidlF' 
are  principles  that  the  Atheift  will  often  coniflMM;. 
But  how  is  any  man  bound  to  be  grateful,  or  t6  be  it 
friend  ?  Should  he  a£(  a  contrary  part,  and  be  treiehfe-- 
reus  and  ungraceful,  what  guilt  has  he  contmGted'^ 
Has  he  offended  againfl  any  law  ?  or  can  he  beeotrine- 
guilty,  without  the  breach  of  any  ?  If  you  fay  he  baa 
broken  any  law,  tell  us  the  law,  and  by  whom  it 
was  made.  If  the  laws  of  the  Supreme  Being  are  fet- 
afide,  we  can  lie  under  no  regulation,  but  have  an  un»  ^ 
bounded  liberty  over  all  our  aftions  i  we  may  with-- 
out  the  lead  fault  or  difhonour  break  our  oaths,  fub- 
Vicrt  the  government,  betray  our  friends,  aiTaflSnate 
our  parents ;  in  fliort,  commit  all  kinds  of  the  moft 
deteftable  crimes  without  rcmorfe  5  for>  not  bein^ 
controlcd  by  any  obligation,  we  may  do  whatever 
our  paffions  or  our  intcrefts  prompt  us  to,  without 
being  accountable  to  any  tribunal  for  the  leaft  tranf^ 
greflion. 

If  it  be  faici,    we  are  obliged  by  the  laws  of  our 
country  i  X  aufwer,  that  as  to  the  a£Uonfr  we  are  fpeak-^ 

ing. 


BLACKMORE'S  CREATION.        ij 

I  Iflg^  of,  fach  as  1  man  fif  honour,  a  great  ami  gencf  mu 
[vn1rk<T)  a  fmnd,  a  grateful  pcrfon.  ?*  fuf>po(td  to  think 
)umf<:lf  oliUgctl  to,  thcfc  ar^  luch  a?  are  not  reLTuWeU 
by  municipal  laws^  and  therefore  in  en  arc  at  tibeity 
wHeiher  ih:^y  will  a^  by  what  they  call  a  priacipk  ot 
honour  or  not,  and  can  juftly  incur  no  cenfure  or  rt- 
proadi,  fhtJuM  they  have  no  regard  ro  that  pom]K>tls 
and  foumling  word  j  for  if  their  anions  Mtt  hot  nid- 
raJly  determined^  cither  by  human  or  divine  laws, 
thiiv  may  vt^ry  jullly,  atid  honourably  too*  a£l  with 
UoUttiitcd  fretidotn  in  thefe  inatters,  Bcfidcs,  whocvrr 
believes  himfclf  free  from  the  obligauons  of  (!h'itie  pre- 
cepts, cannot  look  or  hunfelf  as  boUJnd  by  any  huniJio 
law&-  He  ni;ty  inde<  rom  the  apprehenfton  of  pu* 
mDiiiieTit^  forbear  an  acnoii  tlm^  forbidden,  and  it  is 
his  iotcrcil  (a  to  do :  but,  if  he  thinks  no  divine  au- 
thority makci  it  hh  duty  to  fuhntit  to  the  magiftratc, 
»ad  obey  the  laws  of  his  country,  he  i^  ar  libe^^y,  n* 
to  any  guilt,  whether  he  will  obey  or  no.  If  he  ven* 
turcs  the  punirtimcnt^  he  tfcapes  the  fin.  If  an  ALheifi: 
fwears  ficehty  to  his  prince,  what  controling  powcc 
is  he  under,  which  affcfts  the  mind,  not  to  betray  him, 
if  he  think  it  fit  and  fafe  to  do  it  ?  If  lie  lets  his  pa- 
rents, or  his  patron,  or  his  friend  perifh,  what  ini(|uity 
is  he  accountable  for  > 

The  exiftence  of  a  God  has  been  already  cicnred, 
and  abundantly  demonftrated,  by  maiiy  pioui  and  learn- 
ed authors  ;  whence  this  attempt  may  be  ccnfurcd  as 
impenioent  and  unnecetfarv.  IJut  all  thofc  excellent 
peiformauces  being  writ  in  pioft^  and  the  greaceli;  part 
C  4  in 


14  PREFACB      TO 

in  tlie  learned  languages,  or  at  leaft  in  a  fcholadk: 
manner,  are  ill-accommodated  to  great  numbers  not  of 
a  learned  education;  and  many  who  have  more 
knowledge,  and  greater  genius,  will  not  undergo 
the  troable  of  reading  and  confidering  the  ftrgu- 
inems  cxprefTed  in  a  manner  to  them  obfcure,  dry,  and 
difagreeable.  I  have  therefore  formed  a  poem  on  thu 
great  and  important  fubjed,  that  I  might  give  it  the 
advantages  peculiar  to  poetry,  and  adapt  it  move  to  the 
general  appreheniion  and  capacity  of  mankind.  The 
hannony  of  numliers  engages  many  to  read  and  retain 
what  they  would  negled  if  written  in  profe  j  and  1 
perfuade  myfelf  the  Epicurean  philofophy  had  not 
lived  fo  long,  nor  been  fo  much  efberoed,  had  it  not 
been  kept  alive  and  propagated  by  tlie  famous  poem  of 
Lttcrcnus. 

I  have  chofen  to  demonftrate  the  exigence  of  a  God 
from  the  marks  of  wifdom,  dciign,  contrivance,  and 
the  choice  of  ends  and  means,  which  appear  in  the  uni- 
▼erfe.  Out  of  the  vaiious  arguments  that  evince  the 
truth  of  this  proportion,  "  There  is  a  God,*'  1  have  fc- 
le£ked  this  as  the  mod  evident  and  intelligible. 

I  may  with  reafon  prefume,  that  I  (hall  not  incur 
any  cenfure  for  not  employing  new  arguments  to  prove 
the  being  of  a  God ;  none  but  what  have  been  pro- 
duced before  by  many  writers,  even  from  the  eldeft 
days  of  philofophy*  Ic  was  nc\cr  objected  to  Lucre- 
tius, that,  in  his  applauded  poem,  he  has  not  invented 
1  new  fyflem  of  plulofc-phy,  but  only  recited  in  poeti- 
cal numbers  the  ancient  do6lrincs  of  Demociiius  and 
Epicurus.  Nor  can  it  with  reafon  be  fufpcfcd,  that 
5  the 


BLACSMORE'S  CREATION,  ±i 
the  arguments  bjf  which  he  fupporrs  thdr  opinions 
were  not  long  before  id  tlic  fchools  of  Greece.  Nor 
have  modern  writer?  on  ihis  fubje£t  invemct!*  but  pu:i- 
fucd  the  demonlVration  of  :i  God,  from  rhe  evid«n:  np- 
ptarancc  of  coritrivanct  anti  wildom  in  the  Tfifibk  worldj 
which  thtv  have  done  with  more  ckarnefs  and  ftren^th, 
ttiJin  thofc  who  w^fnt  before  them*  And  while  cheCe 
have  attempted  Co  eyincc  the  cxiflcnce  of  i  God  onl/ 
from  chc  coptemplaLion  of  corporeal  natorCj  I  have 
earned  the  argvimcoc  on  to  the  a£lioiis  of  living,  icn- 
fitive,  anil  inteltigent  bdngs,  lo  far  as  we  arc  acquaint* 
td  with  them  j  Ijclitviag  that  brighter  and  more  noble 
Jlmkes  of  wifdom  an  debgn  appear  jo  the  principks 
ef  Itfe,  ftnfdtion,  and  eafon^  than  in  all  the  t:ompai« 
of  the  TTiatcml  worhL 

1  h3.sc  endeavoured  to  give  t be  fubjciEl  yet  greater 
degrees  of  perfpiciiTCv^,  more  variety  of  ar^umeiit,  as 
well  as  eafy  and  fatnillar  citprcir^on,  that,  tlic  A  vie  be- 
ing more  plcafing,  and  the  deinonrtra^ion  more  readily 
a.p  pre  bended,  it  may  leave  a  deeper  itoprttTion,  and  h^ 
c(Fc£is  and  tiftfulrKif:^  m*\v  bcconne  more  extcnhve*  Jti 
order  to  this,  I  have  rarely  ufed  any  term  of  art,  or 
any  plirafe  peculiar  to  the  writing  and  convcrfation  of" 
learned  men.  I  have  attempted >  as  Monfieur  Fonte- 
ncllc  has  done  with  great  luccefs  in  his  Plurality  of 
Worlds,  to  bring  philofophy  out  of  tliefecret  receires 
of  the  fchools,  and  ilrip  it  of  its  uncouth  and  myilcri- 
ous  drefs,  that  it  may  become  agreeable,  and  adnuiteJ 
to  a  gcneial  convcrfatioa. 

I  take 


4S  PREFACE      TO 

I  take  it  for  granted,  that  no  judicious  reader  will 
cxpc6t,  in  the  philofophical  and  argumentative  parts  of 
this  poem,  the  ornaments  of  poetical  eloquence.  In 
this  cafe,  where  metaphor  and  defcription  arc  not  ad- 
mitted left  they  fliould  darken  and  enfeeble  the  argu- 
ment, if  the  reafoning  be  clofe,  ftrong,  and  eafily  ap- 
prehended, if  there  be  an  elegant  (implicity,  purity, 
and  propriety  of  words,  and  a  juft  order  and  connex- 
ion of  the  parts,  mutually  fuppoiting  and  enlightening 
one  another,  there  will  be  all  the  perfeftion  which  the 
flyle  can  demand. 

I  may  fafely  conclude,  that  no  man  will  expe£^  that 
in  this  poem  I  fhould  borrow  any  embellilhments  from 
the  exploded  and  obfolete  theology  of  the  ancient  ido- 
laters of  Greece  or  Rome :  that  I  ihould  addrefs  any 
rapturous  invocations  to  their  idle  deities,  or  adorn 
the  Ayle  with  allufions  to  their  fabulous  anions.  I 
have  more  than  once  publickly  declared  my  opinion, 
that  a  Chrillian  poet  cannot  but  appear  monftrous  and 
ridiculous  in  a  Pagan  drefs:  that  though  it  fliould 
be  granted,  that  the  heathen  religion  might  be  allow- 
ed a  place  in  light  and  loole  long?,  mock  heroic,  and 
the  lower  lyric  compofitions ;  yet,  in  chriftian  poems  of 
the  fublime  and  greater  kind,  the  mixture  of  the  Pagan 
theology  muft,  by  all  who  are  maAers  of  reflcQ:ion  and 
good  fcnfe,  b'j  cond;.mncd,  if  not  as  impious,  at  Icaft 
as  impertincnr  and  abfurd.  And  this  is  a  truth  fo 
clear  anJ  cviiicut,  tlKt  J  make  no  doubt  it  will  by 
degrees  iorcc  its  v,.\y,  rnd  prevail  over  the  contrary 
praC^cc,     bhouid   Britous   recover  their   virtue,    and 

reform 


BLACKMORE'S  CREATION.  27 
ifotm  their  rtftc,  they  vvoiild  no  more  hear  ihe  hea- 
hen  religion  in  verfci  dun  in  pi  oft*  Chriltian  poctj,  as 
wtU  315  ChrifVian  preacher? »  the  bufincfs  of  boili  being  to 
inftmfi  the  people,  though  the  laft  oiily  are  wholly  appro- 
priated to  it|  fhould  endeavour  to  con  firm  and  fpread 
rheir  own  true  religion*  If  3  diTinc  fhoulH  begin  his 
fcrmon  with  a  folcmn  prayer  to  Bacchus,  or  Apollo, 
to  Mar*,  or  Vt:nuSj  what  would  the  people  think  of 
iheir  preacher  ?  And  is  it  not  as  really,  though  not 
equally,  abfurd,  for  a  poet  in  a  great  and  ferlous  poem, 
wherein  he  cc  It  braces  fome  wonderful  and  happy  e^-ent 
of  Divine  Pnmdcncej  or  m agnizes  the  Uluftrious  inftrii- 
ment  that  was  honoured  to  bring  the  event  about,  to 
adJrefs  his  prayer  to  falfe  dcitJcs,  and  cry  for  help 
ro  the  abominaiiona  of '■*'c  heathen? 

The  dcfign  of  this  pc  ns  to  deruonflrate  the  fdf*exif- 
tcnce  of  an  Eternal  Mir  d  from  the  created  and  dc|TcniIcnt 
ciiftcnce  of  the  ^nivtrfe,  and  to  confute  the  hypotlicfis 
of  the  Epicureans  and  the  Fatah  ft ;;,  under  whom  all 
d>e  patrons  of  impit;ty,  ancient  or  motlcrnj  of  whatfo- 
c^-er  dcnominaiion,  may  be  ranged.  The  firlt  of 
whom  affirm  the  world  was  in  time  caufcd  by  chance ; 
and  the  other  that  It  eKifled  from  eternity  without  a 
taufe.  It  is  true,  ns  before  mentioned,  both  thcfe  ac- 
knowledged the  exifVetice  of  Gods  i  but,  by  their  ab* 
furd  and  ridiculous  defcription  of  them j  it  is  plain  they 
had  nothing  tlfc  in  view,  but  to  avoid  the  obnoxious 
ciiara£tt:r  of  Atheiflical  philofophLrs. 

Ihn  likewife  has  been  ofctn  rj!jje^ted  to  the  Dei  11^  of 
tlie  prcfcnt  timcSj   that  iit  kafl  a  great  part  of  them 

nnly 


^  PREFACE      TO 

onlf  conceal  their  notions  under  that  name,  whik 
they  are  really  to  l)e  numbered  among  the  Atheills* 
J[  have  before  expreffcd  my  reafons,  why  I  cannot  em- 
brace this  opinion.  It  is  true,  indeed,  tliat  moft  of 
the  Deifts  maintain  a  particular  friend(hip  ^ith  the 
Atheids,  are  pleafed  with  their  loofe  and  impious 
converfation,  and  appear  very  tender  of  their  credk 
and  efteem.  They  are  charitable  in  crying  up  their 
Ihining  qualities,  and  in  concealiog,  excufing,  or  lei^ 
fening,  their  immoral  a£lions ;  while  at  the  fame  tim^ 
they  (hew  an  affe£tation  in  expofing  the  faults  and  foU 
lies  of  the  Chriflians,  efpecially  thofe  who  are  the 
moil  flri£t  and  regular  in  their  manners,  and  appear 
to  be  moft  in  eameft.  It  is  likewife  remarkable,  that 
thefe  gentlemen  ezprefs  no  zeal  for  the  extirpation  o( 
irreligious  principles:  they  have  never,  as  fas  as  I 
know,  written  any  thing  againfl  them  ;  nor  are  they 
pleafed  in  company  to  ^declare  their  deteftatbn  of  fuch 
impious  maxims,  or  to  produce  arguments  to  confute 
them  I  while  at  the  fame  time  they  take  great  pains« 
and  {how  a  warm  zeal,  to  weaken  the  belief  of  tlie 
Chriftian  religion,  and  to  expofe  the  pretended  errors 
of  its  different  profcflors;  which  fcems,  indeed, 
fl range,  fince  he  that  owns  a  God  and  his  providence 
lIiouUI  in  reafon  look  upon  thofe  who  liclieve  neithec 
to  be  infinitely  more  op|X){ire  to  him,  tlian  thofe  who 
agree  with  him  in  the  l)c1ief  of  a  God,  and  ditfer  only- 
in  t\\c  point  of  revealed  religion. 

Belidcs,  it  is  oh:crvab'e  that  the  prcfcnt  Deifls  have 
l^ot  drawn  and  publifhcd  any  fclicroe  cf  religion,  or 

catalogues 


BLACKMORE'S  CREATtOR  ±9 
cfttaloj^ucs  df  the  duties  they  are  obltged  to  perform, 
or  wlicnce  fudi  obligations  ndfc,  Tlity  do  not  tell 
us.  That  they  bi*k  on  man  as  an  accoutvtablc  creature; 
nor  if  they  Ho^  for  wUar,  and  to  wlionij  or  when,  ihat 
account  is  to  he  made,  and  uh^t  rewards  and  punifli- 
ments  will  attend  ir.  I  do  not  aflirtn  they  have  t\\> 
fuch  fcheinc  in  their  thou^ht^  i  but,  fince  they  wiU  not 
ht  us  know  their  crted,  and  in  the  mean  time  deride 
and  triun^ph  over  that  of  the  ChriRians,  I  cannot  dc^ 
fend  then?  froni  thofe  who  fay  they  are  juftly  so  he 
iiifpef^td. 

And  that  the  Deifl  n\zv  clear  hinrfelf  from  the  faf» 
pxion  <jf  bcin^  an  Atheift,  or  at  lea  ft  a  friend  and  fi- 
voutcr  of  their  principles  J  I  could  wiflr  he  would  in 
pub  he  a  Hi:  ft  a  ad  demoadraic  the  bt:]ng  of  a  God  and 
]iif  pjovitlence,  and  declare  hiE  abhorrence  of  the 
pnnciplcs  of  thofe  who  ilitljclieve  them, 

Jt  would  likewifc  give  great  fati^f^^lion,  and  remove 
tlifi  ohieiliorw  of  thofe  that  charge  tjiem  with  dircft  ir- 
religion,  if  they  would  pleafe  to  give  fome  account  of 
tipesr  b'vUtif :  Whether  they  look  upon  tiod  as  one 
who  governs  mankind  by  laws  to  be  difcovcred  by  the 
light  of  rcafon,  which  reftrain  our  inclinations  and  de- 
termine  our  duty ;  that  they  would  tell  us  what  thofe 
laws  are y  and  what  fanftions  do  enforce  them  ;  and  ' 
until  this  be  done,  they  cannot  well  difcharge  them- 
frlvcs  from  the  fufpicion  before- mentioned. 
.  And  here  I  would  addrefs  myfelf  to  the  irreligious 
gentlemen  of  the  age  :  and  I  dcfire  them  not  to  take 
tip  prejudices  againil  the  exillence  of  4  God,   and  run 

•      away 


30  PREFACE      TO 

away  with  impious  maxims,  until  they  have  cxer- 
cifecl  their  confideracion,  and  made  an  impartial  en- 
quiry into  the  grounds  and  reafons  that  fupport  the 
belief  of  a  Divine  Eternal  Being.  In  order  to  fuch  a 
reafonable  examination,  it  is  but  juft  and  decent 
they  (hould  be  in  earneft,  and  hear  the  arguments  we 
offer  with  temper  and  patience;  that  they  (hould 
inure  themCelves  to  think,  and  weigh  the  force  of  thofe 
arguments,  as  becomes  Sincere  enquirers  after  truth. 
The  being  of  a  God,  and  the  duties  that  refult  finom 
that  principle,  are  fubjefts  of  the  greatcft  excellence 
and  dignity  in  themfelves,  and  of  the  greatefl  concern 
and  importance  to  mankind;  and,  therefore,  ihould 
never  be  treated  in  mirth  and  ridicule.  Generals  of 
armies  and  counfellors  of  Aate,  fenators,  and  judges^ 
in  the  g^at  and  weighty  affairs  that  come  before  them, 
do  not  put  on  the  air  of  jefters  and  buffoons,  and,  in- 
flead  of  grave  and  folemn  debates,  aim  at  nothing  but 
Tallies  of  wit,  and  treat  their  fubje£ls  and  one  another 
only  with  raillery  and  deriiion  :  yet  the  bufinefs  pro- 
pofcd  to  the  confideration  of  the  perfons  I  fpeak  vo  is, 
in  every  rcfpc£t,  infinitely  fuperior  to  any  of  theirs 
l^efore-mentioncd. 

Are  they  furc  there  is  no  God,  and  therefore  no 
Tcligion  ?  If  they  are  not,  what  a  terrible  rifque  do  they 
run  !  If  their  reafons  amount  only  to  a  probability,  the 
contrary  opinion  may  be  true,  and  that  may  he  is 
enough  to  give  them  the  moft  frightful  apprehenfions, 
and  difturb  them  amidft  all  the  pleafures  ihey  enjoy. 
But  if  they  fay  they  are  afiured,  and  pad  doubt,  there 


as  tbey  can  be.    They  cannot  pretend  to  clearer 

aqd  greater  AtTurance  of  the  truth  of  their  max- 
t^  Bpicurop  and  Lucretius  did ;  or  infult  their 
QttijBa  with  greater  contempt  than  thofe  have 
:  yet  theft  men  themfelves,  at  leaft  many  of  them, 

thofe  phibfophert  were  grofsly  midaken,  and 
by  no  means  truft  to  the  Epicurean  fcheme,  as 
•ondation  of  their  opinions.    If  thefe  great  maf- 

notwithdanding  their  unexampled  confidence, 
)een  miftakcn,  why  may  not  their  fuccelfors  be 

they  fet  up  Ariftotle's  fcheme^  and  think  they 
;  their  principles  by  making  the  world  to  be 
\f  and  all  effis6ks  and  events  the  refult  of  fuch  a  fa- 
ceflityy  and  an  indiflbluble  concatenation  of  caufes, 
oder  it  impofTible,  that  things  that  are  ihould 
\f  or  tha(  they  (hould  be  otherwife  than  they  are ; 
em  confider,  that  the  greateft  alTertors  of  im« 
I  mem,  Democritus^  Leucippus^  Epicurus,  and 
tiusy  oppofed  this  as  an  idle  and  incoherent 
I  •    anA  thstt  \nAr.r.({  it  i<t   fn.  ihall  be  after  demnn. 


js  PREFACE      TO 

^hicb  thefe  gentlemen  are  pleafed  to  rely  in  a  matter  of 
the  liigheft  imiwrtance  ? 

Will  they  confide  in  Mr.  Ilobbes  ?  has  that  philofo- 
fophcr  faid  any  thing  new  ?  does  he  bring  any  ftrongcr 
forces  into  the  field,  than  the  Epicureans  did  before 
him?  Will  thev  derive  their  certainty  from  Spinofa? 
can  fuch  an  obfcure,  perplexed,  unintelligible  author 
create  fuch  certainty,  as  leaves  no  doubt  or  diftiuft? 
if  he  is  indeed  to  be  underflood,  what  does  he  alledge 
more  than  the  ancient  Fatalifls  have  done^  that  ihould 
amount  to  dcmonflraiion  ? 

Befides,  if,  as  they  pretend,  they  are  edablifiicd 
beyond  poiribility  of  deception  in  the  truth  of  their 
maxims,  why  are  they  (o  very  fond  of  thofc  authors, 
that  fct  up  any  new  do£lrine  ?  and  why  do  they  em- 
brace with  fo  much  pkafurc  their  new  fchemes  of  ir- 
rcligion  ?  They  are  very  glad  to  hear  of  any  great  ge- 
nius, that  can  invent  frefli  arguments  to  ftrengthea 
their  opinions  ;  and  does  not  this  betray  a  fecrct  diffi- 
<lcncc,  that  demands  further  light  and  confirmation  ? 

But  further :  fince  thcfc  gentlemen  fhcw  io  much  in- 
dudry  in  propagating  their  opinions,  and  arc  fo  fond 
of  making  profelytes  to  Athcifm;  iincc  they  afFc-ft  a 
zeal  in  countenancing,  applauding,  and  preferring,  thofc 
whom  they  have  delivered  from  religious  prejudices, 
aEd  reformed  and  refined  with  their  free,  large,  and 
generous  principles ;  how  comes  it  to  pafs,  that  tliey 
negleft  to  inform  and  improve  their  neareft  relations? 
arc  they  careful  to  inftru6t  their  wives  and  daughters, 
that  they  need  not  revere  the  hnaginary  phantom  of  a 

God; 


BLACKMORE'S  CREATION.  35 
Cod|..diat  icligimi  is  the  creature  of  a  timorous  and 
liipecfiwioiiiis  nund»  or  of  crafty  pikfts,  and  cunning 
pcAiticitDd ;  that  therefore  they  are  free  horn  all  re- 
llratots  of  Wrttie  and  confcience,  and  may  proftitute 
«hetr  perr<in8  in  the  joofl  licentidus  manner,  without 
mny  xcmorfe,  or  xincafy  reile6lion ;  that  it  is  idle  to 
icar  any  divine  punifliment  hereafter;  and  as  to  the 
4uuiie  and  .di(honQur  that  may  attend  the  liberties  they 
taikCf  in  cafe  they  become  public,  that  fcandal  proceeds 
^froin  the  grofs  mi  Hakes  of  people  perverted  with  reli- 
;gion,  and  .mifgvided  by  a  l^elicf  of  a  Divine  Being, 
and  of  rewards  and  punifliments  in  an  imaginary  life 
after  this  ? 

Do  they  43ike  pains  to  inform  their  eldeft  fons,  that 
•tbey  owe  them  no  gratitude  or  obedience?  that  diey 
411^  ufe  an  uncontroled  freedom  in  indulging  all  ;their 
Sf^pemt&f  paJlionSy  and  inclinations  ?  that,  if  they  ^are 
willing  to  pollefs  their  father's  honour  and  eflate,  they 
-may,  by  poifon  or  the  poinard,  take  away  his  life.;  and» 
if  they  are  careful  to  avoid  the  puniihment  of  the  ma- 
giftrate  by  their  fecret  conduft,  they  may  be  fully  fa- 
tisfied  of  the  innocence  of  the  aftion ;  and  as  they  lure 
done  themfclvcs  much  good,  fo  they  have  done  their 
father  no  injury,  and  therefore  may  enjoy  in  perfect 
tranquillity  the  fruits  of  their  parricide?  Whatever  tbey 
may  affirm  among  their  loofe  friends,  I  cannot  con* 
ceivc  they  can  be  guilty  of  fo  much  folly,  as  to  propa- 
gate thcfc  opinions  in  their  own  families,  and  inftru^k 
il»eir  wives  and  children  in  the  boundlcfs  liberties, 
wiiich,  by  tlic  principles  of  Athcifm,  arc  their  undoubted 
D  right : 


13^4  PREFACE      TO 

'right:    for   in    all    a£iions,    where   Tcligion   docs   not 

interpofc  and  reftraia  us,  we  are  perfeftly,  as  has  been 

-faid,  free  to  a6l  as  we  think  Ixjft  for  our  profic  and 

-pleafure. 

Befides,  to  what  a  deplorable  condition  would  man- 

'Icind  be  reduced,  fhould  thcfe  opinions  bc-univcrfally 
embraced  !  If  fo  many  kings  and  potentates,  \Aio  yet 
profefs  their  belief  of  a  God,  and  of  rewards  and  pu- 

•nifhments  in  a  life  to  come,  do  notwichftanding,  from 

i>oundlefs  ambition  and  a  cruel  temper,  opptefs  their 

•fubjc6ls  at  home,  and  ravage  and  deftroy  their  neigh- 
bours abroad,  IhouM  think  themfclvcs  free  from  all 
divine  obligations,  and  therefore  too  from  the  re(lraint« 

-of  oaths  and  folemn  contrafts;  thcfc  fences  and- fecu- 
rities  removed,  what  a  deluge  of  calamities  would  break 
in  upon  the  world  !  what  oppreflion,  what  violencCy 
what  rapine,  what  devaOation,  would  finifli  the  ruin  of 
human  nature  !  for,  if  mighty  princes  are  fansfied  that 

.it  is  impoflTiblc  for  them  to  do  any  wrong,  what  bounds 
ate  left  to  infariable   avarice  and  exorbitant  third   of 

-power  I  if  monarchs  may  without  the  leaft  guilt  violate 
their  treaties,  break  their  vows,  betray  their  friends, 
and  facrifice  their  truth  and  honour  at  pleafure  to  their 

•pafliions,  'or  their  intereft,  what  truft,  what  confklence, 
could  be  fupported  between  neighbour  potentates  I  and 
without  this,  wluit  confufion  and  didradlion  muft  of 
nccefTity  cnfue  ! 

On   the    other   hand,    if  fuhje6ls  were   univerfally 
Atheifls,  and  looked  on  themfclves  as  under  no  divine 

«t>bligacion  to  pay  any  duty  or  obedience  to  the  fupreme 

magidratei 


BLACXMOR£*S  CREATION.         35 

mili^ftntei  if  diey  Wieved  that,  when  they  took  their 
4Mtlii  <tf  alle^inoe,  ihey  fwore  by  nothing,  and  invo« 
catcd  m  power  not  in  being ;  that  therefore  diofe  oaths 
oblige  them  no  longer  than  they  think  it  fafe»  and  for 
tlwir  Interefty  to  "break  them  ;  ibould  fuch  principles 
obttiii,  would  aot  the  thrones  of  princes  be  moft  pre- 
carious f  would  not  ambition,  revenge,  refentment,  or 
inrerefty  continually  excite  ibme  or  other  to  betray  or 
aflliult  die  lives  of  their  fovereigns  >  and  why  fliould 
they  be  blamed  by  the  Athcift  for  doing  it?  why  arc 
traitors,  aflaffins,  haters  of  their  princes,  and  enemies 
to  their  country,  branded  with  the  odious  tiames  of 
TuffiaDS  and  villnns,  if  they  lie  under  do  obligations  to 
4i£b  ocberwife  than  rhty  do  > 

Should  confpirators,  who  affaifinate  their  lawfid 
fovereigny  have  the  good  fortune  to  make  their  efcape, 
1  aik  the  Atheift,  if  he  has  in  the  lead  an  ill  opinion  of 
them  for  being  engaged  in  fuch  an  execrable  under- 
taking! If  he  fays  he  has  not,  then  the  point  is  gained, 
and  an  Atheift  is  what  I  have  reprefented.  If  he  fays 
lie  has,  I  next  aik  him,  why  ?  Let  him  tell  me  in  what 
their  guilt  ooniifts  ?  Is  it  in  the  breach  of  any  divine 
law?  that  cannot  be,  for  he  owns  none.  Is  it  the 
tranfgreflion  of  any  human  law  ?  tell  me,  what  obliga^ 
mu  "he  is  under  to  obey  any  human  law,  if  no  divine 
Jaw  enforces  fuch  obedience  ?  does  their  guilt  confid  in 
•die  breach  of  their  duty  to  their  prince  and  their  oaths 
X»f  allegiance  ?  ftill  the  fame  queftion  recurs,  what  duty 
can  a  fubje£^  owe  to  a  prince  which  divine  laws  do  not 
conflicute  and  determine  ?  and  how  can  an  oath  of  aile- 
P  a  giance 


3^  PREFACE. 

giancc  bind  but  by  virtue  of  fomc  divine  com m and, 
that  obliges  us  notto  violate  our  vows  ? 

By  this  it  appears  that  ao  Atheift  muft  be  the  word 
of  fubje£ks ;  that  his  principles  fubvert  the  thrones  of 
pnoces,  and  undermine  the  foundations  of  goyemment 
and  iocietyt  on  which  the  happinefs  of  mankind  £» 
mvch  depends;  and  therefore  it  is  not  poiTible  to  con- 
ceive bow  there  can  be  a  greater  didurber  of  the,  public 
peace,  or  a  greater  enemy  to  his  prince  and  country, 
than  a  profeft  Atheift,  who  propagates  with  :zeal  his 
dc(lru6live  opinions. 

I  have  proved,  in  the  following  poem,  that  no  hypo- 
thecs hitherto  invented  in  fiavour  of  impiety  has  t^e 
leaft  (Irength  or  folidity,  no  not  the  leail  appearance  cf 
truth  to  recommend  it.  A  man  muft  be  dcferted  of 
Heaven,  and  inflexibly  hardeped,  that  cannot,  or  rathtr 
will  not,  fee  the  unreafonablenefs  of  irreligious  princi- 
ples. I  demand  only  a  candid  temper  in  the  reader, 
and  a  mind  pleafed  with  tiiith,  and  delivered  from  the 
prejudices  of  atlMiftical  converfaeion. 


[     J7     3 


SuMMART  Account  of  the  foUbwihgPdEMj. 
and  of  what  is  contained  in^each  Book. 

^T^^  dcfign  of  this  work  is  to  dcraohftratc  the  cxift-- 
cncc  of  a  Divine.  Eternal  Mind. 

The  arguments  ufed  for  this  end  arc  taken  from  the 
Tarious  marks  of  wifdom  and  artful  contrivance,  which . 
are  evident  to  obfervation  iu  the  feveral  parts  of  the  ma- 
terial world,  artd  the  faculties  of  the  human  foul. 

The  firft  book   contains  the  proof  of  a  Deity,  from' 
the  inftances  of  dcfign  and  choice,  which  occur  in  the 
ftni£ture  and  qualities  of  the  earth  and  fea. . 

The  fecond  purfues  the  proof  of  the  fame  propoiition,  , 
There  is  a  God,,  from  the  celefHal  motions,  and 
more  fully  from .  the  appearances  in  the  folar  fydem  and 
the  air. 

In  the  third,  the  obje£^ions,  which  are  brought  by 
Atheidical  philofophers  againft  the  hypothecs  edabliihed  . 
in  the  two  preceding  books,  are  anfwercd. . 

In  the  fourth,  is  laid  down  the  hypothefis?  of  the 
Atomifts  or  Epicureans,  and  other  irreligious  philofo- 
phers, aad  confuted. 

In  the  fifth,  the  do6^rine  of  the  Fatalifts,  or  Ariflote- 
lians,  who  nuke  the  world  to  be  eternal,  is  confidcred  ; 
and  fubverted. 

In  the  fixth,  the  argument  of  the  two  firil  books  is 

rcfumed,  and  the  cxiltence  of  God  demonftrated  from 

D  3  tlic 


3«  A  SUMMARY  ACCOUNT,  &c. 

the  prudence  and  art  difcovcred  in  the  feveral  parts  of 
the  body  of  man. 

In  the  feventh,  the  fame  demonftration  is  carried  on 
from,  the  contemplation  of  the  inflinfis  in  brute  aniraals» 
and  the  faculties  and  operations  of  the  foul  of  man^ 
The  book  concludes  with  a  recapitulation  of  what  has- 
been  treated  of,  and  a  Hymn  to.  the  Creator  of  the-. 
World. 


CRE  A. 


t    3^   ] 


CTREATIOIC 


BOOK         I*. 


TRI    ARGUMENT. 

The  i>ropo(icioo*  The  invocation.  The  exigence  of  a 
GotI  demon  ft  rated,  from  the  marks  of  wifdom,  choice^, 
tnd  art,  which  appear  in  the  vifible  world,  and  infer 
an  intelligent  and  free  caufe.  This  evinced  fronn  the 
coQteiDplationy  I.  of  the  earth,  i.  Its  iituation. 
a-  The  colufion  of  its  parts,  not  to  he  folved  by  any 
hypothecs  yet  produced.  3.  Its  ftability*  4.  Its 
ftru£tUre,  or  the  order  of  its  parts.  5.  Its  motion 
diurnal  and  annual;  or  elfc  the  motion  of  the  fun  in  • 
both  thofe  refpe£b.  Th«  caufe  of  thefe  motions  not 
yet  :iccounted  for  b^  any  philofopher.  6.  Its  outfide 
or  face ;  the  beauties  and  conveniences  of  it ;  its 
mountains,  lakes,  and  rivers.  II.  The  cxiftencc  of 
a  God  proved  from  the  marks  and  imnrelBons  of 
prudence  and  defign,  which  appear  in  the  Ica^  i.  In 
Its  formation.  2.  The  proportion  of  its  parts  in  re- 
fpc£i  of  the  earthy.  3.  Its  iituation.  4.  The  con- 
texture of  its  parts.  5.  Its  brackifli  or  briny  qualitj^ 
6.  its  flux  and  reflux. 


TWTO  more  of  courts,  of  triumphs,  or  of  arms, 
•*'^     No  more  of  valour's  force,  or  l)eauty's  charms  : 
The  themes  of  vulgar  lays,  with  juft  difdain, 
I  leave  unfung,  the  flocks,  the  amorous  fwain, 
The  plcafures  of  the  land,  and  terrors  of  the  m^ln 

D  4  How 


} 


40         BLACKLMORE'S    POEMS. 

How  abjeft,  how  inglorious  *tis  to  lie 
Groveling  in  dufl  and  darknefs,  when  on  high 
Empires  immenfe  and  rolling  worlds  of  light, 
To  range  their  heavenly  fcenes,  the  Mufe  invite ! 
I  meditate  to  foar  above  the  fkies,  r« 

To  heights  unknown,  through  ways  untry*d,  to  rife  r 
I  would  th'  Eternal  from  his  works  aflert^ 
And  fmg  the  wonders  of  creating  art. 
While  I  this  uncxaoyplcd  ta(k  elTay, 
Pafs  awful  gulphs,  and  beat  ray  painful  way  $  r$. 

Celeftial  Dove  f  divine  aflaflance  bring, 
Suftain  me  on  thy  ftrong  extended  wing, 
That  I  may  reach  th*  Almighty's  facrcd  throne. 
And  make  his  caufelefs  power,  the  caufe  of  all  things^. 
Thou  doft  the  full  extent  of  nature  fee,        [known*. 
And  the  wide  realms  of  vaft  immcnfity  :• 
£tprnal  Wifdoin  thou  dofl  comprehend,. 
.Rife  to  her  Iieight«,  and  to  her  depths  defcend.: 
The  Father's  fecret  counfels  thou  canft  tell, 
"Who  in  his  bofom  did  ft  for  ever  dwell  :  a^ 

Thou  on  the  deep's  dark  face,  immortal  Dove! 
Thou  with  almighty  energy  didft  move 
On  the  wild  waft'cs,  incumbent  didft  difplay 
Thy  genial  wings,  and  hatch  primaeval  day. 
Order  from  thee,,  from  thee  diftin£lion  came,  ^ 

And  all  the  beauties  of  the  wondrous  frame  :- 
Hence  ftampt  on  nature  we  perfection  ^nd,, 
Fair  as  tli*  idea  i«  th'  Eternal  Mind. 

Sec,  through  this  vaft  extended  theatre- 
Of  ikill  divine  what  fhining  marks  appear  t  35 

Cre.Hting  power  is  all  afound  expreft. 

The  God  difcovcr'd,  and  liis  care  confeft. 

Nature** 


CREATION.     Book!.  0 

Nature's  high  birth  her  heavenly  beauties  fliawj 

By  every  feature  we  the  parent  know. 

Th*  expanded  fphcres  amazing  to  the  fighr»  44 

Magnificent  with  ftars  and  globes  of -light, 

The  glorious  orbs,  which  Heavcn*s  bright  hoft  cotapbfe, 

Th'  imprifon'd  fea,  that  reftlefs  ebbs  and  flbWs, 

The  fluftuatLrig  nelds  of  liquid  air, 

With  all  the  curious  meteors  hovering  there,     "        45 

And  the  wide  regions  of  the  land,  proclaim 

The  Power  Divine,  that  rais'd  the  mighty  frame. 

Wlvit  things  foe^si  are  to  an  end  referr*d. 
And  in  their  motions  dill  that  end  regard^ 
Always  the  fitnefs  of  the  means  refpe6^,  50 

Thefe  as  conducive  chufc,  and  thofe  rcjc^, 
Muft  by  a  judgement  foreign  and  unknown* 
Be  guided  to  their  end,  or  by  their  owjlj 
For  to  defigft  an  end,  and  to  purfue 
That  end  by  means,  and  have  it  ftill  in  view,  55 

Demands  a  confcioiK,  wife,  reflefting  caufe. 
Which  freely  moves,  and  a£ls  by  reafon's  laws. 
That  can  deliberate,  means  ete6l,  and  find 
Their  due  connexion  with  the  end  defign'd. 
And  fince  the  world's  wide  franoe  does  not  include     60 
A  caufe  with  fuch  capacities  emlued  ; 
Some  other  caufc  o'er  nature  mud  prefide, 
Which  gave  her  birth,  and  does  her  motions  guide.- 
And  liere  behold  the  caufe,  which  God  we  name. 
The  fource  of  beings,  and  the  mind  fupreme;  6*5. 

Whofe  perfefifc  wifdom,  and  wliofe  prudent  care, 
Yrith.one  confederate  voice  unnumbcifd  wodds  declare* 


4>        BLACK  MORE'S    POERTS. 

.* 

Sec,  how  the  earth  has  gainM  that  very  place. 
Which  of  all  others  in  the  boundlefs  fpace 
Is  mofl  convenient,  and  will  befl  conduce  70 

Tp  the  wife  ends  cequir'd  for  nature's  ufe* 
You,  who  the  mind  and  caufe  fupreme  deny,. 
Nor  on  his  aid  to  form  the  world  rely, . 
Mnft  grant,  had  perfe£k  wifdom  been  employ 'd' 
TjO  find,  through  all  th'  interminable  void,  75-, 

A  feat  moft  proper,  and  which  bed  became 
The  earth  and  fea,  it.muft  have  been  the  fame. 

Now,  who  can  this  furprizing  fact  conceive. 
Who  this  event  fortuitous-  believe. 
That  the  brute  earth  unguided  fhould  embrace       (o  ] 
The  only  ufeful,  only  proper  place 
Of  all  the  millions'  in  the  empty  fpace  ? 

Could  flupid  atoms  with  impetuous  fpeed . 
By  different  roads  and  adverfe  ways  proceed; 
From  regions  oppofite  begin  their. flight,  85'. 

That  here  they  might  rencounter,  here  unite  ; 
What  charms  could  thefe  terreftrial  vagrants  fee 
In  this  one  point  of  all  immenfity. 
That  all  th*  cnamour'd  troops  fhould  thither  flow  ? 
Did  they  its  ufeful  (ituation  know  ?  99 

And,  when  the  fquadrons  with  a  fwift  career. 
Had  reach *d  that. point,  why  did  they  fettle  there, 
When  nothing  check 'diheir  flight,  but  gulphs  < 
Since  Epicurus  and  his  fchoiars  fay 
That  unobftrufted  matter  flies  away. 
Ranges  the  void,  and  knows  not  where  to  flay  ? 

If.^ 


■}; 


lere,       L 
i  of  air;  3 


.] 


.  CRBATION.     BookL  4^ 

If  foiH  ftgtdous  ions  of  art,  pretend 
That  by  their  native  force  tliey  did  defcend, 
^ad  ceaiM  to  more^  when  they  had  gaia'd  their  end } 
That  nativa'force  till  you  inlighten'd  know,  100 

Can  its  myfterious  fpring  difclofe,  and  Uxovf 
How  tis  exarted,  how  it  does  impel, 
Tour  «ninffaru6tive  words  no  doubts  difpel. 
We.aik  you,,  whence  does  motive  vigour  flow? 
You  fay,  the  nature  of  the  thing  is  fo.  105 

Bat  how  does  this  relieve  th'  enquirer's  pain  ? 
Or  how  the  dark  impulfive  power  explain  ? 

The  Atoouils,  who  (kill  mechanic  teach^ 
Who  boaft  tneir  cleaver  ilghc,  and  deeper  reacli^. 
ABktC  their  atoms  took  that  happy  feat,  no 

Detsnuin'd  thither  by  their  inbred  weight  1 
That  downward  through  the  fpacious  void  they  ftrove 
To  tiiat  one  pointy  from  all  the  parts  above. 
Grant  this  pofition  truc>  though  up  -and  down 
Are  to  a  fpace  not  limited  unknown ;  115 

But  iince  they  fay  our  earth  from  mom  to  raom 
On  its  own  axis  is  oblig'd  to  turn  ; 
That  fwift  rotation  mud  difperfe  in  air 
All  things,  which  on  the  rapid  orb  appear  : 
And  if  no  power  that  motion  fhould  control,  110 

It  mud  disjoint  and  diflipate  the  wholes 
Tis  by  experience  unconteded  found. 
Bodies  orbicular,  when  whirling  round, 
SuU  ihake  off  all  things  on  their  furface  plac'd, 
And  to  a  didance  from  the  centre  cad.  125 

If  ponderous  atoms  are  fo  much  in  love 
With  this  one  point,  that  all  will  thither  move. 

Give 


44        BLACItMORE'S    POEMS. 

Give  them  the  fituation  they  defire  ; 

But  let  us  then,  ye  fages,  next  enquire, 

What  caufe  of  their  cohefion  can  you  find  ?  130 

What  props  fupport,  what  chains  rfic  fabrick  bind  ?. 

Why  da  not  beafls  that  move,  or  ftoncs  that  lii 

Loofe  on  the  field,  through  diftant  regions  fly  ? 

Or  why  do  fragments,  from  a  mountain  rent. 

Tend  to  the  earth  with  fuch  a  fwift  defccnt  ?  13^. 

Thofe  who  afcribe  this  one  determin'd  courfe 
Of  ponderous  things  to  gravitating  forcc^ 
Refer  us  to  a  quality  occult, 
To  fenfelefs  words,  for  which  while  they  infulC 
With  juft  contempt  the  famous  Stagy  rice,  149 

Their  fchools  ihould  blcfs  the  world  with  elearer  Sght. 
Some,  the  round  earthls  cohefion  to  feture^ 
For  that  hard  taflc  employ  magnetic  power*. 
Remark,  fay  they,  the  glot^ie;  with  w6hder  tf#h 
Its  nature,  like  the  fam'd  attraftive  ftonc.  74^ 

This  has  its  axis,  fo  th'  obferver  telW^ 
Meridians,  poles,  aequa'tor,  parallels. 
To  the  terreftrial  poles  by  conftant  fate 
Th*  obfequious  poles  themfelves  accommodate, 
•And,  when  of  this  pofition  difpofleft,  15^ 

They  move,  and  ftrive,  nor  ever  will  they  reft, 
Till  their  lovM  fituation  they  regain, 
Where  pleas'd  they  fettle,  antl  unm<>y*d  remain. 
And  (hould  you,  fo  experience  does  decide^ 
Into  fmall  parts  the  wondrous  ftooe  divide,  15.5 

Ton-  thoufand  of  minuteft  firzecxpref* 
The  fame  pro^nfion^  whtchr  tlie*  large  po&fbi 


CREATION.     Book  L 

I  «U  die  globe  ftisfjud)  we  may  conclude 
^di  this  pijBVtiling  eneiigy  endvfed  x 
That  this  txtnGdvt^  this  furpriziag  ftooe 
Hat  no  peculiar  virtue  of  its  ovm  -, 
Nothing  but  what  is  common  to  the  whole. 
To  (ides,  ypt  axis,  'and  to  either  po'e. 

The  mighty  magnet  from  the  centre  darts 
'This  (hong,  though  fubtle  force,  through  all  the  part 
Its  a^ive  rays*  ejaculated  thence, 
irradiate  all  the  wide  circumference. 
While  every  part  is  in  proportion  bkfk, 
<And  of  its  due  attra£live  power  poffeft ; 
AVhile  adyerfe  ways  the  adverfe  atoms  draw  i|« 

With  the  fame  ftrength,  by  nature's  con  flan  t  lav 
Balanc'd  and  fixt;  they  can  no  longer  move^ 
Through  gptphs  immenfe  no  more  nnguided  rote* 
|f  ^rds  are  pull'd  two  adverfe  ways,  we  find 
The  mor«  we  draw  .them,  they  the  fader  bind.  17J 

So  when  with  equal  vigour  Nature  ftrains 
This  way  and'that  thefe  fine  mechanic  chains* 
They  ^x,  the  earth,  they  part  to  part  unite, 
Preferve  their  flrufture,  and  prevent  their  flight. 
prelTure,  they  iay,  and  weight,  we  mud  difown*      i^e 
As  things  occult,  by  no  ideas  known. 
And  oq  the  earth's  magnetic  power  depend 
rTo  fix  its  feat,  its  union  to  defend. 

Let  us  this  fam'd  hypotli^fis  furvey, 
And  with  attentive  thought  remar^  the  way, 
How  earth's  attradUve  parts  their  force  difplay. 
The  mafs,  'tis  faid*  from  its  wide  bofum  .pours 
rorrents  of  atopis,  and  eternal  ihowers 

Of 


185  I 


46        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Of  fine  magnetic  darts,  of  matter  ma  Ic 

So  fubtle,  marble  they  with  eafe  pervade  :  190 

^cfin'd,  and  (next  to  incorporeal)  thin, 

Not  by  Aufenian  glaffes  to  be  feen. 

Thefe  emanations  take  their  condant  flight 

Swift  from  the  earth,  as  from  the  fun  the  light ; 

To  a  determin*d  diftance  they  afcend^  195 

And  there  infle^  their  courfe,  and  downward  tend. 

What  can  infult  unequal  Reafon  more. 
Than  this  magnetic,  this  royfterious  power ' 
That  cords  and  chains,  hcyond  conception  fmall. 
Should  gird  and  bind  fo  faft  this  mighty  hall  1  100 

That  a^ve  rays  fliould  fpring  from  ever}'  part. 
And,  though  fo  fubtle,  fbould  fuch  force  exert ! 
That  the  light  legions  (hould  he  fent  abioad, 
'Range  all  the  air,  and  travetfe  every  road  1 
To  ftated  limits  (hould  excuriions  ma1ce,  205 

Then  backward  of  themfelves  their  journey  take  j 
Should  in  their  way  to  folid  'bodies  clii^, 
And  home  to  earth  the  captive  matter  bring  5 
Where  all  things  on  its  furface  fpread  arc  bound 
By  their  coercive  vigour  to  the  ground  1 
Can  this  be  done  without  a  Guide  Divine  ? 
Should  we  to  this  hypothefis  incline  ? 
Say,  does  not  here  confpicuous  Wifdom  ihine  } 
Who  can  .enough  magnetic  force  admire } 
t>oesitnet  couiffel  and  deiign  require  ftij 

Te;givc  rtie  earth  this  wondrous  energy, 
In'fuch'a  itieafure,  fuch  a  juft  degree. 
That  it  fliould  ftill  perform  its  dcftin'd  talk. 
As  nature's  ends  and  various  ufes  afk? 

For, 


} 


TRXATIOTJ.     BooicT.  47 

VoTf  ftonld  our  globe  have  had  a  grearer.  (hare    tia 
Of  ddt  ftroogibree»  by  which  the  pant  cohere, 
'Things  hid  been  bound  by  fuch  a  powerful  chain, 

Tliat  iH  would  fix'd  and  motionlefs  remain  j 

i^ll  men,  like  ftatues,  on  the  eanh  would  ftand, 
"Nor  would  they  move  the  foot,  or  ifaretcli  the  hand; 

Birds  would  not  range  the  ikies,  nor  beails  the  woods, 
tlor  c«^  the  fifli  divide  the  ftifTcn'd  floods. 

Again,  had  this  ftrange  energy  l>cen  Ids, 

TkfcGt  had  been  as  fatal  as  exccfs. 

Tor  want  of  cement  (Irong- enough  to  bind  139 

The  ftrufture  faft,  huge  ribs  of  rock,  disjoinM 

Without  an  earthquake,  from  (heir  bafe  would  dart," 

And  hills  unhing'd  from  their  deep  roots  depart. 

And,  while  our  orb  perform 'd  its  daily  race, 

•All  beings,  ^und  upon  its  ample  face,  13$ 

Would,  by  that  motion  diflipated,  fly 

Whirl'd  from  ihc  globe,  and  fcatter  flirough  the  flty : 

They  mutV,  obedient  to  mechanic  laws, 

AfTemble  where  the  flrongcr  magnet  draws ; 
*Whether  the  Sun  that  flrongcr  magnet  proves,  149 

Or  elfe  fome  planet's  orb  that  nearer  moves. 
Who  can  unfold  the  caufe  that  does  recall 

Magnetic  rays,  and  make  them  backward  fall? 

If  tliefe  effluvia,  which  do  upward  tend, 

<Becaufe  lefs  heavy  than  the  air,  afcend}  14^ 

Why  do  tliey  ever  from  their  height  retreat. 

And  why  return  to  feek  their  central  feat  > 
^rom  the  fame  caufe,  ye  fons  of  art,  declare 
tCaa  they  by  turns  defcend,  and  rife  in  air  ? 

Prodigious 


4«        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Prodigious  'tis,  ibat  one  attra61ive  ray  250 

"Should  this  way  bend,  the  next  an  adverfe  way ; 
For,  (hould  th*  unfecn  magnetic  jets  defccnd 
All  the  fame  way,  they  could  not  gain  their  end ; 
They  could  not  draw  and  bind  the  fabrick  faft, 
vUnlefs  alike  they  every  part  embrac'd.  255 

.  How  does  Cartciius  all  his  (inews  drain,  -^ 

How  much  he  labours,  and  how  nnuch  in  vain,  > 

The  earth's  attra£Vive  vigour  to  explain  !  J 

This  bold  contriver  thus  his  thoughts  conveys: 
Jnceflant  ft  reams  of  thin  magnetic  rays  a4o 

<}u(h  from  their  fountains,  with  impetuous  forccy 
la  cither  pole,  then  take  an  advcrfc  couife  : 
Thofe  from  the  Southern  pole  the  Northern  feek  ; 
The  Southern  thofe  that  from  the  Northern  break  : 
:Ij)  cither  pole  thefe  rays  emitted  meet  s6^5 

Small  pores  provided,  for  their  figures  fit; 
Still  to  and  fro  they  circulating  pafs, 
Wold  all  the  frame,  and  firmly  hind  the-mafs. 
Thus  he  the  parts  of  earth  from  fli^i^ht  rcftrains, 
And  girds  it  faft  by  fine  imagin'd  chains.  270 

But  oh  !  how  dark  is  human  rcafon  found  I 
How  vain  the  man,  with  wit  and  learning  crown'd  I 
How  feeble  all  his  ftrcngth,  when  he  cliays 
To  trace  dark  Nature,  and  detedt  her  ways  5 
Unlefs  he  calls  its  Author  to  liis  aid,  27^ 

Who  every  fccret  fpring  of  motion  laid. 
Who  over  all  his  wondrous  works  prelides. 
And  to  their  ufcful  ends  their  caufcs  guides  1 
Thefe  paths  in  vain  are  by  enquires  irod; 
There  *%  no  philofophy  without  a  God.  iSo 

t  AdmiiM 


\ 


eilBATION.     Book  I.  4^ 

AdnM  Out«fiai»  let  the  curiout  ki)ow» 
If  yaar  magMcie  atoms  tlwayt  flow 
From  pak  to  po1e»  what  forroM  their  double'  fource. 
What  fpar'd,  what  gave  them  their  infle£Ved  courfe  ? 
Tell,  what  could  drill  and  perforate  the  poles,         185 
And  to  th'  attra^re  rays  adapt  their  holes  } 
A  race  fo  long  what  prompts  them  to  purfue  > 
Have  the  blind  troops  th'  important  end  in  view } 
How  are  they  fure  they  in  the  poles  (hall  meet 
Pores  of  a  figure  to  their  figure  fit  >  ^^q 

Are  they  with  fuch  fagacity  endued 
To  know,  if  this  their  journey  be  purfued, 
They  ihall  the  earth's  conflru^re  clofelybind, 
And  to  the  eentre  keep  the  parts  confin'd  t 

Let  US  review  this  whole  magnetic  fcheme,  t^^ 

Till  wifer  heads  a'  wifer  model  frame. 
For  itt  formation  let  fit  atoms  fbrt, 
To  one  determined  point,  from  every  part. 
Kncountering  there  from  regions  oppofite. 
They  clalb^  and  interrupt  each  other's  flight;  300 

Andy  rendezvouiing  with  an  adverfe  coutre. 
Produce  an  equal  poife,  by  equal  force  : 
For  while  tlie  parts  by  laws  magnetic  zGtf 
And  are  at  once  attra£^ed  and  attrafki 
While  match 'd  in  flrcngth  they  keep  the  doubtful  field, 
And  neither  overcome,  and  neither  yield, 
To  happy  purpofe  they  their  vigour  fpcnd  1 
For  thefe  contentions  in  the  balance  end,  1 

Which  mufl  in  liquid  air  the  globe  fufpend.  J 

Befides  materials  which  are  brute  and  blind, 
Did  not  tliis  work  require  a  Knovidng  Mind,  119 

£  Who 


jj        BL  AC  KM  ORE'S    POEMS. 

Who  for  th^  taik  ihould  fit  detachments  chufe 

From  all  the  atoms,  which  their  hofl  ditfufe 

Through  the  wide  regions  of  the  bound lefs  fpacc. 

And  for  their  rendezvous  appoint  tlie  place?  jf  ^ 

Who  Hiould  command,  by  his  almighty  nody 

Thefe  chofch  troop?,  unconfcious  of  the  road. 

And  unacquainted  with  th*  appointed  end. 

Their  marches  to  begin,  and  thither  tend  ; 

Direft  them  all  to  take  tiie  neareil  way,  320 

Whence  none  of  all  th'  unnumber'd  millions  (Iray; 

Make  them  advance  with  fuch  an  equal  pace. 

From  all  the  adverfe  regions  of  the  fpace. 

That  they  at  once  ihould  reach  the  deflin'd  place  1 

Should  mufler  there,  and  round  the  centre  fwann. 

And  draw  together  in  a  globous  form  ? 

Grant,  that  by  mutual  oppofition  made 
Of  adverfe  pans,  their  mutual  Bight  is  ftaid  j 
That  thus  the  whole  is  in  a  balance  laid  5 
Does  it  not  all  mechanic  heads  confound,  330 

Tha:  troops  of  atoms,  from  ail  parts  around. 
Of  equal  number,  and  of  equal  force, 
Should  to  this  fmgle  point  direfl:  their  courfe  j 
That  fo  the  countcr-prelTurc  every  way. 
Of  equal  vigour,  might  tlicir  motions  ftay,  335 

And,  by  a  ftcady  poife,  the  whole  in  quiet  lay  ? 

Bcfidcs,  the  fiructiirc  of  the  eanii  regard  : 
For  firmnefs  how  is  all  its  frame  prepar'd  ! 
With  what  amazing  (kill  is  the  vaft  building  rear' 
Metals  and  veins  of  folid  flone  are  found  340 

The  chief  materials^  which  tlie  globe  compound. 

OCtf 


} 

I'd  I  J 


CREATION.     Book  L  ^t 

See,  how  the  hills,  which  high  in  air  afcend. 
From  pole  to  pole  their  lofty  lines  extend. 

Thefe  fttonj^  unfbaken  mouncls  rcfift  the  fliocks 
Of  tides  and  feas  tempeftuous,  while  the  rocks,        345 
That  fecVct  ih  a  long  eonfinued  viin 
Pafs  through  the  earth,  the  ponclerdus  pile  fudain  : 
Thefe  mighty  girders,  which  the  fabrick  bind, 
Thcfe  ribs  rohuft  and  vaft,  in  order  join'd  ; 
Thcfc  fubterranean  walls,  difpos'd  vlrith  art,  3'5» 

Such  Orcngth,  anfd  fufch  liability  impart,  •  .' 

That  Ooims  above,  and  earthquakes  under  ground, 

Break  not  the  pillars,  hdr  the  wojfk  corifoand. 
Give  to  the  earth  a  form  orbicular. 

Let  it  be  pois'd,  and  hung  ill  flmbileiit  air;  ■■  355 

Give  it  the  fitaarion  to  the  fun 

Such  as  is  only  fitj  when  this  is  done, 

Suppofe  it  ftill  remain'd  a  lazy  heap; 

From  what  we  grant,  you  no  advantage  reap. 

You  cither  muft  the  eaiih  from  reft  difturb,  349 

Or  roll  around  the  heavens  the  folar  orb. 

Elfe  what  a  dreadful  face  wi^l  nature  wear  ! 

How  horrid  will  thefe  loncfome  feats  appear ! 

This  nc'iir  would  fee  one  kind  refrefliing  ray ; 

That  would  be  ruin'd,  but  a  different  way, 

CondemnM  to  liglit,  and  curs*d  with  endlefs  day; 

A  cold  Icelandian  dtifert  one  would  grow; 

One,  like  Sicilian  furnaces,  wouldiglow. 
That  nature  may  this  fatal  error  (hun, 

Move,  which  will  pleafe  you  bcft,  the  earth  or  fun.  370 

But,  fay,  from  what  great  builder's  magazines 

You  *ll  engines  fetch,  what  ftrong,  what  vaft  machines 
E  z  \V\\V 


r) 


5«        BLACKMORE'S    P  O  E  M^. 

Will  you  employ  to  give  this  motion  birthy 

And  whirl  fo  fwiftly  round  the  fun  or  earth  ? 

Yet,  learned  heads,  by  what  mechanic  laws  375 

Will  you  of  either  orb  this  notion  caufe  ? 

Why  do  they  move  ?  why  in  a  circle  ?  why 

With  fuch  a  meafure  of  velocity  ? 

Say,  why  the  earth— if  not  the  earth,  the  fun 

Does  through  his  winding  road  the  Zodiack  run  ?    38* 

Why  do  revolving  orbs  their  tracks  fublime 

So  conflant  keep,  that  iince  the  birth  of  time 

TTiey  never  vary'd  their  accuftom'd  place^ 

Nor  loft  a  minute  in  fo  long  a  race  ? 

But  hold !  peiiiaps  I  rudely  prefs  too  hr;  315 

You  are  not  vers'd  in  reafoning  fo  feveie. 

To  a  firft  queftion  your  reply 's  at  hand ; 

Aik  but  a  fecond,  and  you  fpeechlefs  ftand« 

You  fwim  at  top,  and  on  the  furface  ftrive> 

But  to  the  depths  of  nature  never  dive  :  390 

Pot  if  you  did,  infltuftcd  you'd  explore 

Divine  contrivance,  and  a  God  adore. 

Yet  fons  of  art  one  curious  piece  devife. 

From  whofe  conftru6^ure  motion  ihall  arife. 

Machines,  to  all  philofophers  'tis  known,  395 

Move  by  a  foreign  impulfc,  not  their  own. 

Then  let  Gaflendus  chufe  what  frame  he  pleafe. 

By  which  to  turn  the  heavenly  orbs  with  eafe  j 

Thofe  orbs  muft  reft,  till  by  th'  exerted  force 

Of  fome  firft  mover  they  begin  their  courfe  :  400 

Meer  difpofition,  meer  mechanic  art. 

Can  never  motion  to  the  globes  impart  { 

And| 


C,R  E  A  T  I  O  N.    Book  I.  53 

A/adt  if  tliey  oouldy  the  marks  of  wife  deiign 
In  dut  cootriTAQce  would  confpicaous  ihioe. 
Tfaefe  queftioai  ^l  recur:  we  iliU  demind,  4^5 

What  moves  them  firft,  and  puts  them  off  at  hand } 
What  makes  them  this  one  way  their  race  dire£l;. 
While  they  ft  thoufand  other  ways  re|e£b  ?  I 

Why  do  they  never  once  their  courfe  inflc^k  ^  J 

Why  do  they  roll  with  fuch  an  equal  pace,.  4^0 

And  to  ft  moment  flill  perform,  their  race  I 
Why  earth  or  fun  diurnal  ftages  keep  ? 
In  fpiral  tracks  why  through  the  zodiac  creep? 
Who  can  account  for  this,,  unlefs  they  fay 
Thefe  orbs  th'  Eternal  Mindts  command  obey,         41 5, 
.  Who  bad  them  move,  did  all  tlKtr  motions  guide^ 
To  each  its  deftin'd  province  did  divide  ,* 
Which  to  complcaty  lie  gave  them  motive  power. 
That  Ihally  as  long  as  he  does  will,  endure } 

Thus  we  the  frame- of  nature  have  exprefl ;  429 

Kow  view  the  earth  in  finilh^d  beauty  drefl ; 
The  various  fcenes,  which  various  charms  difplay,. 
Through  all  th*  extended  theatre  furvey. 

See  how  fublime  th'  uplifted  mountains  rife,. 
And  with  their  pointed  heads  invade  the  fkies  I         4^^ 
How  the  high  cliffs  their  craggy  arms  extend, 
Diflinguifli  dates,  and  fcver'd  realms  defend  ! 
How  ambient  ihores  confiDe  the  relllefs  deep. 
And  in  their  ancient  l>ounds  the  billows  keep  t 
The  hollow  vales  their  fmiling  pride  unfold  -,  43^ 

What  rich  abundance  do  their  bofoms  hokr! 
Regard  tlwir  lovtly  verdure,  raviih'd  view 
The  party -coloured  flowers  of  various  hue  f 

E  3  Not 


54        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Not  Eaftem  monarchs,  on  their  nuptial  day, 

In  dazzling  gold  and  purple  Ihine  fo  gay  'A^S' 

As  the  blight  narivcb  of  th*  unlabour'd  field, 

Unverft  in  fpinning,  and  in  looms  unfkilPd. 

See,  how  the  ripferfing  fruits  the  gardens  crown, 

Imbil>c  the  fun,  and  make  his  light  their  own  I 

See  the  fvveet  brooks  in  filver  mazes  creep,  446' 

Enrich  the  meadows,  and  fupply  the  deep; 

While  from  their  weeping  urns  the  fountains  flow. 

And  vital  raoifture,  where  they  pafs,  Iwftow  ! 

Admire  the  narrow  ftrcam,  and  fpreading  lake, 

The  proud  afpiring  grove,  and  humble  brake  :         44^" 

How  do  the  forefts  and  the  woods  delight !  •  "    •  / 

How  the  fweet  glades  and  openings  charm  the  fight  f 

Obfcrve  the  pleafant  lawn  and  airy  plain,  *  ■' 

The  fertile  furrows  rich  with  various  grain ; 

How  ufeful  all !  how  all  confpire  to  grace  45^- 

Til'  extended  earth,  and  beautify  her  face  ! 

Now,  fee,  with  how  much  art  the  parts  are  made ; 
With  how  much  wifdom  are  the  ftrata  laid, 
Of  different  weight,  and  of  a  different  kind. 
Of  fundry  forms,  for  fundry  ends  defign'd  !  455 

Here  in  their  beds  the  finiftv'd  minerals  reff. 
There  the  rich  wombs  the  feeds  of  gold  digeft. 
Here  in  fit  moulds,  to  Indian  nations  known, 
Are  call  the  fevcral  kinds  of  precious  flone  ; 
The  diamond  here,  by  mighty  monarchs  worn,         460 
Fair  as  the  ffar  that  beautifies  the  morn  j 
And,  fplendid  by  the  fun's  embody 'd  ray. 
The  rubies  there  their  crimfon  light  difplay  j 

4  There 


ilCR  E.A.T  ION.    BookL   ' 

jftcwltotMe^  Ttn6us  coloured  veins  are  fproad; 
'Hat*  <yf  bitumen  unduous  ftorcs  are  bied.      ...  4 
Whtfi  Ikill  on  tU  its  Auface  is  beftov'dt 
■  To  make  the  earth  fnr  van  a  fie  abode  1 
The  upper  moulds,  with  adkive  fpirits  ftoT'd, 
AmA  rich  in  Terdant  progeny,  afibrd 
The  flowery  pafture,  and  the  ihady  wood,  47c 

To  men  their  phyfick,  and  to  beads  their  food^ 

Proceed  yet  farther,  and  a  profpefl  take 
Of  the  fwift  fiream,  and  of  the  {banding  lake. 
Had  not  the  deep  been  form'd,  that  might  conuin    .. 
All  the  collei^ed  treaAires  of  the  roaiov  47.5 

The  earth  had  (HU  o^erwlieim'd  with  water  flood* 
To  man  an  uninhabitable  flood. 
Yet  had  not  part  as  kindly  {laid  behind, 
la  the  wide  ciftems  of  tHe  lakes  confio'd, 
Did  not  the  fpdngs  and  rivers  drench  the  land,        4S0 
Our  globe  would  grow  a  wildcrnefs  of  fand ;. 
The  plants  and  groves,  the  tame  and  fivage  hca&. 
And  man,  their  lord,  would  die  with  diouglit  opprcH:. 
Kow,  as  you  fee,  the  Roaiing  clement 
Part.loofe  in  {beams,  part  in  the  ocean  pent,  4»S  - 

So  wifely  is  difpos'd,  as  may  conduce 
To  man's  delight,  or  ncccirary  ufe. 

See  how  the  mountains  in  ihc  miJil  divide 
The  noblcft  regions,  tiiat  from  cither  fide 
The  dreams,  which  to  the  hills  their  curicots  owe,     -^ 
May  every  way  along  the  valley  flow,  C 

And  verdant  wealth  on  all  the  fuil  hcftow  I  J 

k)  Atlas  and  the  mountains  of  the  ii:oon, 
*rom  north  to  fouth,  in  lofty  ridges  run 

E  4  Thrcv^^ 


54        BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

Thnmgh  Afric  realms,  whence  falling  waters  UfC  495 

Tb'  icfenor  regions  with  a  winding  ware. 

They  rarious  rivers  gire  to  various  foil, 

Niger  to  Guinea,  and  to  iEgrpc  Nile. 

So  from  the  towering  Alps,  on  different  fides* 

I^ilblving  fnows  defcend  in  munerous  tides*  ^c% 

Which  in  the  vale  beneath  their  parties  join 

To  form  the  Rhone,  the  Danube,  and  the  Rhine. 

So  Caucafus,  afpiticg  Taurus  fo. 

And  fam*d  Imaiis,  ever  white  with  fnow. 

Through  eadem  climes  their  lofty  lines  extend,        505 

And  this  and  that  way  ample  currents  fend. 

A  thoufand  rivers  make  their  crooked  way. 

And  difcmbogue  their  floods  into  the  fea  $ 

Whence  ihould  they  ne'er  by  fecret  roads  retire. 

And  to  the  hills,  from  whence  they  came,  afpire;    5i# 

They  by  their  conilant  ftreams  would  £0  encreafe 

The  watery  {lores,  and  raife  (o  high  the  feas. 

That  the  wide  hollow  would  net  long  contain 

Th*  unequal  treafurcs  of  the  fwelling  main ; 

Scorning  the  mounds  which  now  its  tide  withftand,  515 

Tlie  fca  would  pafs  the  ihores,  and  drown  the  land. 

Tell,  by  what  paths,  what  fubterranean  ways. 
Back  to  the  fountain's  ^ead  the  fca  conveys 
The  refluent  rivers,  and  the  land  repays  ? 
Tell,  what  fupcrior,  what  controling  caufc  520 

Makes  waters,  in  contempt  of  nature's  laws, 
Climb  up,  and  gain  th'  afpiring  mountains  height. 
Swift  and  forgetful  of  their  native  weight  ? 

What 


} 


CREATION.     Book  I.  57 

What  happy  works,  what  engines  under-ground. 
What  inftrumcnts  of  curious  art  are  found,  545 

Which  muft  with  cverlafting  labour  play,  -\ 

Back  to  their  fprings  the  rivers  to  convey,  > 

And  keep  their  corrcfpondencc  with  the  fca  ?  J 

Perhaps  you  *ll  fay,  their  ftrcams  the  rivers  owe 
In  part  to  rain,  in  part  to  melting  fnow ;  530 

And  that  th*  attrafted  watery  vapours  rife 
From  lakes  and  feas,  and  611  the  lower  ikies  : 
Thcfe  when  condensed  the  airy  region  pours 
On  the  dry  earth  in  rain,  or  gentle  fhowers; 
Th'  iniinuating  drops  (ink  through  the  fand,  535 

And  pafs  the  porous  fbrainers  of  the  land ; 
Which  frclh  fupplies  of  watery  riches  bring 
To  every  river's  head,  to  each  exhaufled  fpring ; 
The  ftrcams  are  thus,  their  lofles  to  repair, 
Back  to  their  fource  tranfmitted  through  the  air ;      540 
The  waters  ftill  their  circling  courfe  maintain. 
Flow  down  in  rivers,  and  return  in  rain ; 
And  on  the  foil  with  heat  immoderate  dry'd, 
To  which  the  rain's  pure  treafures  are  deny'd. 
The  mountains  more  fublime  in  aether  rife,  54^ 

Transfix  the  clouds,  and  tower  amidft  the  ikies ; 
The  fnowy  fleeces,  which  their  heads  involve. 
Still  ftay  in  part,  and  ftill  in  part  diffolvcs 
Torrents  and  loud  impetuous  catara£^s 
Through  roads  abrupt,  and  rude  unfafliion'd  tra£ks,  550 
Roll  down  the  lofty  mountain's  channeled  (ides, 
And  to  the  vale  convey  their  foaming  tides ) 
At  length,  to  make  tlieir  various  currents  one. 
The  congregated  floods  together  run  j 

Thcfc 


X$        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Thefe  confluent  ftreanns  make  fonne  great  river's  head. 

By  llores  ftill  melting  and  defcending  fed  ; 

Thus  from  th'  afpiring  mountains  of  the  moon 

Diflblving  treafures  rufli  in  torrents  down. 

Which  pafs  the  fun-burnt  realms  andfandy  foil. 

And  blcfs  th'  Egyptian  nation  with  their  Nile ;       ^i9 

Then  whofoe'er  his  fecret  rife  would  know, 

Muft  climb  the  hills,  tmd  trace  his  head  in  fnow; 

And  through  the  Rhine,  the  Danube,  and  the  Rhone, 

All  ample  rivers  of  our  milder  zone, 

While  they  advance  along  the  flats  and  plains,  565 

Spread  by  the  Ihowers  augmented,  and  the  rains  ; 

Yet  thefe  their  fource  and  firfl:  beginning  owe 

To  (lores,  that  from  the  Alpine  mountains  flow ; 

Hence,  when  the  fhows  in  winter  ceafe  to  weep, 

And  undifTolv'd  their  flaky  texture  keep,  57* 

The  banks  with  cafe  their  humble  flreams  contain, 

Which  fwell  in  funimer,  and  thofe  banks  difdain. 

Be  this  account  alIow*d,  fay,  do  not  here 

Th'  imprcflions  of  confummatc  ait  appear? 

In  every  fpacious  realm  a  rifing  ground,  575 

Obfcrvcrs  tell,  is  in  the  middle  found  ; 
That  all  the  ftreams,  which  flow  from  either  fide. 
May  through  the  valleys  unobftru6lcd  glide. 
What  various  kingdoms  does  the  Danube  lave. 
Before  the  Euxine  fea  receives  its  wave  I  580 

How  many  nations  of  the  fun -burnt  foil 
Fam'd  Niger  blefs !  how  many  drink  the  Nile ! 
Through  what  vafl  regions  near  the  riling  fun 
Does  InduS;  Ganges,  and  Hydafpes,  run  ! 

What 


^^^'it-  A  T  I  6  #.    Book  T.  59 

Unkt  litppy  (^^my  wide  Euphrates,  teem,  J85 

And  pngnanc  grow  by  thy  prolific  fbtain  f 

How  nany  fpifiSKiV  coantries  does  the  Rluiie, 

In  winding  banka,  and  mazes  ferpentine* 

Traverfe,  before  he  fplits  in  Bclgia's  plain, 

And  loft  in  fiind  creeps  to  the  German)  main  !  599 

Floods  vduch  throng  Indian  realms  their  courfe  purfue^ 

That  Mexico  enrich,  and  wafh  Peru, 

With  their  titiwearied  ftreams  yet  farther  pafs. 

Before  they  reach  the  fea,  and  end  their  race. 

And  (ince  the  rivers  and  the  floods  demand,  595 

For  their  defcent,  a  prone  and  finking  land. 

Does  not  diit  due  declivity  declare 

A  wife  Piredor's  proridential  care  ? 

Sice,  how  the  ftreams  advancing  to  the  main 
ThiDbgh  crooked  channels  draw  their  cryftal  train!  609 
Wlule  lingering  dins  they  in  meanders  glide. 
They  fcatter  verdant  life  on  either  fide. 
The  valleys  fmile,  and  with  their  flowery  face 
And  wealthy  births  confefs  the  floods  embrace. 
But  this  great  blcfling  would  in  part  be  lod,  605 

Nor  would  the  meads  their  blooming  plenty  boaft; 
Did  unchecked  rivers  draw  their  fluid  train 
In  lines  dire£^,  and  rapid  feek  the  main. 

The  fea  does  next  demand  our  view';  and  there 
No  lefs  the  marks  of  pcrfeft  (kill  appear.  61^ 

When  firft  the  atoms  to  the  congrefs  came, 
And  by  their  concourfc  form'd  the  mighty  frame. 
What  did  the  liquid  to  th*  aflembly  call, 
To  give  tlicir  aid  to  form  the  ponderous  ball  ? 

Firft, 


40        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Flrfty  tell  us,  why  did  any  come?   next,  why  615 

In  fuch  a  difpropomon  to  the  dry  ? 

Why  were  the  moift  in  number  fo  outdone, 

That  to  a  thoufand  dry,  they  are  but  one  ? 

When  they  united,  and  together  clung. 

When  undiftinguifh'd  in  one  heap  they  hung,  6ao 

How  was  the  union  broke,  the  knot  unty'd. 

What  did  th'  entangled  elements  divide  ? 

Why  did  the  moid  disjoined,  without  refpe6l: 

To  their  Icfs  weight,  the  loweft  feat  eled  ? 

Could  they  difpenfe  to  lie  below  the  land,  6^5 

With  nature's  law,  and  unrepeal'd  command ; 

Which  gives  to  lighter  things  the  grcatcft  height, 

And  feats  inferior  to  fuperior  weight  ? 

Did  they  forefee,  unlefs  they  lay  fo  low,  ^ 

The  redleft  flood  the  land  would  overflow,  630  r 

By  which  the  delug'd  earth  would  u(c\t{s  grow  >        ^ 

What,  but  a  confcious  agent,  could  provide 

The  fpacious  hollow,  where  the  waves  refulc  ? 

Where,  bar'd  with  rock,  and  fencM  with  liills,  the  deep 

Does  in  its  womb  the  floating  trcafurcs  keep  1  635 

And  all  the  raging  regiments  reftrain 

In  dated  limits,  tliat  the  fwelling  main 

May  not  in  triumph  o'er  the  frontier  ride, 

And  through  the  land  licentious  fpread  its  tide  > 

What  other  caufe  the  frame  could  fo  contrive,  (40 

That,  when  tempefluous  winds  the  ocean  drive. 

They  cannot  break  tlie  tye,  nor  difunite 

The  waves,  which  roll  conne6lcd  in  their  flight  ? 

Their 


.    ^CltJIfATION.     BooK]^.  (t 

UlNir  budfy-  thoa^  iUck,  no  diflblution  fear,         n 
Th*  imfem'd  ptrti  the  greueft  preiTim  betr»      645  f 
Thoagh  loofe,  and  fit  to  flow,  they  ftill  cohere.        J  . 
This  apt,  this  wife  contexture  of  the  fea. 
Makes  it  the  (hipe  driv'n  by  the  winds  obey  1 
Whence  hardy  merchants  fail  from  ihore  to  fhore. 
Bring  Indian  fpices  home,  and  Guinea's  ore.  650 

When  you  with  liquid  flares  have  611'd  the  deep^ 
Whtt  does  the  flood  from  putrefi6Uon  keep  } 
Should  it  lie  fbgnant  in  its  ample  feat^ 
The  fun  would  throu^  it  fpread  deffanffivrheat. 
The  wife  Contriver,  on  his  end  intent,  655 

Caiefbl  this  £tta]  enor  to  prevent. 
And  keep  the  waters  firom  corruption  fiee, 
Wst  than  with  fait,  and  feafon'd  all  the  fea. 
What  other  cauie  eould  this  tffe€t  produce  ? 
The  brackifh  tin6hire  through  the  main  diffufe }      44« 
You,  who  to  folar  beams  this  tafk  alHgn, 
*  To  fcald  the  waves,  and  turn  the  tide  to  brine, 
Refle^  that  all  the  fluid  flores,  which  fleep 
In  the  remooeft  caverns  of  the  deep. 
Have  of  the  briny  force  a  greater  fhare,  f  6| 

Than  thofe  above,  that  meet  the  ambient  air* 
Others,  but  oh  how  much  in  vain  !  ere6l; 
Mountains  of  fait,  the  ocean  to  infe^. 
Who,  vers'd  in  nature,  can  defcribe  the  land. 
Or  fix  the  place  on  which  thofe  mountains  fland  ?     670 
Why  have  thofe  rocks  fo  long  unwafted  flood, 
Since,  lavifh  of  their  flock,  they  through  the  flood. 
Have,  ages  pail,  their  melting  cryflal  fpred, 
i  with  their  fpoils  the  liquid  regions  fed  ? 

Yet 


} 


^2        BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

Yet  morr,  the  wife  Contriver  did  prtn-idc,  675 
To  keep  the  fca  from  ftaenating  the  tide  ; 
XVhich  now  we  fee  adrance,  and  now  fub(i<le. 
It  you  exclude  this  great  Dirc6ting  Mind, 
Declare  wlwrt  catifc  of  this  cflFcft  you  find. 
You  who  this  globe  round  its  own  axis  drive,  680 

From  that  rotation  this  crent  derive  : 
You  fay,  the  fea,  which  with  unequal  pace 
Attends  the  earth  in  this  its  rapid  race. 
Does  with  its  waves  faU  backwan-d  to  the  weft, 
And,  thence  repell'd,  advamccs  to  the  eaft  :  685 

While  this  revolving, motion  docs  dndure. 
The  deep  mud  reel,  anrtd  rufli  from  fbore  to  ftore  : 
Thus  to  the  fctting,  and  the  lifing  fun, 
Alternate  tides  in  dated  order  run. 
Th*  experiments  you  bring  us,  to  expiiin  C90 

•ttiis  notion,  are  itnpeVtifncBt  and  vain. 
An  orb  or  ball  round  its  own  axis  whiri; 
"Will  not  the  motion  to  a  diftancc  hurl 
Whatever  duft  or  fand  you  on  it  place. 
And  drops  of  water  from  its  convex  face  f  695 

Jit  this  rotation  docs  the  feas  affeft, 
The  rapid  morion  rather  would  ejcft 
The  ftores  the  low  capacious  caves  contain. 
And  from  its  ample  bafih  caft  tlie  main ; 
Aloft  in  air  would  make  the  ocean  fly,  70© 

Ahd  dafh  its  fcattcr'd  waves  againft  the  iky. 

If  you,  to  folve  th'  appearance,  have  rccourfc 
Td  the  bright  fun's,  or  moon's  impulfive  force ; 
Do  you,  who  call  for  demonftrauon,  tell 
Hpw  diftant  orbs  th'  obedient  flood  impel  ?  705 

This 


<:  R  E  A  T  I  O  N.     Booic  I.  6| 

This  ftrong  myftcrious  influence  explain, 

By  which,  to  fwell  the  waves,  they  prefs  the  main. 

But  if  you  cKufe  magnetic  power,  and  fay 

Thofe  bodies  by  ,attra£kion  move  the  fea; 

Till  with  new  light  you  make  this  fearet  known,     710 

And  tell  us  how  'tis  by  attra6lion  done. 

You  leave  tlw  rairid  in  darknefs  Hill  involv*d. 

Nor  have  you,  like  philofophers,  refolv'd 

The  doubts,  which  we  to  reafoning  nicn  refcr> 

But  with  a  cant  of  words  abufe  the  oar.  7^5 

Thofe,  who  affert  the  lunar  orb  prcfides 
O'er  humid  bodies,  and  the  oceian  guides  : 
Whofe  waves  obfequious  ebb,  or  fwelling  run, 
With  the  declining  or  increafing  moon  ; 
With  reafon  fcem  her  empire  to  maintain,  72a 

As  miib-efs  of  the  rivers  and  the  main* 
Perhaps  her  a£kive  influences  caufe 
Th*  alternate  flood,  and  give  the  billow  laws; 
The  waters  feem  her  orders  to  obey. 
And  ebb  and  flow,  determined  by  her  fway.  72 J 

Grant  that  the  deep  this  foreign  fovereign  owns. 
That  mov'd  by  her  it  this  and  that  way  runs. 
Say,  by  what  force  fhe  makes  the  ocean  fwell. 
Does  flic  attra6l  the  waters,  or  impel  ? 
How  docs  flie  rule  the  rolling  waves,  and  guide       730 
By  fixt  and  confl:ant  laws  the  rcftlcfs  tide  ? 
Why  does  (he  dart  her  force  to  that  degree. 
As  gives  fo  jufl:  a  motion  to  the  fea. 
That  it  ihould  flow  no  more,  no  more  retire. 
Than  nature's  various  ufeful  ends  require }  71$ 

A  Mind 


64         BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

A  Mind  Supreme  you  therefore  inuft  approve, 

Whofe  high  c-mmaDd  caus'd  matter  firft  to  move : 

Who  dill  preferves  its  courfc,  and,  with  refpeft 

To  his  wife  ends,  all  motions  does  dire£l« 

He  to  the  iilver  moon  this  province  gave,  749 

And  fixt  her  empire  o'er  the  briny  Mrave  ; 

Endued  her  with  fuch  juft  degrees  of  power. 

As  might  his  aims  and  wife  deiigns  procure. 

Might  agitate  and  work  the  troubled  deep. 

And  rolling  waters  from  corruption  keep,  745 

But  not  impel  them  o*er  their  bounds  of  fand. 

Nor  force  the  wafleful  delugt  o'er  the  land. 


CR£A. 


I    ^5    ] 


CREATION. 


BOOK        II. 


THB    ARGUMBNTk 

THE  Introduction.  The  numerotis  and  importanc 
lileflings  of  rrligion.  The  cxiilencc  of  a  (lod  de- 
monrtrated*  from  the  wifciom  and  deiiga  which  ap- 
|)ear  in  the  motions  of  tlic  heavenly  orbs ;  but  move 
paiticularly  in  the  fotar  fyftcm.  1.  In  the  fituacion 
of  the  fun,  and  its  due  di (lance  from  the  earth.  The 
fatal  cofifec|oeiices  of  its  having  been  placed  other- 
wife  than  It  is.  II.  In  its  diurnal  motion,  whence 
the  change  of  day  and  night  proceeds  x  then  in  its 
annual  motion,  whence  arife  the  dllTerent  degrees  ot; 
heat  and  cold.  The  confineiDcnt  of  the  fun  between 
the  tropicks,  not  to  he  accounted  for  bv  any  philofo- 
phical  hypothecs.  The  difficulties  of  the  fame,  if 
the  earth  moves,  and  the  fun  rcrts.  The  fprinsjof  the 
fun's  motion,  not  to  be  explained  by  any  irrclisjious 
philofophy.  The  contemplation  of  the  folar  light, 
and  the  ufcs  made  of  it  for  the  end  propofcd.  The 
appearances  in  the  folar  fyftcm  not  to  l>c  folvcd,  hue 
by  alTcrting  a  God.  The  fyftcm s  of  Ptolomy,  Co- 
pernicus, Tycho  Brahc,  and  Ktpler,  conlicicrtd. 
The  folar  fyftem  dcfcrihcd,  and  compared  with  the 
fixed  ftars,  which  arc  fuppofcd  centres  of  the  like 
{\{\cm%»  Reflexions  6n  that  comparifon.  The  hv- 
F  poihcfi'j 


t6         BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

pjthcf.s  of  Epicurus,  in  relation  to  the  ^motion  of 
the  fun.  Wildom  and  dciign  difcovered  in  the  air ; 
in  its  ufeful  ftructurc,  its  clafticity,  its  various  me- 
teors ;  the  wind,  the  rain,  tliunder,  and  lightning. 
A  ibbrt  contemplation  of  the  vegetable  kind. 

/^  AR  U  S,  by  hardy  Efncums  Uught, 

^^  From  Greece  to  Rome  his  impious  fyftem  brought) 

Then  war  with  Heaven  he  did  infulting  wage. 

And  breath'd  againft  the  Gods  immortal  rage  : 

See,  he  exclaims,  the  fource  of  all  our  woe  !  5 

Our  fears  and  fufFcrings  from  Religion  flow. 

We  grant,  a  train  of  roifchiefs  oft'  proceeds 
From  fuperflitious  ntes  and  penal  creeds ; 
'But  view  Religion  in  her  native  charms, 
IMfperfing  bleflings  with  indulgent  arms,  !• 

From  her  fair  eyes  what  heavenly  rays  are  fpread  I 
•IVhat  blooming  joys  fmile  round  her  blifsful  head ! 

Offsprinff  divine  I  by  thee  we  blefs  the  Caufe, 
Who  form'd  the  world,  and  rules  it  by  his  laws  1 
His  independent  being  we  adore,  15 

Extoll  his  goodnefs,  and  revere  his  power ; 
Our  wondering  eyes  his  high  pcrfe£lions  view. 
The  lofty  contemplation  we  purfue. 
Till  raviih'd  we  the  great  idea  find. 
Shining  in  bright  impreiiions  on  our  mind.  20 

InfpirM  by  thee,  gucft  of  celeftial  race, 
With  generous  love,  we  human-kind  embrace  $ 
We  provocations  unprovok'd  receive, 
Patient  of  wrong,  and  ealy  to  for^vej 

Proteft. 


CREATION.  ^  Booic  11.  -         1^7 

Protefl  the  orphan,  plead,  the  widow's  caufe,  25 

Nor  deviate  from  the  line  unerring  juftice  draws. 

Thy  luftre,  bleft  effulgence,  can  difjx:ll 
The  clouds  of  error,  and  the  gloom  of  hell  5 
On' to  the  foul  impart  etherial  light. 
Give  life  divine  and  intclle6l«al  fight :  }• 

Before  our  ravifh'd  eyes  thy  beams  difplay 
The  opening  fcenesof  blifs,  and  endlefs  day  5 
^y  which  incited,  we  with  ardour  rife, 
Scorh  this  inferior  ball,  and  claim  the  fkies. 

Tyrants  to  thee  a  change  of-  nature  owe,  3  5 

Difraifs  their  tortures,  and  indulgent  grovv^ 
Ambitious  conquerors  in  their  mad  career, 
Check'd  by  thy  voice,  lay  down  the  fword  and  fpoar. 
The  boldcfl  champions  of  impiety, 
Scornful  of  Heaven,  fubdued  -or  won  by  tliee,       40 
Before  thy  hallowed  alurs  bend  the  knee ;  . 
Loofe  wits,  made  wife,  a  pubHc  good  become. 
The  fens  of  pride  an  humble  mien  ailumci 
The  profligate  in  morals  grow  fevere, 
Dcfrauders  juft,  and  fycophants  fmcere.  45 

With  amorous  language  and  bewitching  fmiles. 
Attractive  airs,  and  all  the  lover's  wiles, 
The  fair  Egyptian  Jacob's  fon  carefs'd. 
Hung  on  his  neck,  and  languifh'd  on  his  bread ; 
Courted  with  freedom  now  the  beauteous  ilave,  -        50 
Now  flattering  fued,  and  threatening  now  did  rave  t 
But  not  the  various  eloquence  of  love, 
Nor  power  enrag'd,  could  his  fix'd  virtue  move. 
See,  aw*d  by  Heaven,  the  blooming  Hebrew  flies 
^er  anful  tongu«,  and  more  perfuafive  eyes;  55 

F  2  And, 


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68         BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

And,  fpringin^  from  her  clifappointed  arms, 
Prefers  a  dune;con  to  forbidden  charms. 

Stcdfaft  in  virtue's  and  his  country's  caufc, 
Th'  illuftrious  founder  of  the  Jcwiib  laws. 
Who,  taught  by  Heaven,  at  genuine  grcatnefs  aim'd,  io 
With  worthy  pride  imperial  blood  difclaim'd  ; 
Th*  alluring  hopes  of  Pharoah*s  throne  rcfign'd. 
And  the  vain  pleafure*  of  a  court  declined, 
PlcasVl  with  obfcure  reccfs,  to  cafe  the  pains 
Of  Jacob's  race,  and  break  their  fcrvile  chains;      €5  I 
Such  generous  minds  are  form'd,  where  bleft  Religion  | 

Ye  friends  of  Epicurus,  look  around,         [reigns. 
All  ntture  view  with  marks  of  prudence  crown'd. 
Mind  the  wife  ends,  which  proper  means  promort ; 
See  how  the  different  parts  for  different  ufc  arc  wrought; 
Contemplate  all  this  condu6l  and  dcfign. 
Then  own,  and  praife,  th*  Anificcr  Divine. 

Regard  the  orbs  fublime  in  aether  l)orne, 
Which  the  hjue  regions  of  the  ikies  adorn  ; 
Compar'd  with  whofc  extent,  this  low-hung  balK,      75 
Shrunk  to  a  point,  is  dcfpicably  fmall : 
Their  numl)cr,  counting  thofe  th*  unaided  e5'c 
Can  fee,  or  by  invented  tubes  dcfcry. 
With  thofe  which  in  the  advt- rfc  hcmifphere^ 
Or  near  each  pole  to  lands  remote  appear,  to 

The  widcd  (Iretch  of  human  thought  exceeds. 
And  in  th'  attentive  mind  amazement  breeds  : 
While  thcfc  ft)  numerous,  and  lo  vaft  of  fizc. 
In  various  ways  roll  thiough  the  tracklcfs  (kies; 
Through  eroding  roads  perplext  and  intricate,  ^5 

Perform  their  ftagos,  and  their  rounds  IreptiA:';  *  ^  ■  a 

None 


CREATION.     Booit  U.  f^ff 

None  by  collifion  from  their  courfe  are  driven. 

No  (hocks,  no  conflicts,  break  the  peace  of  heaven;    ' 

No  (hatter'cl  globes,  no  glowing  fragments  fall, 

^o  worlds  o'trturnM  cruih  this  teireftrial  ball  f  90 

Iq  beaiit^us  order  all  the  orbs  advance,  t 

Andy  in  tbcur  mazy  complicated  dance. 

Not  in  one.  pare  of  all  the  pathlefs  iky 

Did  any  evei:  halt,  or  ftcp  awry, 

.     iWlien  twice  ten  titoufand  men  depriv'd  of  (ight     95 
To  fomc  wide  yale  dirc6l  their  footfteps  right ; 
Shall  there  a  various  ftgur'd  dance  eilay, 
Mqvc  by  juft  ftcps,  and  mqafur'd  time  obey; 
Shall  crofs  each  other  with  unerring  feet, 

.Nfvcr  midake  their  place,  and  never  meet;  too 

Nor  (hall  in  many  years  the  leaft  decline 
F:om  the  fame  ground,  and  the  fame  winding  line  : 
Then  may  in  various  roads  the  orbs  alK>ve, 
Without  a  guide,  in  perfc6l  concord  move.; 
Then  beauty,  order,  and  harmonious  laws,  uoj 

May  not  require  a  wife  Dire6ting  Caufe. 

Sec,  how  th'  indulgent  father  of  the  day 
At  fuch  due  c'iftance  docs  his  beams  difplay. 
That  he  bib  heat  may  give  to  fea  and  land, 

fla  juft  degrees,  as  all  their  wants  denMiidl  -  li« 

But  had  he,  in  th'  unmeafur.tble  fpace 
Of  a?ther,  chofen  a  remoter  place; 
For  in  fiance,  pleas'd  with  *rh  at  fuperior  feat 
Where  Saturn,  or  where  Jove,  their  courfe  repeat  | 
Or  had  he  happen'd  farther  yet  to  lie  115 

in  tlie  laprc  dUl^nt  quarters  of  the  iky ; 

F  3  How 


TO        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

How  fad,  how  wild,  how  exqolfite  a  fcene 

Of  dciblatioD,  had  this  planet  been  f 

A  wafteful,  cold,  untrodden  wildernefs. 

The  gloomy  haunts  of  horror  and  diftrcft:  vso 

Indead  of  woods,  which  crown  the  mountain's  head. 

And  the  ga^  honours  of  the  ▼erdant  mead ; 

In  (lead  of  golden  fniics,  the  garden's  pride. 

By  genial  ihowers  and  folar  heat  fupply'd  ^ 

Jcelandian  cold,  and  Hyperborean  fnows^  125 

£:emal  froil,  with  ice  that  never  flows, 

Unfafferahle  winter,  had  defac'd 

Ean^'s  blooming  charms,  and  made  a  barren  waftet 

No  mild  indulgent  gales- would  gently  bear. 

On  their  foft  wings,  fweet  vapours  through  the  air,  130 

I'iie  baimy  fpoils  of  plants,  and  fragrant  flowers. 

Of  aromatk  groves,  and  myrtle  bowers,- 

Who^e  odoriferous  exhalations  fan 

1  l.c  flame  of  life,  and  recreate  beaft  and  man ; 

But  dorms,  ev'iv  worfe  than  vex  Norwegian  waves,  13  5. 

1  liat  breed  in  Scythia's  hills,  or  Lapland  caves. 

Would  through  this  bleak  tcrreftrial  dcfart  blow. 

Glaze  it  with  ice,  or  whelm  it  o'er  wira  fnow.. 

Or  had  the  fun,  by  like  unhappy  fate, 
Elefted  to  the  earth  a  nearer  feat,  1^ 

His  beams  had  cleft  the  hill,  the  valley  dry'd,. 
Exhal'd  the  lake,  and  drained  the  briny  tide: 
A  heat,  fupeiior  far  to  that  which  broils 
Borneo,  or  Sumatra,  Indian  ides  ; 
Than  that  which  ripens  Guinea's  golden  ore,  145- 

Or  burns  the  Libyan  hind,  or  tao»  the  Moor  f  '-     :    i 

Had 


CREATION.     BooicIL  j% 

Had  laid  all  nature  wade,  and  turn'd  the  land 

To  hills  of  cinders,  and  to  vales  of  fand  : 

Nk>  beads  could  then  have  rang'd  the  leaflefs  wood. 

Nor  6nny  nations  cut  the  boiling  flood  {  159 

Birds  had  not'  beat  the  airy  road,'  the  fwains 

No  flocks  had  tended  on  tlie  rulTet  plains. 

Thusy  had  the  fun's  bright  orb  been  more  remote. 

The  cold  had  kiird  ;  and,  if  more  near,  the  drought. 

Next  fee,  Lucretiaa  fages,  fee  the  fun  151 

His  courfe  diurnal  and  his  annual  run. 
How  in  his  glorious  race  lie  moves  along. 
Gay  as  a  bridegroom,  as  a  giant  flrong. 
How  his  unvary'd  labour  he  repeats, 
Returns  at  morning,  and  at  eve  retreats;  ,        ik9 

And,  by  the  didribution  of  his  light. 
Now  gives  to  man  the  day,  and  now  the  nip^ht ; 
Night,  when  the  drou'fy  fwain  and  traveller  ccafc 
Their  daily  toil,  and  footh  their  limbs  with  cafe ; 
When  all  the  weary  fons  of  woe  reftrain 
Their  yielding  cares  with  (lumber's  filken  chain, 
Solace  fad  grief,  and  lull  relu6iant  pain. 

And  while  the  fun,  ne'er  covetous  of  red. 
Flies  with  fuch  rapid  fpeed  from  ead  to  wed. 
In  tracks  oblique  he  through  the  zodiac  rolls,  170 

Between  the  northern  and  the  fouthern  poles : 
From  which  revolving  progrcfs  through  the  ikies. 
The  needful  ieafons  of  the  year  arife. 
And  as  Ke  now  advances,  now  retreats. 
Whence  winter  colds  proceed,  and  fummcr  heats,     175 
He  qualifies  and  cheers  the  air  by  turns, 
Which  winter  frcezesi  and  which  fummcr  burns. 

F  4  Thus 


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72         BLACKM  ORE'S    P  O  E  M  b. 

I'hus  Ills  kiml  rays  the  two  extremes  reduce, 

And  keep  a  terrper  fit  for  nature's  ufe. 

T\\t  froft  and  drought,  by  this  alternate  power,        iSo 

The  earth's  prolific  energy  reflore. 

The  lives  of  man  and  1)ea(l  demand  the  change  9 

Hence  fowls  the  air,  and  fifh  the  ocean,  range. 

l)f  hear  and  cold  iliis  juft  fucceflive  reign. 

Which  docs  the  balance  of  the  year  maintain,  iSc 

71ie  gardener's  hope  and  farmer's  patience  props, 

Gives  vernal  verdure,  and  autumnal  crops. 

Should  but  the  fun  his  duty  once  forget. 
Nor  from  the  north,  nor  from  the  fouth,  retreat  1 
Should  liot  the  beams  revive,  and  footh  tlie  foil,        190 
McUow  the  furrow  for  the  ploughman's  toil ; 
A  teeming  vigour  fliould  they  not  diffufe, 
l-crment  the  glclic,  and  genial  fpirits  loofe, 
\'/hich  lay  imprifon'd  in  the  (lifiFen'd  ground, 
Congeai'd  with  cold,  in  frofty  fetters  bound  j  195 

I'DTuiiful  Earth  her  wretched  fate  would  mourn, 
No  graf  s  would  cloaih  the  plains,  no  fruit  the  trees  adorn. 

Dut  did  the  lingering  orb  much  longer  (lay, 
Unmindtul  of  his  courfc,  and  crooked  wav  j 
Tiic  earth,  of  dews  defrauded,  would  deteft  ace 

The  fatal  favour  of  th'  cfl'ulgcnt  gucft  ; 
To  ilifiant  worlds  implore  him  to  repair. 
And  free  from  noxious  beams  the  fultry  air: 
His  rays,  produ£ltve  now  of  wealth  and  joy, 
Wof  Id  then  the  pafture  and  the  hills  annoy,  acq 

And  with  too  great  indulgence  would  deftroy  : 
In  vain  the  labouring  h'fnd  would  till  the  land, 
Turn  up  the  glebe,  and  fow  his  feed  in  fand  : 

The 


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CREATION,      Book  If.  7^ 

The  meadi  would  criick,  in  want  of  binding  dews, 

The  channels  would  th*  exhaling  river  loft :  110 

While  in  ihcir  haunts  wild  bcalls  expiring  lie, 

The  panting  herds  would  on  the  pafture  die. 

But  now  the  fun  at  neither  tropick  ftays 

A  longer  time  than  his  alternate  rays 

In  fuch  proportion  heat  and  luftre  give,  a  15 

As  do  not  ruin  nature,  hut  revive. 

When  the  bright  orb,  to  folacc  Southern  feats, 
Inverts  his  courfe,  and  from  the  North  retreats } 
A«j  he  advance*,  his  indulgent  l)eam 
Makes  the  glad  earth  with  frefli  conceptions  tecmj  220 
Kcflores  their  leafy  honours  to  the  woods, 
Flowers  to  the  banks,  and  freedom  to  the  floods  | 
Unbinds  the  turf,  exhilarates  the  plain. 
Brings  liack  his  laltour,  and  recruits  the  fwain  1 
Through  all  the  foil  a  genial  ferment  fprcads,  115 

Regenerates  the  plants,  and  new  adorns  the  meads. 
The  birds  on  branches  pcrch'd,   or  on  the  wing,  "J 

At  nature's  verdant  rcftoiation  fing,  f 

And  with  melodious  lay  falute  the  Ipring.  "^ 

The  heats  of  fummcr  benefits  produce  a^o 

Of  c(iual  number,  and  of  c(iual  ufc  : 
The  Ipi outing  birth*:,  and  beauteous  vernal  bloom. 
By  warmer  rays  to  ripe  perfection  come ;  . 
Tlr  aufterc  and  ponderous  juices  they  fublime. 
Make  them  afcend  the  porous  foil,  and  dimb       235 
The  orange-tree,  the  citron,  and  the  lime  1 
Which,  drunk  in  plenty  by  the  thirfty  root. 
Break  forth  in  painted  flowcn,  and  golden  fruit  .* 

They 


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74       BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

They  explicate  the  leaves^  and  ripen  food 

For  the  filk-labourers  of  the  mulberry  wood;  249 

And  the  fweet  liquor  on  the  cane  beflowy 

From  which  prepared  the  lufcious  fugars  flow  $ 

With  generous  juice  enrich  the  fpreading  vine. 

And  in  the  grape  digefl  the  fprightly  wine* 

The  fragrant  trees,  which  grow  by  Indian  fioodt,     245 

And  in  Arabia's  aromatic  woods, 

Owe  all  their  fpices  to  the  rummer's  heat» 

Their  gummy  tears,  and  odoriferous  fweat. 

Kow  the  bright  fun  compa£b  the  precious  flone. 

Imparting  radiant  luflre,  like  his  own :  a^o 

He  tin^ures  rubies  with  their  rofy  hue. 

And  on  the  fapphir-e  fpreads  a  heavenly  blue ; 

For  the  proud  monarch's  dazzling  crown  prepares 

Rich  orient  pearl,  and  adamantine  flars. 

Next  autumn,  when  the  fun's  withdrawing  ray    255 
The  night  enlarges,  and  contra£ls  the  day, 
To  crown  his  labour,  to  the  farmer  yields 
The  yellow  treafurcs  of  his  fruitful  fields ; 
Ripens  the  harvcft  for  the  crooked  Accl 
(While  bending  ftalks  the  rural  weapon  feel)  ;         t6o 
The  fragrant  fruit  for  the  nice  palate  fits,  - 
And  to  the  prefs  the  fwelling  grape  fubmits. 

At  length,  forfaken  by  the  folar  rays,  ^ 

^ee,  drooping  Nature  fickens  and  decays,*  f 

While  Winter  all  his  fnowy  fleres  difplays,         263  J 
In  hoary  triumph  unmolefled  reigns 
O'er  barren  hills,  and  bleak  untrodden  plains  ^ 
Hardens  the  glebe,  the  ihady  grove  deforms, 
fetters  the  floods>  andi  ihakes  the  air  with  dorms. 

Now 


^  'C  R  E.A  T  I  O  N,     Book  II. '       ♦$ 

9am  afiive  fpiriti  fn  ifeftnin'd  with  oold,  2  70 

Aad  priibMt  ciiaai|^  with  ice,  the  genud  captiTes  hold. 

XhttiifitA  tWr^flofiwry  pride  no  longer  sra«r» 

And  xxtm^uwfd  tfarir  naked  arms  in  airi 

The  frozen  fiunowy  and  the  fallow  field. 

Nor  to  die  fpad^  npr  to  the  harrow,  yield.  17^ 

Yet  in  thdr  torn  the  fnows  and  fiiofts  produce 
Varioal  effeClst  and  of  in^portant  ufe. 
Th*  intemperate  heati  of  fummer  are  control'd 
By  winter's  rigour,  and  tnclemenc  cold,. 
Which  chedu  contagious  fpawn^  and  noxioos  fleams^ 
The  fatal  ofi&pring  of  imnxxlerate  heains  1 
Th'  exhaufied  air  with  Tital  nitre  fills, 
InfefiioD  ftops,  and  deaths  in  emhryo  kills ; 
Conftnuns  the  glebe,  keeps  back  the  hurtful  weed. 
And  fits  the  furrow  for  tAus  vernal  feed.  285 

The  fpirits  ttO!W»  as  faid,  imprifon'd  ftay, 
Which  elfe,  by  wanner  fun-beams  drawn  awi^. 
Would  roam  in  air,  and  diffipated  (Iray. 
Thus^are  the  winter  frofts  to  nature  kind. 
Trolls,  which  reduce  exceflive  heats,  and  bind  290 

Prolitic  ferments  in  refiftlefs  chains. 
Whence  parent  earth  her  fruitfulnefs  maintains^ 
To  compafs  all  thcfe  happy  ends,  the  fun 
Iq  winding  tra^  does  through  the  zodiac  run^ 

You,  who  £0  much  are  yers'd  in  caufes,  tellj        29 e 
What  from  the  tropicks  can  the  fun  repel  ? 
What  vigorous  arm,  what  repercuflive  blow. 
Bandies  the  mighty  globe  ftill  to  and  fro. 
Yet  with  fttch  condu6l,  fuch  unerring  ar^    .  > 

Ke  nerer  did>  the  uacklefs  road  defert  ?  ^tJ9^ 

*  ^  Whj 


} 


7t        BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

Why  docs  he  never  in  his  fpiral  race 

The  tropicks  or  the  polar  circle*  pafs  ? 

What  gulphs,  what  mounds,  what  terrours,  can  control 

The  ruihine:  orb,  and  make  him  backward  roll  ? 

Why  (hould  he  halt  at  cither  (Nation  ?  why  305 

f^Ot  forward  run  in  unobfbru6live  iky  ? 

Can  he  not  pafs  an  aflronomic  line } 

Or  does  he  dread  th*  imaginary  iign ; 

That  he  ihould  ne*er  advance  to  either  pole» 

Nor  farther  yet  in  liquid  apthcr  roll,  310 

TJill  he  has  gainM  fome  unfrequented  place, 

Lod  to  the  world  in  vad  unmeafur'd  fpace  ? 

If  to  the  old  you  the  new  fchools  }>refcr. 
And  to  the  fam*d  CopemicUs  adhere  ; 
Jf  ycni  eftecm  that  fuppofition  beft,  315 

Which  moves  the  earth,  and  leaves  the  fun  at  reft} 
With  a  new  veil  your  ignorance  vou  hide. 
Still  is  the  knot  as  hard  to  l)c  unty'd ; 
You  change  your  fcheme,  hut. the  old  doubts  remain^ 
And  ftill  you  leave  th*  enquiring  mind  in  pain.         320 

This  problem,  as  philofophers,  refolve  : 
What  makes  the  g]o!>e  from  Weft  to  Eaft  revolve  ? 
What  is  the  ftrong  impulfive  caufc  declare, 
Which  rolls  the  |H)nderous  orb  fo  fwift  in  air? 
To  your  vain  anfwcr  will  you  have  rccoujfc,  3*5 

«And  teU  us  'tis  ingcnitc,  a£^ive  force. 
Mobility,  or  native  power  to  move. 
Words  which  mean  nothing,  and  can  nothing  prove  ? 
That  moving  power,  that  force  innate  explain. 
Or  your  graye  anfwcrs  are  abfurd  and  vain  ;  330 

We 


CREATION.      BoOKir.  ft 

We  no  folution  of  our  qucftion  find  ; 
Your  words  bewilder,  not  dire£k  the  mind. 

If  yoUy  this  rapid  motion  to  procure. 
For  the  hard  taik  employ  magnetic  power. 
Whether  that  power  you  at  the  centre  place»  33  j 

Or  in  the  middle  re^ons  of  the  mafs. 
Or  elfe,  as  Tome  philofophers  aflcrt. 
You  give  an  equal  (hare  to  every  part, 
Have  you  by  this  the  caufe  of  motion  ihown? 
After  explaining,  is  it  not  unknown  ?  349 

Since  you  pretend,  hy  reafon's  ftriftcft  laws. 
Of  an  effc6l  to  manifcd  the  caufe ; 
Nature,  of  wonders  fo  immcnfe  a  field, 
Can  none  more  (Irange,  none  more  myfterious  yield, 
None  that  eludes  fagacious  reafon  more  34.5 

Than  this  obfcure,  inexplicable  power. 
Since  you  the  fpring  of  motion  cannot  Ihow, 
ISc  juO,  and  faultlefs  ignorance  allow; 
Sav,  'tis  ol)eciience  to  th'  Almighty  nod, 
'I^i\At  'tis  the  will,  the  power,  the  hand  of  God.       30 

Philofophers  of  fpreading  fame  are  found, 
Who  by  th'  attra£lion  of  the  orbs  around 
Wx>iild  move  the  earth,  and  make  its  courfe  obey 
The  fun's  and  moon's  inevitable  fway. 
Some  from  tlte  prellure  and  impelling  force  '  55  j 

Of  heavenly  bodies  would  derive  its  courfe; 
Whilfl  in  the  dark  and  difficult  difpute 
All  are  by  turns  confuted,  and  confute ; 
Each  can  fubvert  th'  opponent's  fcheme,  but  none 
Has  (Irength'Of  reafon  to  fnpport  ins  own.  360 

.......    The 


7«        BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

The  mtnd  employ'd  in  fearch  of  fecret  things, 
To  find  out  motion's  caufe  and  hidden  fprings. 
Through  all  th'  etherial  regions  mounts  on  high. 
Views  all  the  fphcres,  and  ranges  all  the  fkys 
Searclies  the  orbs,  and  penetrates  the  air  365 

With  unfucccfsful  toil,  and  fruiclefs  care  1 
Till,  ftapp'd  by  awful  heights,  and  gulphs  immenfe 
Of  Wifdom,  and  of  vaft  Omnipotence, 
She  trembling  (lands,  and  does  in  wonder  gaze. 
Loft  in  the  wide  inextricable  maze.  .  370 

See,  how  the  fan  docs  on  the  middle  ihine. 
And  round  the  globe  defcribe  th'  aequator  line ; 
By  which  wife  means  he  can  the  whole  furvcy  " 

With  a  dire£l,  or  with  a  ilanting  ray,  I 

In  the  fucceflion  of  a  night  and  day.  3  75  J 

Jiad  the  North  pole  been  fixt  beneath  the  fun. 
To  Southern  realms  the  day  had  been  unknown  t 
If  the  South  pole  had  gain'd  that  nearer  feat, 
The  Northern  climes  had  met  as  hard  a  fate. 
And  ilnce  the  fpace,  that  lies  on  either  fide  3$^ 

The  folar  orb,  is  without  limits  wide  ; 
Grant  that  the  fun  had  happened  to  prefer 
A  feat  afcant  but  one  diameter, 
lx>ft  to  the  light  by  that  unhappy  place 
This  globe  had  lain  a  frozen,  lonefome  mafs.  3^5 

Behold  the  light  emitted  from  the  fun. 
What  more  familiar,  and  what  more  unknown ! 
While  by  its  fpreading  radiance  it  reveals 
All  nature's  face,  it  (till  itfelf  conceals. 
See  how  each  mom  it  does  its  beams  difplay,.  390 

And  on  its  golden  wings  bring  back  the  day  ! 

How 


CREATION.     Book  II.  7^ 

How  foon  th'  effulgent  emanations  fly 

Through  the  blue  gulph  of  incerpofing  iky! 

How  foon  their  luftre  all  the  region  fills. 

Smiles  on  the  vallies,  and  adorns  the  hilU  1  395 

Millions  of  miles,  fo  rapid  is  their  race, 

To  cheer  the  earth,  they  in  few  moments  pafs. 

Amazing  progrcfs  !  At  its  utmoft  ftretch, 

What  human  mind  can  this  fwifc  motion  reach  ? 

]3ut  if,  to  fave  fo  quick  a  flight,  you  fay  40* 

The  ever-rolling  orb's  impulfivc  ray 

On  the  next  threads  and  filaments  does  bear 

Which  form  the  fpringy  texture  of  the  air. 

That  thofe  ftill  ftrike  the  next,  till  to  the  fight 

The  quick  vibration  propagates  the  light;  405 

' Tis  dill  as  hard,  if  we  this  fcheme  believe. 

The  caufe  of  light's  fwift  progrefs  to  conceive. 

With  thought  from  prepoffeflion  free,  re(ic6k 
On  folar  rays,  as  they  the  fight  refpeft. 
The  beams  of  light  had  been  in  vain  difplayM,         410 
Had  not  the  eye  been  fit  for  vifion  made  : 
In  vain  the  Author  had  the  eye  prepared 
With  fo  much  ikill,  had  not  the  light  appeared. 

The  old  and  new  aftronomers  in  vain 
Attempt  the  heavenly  motions  to  explain.  41^ 

Firft  Ptolomy  his  fcheme  celefHal  wrought. 
And  of  machines  a  wild  proTifion  brought : 
Orbs  centric  and  eccentric  he  prepares^ 
Cycles  and  epicycles,  folid  fpheres. 
In  order  plac'd;  and  with  bright  globes  inlaid, '        ^xo 
To  folve  the  toor^  by  heamily  bodies'  tniule. 

•  But 


to         BLACK  M  ORE'S    POEMS. 

But  fo  pcrplexr,  fo  intricare  a  frame. 

The  latter  ages  uicli  derii'iou  name. 

The  comets,  wii?ch  at  icafons  downwanl  tend. 

Then  uith  their  AamiDg  cc^uipage  afcenU  i  425 

Venus,  which  in  the  purlieus  of  the  I'ua 

Does  now  above  him,  now  beneath  liim,  run  ; 

The  ancient  {lru£^ure  of  tlie  hearens  fubvert, 

Rear'd  with  raft  labour,  but  with  little  art. 

Copernicus,  who  rightly  did  condemn  450 

This  eldeft  fyflem,  form'd  a  wifer  fcheme ; 
In  which  he  leaves  the  fun  at  rctl,  and  rolls 
The  orb  terredrial  on  its  proper  poles ; 
Which  makes  ihe  night  and  day  by  tliis  career, 
And  by  its  (low  and  crooked  courfe  the  year.  43  5 

The  famous  Dane,  who  oft'  the  modem  guidcr. 
To  earth  and  fun  their  provinces  divides  : 
The  earth's  rotation  makes  the  night  and  day; 
The  fun  revolving  through  th'  ecliptic  way 
EfTe^fcs  the  various  feafbns  of  the  year,  44* 

Which  in  their  turn  for  happy  ends  appear. 
This  fcheme  or  that,  which  pleafes  belt,  embrace. 
Still  we  the  Fountain  of  their  motion  trace. 

Kepler  aflerts  thefe  wonders  may  be  done 
By  the  magnetic  virtue  of  the  fun,  445 

Which  he,  to  gain  his  end,  tliinks  fit  to  pUce 
Full  in  the  centre  of  that  mighty  fpace. 
Which  does  the  fpheres,  where  planets  roll,  include. 
And  leaves  him  with  attra£live  force  endued. 
The  fun,  thus  feated,  by  mechasic  laws,  459 

The  earth  and  every  diilaAt  planet  draws  i 

•  By 


} 


•      CREATION.     Book  II.  U 

Bf  wlucfa  ittnAida  til  the  planets,  found 
Witliitt  hh  reich,  alt  turn'd  in  tether  round* 

If  all  theie  tHOBUkg  orbs  the  fun  obey. 
Who  holds  hb  empire  by  magnetic  fway }  4;  5 

Since  all  are  guided  with  an  equal  force, 
M^hy  are  they  fo  unequal  in  their  cpurfe  ? 
Saturn 'in  thirty  years  his  ring  compleats. 
Which  fwifter  Jupiter  in  twelve  repeats. 
Mars  three  and  twenty  months  revolybg  fpends ;     4(9 
The  Easih  in  twel?e  her  annual  journey  ends. 
Venus,  thy  race  in  twice  four  months  is  run ; 
For  hisy  Mercurius  three  demands ;  the  Moon 
Her  lerolutton  fintihes  in  one. 
]f  all  at  oace  are  mov'd,  and  by  one  fpring  1  4(5 

Why  fo  unequal  is  their  annual  ring  ? 

If  fonoe,  you  fay,  preft  with  a  ponderous  load 
»Of  graTity,  move  ilower  in  their  road, 
Becanfei  Widi  weight  encumber'd  and  oppreft, 
.  Thefe  iluggilh  orbs  th'  attra£ti7e  fun  reM ;  47a 

Till  you  can  weight  and  gravity  e^plab, 
Thofc  words  are  infignificant  and  vain. 
If  planetary  orbs  the  Sun  obey. 
Why  (hould  the  Moon  dtfown  his  fovereign  fway  > 
Why  in  a  whirling  eddy  of  her  own  475 

Around  the  globe  terrcilrial  fbould  (he  run  ? 
This  difobediencc  of  the  Moon  will  prove 
The  Sun's  bright  orb  docs  not  the  planet  move. 

Philofophers  may  fpare  their  toil ;  in  vain 
They  form  new  fchemes,  and  rack  their  thoughtful 

brain,  4^0  | 

Tlie  caufc  of  heavenly  motions  to  explain :  -  J 

G  After 


I 


»x        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

After  their  various  unfuccef&ful  ways. 

Their  fruitlefs  labour,  and  inept  ciTays, 

No  caufc  of  thofc  appearances  they  'II  find. 

But  Power  exerted  by  th'  Bltemal  Mind  {  485 

Which  through  th«r  roads  the  orbs  cele^ial  driyci. 

And  this  or  that  dctcrmin'd  motion  gives. 

The  Mind  Supreme  does  all  his  worlds  cootroly 

Which  by  his  order  this  and  that  way  roll ; 

Frora  liim  (bey  take  a  delegated  forces  4^0 

And  by  his  high  command  maintain  their  couife ; 

By  laws  decreed  ere  fleeting  time  begun, 

In  their  lixt  limits  they  their  milages  run. 

But  if  the  Earth,  and  each  erratic  world. 
Around  their  Sua  their  proper  centre  whirl'^i,  495 

Compofe  but  one  extended  vaft  machine. 
And  from  one  fpring  (heir  motions  all  begin ; 
Does  not  fo  wide,  fo  intricate  a  frame. 
Yet  fo  harmonious,  forereign  art  proclaim  ? 
Is  it  a  proof  of  judgment  to- invent  500 

A  work  of  fphcres  ifivolv'd,  which  rsprefeat 
The  fituation  of  the  orbs  above, 
Their  fize  and  number  (hew,  and  how  diey  move? 
And  does  not  in  the  orbs  themfelves  appear 
A  grt-ac  contrivance,  and  oefign  as  clear?  505 

This  wide  machine  the  univcrfc  regard, 
With  how  much  (kill  is  each  apartment  rear'dl 
The  Sun,  a  glol)e  of  fire,  a  glowing  mafs,  ?l 

Hotter  than  melting  flinc,  or  fluid  glafs,  / 

vOf  this  our  fyftom  holds  the  middle  place.  [  51O'' 

^ercuriu^,  neared  to  the  central  Sun, 
Docs  in  an  oval  orbit  circling  run ; 

But 


CREATION.     Book  H. 

But  rarely  is  the  obje6l  of  our  fight 

In  foUr  glory  funk,  and  more  prevailing  light. 

Venus  the  next,  whofc  lovely  beams  adorn  5 1 

As  well  the  dewy  eve,  as  opening  morn, 

Docs  her  fair  orb  in  beauteous  order  turn. 

The  Globe  Terreflrial  next,  with  (lanLing  poles, 

And  all  its  ponderous  load,  unwearied  rolls. 

Then  we  behold  bright  planetary  Jove  5 

Sublime  in  air  through  his  wide  province  move  ; 

Four  fecond  planets  his  dominion  own, 

And  round  him  turn,  as  round  the  Earth  the  Moon, 

Saturn,  revolving  in  the  highert  fpherc, 

With  lingering  labour  fmifhcs  his  year,  52:; 

Yet  is  this  mighty  fyftem,  which  contains 
So  many  worlds,  fuch  vaft  etherial  plains, 
But  one  of  thoufands,  which  compofe  the  whole. 
Perhaps  as  glorious,  and  of  woilus  as  full. 
The  ftars,  which  grace  the  high  expanfion,  bright    530 
By  their  own  beams,  and  unprecarious  light. 
Though  fome  near  neighbours  fccm,  and  fome  difplay 
United  luilrc  in  the  milky  way. 
At  a  va(V  diftance  from  each  other  lie, 
Sevcr'd  by  fpacious  voids  of  liciuid  rifiy,  535 

All  ihcfe  illuftrious  worlds,  and  many  more. 
Which  by  the  tube  afironomcrs  cxpK>rc; 
Vnd  millioriS  which  the  glafs  can  ne'er  dcfcry, 
,oft  in  the  wilds  of  valt  iinmcnfity  ; 

re  i'un^,  arc  centres,  whofc  fupcii or  fway  549 

anc:s  of  various  magnitude  obey. 

If  we  with  one  clear  comprchcnfivc  fight 

V  all  ihcfc  fydems,  all  tlicfc  orbs  of  light ; 

G  2  If 


?4       BLACKMORE'S    POEMS, 
If  we  their  order  and  dependence  knew, 
Had  all  their  motions  and  their  ends  in  view,  54  5 

With  all  the  comets  which  in  aether  Ihray, 
Yet  conftant  to  their  time,  and  to  their  way ; 
Which  planets  feem,  though  rarely  they  appear. 
Rarely  approach  the  radiant  fun  fo  near, 
•That  his  fair  beams  their  atmofphere  penrade,  550 

Whence  their  bright  hair  and  flaming  tnuns  are  made; 
Would  not  this  view  convincing  marks  impart 
Of  .perfe£k  prudence  and  (hipendous  art  ? 

Themaders  form'd  in  Newton's  famous  fchod, 
>Who  does  the  chief  in  modem  fcienoe  rule,  555 

£re£b  their  fchemes  by  matbematic  laws. 
And  folve  appearances  vnxh  ]uft  applaufe : 
Thefe,  who  have- Nature's  (leps  with  care  purfiiedy 
That  matter  is  with  a£tive  force  endued,  ] 
.That  all  its  parts  magnetic  power  exert,  56* 

And  to  each  other  gravitate,  aflfert. 
While  by  tliis  power  they  on  each  other  aft, 
They  are  at  once  attracted,  and  attraft. 
Lefs  bulky  matter  therefore  muft  ohey 
More  bulky  matter's  more  engaging  fway;  5(5 

By  this  the  fabrick  they  together  hold. 
By  this  the  courfe  of  heavenly  orbs  .unfold. 
Yet  thefe  fagacious  fons  of  fcience  own 
Attraftive  virtue  is  a  thing  unknown. 
This  wondrous  power,  they  pioufly  aflfert,  570 

Th*  Almighty  Author  did  at  firfl:  impart 
To  matter  in  degrees,  that  might  produce 
The  motions  he  defigu'd  for  Nature's  ufe. 

But 


pRBATION.     BooKir. 

Bnc^  htt  we  ihould  not  here  due  revercDce  pay 
ltr*]oirDed  Epicaru^,  fee  the  way  5: 

By  yrtUtk  this  reafoner,  of  fuch  high  renowcy 
Movet  through  th*  ecliptic  road  the  rolKng^  fuii«> 
Oppreft  with  thirft  and  heat,  to  adveHe- feats 
By  turnsy  fays  he,  the  panting  fun  retreats 
IVlUke  h»  drought,  *  his  vigour  to  repair  *  5  S 

In  Ibowy  cliooesy  and  frozen  fields  of  air; 
Where  the  bright  ^liiltton  revels  without  reft* 
On  lus  cool  banquet,  and  aerial  feaft ; 
Still  to  and  6n)  he  does  his  light  convey  1 

Thtough  the  fame  track,  the  fame  unaltered  way,  585  ! 
On  luxury  intent,  and  eager  of  his  prey.  J 

But  if  the  fun  ia  back  and  forward  rolled. 
To  tieat  his  thirfty  orb  with  polar  cold^ 
Sa/i  is  it  notf  good  Epicurus,  ftrange'  - 
JXe^fiiould  not  once  beyond  the  tropic  ranges  594 

Where -hei*  to  quench  his^rought  fo  much  inclin'd. 
May  fnowy  fields,  and  nitrous  paftures  find. 
Meet  {bores  of  cold  fo  greedily^  purfu'd. 
And  be  refrefli'd  with  never-waOing  food  I 
.  K  Sbmetimes  this  wondrous -man  is  pleas*d  to  fay,     591 
This  way  and  that  (Irong  bla(l&  the  fun  convey  : 
A  northern  wind  his  orb  with  vigour  drives. 
Till  at  the  fouthern  tropic  it  arrives ; 
Then,  wanting  breath,  and  with  his  toil  oppref):, 
B^* drops  his  wings,  and  leaves  the  air  at  red  ;         6cc 
Fre(h  gufts,  now  fpringing  from  the  fouthern  pole, 
Afljult  him  there,  and  make  him  backward  roll. 
Thus  gales,  alternate  through  x\\c  zodiack  bio;v  . 
T]^  failing  oib,  and  waft  Mm  to  and  fro; 

(j  3  ^??\^ 


} 


16        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS, 

While  Eprcurus,  bkfi:  with  thought  refin'd,  i9$ 

Makes  the  Tall  globe  the  paflune  ot  the  wind. 

Were  it  not  idle  labour  to  confute 
Notions  fo  .wild,  unworthy  of  difpute  j 
I  M  of  the  learned  Epicurus  aik. 

If  this  were  for  the  winds  a  proper  tafk  }  i  i» 

llluftrious  fage,  inform  th*  enquirer,  why 
Still  from  one  ftated  point  of  all  the  Iky 
The  fickle  meteor  fhould  the  fun  convey^ 
Through  the  fame  ftages  of  his  fpiral  way  ? 
Why  in  one  path,  why  with  fuch  equal  pace,*     615 
That  he  fhould  never  mifs  in  all  his  race. 
Of  time  one  minute,  or  one  inch  of  fpace  ? 

Remark  the  ajr's  tranfparent  element. 
Its  curious  ftrufture,  and  its  vaft  extent : 
Its  wondrous  web  proclaims  the  loom  divine  ;  62C1 

Its  threads,  the  hand  that  drew  them  out  fo  fine. 
This  thin  cpntexture  makes  its  bofom  fit, 
Celcftial  heat  and  luftre  to  tranfmit  j 
By  which  of  foreign  orbs  the  riches  flow 
On  this  dependent,  needy  ball  below.  615 

Obferve  its  parts  link'd  in  fuch  artful  fort. 
All  are  at  once  fupported,  and  fupport: 
The  column  pois'd  fits  hovering  on  our  heads. 
And  a  foft  burden  on  our  fhoulders  fpreads  ; 
So  the  fide-ar(;Jies  all  the  weight  fuftain,  52.0 

We  find  no  prefiTure,  and  we  feel  no  pain  ; 
Siill  are  the  fubtile  firings  in  tenfiou  found,  ' 

Like  thofe  of  lutes  to  jufl  proportion  wound. 
Which  of  the  air*s  vibration  is  the  fource. 
When  it  receives  the  flrokes  of  foreign  fwcc.      -    €55 

Let 


1 


CREATION.     Book  IL  i? 

Let  curious  minds,  who  would  the  air  iofpc^ 
On  its  elaftic  energy  rcfleft. 
The  fecret  force  through  all  the  frame  diffused, 
By  which  its  firings  are  from  compveiiiot^  loos'd ; 
The  fpungy  parts,  now  to  a  ftrditer  feat  649 

Are  forc'd  by  cold,  and  widenV  now  by  heat  j 
By  turns  they  all  extend,  by  turos  retire. 
As  Nature'^  various  ferviccs  require ; 
They  notv  expand  to  fill  an  empty  fpace. 
Now  ihrink.  to  let  a  ponderous  body  pafs.  645 

If  raging  winds  invade  the  atntofpliere,^ 
Their  force  its  curious  textuire  cannot  tear. 
Make  no  difruption  in  the  threads  of  air;  . 
Or  if  it  does,  thofe  parts  themfclves  reftorc. 
Heal  their  own  wounds^  and  their  own  breaclies  curc«  . 

Henee  the  melodious  tenants  of  tlie  iky, 
Which  haunt  inferior  feats^  or  foar  on  high,  . 
With  eafe  through  all  the  fluid  region  ftray. 
And  through  the  wide  expanfion  wing  their  way  j  . 
Whofe  open  mcihes  let  terreftrial  fleams  655 

Pafs  through,  enjic'd  away  by  folar  beams  ; 
And  thus  a  road  reciprocal  difplay 
To  rifing  vapours,  and  defcending  day. 

Of  heat  and  light,  what  ever-during  flores, 
Brought  from  the  fun's  exhauAiefs  golden  fliores,    Ho 
Through  gulphs  immenfe  of  intervening  air, 
Enrich  the  earth,  and  every  loTs  repair  I 
The  land,  its  gainful  trkSick  to  maintain, 
Sends  out  crude  vapours,  in  exchange  for  rain; 

G  4  TIk 


} 


SS        BLACKMOUE'S    POEMS. 

The  flowery  garden  and  the  verdant  mead,  665 

Warm*d  by  their  rays,  their  exhalations  fpread. 

In  ihowers  and  balmy  dews  to  be  repaid  ; 

The  (IreamSy  their  banks  forfaken,  upward  movcy 

And  flow  again  in  wandering  clouds  above : 

Thefe  regions  Nature's  magazines  on  high  670 

With  all  the  (lores  demanded  there  fupply  ; 

Their  different  fteams  the  air's  wide  bofom  fill. 

Moid  from  the  flood,  dry  from  the  barren  hillj 

Materials  into  meteors  to  be  wrought. 

Which  back  to  thefe  terreilrial  feats  are  brought,     675 

By  Nature  lhap*d  to  various  figures,  thofe 

The  fruitful  rain,  and  thefe  the  hail  compofe, 

The  fnowy  fleece,  and  curious  froft-work  ;  thefe 

Produce  the  dew,  and  thofe  the  gentle  breeze  : 

Some  form  fierce  u*inds,  which  o'er  the  mountain  ptfs. 

And  beat  with  vigorous  wings  the  valley's  face ; 

O'er  the  wide  lake  and  barren  defart  blow. 

O'er  Libya's  burning  fand,  and  Scythia's  fnow; 

Shake  the  high  cedar,  through  the  foreft  fwecp, 

And  with  their  furious  breath  fermei\t  the  deep.       685 

This  thin,  this  foft  contexture  of  the  air 
Shows  the  wife  Author's  providential  care, 
Who  did  the  wondrous  ftrufture  fo  contrive. 
That  it  might  life  to  breathing  creatures  give ; 
Might  reinfpire,  and  make  the  circling  mafs  690 

Through  all  its  winding  channels  fit  to  pafs. 
Had  not  the  Maker  wrought  the  fpringy  frame 
Such  as  it  is,  to  fan  the  vital  flame. 
The  blood,  defrauded  of  its  nitrous  food, 
Had  cool'd  and  IanguUh*d  in  th*  arterial  road  :  69  5 

While 


,  :  CREATION.     Book  II.  f^ 

XnSU  tiw  tir'il  beaii  had  fh-ore  ivith  fruitlefs  pak 
T6  f«lh  lite  laey  tide  along  the  vein. 

Of  what  important  vie  to  human  kind^ 
1^0  whit  great  ends  fubfenrienry  is  the  wind  ? 
Behold,  where-e'er  this  a£live  vapour  flies,  700 

It  drives  the  douds,  and  agitates  the  fties  : 
This  firom  ftagnation  and  corruption  faves 
TTi'  aerial  ocean's  ever-rolling  waves. 
This  aninmlSy  to  faccour  life,  demand  i 
For,  ibould  the  air  unventilated  ftand,  795 

The  idle  deep  corrupted  would  contain 
Bhie  deaths,  and  fecret  ftores  of  raging  pain ; 
The  fcopchiog  fun  would  with  a  fatal  beam 
B^ke  all  the  void  with  births  malignant  team, 
Bogendcr  jaundice,  fpotted  torments  breed,  710 

And  purple  plagues,  from  peftilential  feed ; 
Exhaling  vapours  would  be  turn'd  to  fwarms 
Of  noxious  infe£b,  and  de(hru6Hve  worms, 
More  than  were  nus'd  to  fcourge  tyrannic  lufl, 
9y  Mofes'  rod,  from  animated  daft.  715 

Another  blefling,  which  the  breathing  wind 
Benevolent  conveys  to  human  kind, 
Is,  that  it  cools  and  qualifies  the  air. 
And  with  foft  breezes  does  the  regions  cheer. 
On  which  the  fun  o'er-friendly  docs  difplay  (a# 

Heat' too  prevailing,  and  redundant  day. 
Ye  fwarthy  nations  of  the  torrid  zone. 
How  well  to  you  is  this  great  bounty  known  I 
As  frequent  gales  from  the  wide  ocean  rife 
To  fan  your  air,  and  moderate  your  ikies;  715 

So 


9d        BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

So  conftant  winds,  as  well  as  rivers,  flow 

From  your  high  hills  enrich*d  with  ftoi  es  of  fnow  j 

For  this  great  end,  thefe  hills  rife  more  fublimCy 

Than  thofc  crcfted  in  a  temperate  clime 

Had  not  the  Author  his  provifion  made,  730 

By  which  your  arr  is  coolM,  your  fun  allay'd, 

Deftroy'd  by  too  intenfe  a  flame,  the  land 

Had  lain  a  parch*d  inhofpitable  fand. 

Thefe  diftrifts,  which  between  the  tropicks  lie, 

Wliich  fcorching  beams  dire6^1y  darted  fry,  735 

Were  thought  an  uninhabitable  feat. 

Burnt  by  the  neighbouring  orb's  immoderate  hett : 

But  the  frefh  breeze,  that  from  the  ocean  blows. 

From  the  wide  lake,  of  from  the  moumwn  faows> 

So  fooths  the  air,  ihd  mitigates  the  fun,  740 

So  cures  the  regions  of  the  fultry  zone, 

That  oft*  with  Nature's  bleffings  they  abound. 

Frequent  in  people,  and  with  plenty  crown'd. 

As  aftive  wiuds  relieve  the  air  and  land, 
The  fcas  no  lefs  their  ufeful  blafls  demand  :  745 

Without  this  aid,  the  fliip  would  ne'er  advance 
Along  the  deep,  and  o'er  the  billow  dance. 
But  lie  a  lazy  and  a  ufelefs  load. 
The  foreft's  Rafted  fpoils,  the  lumber  of  the  flood. 
Let  but  the  wind  with  an  aufpicious  gale,  750 

To  fliove  the  veflel,  fill  the  fpreading  fail. 
And  fee.  with  fwelling  canvafs  wing*d,  flie  flies. 
And  with  her  waving  dreamers  fwecps  the  flues  I 
Th*  adventurous  merchant  thus  purfues  bis  way 
Or  to  the  rifcj  or  to  the  fall  of  day.  755 

Thus 


Thus  mttraal  tnffick  fever'd  realms  maintain, 
'  And  manvfa^uns  change  to  mutual  gain ; 
Each  others  growth  and  arts  they  fell  and  buy, 
Safe  their  redundance,  and  their  wants  fupply. 

Ye  Britonsi^  who  the  fruit  of  commerce  find,       7^ 
How  it  your  lile  a  debtor  to  the  wind. 
Which  thither  wafts  Arabia's  fraerant  fpoils. 
Gems,  p^rls,  and  fpices,  from  the  Indian  ifles. 
From  Perfia  filk's»  wines  from  Iberians  (hore» 
rtmvian  drugs,  smd  Guinea's  golden  ore  1  765 

Detights  and  wealth  to  fair  Auguila  flow 
From  eveiy  xegion  whence  the  winds  can  Slow. 

See»  how  the  vapours  congregated  rear 
Th^  gloomy  columns,  and  obfcure  the  air  1 
Foi^ecfttl  of  tlMir  gravity,  they  rife,  770 

Renounce  the  centre,  and  ufurp  the  flues,     . 
Wtictc,  fbrm^  to  clouds,  they  their  black  lines  difplay. 
And  take  their  airy  march,  as  winds  convey. 
Sublime  in  air  while  they  their  courfe  purfue. 
They  fiom  their  fable  fleeces  ihake  the  dew  775 

On  the  parcht  mountain,  and  with  genial  rain 
Renew  the  foreft,  and  refrefh  the  plain  : 
They  (hed  their  healing  juices  on  the  groiuid. 
Cement  the  crack,  and  clofe  the  gaping  wound. 
Did  not  the  vapours,  by  the  folar  heat  jti 

Thinn'd  and  ekhard,  rife  to  their  airy  feat. 
Or  not  in  watery  clouds  colle6ted  fly, 
Then  fbrm'd  to  ponderous  drops  defert  the  iky; 
The  fields  would  no  recruits  of  moifture  find, 
Bttt|  by  the  fan-beams  dry'd,  and  by  the  wind,       7^5 

W(»ll<l 


] 


^r       BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

Would  never  plant,  or  flower,  or  fruit,  produce. 
Or  for  the  hcaft,  or  for  his  mafler's  ufe. 

But  in  the  foacious  climates,  which  the  rain 
Docs  never  blcls  (fuch  is  th*  Egyptian  plain). 
With  how  much  art  is  that  dcfcft  fupply'd  !  799 

Sec,  how  fome  noble  river's  fwelling  tide. 
Augmented  by  the  mountain's  melting  fnows. 
Breaks  from  its  banks,  and  o'er  the  region  flows  ! 
Hence  fruitful  crops  and  flowery  wealth' cnfue. 
And  to  the  fwain  fuch  mighty  gaii: ;  accrue,  795 

Ke  ne'er  reproaches  heaven  for  want  of  dew. 

See,  tnd  revere,  th'  artillery  of  Heaven, 
Drawn  by  the  gale,  or  by  the  tempeft  driven  I 
A  dreadful  fire  the  floating  batteries  make, 
O'enurn  the  mountain,  and  the  fored  (hak-e-.  8oo 

Thb  way  and  that  they  drive  the  atmofphere. 
And  its  wide  bofom  from  corruption  clear. 
While  their  bright  flame  confumes  the  fulphur  trainty  ' 
And  noxious  vapours>  which  infc£^  our  veins. 
Thus  they  refine  the  vital  element,  805 

Secure  our  health,  and  growing  plagues  prevent. 

Your  contemplation  farther  yet  purfue  ; 
The  wondrous  world  of  vegetables  view  ! 
Obfervc  the  fbreft  oak,  the  mountain  pine. 
The  towering  cedar,  tnd  tlie  humble  vine,  819 

Th^  bending  willow,  that  o'ierlhades  the  flood. 
And  each  fpontaneous  offspring  of  the  wood  ! 
The  o.'k  and  pine,  which  high  firom  eanh  arife, 
Anil  wav    their  lofty  heads  amidft  the  ikies, 
Ti.cM  parent  earrl-  in  like  prcpf)rtion  wound,  8 15 

Ai'A  ihiou^ii  crude  meca!s  penetrate  the  ground  1 

Their 


CR£ATIOK.     BookU.  91 

Their  ftnmg  and  ample  root<>  defcend  fo  deep. 
Tint  fixt  and  fina  they  may  their  flation  keep, 
AiuLdis  fiarae  Aockt  of  furious  windi  defy, 
Widi  all  die  outrage  of  inclement  iky.  tao 

But  the  bale  brier  and  the  noble  vine 
Thdr  arms  around  their  ftronger  neighbour  twine. 
The  qi^ng  ivy,  .to  prevent  its  fall, 
'  Clingi  with  its  fibrous  grapples  to  the  walL 
iThua  are  the  trees  of  every  kind  fecure,  S15 

Or  by  thrit  own,  or  by  a  borrowed  power. 
'Bat  every  tree  froov  all  its  branching  roots 
Amidft  the  glebe  fmall  hollow  fibres  fteota-i 
Wluch  drink  with.thirfly  mouths  the  yital  juice, 
'^And  to  the  limbs  and  leaves  their  food  diffufe  :        S30 
•Pbealiar  i^ofcs  peculiar  juice  receive, 
*To4luf  deny,  'to  tliat  admittance  give. 

Hencci  variottt  trees  their  various  fruits  produce 
,So—  fbr»daligjttfiil  taile,  and  ibme-for  ufe. 
-Hence  fprouring  plants  enrich  the  pUun  and  wood,  835 
.'Poi'  phyfick  fome,  and  fome  deiign'd  for  food. 
Hence  fragrant  flowers,  with  different  colours  dy'd, 
.On  fmiling  meads  unfold  their  gaudy  pride. 

Ueview  thefe  numerous  fc^nes,  at  once  Airvey 
Nature's  extended  face ;  then,'  fcepticks,  fay,  I40 

In  this  wide  field  of  wonders  can  you  fixid 
•No  art  difoover'd>-  and  no  end  defign'd  ? 


»«5  CREA. 


t    ^4    3 

CREATION. 
BOOK  III. 

THE   ARGUMENT.  • 

THE  introduftion.  Ufeful  knowledge  firfl  purfued 
by  man.  Agricukure.  Archite6kUre.  Sculpture. 
Painting.  Mu'ick.  The  Grecian  PhiloCophers  firft 
engaged  in  ufclcfs  fpcculations.  The  ahfurdity  of 
allemng  the  felf-exilknt,  independent,  and  eternal 
being  of  atoms,  according  to  the  fcheme  of  Epicurus. 
Anfwcr  to  the  objeftions  of  Atheifts  to  the  fcheme  of 
Creation  afTertcd  in  the  two  former  books.  The 
objc£lions  brought  by  Lucretius  againd  Creation* 
from  the  neceility  of  pre-exiftent  matter  for  tlic  for- 
mation of  all  kinds  of  beings  j  from  the  pretended 
unartful  contrivance  of  the  world  j  from  thorns, 
buers,  and  noxious  weeds ;  from  lavage  beafts, 
ftorms,  ;hunder,  difeafes ;  from  the  pataful  birth 
and  the  ihort  life  of  man ;  frpm  the  incqualityof 
heat  and  cold  in  diHcrcnt  climates ;  ahfwered. '  The 
objcftions  of  the  Pyrrhonians,  orScepticks,  anfwercd. 
A  reply  to  thofc  who  alTert  all  things  owe  xheir  be- 
ing and  their  motions  to  nature.  Th^ir  difien^DC 
and  fcnfeJels  account  of  that  word.  More  apparent 
and  eminent  (kill  and  wifdom  ex,  reffed  in  the  works 
of  nature  than  in  thole  of  human  art.  The  unrca- 
Ibnablcncls  of  denying  Ikill  and  defign  in  the  Au- 
thor of  thofe  works.  Vaninus,  Hobbcs,  and  Spi- 
Dofa,  contid:;red. 


} 


CREATION.     Book  III.  95 

77 RE  vain  Philofophy  had  rear'd  her  fchool, 
•'-^  Whofc  chiefs  imaging  realms  of  fcicnce  rule. 
With  idle  toil  form  vifionary  fchcmcs, 
And  wage  eternal  war  for  rival  dreams ; 
Studious  of  good,  man  difrcgarded  fame,  ,5 

And  ufefv^l  knowledge  was  his  elded  aim  : 
Through  metaphyfic  wilds  he  never  flew, 
Nor  the  <Urk  .haunts  of  fchool  chimaeras  knew. 
But  had  alone  his  happinefs  in  view. 

He  milk'd  the  lowing  herd,  he  prqfs'd  the  checfc. 
Folded  the  jSock,  and  fpun  the  woolly  fleece. 
In  urns  the  bees  delicious  dews  he  lay'd, 
Whofc  kindling  wax  invented  4ay  difplayM  ; 
Wrcfted  tbcir  ironentrjjuls  from  the  hills. 
Then  with  theifpoils  his  glowing  forges. fills;  '         15 
And  Ihap'djv^ith  vigorous  flrokes  the  ruddy  bar 
To  rural  arms,  .uaconfcious  yet  of  war. 
He  made  the  ploughfliare  in  the  furrow  fhinCy 
And,l69rn'd,tp  (aiy/  his  bread,  and  plant  his  vine. 
j(^ow  7:erdant.food  adorn'd  the  garden  beds,  10 

And  fruitful  trees  ^ot  up  their  branching  heads ; 
Rich  balm  from  groves,  and  herbb  from  grady  plains. 
His  fever. fppth'd,  or  heal'd  his  wounded  Veins. 

Our  fathers  ;ic.xt,  in  architefture  Ikill'd, 
Cities  for.ufe,  and. forts  f()r  fafety,  build  :  25 

Then  palaces  and  lofty  domes  arofe, 
Thcfe  for  devotion,  and  for  picafure  thofe.  * 

Their  thoughts  were  next  to  artful  fculpture  turn'd. 
Which  now  the  palace,  now  tlic  dome  adorn'd. 

4  The 


1 


96        B  L  A  C  K  M  O  R  E  '  S    POEMS. 
The  pencil  then  did  growing  fame  acquire, 
Tlicn  was  the  trumpet  heaid,  and  tuneful  lyre; 
One  did  the  triumph  fing,  and  one  the  war  infpire. 

Greece  did  at  length  a  learned  race  produce. 
Who  needful  fcience  njoclc'd,  and  arts  of  ufc, 
Confum'd  their  fruitlefs  hours  in  eager  chace  ^5 

Of  airy  notions,  through  the  boandlefs  fpace 
Of  fpeculation,  and  the  darkfome  void. 
Where  wrangling  wits,  in  cndlcfs  ftrife  employ'd. 
Mankind  with  idle  fubtilties  embroil, 
And  fafliion  fydems  with  romantic  toil }  4* 

Thefe  with  the  pride  of  dogmatizing  fchoolt 
Impos*d  on  nature  arbitrary  rules ; 
Forc'd  her  their  vain  inventions  to  obey, 
And  move  as  learned  frenzy  traced  the  way  : 
Above  the  doads  while  they  prefam'd  to  foar^  45 

Her  tracklefs  heights  amlxtious  to  explore. 
And  heaps  of  undigefted  volumes  writ, 
Illuilve  notions  of  fantaflic  \\4t ; 
So  long  they  nature  fearch'd,  and  marked  her  laws. 
They  loft  the  knowledge  of  th*  Almighty  Caufe.       50 

Th'  erroneous  di£^ates  of  each  Grecian  fage 
Renounced  the  do^rines  of  the  eldeft  age : 
Yet  thefe  their  matchlefs  fcience  did  proclainv 
Ufurp  diftin6Hon,  and  appropriate  fame. 

But  though  their  fchools  produced  no  nctbler  fruit  55 
Than  empty  fchemcs,  and  triumphs  of  difpute  j 
The  notions  which  arifc  from  Nature's  light  1 

As  well  adorn  the  mind,  as  guide  her  right,  V 

Enhrge  her  compafs,  and  iNODpiovc  her  fight.  ^ 

Thefe 


.CREATION.     Book  IIL         ^7 

Tliefe  ne'er  tlie  breaft  with  vain  ambition  fire,  £a 

But  ban  lib  pride,  and  made  ft  cho^jghts  itifpire- 
By  her  informed,  wc  ]^\c[t  idigion  learn. 
Its  glorio\is  ohjeft  hf  licr  aid  difcern  i 
The  rolJing  utjrlds  Jirouncl  u»  we  furve^^, 
Tb'  akcrniic  fuv^crcigns  of  the  night  and  day  j  6^5 

•       View  tbc  wide  tart]i  adorned  witb  bills  and  woods, 
I      llidi  in  her  lienU,  and  fertile  by  ber  flixids  f 
^  Walk  through  the  deep  apsinincnts  of  the  maijii  ^ 

P^  Afcend  the  air  to  viht  clouds  and  rain  1 

VVjid,  while  we  mvilh'd  g^ize  on  Natiirc^s  face,  rg| 

Remark  ber  (irder,  an s.  her  motions  trace. 
The  long  cobcieot  cha.n  of  things  we  find 
l^zdi  ti)  a  Caufe  Supreme,  a  wire  Cixating  Mind*       /^ 
Y"oUi  who  die  being  of  a;  God  difclainit  J 

'iAnd  think  mere  Ciiance  ptoduc^d  this  wondrous  fraraej 
Tlay,  did  you  e'er  rcHcftj  Lucretian  tribe. 
To  matter  what  perfections  you  alcrihe  i" 
Cao  you  to  dufl  fuch  Tcneration  fliow? 
An  atom  with  fuch  privilege  endow, 
Xbat  from  its  nature's  pure  oecefbry  S^l 

It  Ihoutd  cxift,  and  no  conuption  fee  ? 

Siocc  your  hrft  atoms  independent  are, 
Aad  not  each  oilier*s  being  prop  and  bear. 
And  fince  to  this  it  iii  foituitous 

That  orlicrs  Aouid  exitUnce  have  i  fuppufe  S5 

You  in  your  iuind  one  atoin  Ihould  remove 
%om  all  tlt«  troops,  that  in  the  vacant  ftrovc, 
Cunoot  out  thought  conceiire  one  atom  kfs  .^ 
*  h,  you  Grecian  i  igcs  myft  coufefs 
:.,•  H  TKit 


9S 


} 


«t        BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 
Tsjt  r'jrrrr,  vkSch  yoc  iacercsdcst  aaHBe^ 
(Uzzjcx.  2  seine  =ccsCarT  cLara  ; 

For  "aFiiac  has  beta?  hum  aeotmcf, 
I:  »  impexTb^e  k  AoaU  not  be. 

Wtkj  hjs  aa  aBoa  cLii  ooe  plaoe  poOcft 
or  ai:  Ihe  cmpEf  wM,  aarf  aot  rke  left  ? 
It  br  irs  nanre's  Axce  'ti«  rteienc  here, 
Bt  die  fame  ikxce  :t  mstt  be  ercTT  wfaeie  ; 
Caa  bei^i  be  Gocfin'J,  wbivh  nccctiaiy  aie  ? 
Jf  a  firft  bodj  roar  to  any  place 

Kcooc  (^csennin'dy  io  tlie  bomiKiicrs  fpace,  io« 

Tis  plaia*  it  tnen  may  aUcac  be  finm  all  | 
Who  then  will  this  a  ielt-csiftcnce  call  i 
As  time  does  raft  eternity  legaid. 
So  p!ace  :s  with  icttBitcde  compai'd  : 
A  hdog  then,  which  nercr  did  couwimcg^  sec 

Mull,  as  eternal,  likewife  be  in»iiiei:re. 
"What  caufe  withiRt  or  what  iviihout,  b  iisimdy 
That  can  a  bcicg  uccrezrcd  bou.id  ? 
None  til  at 's  internal,  for  it  has  oo  ciufe ; 
Vor  can  it  lie  contrord  by  foreign  Iau-5,  hq 

For  then  it  clearly  would  ilc|x:ct:er.t  be 
On  force  fuperior,  which  will  ne'er  agree 
With  fclf-exifttncc  and  necelljty. 
Abfurdly  then  to  atoms  you  alfign 
Such  powers,  and  fuch  prerogatives  divine.  ne 

Thus  while  the  notion  of  a  God  you  flight, 
Yourfelvcs  (who  vainly  think  you  reafon  right) 
Make  vile  material  Gods,  in  number  iotinite. 

Now  let  u?,  as  'tis  juil,  in  turn  prepare 
To  Aand  the  foe^  and  wage  dcfcnfive  war.  lao 

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^^V       CREATION,     Book  IIL  h 

Hl[>to  [he  ^ttU,  and  hb  owii  triumph  fmgs^ 
■  He  bringf,  C9  make  as  tixttn  our  ground  retincy 
The  reaforjer^s  we^ponSf  and  the  po«t'$  fire. 
The  tuneful  fophift  thus  his  battle  forms,  U] 

Our  bulwarks  thus  in  poiifh'd  armour  {lorm^S  ; 

To  parent  matter  things  their  bting  owe, 
Bccaufe  from  nothing  no  prod u£l ions  flow  | 
And,  if  wc  f^ttiy/i  no  prc-cxtftent  feed, 
Tliiugs,  different  things,  from  what  they  do,  might  { 

breecl, 
And  any  thing  from  tiny  thing  proceed  j 
The  Tprcv  grovij^  might  Scythta's  liJlU  adom, 
Tlie  thiftle  mrght  rhc  amaranth  liavc  borne, 
Tha  vine  the  Leman^  and  the  grape  the  thorn  i 
Herds  from  the  hilU,  men  f(om  the  fcas  might  rife,  13.5 
.  From  woocj^  the  wlialcs,  and  lions  from  the  fkies. 
Tb'  elated  hard  iierc^  \^ith  a  cooquerpr's  air, 
DiMamful  Imile^  ind  bids  hi&  foes  dd pair. 
MmIj  Caru^j  here  you  ufe  poetic  cbarm^. 
And  noc  alfail  u^  sviih  the  reafoticr'ts  arms.  14^ 

VVhcie  all  is  clear,  yo^  fancy *d  doubts  remove, 
And  whai  we  grant  with  cafe,  with  labooir  prove. 
What  you  would  prove,  but  cannot,  yoQ  decline  j 
But  chufe  a  thmg  you  can,  ami  there  yon  fliit^t* 

Tell  Hi,  fatn'd  Eomatt,  was  it  e'er  dented,  145 

That  feeds  Ibr  fuch  produ£tions  are  fupplietl } 
That  Nature  always  mufl  materiah  find 
For  beai^s  and  trees,  to  propagate  their  kind  ? 
All  generation,  the  rtide  peafant  kno\V3, 
fl  pte-ejciflcut  mattir  mufl  f^ippofe.  1  ^o 

H  f  But 


te«       B  L  A  C  K  M  O  R  E'S    P  O  EMS. 

But  what  to  Nature  firft  her  being  give  ? 

Tell,  whence  your  atoms  their  exiftcnce  hive? 

We  a(k  you,  whence  the  feeds  condituent  fpring 

Of  every  plant,  and  every  living  thing  ? 

Whence  every  creature  ihould  produce  its  kind,        ^5^ 

And  to  its  proper  fpecics  be  confinM  ? 

To  anfwer  this,  Lucretius,  will  require 

More  than  fwect  numbers  and  poetic  fire 
'  But  fee  how  well  the  Poet  will  fupport 

His  caufe,  if  we  the  argument,  retort.  .   1^ 

If  Chance  alone  could  manage,  fort,  divide. 

And,  beings  to  produce, -your  atoms  guides 

If  cafual  concourfe  did  the  world  compoTe^ 

And  things,  from  hits  fortuitous  arofe; 

Then  any  tlurg  might  come  from  any  thing;  -  s€5 

l^or  how  from  chance  can  con(hu)t  order  fpring  ? 

The  ibreft  f>ak  might  bear  the  bhilhing  rofe^ 

And  fragcact  myrtles  thrive  in  Ruflian  fnows  1 

The  fair  pomegranate  might  adorn  the  pine. 

The  grape  the  bramble,  and  the  iloe  the  vine  ;  r70 

Fi(h  from  the  plaint,  birds  from  the  floods  might  rife. 

And  lowing  herds  break  from  the  (larry  ikies. 

But,  fee,  the  diief  does  keener  weapons  chufe. 
Advances  bold,  and  thus   the  fight  renews  : 

**  If  I  were  doubtful  of  the  fource  and  fpring        175 
'  "  Whence  things..arire,  I  from  the  ikies  could  bring, 
".  And  tvcry  part  of  Nature,  proofs,  to  ihow 
*«  The  world  to  Gods  cannot  its  being  owe  5 
^  So  full  of  faults  is  all  th'  unartful  frame  : 
**  Firit  wexhc  air's  unpeopled  defcrt  blame.  x4e 

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CREATION.    Book  TIL         » 

*»^ruit:  beads  pjifefs  the  bill*  and  ihatly  wouJ  j 

"  Mucli  do  tilt:  laki:£j  bur  more  the  ocean's  AocmI'.  j 

**  (  Winch  fevers  realms^  and  fhores  dividtid  leaves), 

**  Take  from  the  lar<i  by  iatcrpourjf^  waves ; 

^^  On«  durdf  by  freezing  cold  and  buraing  hc^t,       185 

"  Lies  a  deform^c^  iniiol  pi  table  feat  1 

'*  The  reft,  u n labour 'd,  would  by  assure  breed  ■ 

"  Wild  bradiblc^  only,  ami  the  noxious  weed,- 

"  Did  tioi  induHrious  man,  with  endlcfs  toll^ 

**  ExE:art  his  food  from  the  reiu£l^nt  foil  j  190 

**  Did  not  the  t^rmct's  flccl  the  furrow  wound, 

*'  And  harrows  tear  the  harvcft  frotn  the  ground, 

**  Tlic  tauh  would  no  fpontaneous  fruits  ^ftord 

**  To  man  I  her  Viiin  imaginary  Lord, 

**  Oft',  wbca  the  labouring  hiiid  has  plouth'd  the  field, 

"  And  forc'd  the  glebe  unwillingly  to  yicid, 

**  When  green  and       .very  Nature  crowtis;  bis  hope 

*'  With  the  gay  pro     Je  of  a  plenteous  crop, 

*•  The  fruits  (fad  ruin  !}  perilh  on  the  grcuml* 

'*  Burnt  by  the  Sun,  or  by  the  deluge  tlrownV! ;         io» 

^'  Or  foon  decay,  by  Inows  im  mod  crate  chilFdi 

**  By  winds  are  blafled,  or  by  lightning  killed* 

*'  Nature,  beijdcs,  ihti  fivage  btafl  fnftains, 

"  Breeds  in  the  hills  the  terror  of  the  plain?, 

**  To  man  a  fatal  race*     Could  this«bc  fo,  105 

•*  Did  graciouii  Gods  difpofe  of  thing*  bcto*v  ? 

"  Tticir  proper  pl;icnir^;  vvlrh  annual  feafom  come, 

**  And  deaths  untimely  blad  us  in  the  bloom. 

*'  Man  at  his  birth  (unhappy  fon  of  grief !) 

**  %%  helplf  fs  call  on  the  wide  coafls  of  life,  ^  210 

*,.  H.3   ;  In 


101       BLACKM  ORE'S    P  O  E  M  S» 

•*  In  want  of  all  things  whence  our  comforts  flow  ? 

**  A  fad  and  moving  fpcftacle  of  vroe, 

**  Infants  in  ill-prefaging  cries  complain, 

**  As  confcious  of  a  coming  life  of  pain. 

••  All  things  meantime  to  beafts  kind  Nature  grants/ 

**  Prevents  their  fuflferings,  and  fuppHes  their  W2mt$  ; 

«*  Brought  forth  with  cafe,   they  grow,    and  (kip,    ancf 

**  No  dangling  nurfc,  or  jrngVinc!:  gewgaw,  need;  [fecd*^ 

*«  In  caves  they  Turk,  or  o'er  the  mountains  nmgc, 

••^Nor  ever  through  the  year  their  garment  change  j  iso 

"  Unvers'd  in  arms,  and  ignorant  of  war, 

*•  They  need  no  forts,  and  no  invafion  fear; 

**  Whatever  they  want,  from  Nature's  hand  they  gain  t 

"  The  life  (he  gave,  fhc  watches  to  maintain." 

Thus  impotent  in  fenfe,  though  ftrong  ta  vage^    lij 
The  daring  Roman  does  the  Gods  engage  t 
But  undifmay*d  we  face  th'  intrepid  foe^ 
Suflam  his  onfet,  and  thus  ward  the  Mow- 

Suppofe  defers  in  this  terrcftrial  feat, 
That  Nature  i«  not,  as  you  urge,  compleatf  ij* 

That  a  divine  and  wife  Anificer 
Might  greater  wonders  of  Ms  art  confer,. 
And  might  with  cafe  on  man,  and  man's  abode. 
More  bounty,  more  perfefHon,  have  beifcwM ; 
If  in  this  lower  world  he  has  not  (hown  135 

His  utmoft  (kill,  f^y,  has  he  therefore  none  ?"        ."^ 
We  in  productions  arbitrary  fee 
Marks  of  per5e6^ion,  different  in  degree. 
Though  mafters  now  more  fkill,  now  lefs  impart^ 
yet  arc  not  all  their  works  the  works  of  art  ?  r^o 

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CREATION.      Book  IIL         loj 

'"Do  poets  ftill  fuUiiincr  fubjefta  (ingf 
Sdli  Art  tell  to  HtavcD  3  bqld  afpirbg  wing. 
Nor  e'er  dcfi:end  to  flock  h  and  kbouTing  fwams. 
Frequent  tliC  floods,  or  raiieje  the  humble  plains  P 
Did,  Grcrian  Phitiiss,  dl  thy  pieces;  fliinc  143 

With  eqtial  beauty  r  or,  Apdks,  tb'me  ? 
Or  Raphael's  pencil  never  chufe  to  fall  > 
Say^  arc  hi$  woiks  Transfignrationi  all? 
Did  B^onovota  never  build,  O  Romft 
A  meaner  flrij£tarc,  ihan  ihy  wondrous  dome?        250* 
Though,  in  tlic'r  wcMk*s  spplnudtd  a,^  their  beft. 
Greater  iTefi^^n  find  genms  arc  fKpre{>, 
Yet  is  there  nunc  acknovvkdg*d  in  tlie  refl? 

Tn  all  the  pirtt  of  Nature'^  fjjacious  fphere 
Of  arr,  ten  thou  fa  nd  miracle?  appear:  1^^ 

And  will  yon  not  the  Author's  fkil'l  adore, 
Becauft:  you  think  he  might  di [cover  more  ? 
You  ow*n  a  warcli  rh*  invention  of  the  miudj 
Though  for  a  fingle  mm-ion  *ih  defigrn'd 
At  well  a»  thati  which  is  with  greater  thought,        260 
With  various  fprings,  far  various  motions  wraught. 

An  indepehdcht,  wife,  and  confcious  Caufc, 
Who  freely  a6b  by  arbitrary  laws. 
Who  at  cocmexion  and  at  order  aims, 
Cceavures  didinguiOl'd  ih  perfe^lion  frames.  265 

Unconfckms  caufes  only  ildll  impart 
Their  lumoft  Ikill,  their  utmod  power  exert. 
Thofe,  which  can  freely  chufe,  difccrn,  and  know, 
Jo  i£UBg  can  degrees  of  vigour  ihow, 
vASid  more  cw  left  of  art  or  care  bedowr  a7e  J 

H  4  If 


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i<»4      BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

If  all  perfe6bion  were  in  all  things  (howBy 
All  beauty,  all  variety,  were  gone. 

As  this  inferior  habitable  feat 
By  ditferent  parts  is  made  one  whole  compleat  i  -. 
So  our  h>w  world  is  only  one  of  thofe^  ^TS- 

Which  the  capacious  univerfe  compofe. 
Now  to  the  univerfal  whole  advert ; 
The  earth  regard  as  of  that  whole  a  ptrt^ 
In  which  wide  frame  more  noble  worlds  abound  i 
Witnefs,  ye  glorious  orbs,  which  hang  tronnd,       iSo  - 
Te  ihining  planets,  that  in  aether  ftray, 
And  thou,  bright  lord  and  ruler  of  the  day  I 
Witnefs,  ye  ftars,  which. beautify  the  {kie% 
How  much  do  your  yafi  globes  in  height  and'  Bso$t 
In.  beauty  and  magnificence,  outgo  •        tSj- 

Our  ball  of  earth,  that  hangs  in  clouds  below ! 
Between  yourfelves  too  is  diilixidion  foundy 
Of  different  bulk,  with  different  glory  crownMi 
The  people,  which  in  your  bright  regions  dwell,  . 
Muft  this  low  world's  inhabitants  excel!  ;  xf^ 

And,  iince  to  various  planets  they. agree, 
They  from  each  pther  muft  diltinguilh*d  be,  I ; 

And  own  perfcftions  different  in  degree,  J 

When  we  on  fruitful  Nature's  care  refle£b, 
Atid  her  exhauftlefs  energy  refpcft,  195 

That  ftocks  this  globe,  which  you  Lucretians  call 
The  world's  coarfe  drpgs,  which  to  the  bottom  fall. 
With  numerous  kinds  of  life,  and  bounteous  fills 
With  breathing  guefts  the  vallies,  floods,  and  hills ; 
We  may  pronounce  each  orb  fuflains  a  race  300 

Of  living  things  adapted  to  the  place. 

Were 


Were  all  tlie  ftars,  tliofe  beauteous  realms  of  Hght, 
.Ac  diflancc  only  hung  to  (bine  by  mght,  3 


"Book  ILI,         z§f- 
Were  the  refulgent  p^rts  and  nrioft  refin'd 
Only  to  ferve  the  dark,  and  bafe  defign*d  ? 

"■'■4; 

And  with  their  twinkling  beams  to  ple^fe  our.  fight  J  J 

How  many  roll  in  aether,  which  the  eye  r^ 

Could  ne'er,  till  aided  by  the  glafs,  defcry, 

And  which  no  cotnmerce  with  the  earth  maintain  ? 

Are  all  thofc  glorious  empires  m^de  in  vain.^  ^1^  ^ 

Now  J  as  I  ikidf  the  globe  terrcffcrial  view 
As  of  the  whole  a  part,  n  mean  one  100^ 
Though  'tis  Jiot  like  ih'  Betheiial  worlds  tefiny, 
Yet  is  tt  juft,  ami  finjfh'd  in  its  kind  | 
Has  all  perfe^ion  which  the  plate  dematids,*  3^5' 

Wlicre  in  coherence  with  the  reft  it  ftands, 
Were  to  your  view  the  nniverfc  difplay'd, 
And  all  the  fcenes  of  nature  open  laid  ^ 
Gould  you  their  place,  propomon,  harmony. 
Their  beauty,  order,  and  dependence,  fee,  ^^f 

YouM  grant  our  globe  had  all  the  marks  of  art, 
AH  the  perfc£iion  due  to  fuch  a  part^ 
Though  not  with  luftre,  or.  with  magnitudfrj 
like  the  bright  flars,  or  brighter  fun,  endued. 

You  ofc''declaim  -on-  man's  unhappy  fate ;         325* 
Ifafolting,  oft'  demand  in  this  debate^ 
If  the  kind  Gods  could  fuch  a  wretch  create } 

But  whence  can  this  unhapp^nefs  arife  ? 
You  fay,  as  foon  as  born,  he  helplefs  lies,. 
And  mourns  his  woes  in  ill-pre£aging  aries.  330'. 

But  does  not  Nature  for  the  child  prepare 
The  parent's  love,  the  nurfe's  tender  care. 


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^U       BLACCMOmE'S    POSSTL 

Enfold  liis  liiBlK  a  Ihc^  adftlllHfvasiriAfbirf? 
Tlutflusisfnvl  aadaonaly  it  cohM;  335 

CottwlfioBft  ndJL  hit  ■o^vt*  aad  caves  las  tKifti 
Bit  icing  fife  it  dMcTd  W  nvcMi^  pni 
Thfoog^  all  itt  4mMu  m  tl»  ^ 
M^xliia  InalUf  ke  tee  Mbi 
Aad  tBcnt  mtM  i»  Irii  IwiU  fcrft}  ^fi 

'  Bjf  cruel  i^iJfHSy  s^  tne  nva^  ucjR^ 
Or  nsuvu  fieiccr  psflnas^  ne\  oppicft; 
How  biradiet  mal^ntat  jir«  soir  poifoa  drib&s  { 
By  gndnal  deadly  or  by  mmDcU,  ftikt. 

But  dicfc  ckjcEkin  win£t  die  Cnife  afihrtidlj         34^ 
TtohasBStflMftrittao  iamioftil  om^i 
Vor,  if  be  oMe  draft  fcd  die  6cil  blov. 
It  ic  of  gruK  ispomBe  «lffii,  or  iMNT  ? 
Shoakl  die  Lwc>cri»littgeii«g  life  iiidTiii 
Tbroogh  franiennis  agct,  ignnniit  cf  fi^  ffi 

idll  might  the  difeontented  muminrer  err. 
Ah,  ha^left  f  au  of  man !  ah,  wretch,  doom*d  once  to  £e  f 
But  oh  t  bow  fooD  would  yeuy  who  thus  cott^m. 
And  Natf  itre's  Caofe  of  crudry  arraig:o. 
By  rcafon't  ftandard  thit  miAake  corred,  ^55 

And  ceafe  to  murmur,  did  yoo  ontt  refied^ 
That  death  removes  us  only  from  our  fcar, 
Does  not  extioguifli  life,  but  change  its  ftate» 
Then  ate  difplay'd  (oh  ravifliing  furprizc  !)■ 
Fair  fcenes  of  blifs,  and  trmmphs  in  the  Ikits  f 
To  wliich  admitted,  cadi  ftiperior  mind,- 
^y  vlnue's  vital  encigy  refin'd|. 

Shines 


I 


o  N,    Ho  ex  Trr.       tof 

Shines  fonh  witli  more  tli^n  folsr  glory  brlgh*, 
And,  cIcMithM  with  robes  of  beatific  light, 
Hii  hours  irt  licavcnly  tr an f ports  docs  empltjy't  J 6 5 

Youn^  with  immurtal  bloom  from  living  ilretim^  of  joy. 

You  aflt  u^,  wKy  the  foil  the  rliiflk  breeds  I 
V/hv  its  fporrrar.cous  bi nhs  arc  cbfifhs  and  weetls  ? 
Why  for  thu  hsrveft  it  tbe  borrow  needs  } 
The  Atithor  miv^hi  a  nolil^r  world  have  made,     3  70  ^ 
In  iiri-ghr^r  tlrcf'?  the  hfHs  and  vaTcs  array'il, 
AnJ  a'l  U!i  face  w  6cuvery  fcenc?  difplay'dj 
TTic  glebe  unrtli'd  mi^lu  p!enccoii<i  crops  hare  bornep 
And  brought  forth  fpky  ja^oves  irsftcad  of  thorn  j 
Rkh  fruk  atid  flowtrs  without  the-  gartkncr's  p«in*  375, 
Might  every  hill  hare  crown'd,  hare  honoured  all  th* 
Thi^  Nature  might  ha\x  boafted^  bad  the  Mind^[  plaint) 
Who  formM  the  fpaciou?  univerEe,  defignM 
That  man,  from  laboor  free  as  well  as  gthff  * 

Should  paf^  in  la^v  luxurv  his  life.  jSo 

But  He  bi^  creature  *^ave  a  Uixtk  foil,. 
Fcrtilt,  hut  not  without  the  owner's  tolT ; 
That  fome  rewariJ  hi^  induflry  ihould  crown^,. 
And  that  hh  fooil  in  part  might  be  his  own* 

But  while,  inruhing,  you  arraign  the  land,  ySj 

Afk,  why  it  wADts  the  plough^  or  hbottver's  liand  > 
Kind  to  the  hwrbfc  rodis,  you  nc*cr  cofrnpiain 
That  they  wkhout  the  itulptor*s  fltilt  and  paia 
No  pcrfeft  Ame  yield,  no  bafie  relierc^ 
Or finiih*d  cdunra  for  rhe  palace  give ;  ^o 

Yet  if  from  hifh^  unl^wur'd  figures  cam^^. 
Biiaa  mighc  hairceafe  enjoy'd^  thoughUiStei-  fafWe. 


soS      BLACKMORE*S     POEMS. 

You  may  the  world  of  more  defe^  upbraud : 
That  other  works  by  Nature  are  unmade  $ 
That  (he  did- never  at  her  own  expence-  39$ 

A  palace  rear,  and  in  munificence 
Oat-rival  arr»-to  grace  die  ftately  loomt  $ 
That  ibe  no  oidUe  buildsy  no  lofty  domes*  . 
Had  Natmc's  band  theie  varioos  works  prepared,. . .    . 
What  tbougbkfiil  care,  what  labour,  hadbeen  ^r'dl  ' 
But  then  no>realm  would  one  great  roafter  ihowt 
Ko  Phi£as  Greece,  and  Rome  no  Angelo^^ 
With  equal  xeafon  too  you  might  demand,     . 
Why  boats  and  ihips  require  the  Artifty  hand  ? 
Why  generous  Nature  did  not  thefe  provide,  -.        .40$ 
To  pafs  the  ftanding  lake,  or  flowing  tide  i 

Tou  fay  the  hills,  which  high  in  air  arife, . . 
HArboor  in  doudsf  and  mingle  yfkh.  the  ikies. 
The  earth^s-diihonoar  and  encumbering  load. 
Of  many  fpacious  regions  man  defraud. 
For  beads  and  birds  of  prey  a  defolate  abode. 
But  can  th'  obje£lor  no  convenience  find 
In  mountains,  hills,  and  rocks,  which  gird  and  bind  - 
The  mighty  frame,  that  clfc  would  be  disjoined? 
Do  not  thofe  heaps  the  raging  tide  reftrain,  41$ 

And  for  the  dome atfbid  the  marble  vein? 
Does  not  the  river  from  the  mounta'm  flow, . 
And  bring  down  riches  to  the  vale  below  ? 
See,  how  the  torrent  rolls  the  golden  fand 
From  the  high  ridges  to  the  flatter  land.  419 ' 

The  lofty  lines  abound  with  endlefs  (lore  - 
Of  mineral  creafursi  and  metallic  ore  | 

With 


e.  J. 

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-•^C  R  E  A  T  1  O  N.      Book  TIL 

'  TVith  precious  veins  of  filver,  copper,  tin, 
Wttiiout  hnw  Jaarrcn,  yet  how  rich  within  ! 
They  bear  the  pine,  the  oak  and  cedar  yidd, 

*  To  form  tlic  pdace,  ans-l  the  navy  build. 
"When  the  indemtnt  meteors  you  accufc. 
And  alk.  if  gracious  Goda  would  flormj;  produce; 
^You  ne'er  reflc£t,  that  by  the  (hiving  wind 
The  air  from  noxious  v.ipeurs  is  rc6n*d, 

'   Freed  from  the  putrid  feeds  of  pain  and  death, 

'   That  living  creatures  might  rj3t,  by  thtrii-  breath. 
Through  their  warm  veins,  inilcad  of  vital  food, 
DifpcrTe  contagion  J  and  corrupt  their  bloo*!, 
Whhout  the  wind  the  fhip  were  made  in  vain,     435 
Ailventurous  merchant*  could  not  crofs  the  main, 

'  Not  feyer*d  real  mis  their  gainful  trade  triaintain. 
Then  with  this  wife  reftettion  you  diflurb 
Your  anxious  thought,  that  our  terteftml  orb 
In  many  .pares  is  not  by  man  laolFeftj 
With  too  much  hear,  or  too  much  cold,  oppnefU 
But  in  mi  {lake  you  this  obje£tion  found  j 
TJnnumher'^  ifles  and  fpacious  tra£h  of  ground, 
.Which  feel  the  fcorchtng  futi%  di  renter  beam. 
And  did  to  you  inhof pi  table  fccm. 
With  tawny  nacion^^  or  with  black,  nboutid, 
With  noble  riversi  hv'd,  with  plenty  crown'd  ; 
And  regions  too  from  tlic  brigh;  orb  remote 
lAxe  peopled^  which  you  utifrcqucnted  chougltti 

But  could  Lucrettug  on  the  fun  tcd^ft. 
His  proper  diftance  from  the  earth  refpe£t, 
Obferve  his  cotiftant  road,  his  cc^aal  pacc^ 
Hts  round  diutnal,  and  liis  annual  race ; 


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tt#       BLACKMCRE'5    POEMS. 

Could  he  regard  the  nature  oftlie  li^^  <« 

Its  beauteous  luilre,  aod  its  rapid  flighty  45  5  r 

And  its  relation  to  the  fcBfe  of  fight ;  J 

Could  he  to  all  thcfe  Biracles  advcct. 

And  not  in  all  perceive  one  ilnike  of  an  ? 

Grant,  that  the  motions  of  the  fun  are  fuch. 

That  fome  hare  light  too  little,  fome  too  mudi  t     4fe 

Grant,  that  in  difierent  tracks  he  might  have  rofi'd^ 

And  given  each  clime  rooie  equal  lieat  and  coldf 

Yet  view  the  levolotions,  as  they  avBy 

Does  there  no  wifdom,  no  deiign,  appear? 

Could  any  but  a  knowing,  prudent  Caufe^  ^ 

Begin  fuch  motions,  and  aflign  fuch  laws  } 

If  the  Great  Mind  bad  forro'd  a  diflfbvnt  frame^ 

Might  not  your  wanton  wit  the  fyftem  blame  ? 

Though  here  you  all  perfedion  ihoald  not  find^        ^ 

Yet  is  It  all  th'  £tcmal  Will  dtfign'd :  470  > 

It  is  a  6niih'd  World,  and  perfe6^  in  it^  kind.  J 

Not  that  its  regions  every  charm  include, 

With  which  celeftial  empires  are  endued  ; 

Nor  is  confummate  goodncft  here  conferr'd. 

If  we  perfe£lion  abfolute  regard;  4/73 

But  wliat  *s  before  aderted,  we  repeat. 

Of  the  vaft  wliole  it  is  a  part  compleac 

But  fiQce  you  are  difpleas'd  the  partial  fun 
Is  not  indulgent  to  the  frigid  zoacxi 
Suppofe  more  funs  in  proper  orbits  roll'd,  489 

Diflblv*d  the  fnows,  and  chac'd  the  polar  cold| 
Or  grant  thapthis  revolv*d  in  fuch  a  way,  ^ 

As  equal  heat  to  all  he  might  convey,  > 

And  give  their  diiUnt  poks  the  ihaie  cf  dayi  ) 

Obfcrve 


Boojc  11 L         III 
Obfcrre  how  prudent  Nature's  icv  Ivoardy  4^5 

With  ill  her  nitrou*  florci,  would  he  devourM  j 
Tiicrt  would  gnbalanc'd  heat  licentious  f^jgrxp 
Crack  the  tlry  hill^  and  chap  the  tulTct  plain  j 
Her  moillvire  all  exhal4,  the  cleaving  earth 
Would  yiM  no  fr«it,  and  bear  no  verdant  birth.      4<^9 

You  of  the  pooh  and  fpacious  lakes  complain, 
And  tjf  the  liquid  dcfcTts  of  the  main. 
As  hurtful  thufe,  or  ufekfs,  you  arraign. 

Be  fides  the  pUafurcj  which  the  lakes  aflfbrd, 
Ar*  not  thtir  waves  with  fifh  dtlkious  ftor'd  }  495 

Docs  not  die  wide  capacious  deep  the  fky 
Wiih  dewy  clouds^  the  eanh  with  rain,  fupply  ? 
Do  not  the  rivers^  wlitch  the  valley  lave, 
Creep  through  the  fecrct  fubterranean  cavCt 
And  to  the  hills  convey  the  refluent  wave  ?  jco 

You  ihtn  mull:  own,  the  earth  the  ocean  needs. 
Which  thus  the  lake  rccrui:?,  the  fcjuntain  feeds* 

The  noxious  plant  and  favagc  animal. 
Which  you  the  trardi'^  reproach  and  blemiOi  cailp 
Are  ufcfui  various  wayi  j  if  not  fbr  foo^l,  ^c< 

For  minufa£lure$  or  for  medkine  ^ood* 
Thui  we  repel  with  leafon,  not  evaile, 
The  bold  obje£lion!»  by  Lucr<:tias  m^de. 

Hyrrhoniaus  next,  of  like  ambitious  aim, 
Wiinton  of  wit,  and  panting  after  fame,  jm 

Who  drove  to  fink  the  feOs  of  ciiiuf  renown. 
And  on  thetr  ruin'd  khouls  to  raife  their  own. 
Boldly  prcfum^d,  with  rh^cotician  pride, 

hold  of  any  r^^tfUg^  eUbcr  iide.        ^^  ^ 


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iia         BLACK'MORE*S    POEMS. 
They  thought,  in  every  fubjcft  of  debate,  515 

In  eihcr  fcale  the  proof  of  equal  weight* 

Afk,  if  a  God  exiftent  they  allow  ? 
The  vain  declaimers  will  attempt  to  (how. 
That,  whether  you  renounce  him,  or  aflerr, 
Tliere  's  no  'Superior  proof  on  either  part.  ^i% 

Suppofe  a  -God,  we  raud,  fay  they,  conclude 
He  lives  ;  if  fo,  he  is  with  fcnfe  endued; 
Arid,  if  with  fcnfe  -endued,  may  pain  perceiTe, 
And  what  can  fuffer- pain- may  ceafe  t3  live* 

Pyrrhonians,  we  a  living  God  adore,  .5^$ 

An  unexhaufted  fpring  of  vital  power ; 
But  his  immortal,  uncreated  life 
No  torment  feels,  and  no  deilruftivc  grief. 
Daes  he  by  diiferent  organs  tade  or  hear? 
Ot  by  an  eye  do  things  to  him  appear  ?  530 

Has  he  a  mufcle,  or  extended  nerve, 
Which  to  impart  or  pain  or  pleafure  fervc  ? 
Of  all  pcrfe6tion,poffible  poflcft, 
He  finds  no  want,  nor  is  with  woe  oppreft. 
TJiough  we  can  ne'er  explore  the  life  divine,       .  535., 
And  found  the  blcft  abyfs  by  rcafon's  line. 
Yet  'tis  not,  mortal  man,  a  tranfient  life,  like  thine. 

Others,  to  whom  the  whole  mechanic  tribe 
With  an  harmonious  fympathy  fubfcribe. 
Nature  with  empire  univerfal  crown,  540 

And  this  high  queen  the  world's  Creator  own. 
If  you  what  builder  rear*d  the  world  demand, 
They  fay  'twas  done  by  Nature's  powerful  hand ; 
If  whence  its  order  and  its  beauty  rofe, 
nature,  they  fay,  did  fo  the  frame  difpofe ;  545 

If 


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C'R^E  A  TT O  N.    BooicIU.         iij 

It  its  ileady  raotiont  doermunttin, 
oldt  of  caiifet  ind  cflfeflrthc  dino, 
1  her  works  this  Sovereign* Caufe  preTides, 
Is  the  orbs,  and  all  their  tnotions  guides. 
0  her  bounty  we  fuch  bleflings  owei  55« 

nerous  Bcnefador  let  us  know. 
the  word  Nature  you  exprefs,  declare, 
in  your  minds  what  image  does  appear  ? 
u  that  term  of  doubtful  found  explain  ? 
:  no  idle  off-fpring  of  the  brain  ?  55-5 

times  by  Nature  your  enlighten'd  fchool 
of  things  the  univerfal  whole  1 
nes  it  is  the  order,  that  conne£^s. 
Ids  the  chain  of  caufes  and  effe^s ; 
nes  it  is  the  manner,  and  the'\yay,  j6o^ 

:h  thofe  caufes  do  their  force  convey, 
efft£k%  their  energy  .difplay. 
e  »s  the  work  itfelf,  you  oft*  •aflcst, 
th'  artificer^  as  oft'  the  art ; 
,  that  we  may  Naturc'clearly  trace,  565 

your  marks  di(lin£i:ly  know  her  face  ; 
3W  the  building,  now  the  archite^, 
^  the  rule  which  does  his  hand  dirc6b. 
let  diis  emprefs  be  whatever  you  pleafc  1 
be  all,  or  any  one  of  tliefe  {  57» 

ith  reafon,  or  (he 's  not,  endued  : 
he  fird  affirm,  we  thence  conclude 
whofe  Being  you  oppofe,  you  grant : 
this  miglity  queen  does  reafon  want, 
jld  this  noble  fabric  be  deiiga^,  575 

lion'd  by  a  Maker  brute  and  blind } 

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TI4        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Could  ir  of  art  fucli  miracles  invent, 
And  raife  a  beauteous  world  of  fucb  extent? 
Still  at  the  helm  does  this  dark  pilot  ftand, 
And  with  a  fteady,  never-erring  hand,  580 

Steer  all  the  floating  worlds,    and  their  fet  courfe 
command  ? 

That  clearer  ftrokes  of  mafterly  defjgn, 
Of  wife  contrivance,  and  of  judgement,  Ibinc 
In  all  the  parts  of  Nature,  we  afl'ert. 
Than  in  the  brighteft  works  of  human  art :  585 

And  (hall  not  thofe  be  judg'd  th'  ctfe6i:  of  thought. 
As  well  as  thefe  with  fkill  inferior  wrought  ? 
Let  fuch  a  fphere  to  India  be  convey'd, 
As  Archimede  or  modern  Hugens  made  ; 
Will  not  the  Indian,  though  untaught  and  rude,      5^9 
This  work  th'  eflfe^l:  of  wife  defign  conclude  ? 
Is  there  fuch  Ikill  in  imitation  fhown  ? 
And  in  the  things,  we  imitate,  is  none  ? 
Are  not  our  arts,  by  artful  nature  taught, 
With  pain  and  careful  obfervation  fought  ?  595 

Behold  the  painter,  who  with  Nature  vies : 
See  his  whole  foul  exerted  in  his  eyes  ! 
He  views  her  various  fcenes,  intent  to  trace 
The  maftcr  lines,  that  form  her  finifli\l  face  : 
Are  thought  and  conduft  in  the  copy  clear,  600 

While  none  in  all  th*  original  appear  ? 

Tell  us,  what  maftcr,  for  mechanicks  famM, 
Has  one  machine  fo  admirably  fram'd. 
Where  you  will  art  in  fuch  perfc61ion  grant, 
As  in  a  living  creature,  or  a  plant  ^  6«$ 

Dedanv 


.  ^I^IKtA  T  i^N..   Book  III.         n^ 
K»  wlitt  corioat^fKorll^maofhip  can  vie 

R)f«IimmI'^%)^  .an.cv,  or  eye? 
can  lor  iuil  atmach  spplaufe  dderre, 
e  fine  ecxtare  dF  the  6brous  nerve  i 
s  ftupendous  fyftem»  which  contains  6io 

rterial.chaqneh»  or  the  winding  veins? 
artiiicjal  firamey  what  i Didru ntent, 
DC  lu^rior  genius  yet  invent, 
h  to  the  bones  or  mufcles  is  preferi^d, 
X  their  order,  forfn,  or  ufe,  regard?  615 

then  xo  woilks  of  nature  is  aflign'd 
uthor  unintelligent  and  blind, 
i  ours  proceed  from  clwice  and  Confcious  Mind  ? 
this  yott  fay,  that  Nat^are  's  are  indeed 
irtfttl  works,  buttlien  they  ne'er  proceed        620 
Nature  a&iog  with  delign  and  art, 
▼md  oiF  choice  her  vigour  docs  exert, 
)y  unguided  motion  things  produce, 
dlefs  of  their  order,  end,  or  ufe. 
ally's  mouth  thus  Cotta  does  difpute.;  625 

lus,  with  cafe,  tlie  Roman  we  confute : 
,  if  in  artful  things  no  art  is  fliown, 
are  the  certaia  marks,  that  make  it  known  ? 
i^ill  you  artful  from  unartful  bound, 
tot  th'  ideas  in  our  mind  confound  ?  639 

this  no  truth  difplays  before  our  fight 
jhter  beam,  or  more  convincing  light, 
Ikilfttl  works  fuppofe  a  (kilful  Caufe, 
n  a£ts  by  choice,  and  moves  by  prudent  laws. 
e  you,  unlefs  you  are  as  matter  blind,  635 

[Gt  and  beauteous  difpofition  find, 

I  a  Coix- 


i»6       BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

Confpiring  order,  fitncfs,  harmony, 

Ufe,  and  convenience  ;  will  you  not  agree. 

That  fuch  cffe^ls  could  not  be  undefign'd, 

I>i'or  could  proceed  but  from  a  Knowing  ^ndf       €40 

Old  fyftems  you  may  try,  or  new  ones  ndfe. 
May  ihift  and  wind,  and  plot  a  ^oafand  ways  { 
May  various  words,  and  forms  of  di^on,  ufe, 
And  with  a  different  cant  th'  unjudging  ear  amufc; 
You  may  affirm,  that  Chance  did  things  create,        64c 
Or  let  it  Nature  be,  or  be  it  Fate ; 
Kody  alone,  inert  and  brute,  you  '11  find. 
The  caufe  of  all  things  is  by  you  aflign'd, 
And.  after  all  your  fruitlefs  toil,  if  you 
A  Caufe  diflinfb  from  Matter  will  allow,  -^ao 

It  mud  be  confcious,  nor  like  matter  bfind. 
And  fhew  you  grant  a  God,  by  gninting  Mind. 

Vaninus  next,  a  hardy,  modem  chief, 
A  lx)ld  oppofcf  of  Divine  Belief, 

Attempts  Religion's  fences  to  fubvert,  655 

Strong  in  his  rage,  but  deftitute  of  art ; 
In  impious  maxims  fixt,  he  Heaven  defy'd. 
An  unbelieving  anti-martyr  dy*d. 
Strange,  that  an  Athcift  plcafure  (hould  refiifc, 
Kelinquilh  life,  and  death  in  torment  chufe  !  660 

Of  fcience  what  a  defpicable  ihare 
Vaninus  own*d,  his  publifh'd  dreams  declare. 
Let  impious  wits  applaud  a  Godlefs  Mind, 
As  bleft  with  piercing  fight,  and  fenfe  refin'd, 
Contriv'd  and  wrought  by  Nature^s  careful  hand 
All  the  proud  fchools  cf  learning  to  command^ 

Let 


C^RSATLOK.     Booi&IIL        ir? 

■liltal  IMffl^caL^Ach  ptcroo  of  their  ctufe 
|4kljpBL|ljr  A^|9)piiih*<l  merit  juft  tppltufei 
• .  Tkl^Tw^W^      Wut  of  fenfe  arrtign,  -x 

'  Tnat  iU  i^t  Mupcy  p«get  with  difdaioi  670  f 

And  tiiink  a  graTc  reply  mif-fpcDt  and  vain :  J 

Tb  honow  light,  his  error  to  amend, 
I  would  the  Atheift  to  Vaninus  fend. 

.  At  length  Britannia's  foU,  immortal  (hame  1' 
Bronghc  forth  a  fage  of  celebrated,  name,  C  7  5 

Who  with  contempt  on  bled  Religion  trod, 
Mock'd  all  her  precepts,  and«rcnottnc'd  his  God«. 
As  twfiil  fliades  and  horrors.oF  the  night 
DHbirb  the  rootherj-  and  the  child  affright. 
Who  iee  dire  fpf;£bret  thcough  the  gloomy  air  ^ 

In  threatening  forms  adrance^  and  lhiKidering.hear  ,  I 
The  grdtnt  of  wandering  ghoilsi  and>yellings  of    j 
defpair.::  J 

From  the  fame  fpring,  he  fays,  devotion  flows, 
Confcience  of  guilt  from  dread  of  vengeance  rofe ; 
Religion  is  the  creature  of  tlie  fplccn,  60^ 

And  troubled  fancy  forms  the  world  unfeen  ; 
That  timorous  minds,  with  felf-tormcnting  care, 
Create  thofe  awful  pliantoms  which  they  Fear. 

Such:arms  were  us'd  by  impious  chiefs  of  old,. 
Vain  as  this  modern  hero,  and  as  bold^  6)o 

Who  would  not  this  philofopher  adore. 
For  findbg  worlds  dkfcover*d  long  Ufore  ? 
Can  he  one: flower  in  all  his  garden  fliow, 
Which  in.his  Grecian  mafter's  did  no:  grow  ? 
And  yet,  imperious,  with  a  teacher's  air,  695 

Bbeftful'he  daims  a  right  to  wifdom's  chj^r  i 

I  3  Gafping 


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ii3        BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Gafpina:  with  ardent  third  of  falfe  renown, 
With  Grecian  wreaths  he  docs  his  temples  crown, 
Triumphs  with  borrow*d  fpoils,.  and  trophies  not 

his  own. 

The  world,  he  grants,,  with  clouds  was  overfpread{. 
Truth  ne'er  erefted  yet  her  ftarry  head, 
Till  he,  bright  Genius,  rofe  to  chace  the  night. 
And  through  all  nature  fhone  with  new-fprung  light. 

But  let  th*  enquirer  know,  proud  Briton !  why 
Hope  fliould  not  Gods,  as  well  as  fear,  fupply  ?"       7c 5 
Does  not  th'  idea  of  a  God  include 
The  notion  of  beneficent  and  good, 
Of  one  to  mercy,  not  revenge,  inclin*d»  ^ 
Able  and  willing  to  relieve  mankind  ? 
And  docs  not  this  idea  more  appear  710 

1  he  objeft  of  our  hope,  than  of  our  fear  > 
Then  tell  us,  why  this  paflion,  more  than  that, 
ShouUl  build  their  altars,  and  the  Gods  create  ? 

Bat  let  us  grant  the  weak  and  timorous  mind 
To  fupcrfliiious  terrors  is  inclin'd  ;  715: 

That  horriil  fccncf-,  and  monfters  form'd  in  air, 
Bv  ni -ht  the  children  and  the  mother  fcare  ; 
Thar  apparitions,  by  a  fever  bred, 
Or  bv  the  Iplecn's  black  vapours,  till  the  head  ; 
Docs  that  affcfb  the  fagc  of  fenfe  refin'd,  72a 

Whofe  bodv  's  healthful,  and  ferene  his  mind  ? 

Yet  more,  infulting  Briton  !  let  us  try 
Your  rcafon  *s  force,  vour  arguments  apply. 
You  fay,  fince  fpeftres  from  the  fancy  flow, 
To  timorous  fancy  Gods  their  being  owe ;  725 

z  Sioce 


C  R  fe  ^  T  I  d  N,     Book  nr.         119 

Since  phincofdt  to  tl^e  weak  teem  real  things. 
Religion  from  miftake  and  weaknefs  fprings. 

But  diough  the  vulgar  have  illulions  feen. 
Thought  ohjtGts  were  without,  that  were  within  y 
Yet  we  from  hence  abfurdly  (hould  conclude,  73^ 

All  objeAs  of  the  mind  the  mind  delude; 
That  our  ideas  idle  are,  that  none 
Were  ever  real,  and  that  nothing  *s  known. 

But,  leaving  phantoms  and  illufive  fear. 
Let  us  at  Reafon's  judgement-feat  appear;  73$ 

There  let  the  queftion  be  feverely  try'd  5 
By  an  itn partial  fentence  we  abide  : 
Th*  Eternal  Mind's  exiftence  we  fuftain 
By  proofs  fo  full,  by  evidence  fo  plain, 
That  none  of  all  the  fciences  have  fhown  740 

Such  demonfh-ation  of  the  truths  they  own* 

Spinofa  next,  to  hide  his  black  defign, 
And  to  his  fide  th'  unwary  to  incline, 
For  heaven  his  enfigns  treacherous  difplays, 
Declares  for  God,  while  he  that  God  betrays  ;  745 

For  whom  he  *s  pleas'd  fuch  evidence  to  bring. 
As  faves  the  name,  while  it  fubverts  the  thing. 

Now  hear  his  laboured  fchcme  of  impious  ufe  : 
No  fubllance  can  another  e'er  produce  j 
Subftance  no  limit,  no  confinement,  knows,  750 

And  its  exiftence  from  its  nature  flows ; 
The  fubftancc  of  the  Univerfe  is  one, 
Which  is  the  fclf-exiftent  God  alone. 
The  fpheres  of  aether,  which  the  world  inclofc. 
And  all  th'  apartments,  which  the  whole  compofe  ,-755 
I  4  The 


lio      B  LAG  KM'O  RE'S    POEMS. 

The  lucid  orbs,  the  earth,  the  air,  the  main, . 

With  every  different  being  they  conudn  5 

Are  one  prodigious  aggregated  God, 

Of  whom  each  fand  is  part,  each  ftone  and  clod ; ' 

Supreme  perfe£tions  in  eack  infed  Hiine,  t^* 

Each  fhrub  is  facred,  and  each  weed  divine*. 

Sages,  no  longer  Egypt's  fons  defpife, 
For  their  cheap  Gods,  and  favoury  Deities  I 
No  more  their  coarfe  Divinities  revile ! 
To  leeks,  to  onions,  to.  the  crocodile^  7^$  - 

You  might  your  humble^adorations  pay,. 
Were  you  not  Gods  yourfebres,  as.  well  as  they.  . 

As  much  you  pull  Religion's  altars  down,, 
By  owning  all  things  God^  as  owning. none  i 
For  fhould  all  beings  be  alike  divine,  77» 

Of  worlhip  if  an  objc£b  you  affign, 
God  to  himfelf  muft  veneration  fliew, 
Muft  be  the  idol  and  the  votary  too  j 
And  their  aflTcrtions  are  alike  abfurd, 
Who  own  no  God,  or  none  to  be  ador*d.  775:, 


eREAXrON. 


.■l»>/-"-r^-  •:■■   :  -t    ««>*  'y 


C    R    E    A.   T    I    O    Ni 


»  O'  O"  K       IV. 


THB  AHOVIiBNTl 

TfiB  iBtrodudHoii.  N»  roan  btppyy  .tKtithatiict  con« 
qucted  the  feu*  oC^dMclu-  Tjie.iDftbilitjr  of  the 
£piciutan  fcheme  to  ttcomplifli  that  end.  Religion 
only  cmbk  of  fnbdoing  uioie  feact.  The  hypo- 
thdro  of  £picurot  concerniog  the  formatioa  of  the 
wufciie  ihewn  to  be  abfurd.  I.  In  a  more  general 
fucvcy  of  the  pant  of  the  oniTerfe.  IL  By  a.  more 
dole  and  ftria  ezambation  of^his  fcheme.  The 
principle  of  inotion  not  accounted  for  by  that  fcheme  s 
nor  the  determination  of  it  one  way.  Pondu?,  gra* 
nty^  innate  mobility,  words  without  a  meanine. 
Defcent  of  atoms ;  upwards  and  downwards,  a  mid- 
dle or  centre  abfurdly  afferted  by  £p}curus  in  infinite 
fpace.  His  hypothefis  not  to  be  fiipported,  whether 
ms  matter  be  fuppofed  £nite  or  infinite.  His^  ridi- 
culous alTertion  relating  to  the- diurnal  and  annual 
motion  of  the  fun.  The  impoflibility  of  forming  the 
world  by  the  cafual  concourle  of  atoms.  They  could 
never  meet  if  they  moved  with  equal  fpeed.  Primi- 
tive atomsy  being  the  fmalleft  parts  of  matter,  wouldv. 
more  noore  flowty  than  bodies  of  greater  bulk,  which 
hsTC  more  gravity  s  yet  thefe  are  abfurdly  fuppofed  to  > 
more  the  fwifteit  His  afTertion,  that  fome  primitive 
atoms  hHye-a  direft,  and  others  an  incHmog-motton». 

implies. 


S22        BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

implies  a  contradicYion.  Lucrctius's  explanation 
ot  tlii'i  iixliLini;  motion  of  Tome  firft  atoms  not  in- 
tcuii£il)le  The  iijexp'.iwabk'  tliffxuliy  of  ft(. piling 
the  atoms  in  their  flight,  and  cauliug  them  ro  leitlc 
19  a  formed  world.  'Ihe  ponderous  earth  Hot  to  be 
fuliaiiicd  in  liquid  air.  The  Epicurean  formation  of 
the  heavens  very  ridiculous.  No  account  given  by 
the  Epicureans  how  the  lun  and  (latb  arc  uplicld  in 
fluid  aether.  Their  idle  account  of  t!»c  formation  of 
the  air.  The  variety  of  tiijure  and  fizc  ^iven  by 
Epicurus  to  his  atoms,  a  convincing  proof  ot  wifdom 
and  defign.  Anotlier  proof  is  the  difpropurtioo  of 
the  moirt  and  dry  atoms  in  the  formation  of  the 
earth.  His  ludicrous  and  childilh  accouoc  of  the 
formation  of  the  hollow  for  the  fca.  No  account 
given  by  Epicurus,  or  his  followers,  of  the  motion 
of  the  heavenly  orbs,  particularly  of  the  fun. 


^^  ARUS,  we  grant,  no  man  is  bleft,  but  he 

^^  Whofe  mind  from  anxious  thoughts  of  death  is 

Let  laurel  wreatlis  the  vivilor's  hiows  adorn,  [free. 

Sublime  through  gazing  tiirones  in  tiiumph  borne; 

Let  acclamations  ring  around  tlic  Ikies,  ^ 

While  curling  cloutis  cf  oalmy  incenfe  rife  ; 

Let  fju)ils  immcf.fe,  let  tropliics  i:?i.n'J  in  war. 

And  conquer'd  kings,  attend  his  r«..iing  car  j 

If  dread  of  death  Aill  unfjinlut-d  remain^, 

And  fjcnt  o'er  the  vancjuifird  viEwz  reigns,  10 

Th*  illufcrious  flave  in  cncilefi  thraivlom  l^ars 

A  heavier  chain  than  his  ltd  captive  wears. 

With  fwiftcft  wing  the  fears  of  future  fate 
Elude  the  guards,  and  paf^  the  palace-gate ;  1 5 

Travciic 


} 


CREATION.     Book  IV.        i2j 

Triverfe  the  lofty  rooms,  and  uncontrord 

Fly  hovering  nmnd  the  painted  roofs,  and  bold 

To  the  rich  arras  clhig,  and  perch  on  bufl  of  gold 

Familiar  horrors  haunt  the  monarch's  head, 

And  thoui^hts  ill-boding  from  the  downy  bed  ZQ 

Chace  gentle  flccp  ;  black  cares  the  foul  infcll:. 

And  broider'd  ftars  adorn  a  troubled  brcall ; 

In  vain  they  a(k  tlic  charming  lyre,  in  vain 

The  flatterer's  fweeter  voice,  to  lull  their  pain  j 

Kiot  and  wine  but  for  a  moment  pleafe ;  2^ 

Dclijihts  they  oft'  enjoy,  but  never  cafe. 

What  are  diflin£Hon,  honour,  wealth,  and  (late. 
The  pomp  of  courts,  the  triumphs  of  the  great ; 
The  numerous  troops,  that  cnvy'd  thrones  fecurc, 
And  fplendid  cnfigns  of  imperial  power  ?  30 

What  the  high  palace,  rcar'd  with  vaft  expencc, 
Unrival'd  art,  and  luxury  immenfc. 
With  ftatues  grac'd  bv  ancient  Greece  fupply'd. 
With  more  than  Perfian  wealth,  and  Tyiian  pride? 
What  arc  the  foods  uf  all  delicious  kinJs,  35 

Which  now  the  huntfman,  now  the  fowler,  finds; 
The  riclu-ft  wines,  wiiich  Gallia's  happy  field. 
Which  Tulcan  hills,  or  rhi-ic,  Iberia,  vield? 

Nature  dcprav'd  abundance  doe.-*  purfue  ; 
If'.r  fiill  and  pure  demands  arc  cheap  and  few.  40 

What  health  promotes,  and  gives  uncnvy'd  peace, 
Is  all  cxpencel-  i^,  and  procur'd  wiih  cafe, 
liehold  the  {lijj'i.'-nl,  fee  th'  iruluftrious  fwain. 
Who  ploui'jh;  ih»:  field,  or  reaps  the  ripcn'd  grain, 
lldW  mea'i,  and  vvt  how  tafleful  is  their  fare  !  41; 

How  Iwcct  ilicii-  ilc<.j)  I  their  fouh  how  free  from  caief 

Tiicy 


..+        :m.AGKMORE'&    POEMS; 

ri.ev  1. 1 : Ilk  iiic  ULcaiiiiiig  Livful,  ^nu  efcaf^ 
Th*  ir.ii^mi;.:;  :.::cl:s  ui  liic  puij:ic  j^'-apc; 
Anit»  u)  jMULLcL  itii:ii  limbb  t'lom  li^uious  air* 
(•aimcnis»  liicir  own  (iomcHic  woik,.  iitey  wour :       50- 
Vet  tiiouiriiis  i)t'  death  their  lonely  cots  molcfi. 
Atfri^lic  ilie  liinU,  and  break  the  labouier's  nrfi. 

Since  dielc  icAc£iioDb  on  approachiDg  faie 
nitlruti  and  ill-prciaging  care  create ; 
Tis  clear  w::  lliive  tor  uappincf^  in  vain,  55 

While  tcarb  ot  cicaiii  vviihin  infultiog  reign. 

Buc  then  Lucretian  wits  ahfurdly  frame. 
To  link  tliuic  inhi'cd  tears,  iheir  impious  fchcme.- 
To  chacc  the  iiorrors  ui'  a  conicioub  mind, 
They  del  per  ate  lueank  and  wild  ejtfKrdiencs  find ;        6« 
The  lurdv  rulicls  aiming  to  appeaie 
Their  tierce  remoiie,  aiid  dream  a  while  at  eale,. 
ilf  cr^'infl:  guile  th*  avenging  power  diiowoy 
And  pull  their  liigh  Creator  U'Jin  las  ilirone; 
riiac  done,  :hev  mock  the  iiin:a;s  o:'  iuiuic  ^uin,.      65 
,\s  moiilhous  rictions  ot  the  pucib  «.i-iii 

rhv  torcc  alone,  Reri^ion  :   I^icdiii  v.;Uiiii^, 
Breaks  ail  his  uarts,   i.ia  jvcrv  vi^ci  ^naim^i 
*5oftenM  l>v  ci'.ce.    nc  ::<  ■.-.'. v  :otin  api-cjis 
No  more  the  iuirjid  olm-:c:  cr  our  u^is;  78 

Wc  u nd Jim av  li  1 1 . is  aw  [ u  1  po %vcr  « ^ i ■;; v , 
Th3C  iruidcs  us  '.Urouc'i  ::ic  lau,  .:.o  liih  i^ioomy  way, 
Which  icjds  :o  lii'v.*,  and  :o  luc     ,c::  .::.••. 'tj. 
Where  ravithV  mmds  cn:-^'-.    v  n:    itre   .iicv  own'd,  a 

Regard,  ye  uca  or  Luc:.::^^  :3l«%  [Oou.  - 

nature's  rich  dreU,  bciu>ld  l.cr  loveiy  race.  75 

Lowk. 


} 


CREATION.     Book  IV.         1*5 

Look  all  around,  terredrial  realms  furvey^ 

The  ides,  the  rivers,  and  the  fpacious  fea ; 

Obferve  the  air,  view  with  attentive  eyes  « 

The  glorious  concave  of  the  vaulted  Ikies ;  L 

Could  thefe  from  cafual  hits,  from  tumult  thofc,  arifc?  J 

Can  rule  and  l)eauty  from  diftraftion  grow? 

Can  fymmctry  from  wild  confufion  £ow  ? 

When  atoms  in  th*  unmeafurM  fpace  did  rove, 

And  in  the  dark  for  doubtful  empire  drove  ; 

Did  intervening  Chance  the  feuds  compofe,  85 

Eftablifli  friendihip,  and  difarm  the  foes  ? 

Did  this  the  ancient  d ark fome  horrors  chacc, 

Diftin£lion  give,  and  fpread  celeftial  grace 

O'er  the  black  diftrifts  of  the  empty  fpace  ? 

Could  atoms,  which,  with  undireftcd  flight,  90 

Roam'd  through  the  void,   and  rang'd  the  realms  of 

Of  reafon  dcftitute,  N^^hout -intent,  [night, 

Depriv'd  of  clioice,  and  mindlefs  of  event, 

'a  order  march,  and  to  their  pofts  advance. 

Led  by  no  guide,  but  undefigning  Chance  ?  95 

What  did  th'  entiangled  particles  divide. 
And  fort  the  various  feeds  of  things  ally'd  ? 
To  make  primaeval  elements,  -fele£b 
All  the  fit  atoms,  and  th'  unfit  reje£^  ? 
IXftinguiih  hot  from  cold,  -and  moid  from  dry*         ice 
Range  fome  to  form  the. earth,  and  fome  the  fky  ? 
{From  the  embrace,  and  gloomy  arms,  of  night. 
What  fireed  the  glimmering  fire,   and  difengag'd  the 

light  ? 
Could  Chance  fuch  juft  and  prudent  meafures  take  > 
To  frame  the  world,  fuch  difbibution  make  ?  105 

If 


126      BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

3f  to  vour  builder  you  will  con<lu6i:  give, 

A  power  to  chufe,  to  manage,  and  contrive, 

Your  idol  Chance,  fuppos'd  inert  and  blind. 

Mud  be  inrol'd  an  aftvie  confcious  mind. 

Did  this  your  wife  and  fovereign  architect  no 

Dcfign  the  model,  and  the  world  ere£l  ? 

Were  by  her  (kill  the  deep  foundations  laid, 

The  globes  fuipcnded,  and  the  heavens  difplay'd  ? 

Bv  whaTelaftic  engines  did  (lie  rear 

The  ftarry  roof,  and  roll  the  orbs  in  air  >  nj 

On  the  formation  of  the  earth  refle6k; 
Is  this  a  blind  fortuitous  efted  ? 

Did  all  the  groffer  atoms,  at  the  call  -> 

Of  Chance,  file  off,  to  form  the  ponderous  ball,  > 

And  undetermin'd  into  order  fall  ?  120  J 

Did  of  themfelves  th*  aflembled  feeds  arrive. 
And  without  art  this  artful  frame  contrive  ? 
To  build  the  Earth,  did  Chance  materials  chufe, 
And  through  the  parts  cementing  glue  difFufe  ? 
Adjuft  the  frontier  of  the  fca  and  foil,  12 ^ 

Balance  and  hang  in  air  the  finifh'd  pile  ? 
"Ye  towering  hills,  whofe  fnowy  peaks  arifc 
Above  the  clouds,  and  winter  in  tl^e  Ikies ; 
Ye  rocks,  which  on  the  fhores  your  lieads  advance; 
Are  you  the  labour  and  the  care  of  Chance  ^  130 

To  draw  up  ftones  of  fuch  prodigious  weight, 
*  And  raife  th'  amazing  heaps  to  fuch  a  height. 
What  huge  machine,  what  forceful  inftrument. 
Did  vour  blind  builder  of  the  world  invent  ? 
'Could  it  diftinguifh,  could  it  wall  ai'ound  §35 

The  <lamp  and  dark  apartments  under  ground  ? 

With 


CREATION.     Book  IV.  127 

With  rocky  arches  vault  the  hollow  caves, 

And  foim  the  tracks  of  fuh^crrancan  waves  ? 

Extend  the  different  mineral  veins,  and  Iprcad 

For  rich  metallic  ores  the  genial  bed  ?  140 

What  could  pre  are  the  gulplis  to  entertain 
Between  their  fiiorcs  the  interpolinc;  main? 
Dif-join  the  land,  the  various  realms  v.".ividc, 
And  fpicad  with  fcattcr'U  ifles  th'  exten(!ed  tide  ? 
Regard  ih'  unnum!)crM  wvi.dcrs  of  ihe  deep,  145 

Where  confluent  Hrcanis,  their  lacc  cf^mpletcd,  flecp. 
Did  Chance  the  conipat's  take,  and  in  the  dark 
The  wide  dimenfions  of  the  c^cean  nurk  ? 
Then  dij^  the  ample  cr.ve,  and  (lietch  the  fhores 
Whofe  windinijj  arms  confine  the  liquid  flores,  150 

Which  gufhing  from  the  mountain  to  the  main 
Threugli  verdant  vallics  draw  their  humid  train  ? 
Did  it  defign  the  deep  abyfs,  and  fpread 
The  ancient  waters  on  their  central  bed  ? 
To  the  wild  flood  did  fovereign  Fortune  fay,  i^^ 

Thus  far  advance,  and  here  t!iy  billows  flay  : 
Be  this  thy  l)arrier,  this  cnclofing  fand 
Thou  (halt  not  pafs,  nor  overflow  ilw  land  ? 
And  ih  the  waves  revere  her  high  command  ? 

Did  cli-mic  Chance  ihc  furnaces  prepare,  160"] 

Raifc  all  the  lalwur-houfes  of  the  air. 
And  lay  crude  vapours  in  digcflion  there  ? 
Where  Nature  is  employ'd,  with  wonthous  fitill. 
To  draw  her  fpirits,  and  her  drops  <iiilil ; 
Meteors  for  various  purpofcs  to  form,  jfij 

The  breeze  to  cheer,  to  terrify  tixe  ftorm; 

Did 


} 
] 


;) 


ii8     BLACK  MO  RE'S     POEM'S. 
Did  fhe  extend  the  gloomy  clouds  on  high,  ^ 

Where  all  th*  amazing  fireworks  of  the  iky  *  I 

In  unconco£ted  feeds  fermenting  lie  ?  J 

Tin  the  imprifon'd  flamesare  ripe' fof  birth,  170 

And  ruddy  bolts  exploded  wound  the  earth  ; 
What  ready  hand  applies  the'lcindled  matth. 
Which  evening  trains  of  un6^uous  vapours  catbhi 
Whence  (hoots  with  lambent  flight  the' falling  Aar, 
And  flames  unhurtful  hovering  dance  in  air  ?  17^ 

What  curious  loom  does  Chance  by  evening  fpread  ? . 
With  what  fine  (huttle  weave  the  virgin's  thread. 
Which,  like  the  fpider's  net,  hangs  ontfaegraiTy  mead  V^ 
Let  us  the  moulds  to  faihion  meteors  know. 
How  thefe  produce  the  hail,  and  thofe  the  fnow  ?     iSo 
What  gave  the  exhaladons  wings  to  rife, 
To  leave  their  centre,  and  pofTefs  the  ikies  ? 
Let  us  no  longer  miflive  weapons  throw. 
But  clofe  the  fight,  and  grapple  witlr-the  foe  | 
Submit  to  reafon's  ftrifteft  tcft  tlicir  fchcme,  185 

And  by  mechanic  laws  purfue^the  hudtHcd  frame. 
See,  how  th'  ambitious  architects  dcfign : 
To  rear  the  world  without  the  power  divine. 
As  principles,  the  great  contrivers  place 
Unbounded  matter,  in  unbounded  fpacc :  190 

Matter  was  firfl,  in  parts  minute,  endutd 
With  various  figures,  various  magnitude  ; 
•Some,  moving  in  the  fpacious  infinite, 
2)efcribe  a  line  oblique,  and  fonie  a-right  j 
^or,  did  not  fome  from  a  ftrait  courfe  d^flcfV,  29.5 

They  could  not  meet,' they  couid  no  world  ere€l: 

7  WhHc 


*   CREATION.     Book  IV.  1*9 

VITMt  nnfadgned  from  endlefs  ages  pa(V, 

They  rang'd  the  dark  intermiDable  wa(le» 

Oft  clalhing  tnd  rencountering  in  their  flighty 

Some  atoms  leap  afide,  and  fome  upright ;  2C« 

They  various  ways^vcoil,  and  fwifcly  flow 

By  mutual  repercuilions  to  :and  fro, 

Till,  ihuflled  and  entangled  in  their  race. 

They  clafp  each  other  with  a  clofe  embrace ; 

Combined  by  concourfe,  mingled  and  comprefV,        2C5 

They  grow  in  bulk,  and  complicated  red. 

Hence  did  the  world  and  all  its  parts  arife  I 

Hence  the  bright  fun  and  flars,  and  hence  the  (kies ! 

Hence  fprung  the  air,  the  ocean,  and  the  eanh  1 

AaA  hence  all  Nature  had  its  cafual  birth  1  zi% 

If  you  demand  what  wife  directing  mind 
The  wondrous  platform  of  the  world  de{ign*d  i 
Did  range,  di^de,  and  in  their  order  place. 
The  crude  materials  of  th'  unfafhion'd  mafs ; 
Did  move,  direft,  and  all  the  parts  control,  2 1 5 

With  pcrfeft  Ikill,  to  ferve  the  beauteous  whole  j 
Fortune  to  this  high  honour  they  advance, 
And  no  furveyor  want,  no  guide,  but  Chance. 

Lucretian  mailers,  now  to  make  it  plain 
In  building  worlds  how  raw  you  are,  and  vain  ;       229 
Grant  that  beford  this  mighty  frame  was  rear'd, 
Before  confufion  fled,  and  light  appeared, 
In  the  dark  void  and  empty  realms  of  night 
Your  reftlcfs  atoms  diil  purfiic  their  flight ; 
And  in  their  adverfe  paths,  and  wild  career,  225 

By  chance  rencounter,  and  by  chance  cohere ; 

K  Thus 


130      BLACKMORE'S     POEMS, 

Thus  clafpt  in  ftrict  embraces  they  produce 

Unnumber'd  cafual  forms  tor  different  ufe  : 

You,  who  to  clearer  reafon  make  pretence. 

Of  wit  refined,  and  eminent  in  fenfc  ;  x^p 

Let  us,  ye  fons  of  Epicurus,  know 

The  fpring,  whence  all  thefe  various  motions  flaw. 

What  vigour  pulh'd  primaeval  atoms  on? 

Was  it  a  foreign  impulfe,  or  their  own  ? 

If  'twas  a  foreign  delegated  force,  aj  j 

Which  mov*d  thofe  bodies,  and  control'd  their  coiurfe; 

Afleiting  this,  you  your  own  fchcme  deibx>y^ 

And  power  divine,  to  form  the  world,  employ. 

If  from  a  moving  principle  within 

Your  a£live  atoms  did  their  flight  begin,  fM 

That  fpring,  that  moving  principle  explain. 

And  in  the  fchools -ud rival 'd  you  fliall  reign  ; 

Declare  its  nature,  and  aflign  its  name ; 

For  motion,  and  its  caufe,  are  not  the  fame. 

We  know,  you  '11  tell  us,  'tis  impuMive  weighty 
Mobility,  or  power  to  move  innate : 
Profountl  folution  !  worthy  of  your  fchools. 
Where  reafon  in  its  boafted  freedom  rules. 
But  thus  vou  mock  i.tu..kind,  and  language  ufe, 
Kot  to  inform  the  mind,  but  to  amufc.  ^e^ 

Of  motion  we  the  principle  demand; 
You  fay  'tis  power  to  move,  and  there  you  fland! 
But  is  it  to  explain,  to  change  the  name^ 
la  not  the  dou'.t  in  different  words  the  fame? 
Do  you  reveal  the  ipiiijr  of  motion  more,  ac?  ^ 

By  wifely  calling  that  a  moving  power. 
Which  we  had  teim'd  a  principle  before? 

7  The 


] 


^C^lL^'ATton.     Book  IV.  15 1 

TThc  youngeft  head  new-vcrs'd  in  reafoning  kaows, 
'  7*hat  motion  maA  a  power  to  move  fuppofe  i 
'Which  while  in  vain  you  labonr  to  unfold,  260 

You  clearly  tell  us,  that  Lucrctians  hold 
An  aftive  fpring,  a  principle  approve, 
Diftinft  from  matter,  which  muft  matter  move. 
Matter,  as  fuch,  abflrafted  in  the  mind,  ") 

Wc  from  a  power  to  move  diveded  tind,  265  r 

Not  more  to  motion,  than  to  rtft  inclined  j  J 

'The  power,  which  motion  does-to  matter  give, 
Wc  therefore  muft  diftinft  from  both  conceive  ; 
.A  power  to  nature  given  by  Nature's  Lord, 
When  firft  he  fpoke  the  high  creating  word,  470 

'When  for  his  woild  mateiials  he  prepar'd. 
And  on  each  part  this  energy  conferr'd. 

Ye  vain  philofophers  !  prefumptuous  race  I 
•Who  would  the  Great  Eternal  Mind  difplace  ; 
Take  from  the  world  its  Maker,  and  advance  iy-^ 

To  his  high  throne  your  thoughtlefs  idol  Chance  : 
Let  us  th'  enquiry  by  juft  Heps  purfue  j 
With  motion  wc  your  atoms  will  endue. 
We  alk,  when  in  the  fpacious  void  they  ftray. 
Why  flill  they  beat  one  track,  ^nd  move  one  way  ?  28© 
Still  the  fame  flight  why  do  their  parties  take  ? 
Why  this,  or  that  way,  no  digrelfion  make  ? 

What  will  to  this  our  Atomifts  reply  ? 
They  anfv/cr,  by  an  innate  gravity 
The  ponderous  bodies  ftill  arc  downward  borne,      aS^ 
And  never  upwards  of  themfclves  return  : 
•Acute  and  folid  anfwcr !  fee  a  flight, 
•Worthy  of  tin?;ft\vit,  and  cleared  fjght ! 


13»      BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Do  not  thefc  wife  mechanic  maftcrs  know. 

That  no  man  can  conceive,  or  hi^h  or  low,  290 

Nor  find  dif^in£lion  of  fupcrior  place. 

Or  of  inferior,  in  the  empty  fpacc 

UncircumfcribM,  and  ig;norant  of  bound. 

And  where  no  mtdd,  no  centre,  can  be  foQnd  ? 

Perhaps,  your  matter's  do6lrine  to  fudain,  295 

And  matter's  downu-ard  motion  to  explain, 
Tou  with  his  famous  Gallic  friend  afFcrt, 
That  is  fupciior,  whence  your  atoms  ftarc. 
And  that  inferior  in  the  empty  fpace 
To  which  they  all  dircft  their  ra|>id  race.  300 

Now  let  us  recolle6^,  and  what  you  fay 
At  large,  in  one  contrafted  view  funrey. 
You  fay,  your  atoms  move ;  we  aflc  you,  why  ? 
Becaufe  it  is  their  nature,  you  reply. 
But  fince  that  native  power  you  never  fliew,  39* 

You  only  fay  they  move,  becaufe  they  do  : 
But  let  your  atoms  move,  we  bid  you  fay, 
"Why  they  move  this,  and  not  a  different  way  ? 
You  tell  us,  Vis  from  inbred  gravity; 
That  isi  you  tell  us,  'tis  you  know  not  why.  310 

Till  what  is  gravity  you  let  us  know. 
By  fenfelcfs  words  how  can  we  wifcr  grow  ? 
We  give  you  this  ingenite,  moving  force, 
That  makes  them  always  downward  take  their  courfe; 
We  then  demand,  which  place  inferior  is  31* 

Within  the  fpacious  unconfin'd  abyfs  ? 
You  fay  'tis  that,  to  which  the  atoms  bend 
Their  fwift  career,  for  ftill  they  muft  defcend  j 
That  is,  they  downward  move,  becaufe  they  down- 
ward tend. 

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CREATION.     Book  IV.  133 

Let  usy  LucrettanSy  dow  our  talk  purfue,  320 

And  of  your  fcheme  remaining  wonder^  view. 
Say,  if  your  atoms  of  immortal  race 
Arc  equal  and  commenf'uratc  to  i'pace  : 
If  foy  the  boundlefe  va(l  inMiicnfuy 
While  thus  polfcft  would  full  of  matter  be ;.  325 

For  in  the  vacant  (as  your  fchools  approve) 
Should  finite  matter  l^  fuppos'd  to  move. 
Not  knowing  how  to  ftop,  or  where  to  flay, 
It  UDob(lru6led  mud  purfuc  its  way. 
Be  lofl  in  void  immenfc,  and  diffiparcd  flray  j       330 
The  fcattcring  bodies  never  would  combine. 
Nor  to  compofe  a  world  hy  concourfc  join. 
But,  if  all  fpace  is  full,  if  all  poHTcA,  .. 

Which  furpoJition  you  eml)race  as  l)eft,  I 

Then  crouded  matter  would  for  ever  rcflj  J 

Nature  no  change  of  place  had  ever  fccn) 
Where  all  is  full,  no  motion  can  begin  j 
For,  if  it  ihoulJ,  you  *11  be  compcll'd  10  fay,. 
Body  does  lK)dy  pierce,  10  torce  its  way  ; 
Or  unconrin'd  immenruy  retreats,  3^* 

To  give  your  atoms  room  to  change  their  feats. 
And  here  with  us  Lui.retius  docs  agree, 
That,  if  fome  place  from  matter  be  not  free. 
In  plenitude  no  motion  could  commence. 
All  would  be  fta.H;nate  in  the  vaft  immenfe.  345 

If  it  be  faid,  imall  parts  of  empty  fpace 
Are  interfpers'd  through  all  the  fpreading  mafs, 
By  which  fome  Ixxlies  give  to  others  place  j 
Then  matter,  you  muil  grant,  would  tinits;  be, 
And  ftretch  unccjual  to  immenfity  5  3i;i 

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154      B^L'AG  KM  ORE'S    FO  E  M  *S, 

And  then,  as  Epicurus  judges  right. 

It  would  for  ever  take  a  uf€lefs  flight, . 

Loft  in  expanfion  void  and  infinite. 

Beiides,  allowihg  throngh  th'  extended  'whole 

Small  fcatter*d  fpaces  not-of  body  full,  355  . 

Then  matter,  yoi^  Lucretians  muft  agree, . 

Has  not  exiftcncc  from  neceffity ; 

V0T9  if  its  being  neccflary  were,  -j  . 

Why  arc  fome  parts  of  fpace  from  mutter  clear  ?  fi 

Why  does  it  here  extft,  and  why  not  there  ?         360  -^ ' 

Lucretians,  now>  which  fide  you  pleafc,  embrace : 
If  in  your  void  you  finite  fubflance  place, 
'Tis  diflipatcd  through  th*  immenfe  abyfs, 
And  you -to  form  the  world  materials  mifs  ; 
You  '11  not  the  progrefs  oFyour  atoms  Hay,  36^;: 

Nor  to  coUeft  the  vagrants  find  a  way. 
Thus  too  your  mafter*s  fchen^e  will  be  deftroy'd, 
Who,  wholly  to  pofll-fs  the  boundlefs  void,  I 

]Mo  icfs  than  matter  infinite  cmploy'd.  J 

If  you,  in  honour  to  your  founder's  fkill,  370 

The  boundlefs  void  with  boundlefs  fubAance  fill, 
Then  tell  us,  how  you  can  your  bodies  roll 
Through  fpace,  of  matter  fo  compleatly  full  ? 
The  force  this  fingle  reafon  does  exert 
Will  the  foundations  of  your  fcheme  fubvert :  375 

!Nor  were  it  needful  to  purfue  the  blow, 
Or  form  a  frefli  attack,  unkfs  to  ft)ow 
How  flight  your  works  in  every  quarter  are,. 
Hqw  ill  your  huddled  fentiments  cohere. 


CREATION.     Bo<»K  IV.  m^ 

B^lhU>  O  Greece,  tUv  evtrlartlnj*  fhdim-,         »».•»  -j 
That  thoughtlef«  Epicurus  i  uis't)  «  nHUic,  ? 

Who  built  by  urild's  Chance  ihi;.  mighty  tVaiue.         J 
Couhl  one  whole  wit  Tuch  niirmw  liiuii^  houiul, 
Nature,  thy  depths  unUthomuhlf  (owuA  } 
Of  his  lat^ucious  thouj,^hts  to  ^nvc  a  p.tit,  ^'.  , 

Docs  not  thiii  wife  philuf'oplier  u.L  u 
The  radiant  Sun  S  rxiin^ujiiiM  fMi\  niylit, 
Amlcvciy  mom,  rvLinillnl,  iLiii-.  hi-,  h^^l.t  * 
That  the  vail  orb,  wliiuh  call-.  To  \m  hi.  lir4Uiai 
1«  luch,  or  not  much  h'lfyt  i.  tluii  he  Ucau  ^  .'^  » 

That  the  (limenfion:!  ot  In.  t'l.iiiuii-*  lacu 
Two  geometric  t'cct  do  Uaicc  lunult.  ? 
Doen  he  not  make  the  tiillc  wiuii'.  Ctiiivey 
The  Sun  rcvolvinjj  thiDUj-h  his  cnuiknl  wav  } 
But,  fmce  his  fchool  lus  }.'.unM  lUili  l|aiaitin^  lame. 
And  modern  wits  hib  malUi-fkili  pruLUuiti 
Let  us  vet  fanhcr  caii)  ilii-.  ilrL.jr::, 
And,  as  u»u  n!k,  cddIci  t.n  ui.iiici  wcii'hi, 
To  make  it  nu)\c  within  liic  \a(\  4l>M., 
And  dovvnwaul  1(k>,  c\'a  whnt:  im  iJDwuvvaul  ij.      ^o-i 
It'  this  bi-  tru;-,  .i'.  vdu  LijuuIiuus  la« , 
That  attnus  wini^  with  j-jUmI  Ijkc;,|  incii  way, 
Then  how  couhl  thit  thai  .ituiu  ovciul.t^ 
]I<)W  could  ihey  clalh,  and  how  toililiuna  iiiiikc  ? 
If  in  a  line  ()bli([uc  sour  hodic.  luve,  4  ^ 

Or  in  a  perpendicular  they  ntovc, 
U  lomc  advance  not  flower  in  ilulr  race, 
And  lomc  more  fvvili  (liould  not  puihie  tlir  chav.r,      K 
How  cuuiU  they  be  cniHiij];lcdi  how  ciubuci. }  J 


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ii«     BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 
Tia  demon  llrzcac,  'tis  m^riiiian  light,  ^to 

ThoTt  bociies  cc'cr  ecu!  J  jufHc,  ne'er  coolii  Szht, 
Kor  bv  their  manijil  (hecks  be  ru filed  in  cbeir  flight. 

SiDce  martcT  of  a.  gresrer  magnitucTe 
Maft  be  with  ercatcr  gra^ty  endued. 
Then  the  miaiitefl  part4  mu&  fHII  proceed  41^ 

With  lefi,  the  ercarer  with  the  greater  fpeed. 
Hence  tout  firft  bodies,  which  die  fmalkft  arc. 
On  which  die  fwitted  mocioa  yoa  confer, 
Mofl  be  contented  %rlth  the  flovrcfi  pace,  , 

And  yield  10  marrer  of  more  balk  the  rzce«  420 

How  wondrous  little  mufl  chokC  atoms  be, 
"Uliich  YOU  endow  wi:h  fuch  relocitv  ! 
^Iinme  beyond  concepcion,  when  we  find 
Bodies  fo  fmall,  where  many  are  combin'd  f 
How  many  Tsrious  figures  mad  we  take,  41  < 

What  oumercias  complications  ufe,  to  make 
Some  compound  thirgs,  fo  fmall  of  magnitude. 
That  all  our  fcnfcs  tlicrr  with  cafe  elude  I 

Light  exhalation Sy  that  from  earth  arife 
Attra£^ed  by  the  fun-bcims  through  the  Ikies,  4^0 

A^Tiich  'Kc  myflerlous  fcecls  of  thunder  bear. 
Of  winds,  and  all  the  meteors  of  the  air  j 
Though  they  around  us  take  their  conflant  flight, 
Th<5r  little  fize  cfcapcs  the  fliarpeft  fight. 
The  fragrant  vapours  breathed  from  rich  perfumes,  435 
From  Indian  fpices,  and  Arabian  gums. 
Though  many  years  they  flow,  will  fcarcc  abate 
The  odoriferous  body's  bulk  or  weight. 

Thoueh  antimonial  cups  prepared  with  zn. 
Their  force  to  wine  through  ages  ihould  impart ;      440 

Tkk 


CREATION.     Book  IV.  137 

Tlui  diflipationi  this  profufc  expence, 

Nor  (hrinks  their  fize*  nor  wades  their  ilores  immenfe. 

The  powder  which  dedrufllve  guns  explode, 

And  by  its  force  their  hollow  wombs  unload. 

When  rarify'd  of  fpacc,  poffcfles  more,  445 

Five  hundred  times,  than  what  it  fill'd  before. 

The  feeds  of  fern,  which,  by  prolific  heat 

Cheer'd  and  unfolded,  form  a  plant  fo  great. 

Are  Icfs  a  thoufand  times  than  what  the  eye 

Can  unafliftcd  by  the  tube  defcry.  450 

By  glaflcs  aided,  we  in  liquor  fee 

Some  living  things  minute  to  that  degree. 

That  a  prodigious  number  mufV  unite, 

To  make  the  fmallell  obje£l:  of  the  fight. 

How  little  bodies  mud  the  light  compound,  45  5 

Which  by  your  mafters  is  corporeal  own'd  1 
Since  the  vaft  deluge  of  refulgent  rays,  ^ 

Which  in  a  day  the  fun  a  thoufand  ways  > 

Through  his  wide  empire  laviflily  conveys,  J 

Were  they  collcftcd  in  one  folid  mafs,  460 

Might  not  in  weight  a  fingle  drachm  furpafs ! 

At  lead  thofc  atoms  wondrous  fmall  muft  be. 
Small  to  an  unconceivable  degree  ; 
Since  though  thcfe  radiant  fpoils,  difperfl  in  air. 
Do  ne'er  return,  and  ne'er  the  fun  repair,  465 

Yet  the  bright  orb,  whence  flill  new  torrents  flow. 
Does  no  apparent  lofs,  no  diminution  know. 
Now,  curious  wits,  who  nature's  work  infpeft 
With  rapture,  with  adoniflimcnt,  rcflcft 
On  the  fmall  fize  of  atoms,  which  unite  470 

To  make  the  fmallcfl  particle  of  light  I 

Then 


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l:  .;v,.\-  -v.c  .Vi.^.   :    •  .   .--..   ii. 

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CTRBA'TION.     «odiiItr..  r$f 

And  thus  your  matter,  by  its  name  force, 
To  ditfcrent  points  would  fleer  a  different  courfe  j 
Dctermin'd  by  the  fame  impulfive  weight,  ^pe/ 

Move  in  a  line  oblique,  and  in  a  ilraight. 

To  heal  your  fyftem's  deep  and  ghaftly  wound,, 
"Which  this  objeftion  gives,  Lucretius  found 
A  method  j  who  a  motion  did  invent 
Not  ftraight  entirely,  nor  entirely  bent,  et^ 

Which  forms  a  line  to  crooked  fomewhat  like, . 
Slanting  almofl,  and,. as  it  were,  oblique. 
Who  docs  not  now  this  wondrous  bard  adore  > 
Sccreafon's  conquering  light,  and  wit's  refiftlefs  power? 

If  atoms,  after  rhcir  eternal  dance,  ^iq 

Into  this  beauteous  fabrick  leap'd  by  chance; 
Jf  they  combin'd  by  cafu^l  concourfe  j  fay, . 
What,  in  a  free  and  unobrtru6ted  way, . 
Did  in  a  full  career  your  atoms  (lay  ? 
What  mounds,  what  force,  when  rufhing  from  the  height 
Of  fpace  immenfe,  could  ftop  them  in  their  flight? 
Why  in  their  road  did  they  not  forward  pafs  ? 
But  fay,  where  now  we  find  the  fettled  mafs, 
Why  did  they  ceaie  from  moving  in  defpitc 
Of  their  own  nature,  and  impelling  weight?  rjr 

Had  the  wife  troops  fagacity  to  know> 
That,  there  arriv'd,  they  fhould  no  farther  go?  • 
That  in  this  point  of  all  the  fpacious  void, 
To  form  a  world  they  were  to  be  employ'd? 
Did  they,  in  profpcft  of  fo  great  a  good,  rja  • 

In  this  one  place  of  all  the  liquid  road,  \' 

All  their  encumbering  giavity  unload?  J 

Fatigued,.. 


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140      BLACK  MORE'S    POEMS. 

Fatigued,  and  fpent  with  labour  infinite. 

Did  they  grow  torpid,  and  unapt  for  flight  ? 

Or,  in  th'  embrace  and  downy  lap  of  air  555 

LuU'd  and  enchanted,  did  they  fettle  there  ^ 

Grant  in  this  fingle  place  by  chance  they  met. 
That  there  by  chance  they  did  their  weight  forget } 
It  happen*d  there  they  formM  a  mighty  mafs. 
Where  yet  no  order,  no  diftin6tion,  was  :  ^40 

Let  this  be  fo ;  we  alk  you  to  explain 
The  wondrous  Power  that  did  the  parts  fudahi. 
For  ilill  their  nature  and  their  weight  remain. 
What  from  defcent  fliould  ponderous  matter  0ay, 
When  no  more  ponderous  matter  ftops  its  way  ?       545 
Can  airy  columns  prop  the  mighty  baH, 
Its  preffure  balance,  and  prevent  its  fall  ? 
And  after  this  remains  a  mighty  talk. 
Which  more  than  human  ikill  and  power  will  aik. 
The  ftrong  myfterious  cements  to  unfold,  559 

Which  atoms  ftri6lly  complicated  hold. 

But  let  us  leave  the  heap  in  air's  embrace. 
To  reft  unmov'd  within  the  empty  fpace,  I 

Which  knows  no  height,  or  depth,  or  middle  place:  J 
Tell,  how  you  build  the  chambers  of  the  Iky,  555 

Extend  the  fpheres,  and  hang  the  orbs  on  high  ? 
You  fay,  when  matter  firft  began  to  fall. 
And  fettle  into  this  terreftrial  ball, 
Prefs'd  from  the  earth  thin  exhalations  rofe. 
Vapours  and  (learns,  materials  to  compofe  560 

The  fpacious  regions  of  the  liquid  air. 
The  heavens,  and  all  the  luminaries  there  : 

Thcfc 


•=:•<'<?¥«  A  T I O  N.     Bom  IV.  S4t 

TlMfe  ▼apourt  foon  (miraculous  event !), 
Shuflled  by  chMiiee»'  and  miz'd  by  acddent. 
Into  foch  ranks  and  beauteous  order  fell,  5^5 

As  no  t(fc€i  of  wifdom  can  excel. 
Hence  did  the  planets,  hung  in  aether,  fhray  ! 
Hence  rofe  the  ftars,  and  hence  the  milky  way  I 
Hence  did  the  fun  along  the  ikies  advance  t 
The  fource  of  day,  but  fprung  from  night  and  chancel 

But  who  can  (hew  the  legends,  that  record 
Mora  idle  tales,  or  fables  fo  abfurd  ? 
Does  not  your  fcheme  affront  ev'n  vulgar  fenfe  | 
That  fpheies  of  fuch  a  vail  circumference. 
That  all  the  orbs,  which  b  the  regions  roll,  575 

Stretching  from  eaft  to  weil,  firom  pole  to  pole, 
Should  their  conftrudure,  and  their  beauty,  owe 
To  vapours  prefskl  firom  this  poor  ball  below? 
From  this  fmall  heap  could  exhalations  rife 
Enough,  and  fit,  to  fpread  and  vault  the  ikies  ?       580 
Lucretius  thus  the  manner  has  difpla/d 
How  meteors,  not  how  heavenly  globes,  are  made* 
But  grant  the  fleams,  which  by  expreilion  rofe. 
Did  all  the  fpheres  and  every  orb  compofe ; 
Since  their  ingenite  gravity  remains,  585 

What  girder  binds,  what  prop  the  frame  fuflains  } 

The  fun's  bright  beams,  which  you  of  matter  make. 
From  Heaven  their  downward  flight  perpetual  take : 
WJl^y  does,  not  tlien  his  body,  which  outweighs 
B^  infinite  degrees  his  golden  rays,  590 

By  its  own  force  precipitated  fall. 
And  hide  in  ruins  tins  terreflrial  ball  ? 

Can 


241      BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

Can  air,  unable  to  fudain  the  light, 

Support  tlie  fun  of  fuch  fuperior  we^ight  j 

And  all  the  ponderous  heavenly  orbs  fufpeod  cac 

Againil  their  nature,  which  c)oe&  downward  -tend  ? 

Tell,  wife  Lucretius,  tell  the  fccrct  art. 

Which  keeps  the  heavens  and  earth  fo  long  apart. 

Thus  too  the  air,  prcfsM  from  this  mafs,  you  fav. 
Between  the  earth  and  ikies  expanded  lay ;  600 

Kot  with  intention  that  the  felar  light 
Through  the  thin  gulph  might  take  an  eafy  flight ; 
Or  that  with  nitrous  food  it  iliould  infpire 
The  breathing  lungs,  and  feed  the  vital  fire ; 
But  mere  contingence  did  the  gulph  extend,  605 

Kegardlefs  of  coaventencp ,  ule,  or  end. 
Now,  vaunting  poet  ?  (houUl  it  be  confefs'd; 
That  from  the  earth  tlie-  air  is  thus  exprefs'd ; 
Since  things  by  heavier  things  are  upward  thrown, 

•  Wiiich  tend  with  Arongcr  graritaiion  down. }  •  6ro 
Why  are  the  fun,  and  the  fair  orbs  of  iigUt>  ,. 
All  which  fo  far  exceed  the  air  in  weight,  I 

•  Hung  from  the  centre  at  a  greater  height  ?  J 
Why  do  not  tliefc  their  Naiurc's  law  oljcy, 
Uufli  from  above,  and  near  tlie  centre  Aay, 
And  make  all  lighter  bodies  give  tliem  way  ? 
Tell  us,  Lucretius,  why  they  ne'er  purfue 

This  natural  bent,  and  this. undoubted  due? 

Since  to  the  earth  you  give  the  middle  place, 

To  which  all  heavy  xhings  dire6t  their  race  i  6ftO 

If  nothing  does  obftruft,  by  certain  fate 

Things  would  in  order  of  their  different  weight 

Lie 


6151 


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.jftl^ATJiPl^.     Book  TV.  ^^^ 

fieimuid'tlie.iMiiht  4nA  make  one  mighty  heap  $ 
ThfJ  wonM'AHr  fboe»  as  diffexeot  (tnUL,  kee^ 
"Nor  would  die  tir,  orkterceding  ikf,  St^ 

Between  the  diftant  orbc  and  worlds  dirided  liei 
i£ther  and  air  would  claim  .the  higheft  place, 
The  ilars  and  planets  would  the  eanh  embrace, 
As  now  the  ocean  ^oats  upon  its  hce. 
In  ftain  you  labour  by  ^mechanic  rule^,  630 

Jn  vain  exhauft  the  reafon  x>f  your  fchools, 
Thefe  queflions  to  refolve,  and  to  explain 
How  icfMrate  worlds  were  nade,  and  icparate  flill  semain. 

Sii^B  to  youruocompounded  atoms  you 
T'lg^i^  IP  QomlKJC  infinite  aUow,  655 

3From  whidbt  by  famous  aombinatiop,  fprings 
This  unconfinfd  fyiptity  of  things ; 
Are  no^,  in  ^fimt  ^efign  and  x:ounfel  .clear  ? 
Pcys  not  the  wi&Ait^fier  appear, 
Who  the  corporeal  particles  endued  640 

liTith  different  fliape,  and  difTerent  magnitude. 
That  from  their  mixtures  all  things  might  have  birch, 
Ik  the  wide  iea,  and  air,  and  heaven,  and  earth  ? 
Tp  all  thefe  figures  of  diftinguifli'd  kind, 
And  different  fizes,  are  not  ends  ailign'd  ?  64^ 

Then  own  their  caufe  did  a£t  with  wife  intent. 
Which  did  thofe  fizes  fquare,  and  every  ihape  invent. 

When  atoms  firll  the  world  began  to  frame. 
Is  k  not  flrange  that  every  number  came 
■Of  fuch  a  figure,  and  of  fuch  a  fize,  650 

As  fervM  to  found  the  earth,  and  fpread  the  flues  ? 
3iad  they  not  ma  in  fuch  proportion,  were 
Their  .form  and  number  not  as  novv  they  ar^ 

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144      BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

In  a  rude  mafs  they  hzd  confus'dly  join'd, 

Not  in  a  finifh'd  world,  like  this,  combin'd.  655 

Did  thcfe  afl'embled  fubftances  rcflcft, 

That  here  a  beauteous  frame  they  muft  trc€t  ? 

Did  they  a  general  council  wifely  call^ 

To  lay  the  platform  of  each  mighty  ball-? 

To  fettle  prudent  rules,  and  orders  make,  66* 

In  rearing  worlds,  what  methods  they  fliould  take  } 

To  every  atom  was  his  talk  enjoin'd  ? 

His  pofl,  and  fellow-labourers,  ailign'd  > 

Did  they  confent  what  parts  they  ihould  compofei 

That  thcfe  ihould  aether  make,  or  water  thofe  ?     »  665 

That  fome  fhould  be  the  moon,  and  foroe  the  earths' 

Thofe  give  the  fun,  and  thefe  the  planet  binh? 

If  all  thefe  noble  worlds  were  undefign'd^ 

And  carry 'd  on  without  a  Confcious  Mind } . 

Oh,  happy  accident !  aufpicious  chance  I  «67« 

That  in  fuch  order  made  the  work  advance  i 

At  length  to  fuch  admir'd  perfe6fcion  brought 

The  finifh'd  ftrufture,  as  it  had  been  wrought 

With  art  tranfcendent  and  confummate  thought-! 

Since  'tis  an  outrage  done  to  common  fenfc  675 

To  fix  a  central  point  in  fpace  immenfe  ; 
Why  is  a  middle  to  the  earth  affign'd, 
To  which  your  ponderous  bodies  are  inclined  ? 

Befides,  refle6t  how  this  terreftrial  mafs 
Does  the  whole  fea  a  thoufand  times  furpafs  ;  4  Jo- 

Which  in  a  line,  if  drawn  dirc611y  down. 
More  than  a  mile  in  depth  is  rarely  known. 
Now  if  by  chance  more  watery  atoms  came 
Than  earthy,  to  compofe  tliis  wondrous  fracsc  5 
''4  Or 


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'  eit  S  A  T  I  O  N.     BboK  nr.         t4^ 

Or  1^  Abj  both  in  equal  number  met,  6S; 

lyludl  might  ti  well  have  been^  had  Chance  diought  fit; 

Or  if  the  watery  (we  ilo'farther  prefs) 

Were  but  an  hundred  times  in  number  lefs ; 

Thiis  globe  had  lain,  if  not  a  general  flood. 

At  leaft  a  fen,  a  mafs  of  ooze  and  mud,  490 

With  no  rich  fruit,  or  irerdant  beauty,  blefl. 

Wild  and  unpeopled,  or  by  man,  or  beaft. 

Who  will  our  orb's  unequal  face  explain, 
Which  Epicurus  made  all  fipooth  and  plain } 
How  did  thy  rocks,  O  Earth  t  thy  hills,  arife  >    695  y 
How  did  thy  giant  fons  invade  the  ikies  >  L 

Lucretius,  that  it  happened  thus,  replies.  J 

Now  give  us  leave,  great  Poet,  to  demand. 
How  the  capacious  hollow  in  the  land 
Was  firft  produc'd,  with  eafe  to  entertain    *^  700 

AH  the  adembled  waters  of  the  main  ? 
When  earth  was  made,  this  hollow  for  the  fea 
Was  form'd ;  but  how  it  happened  fo  to  be  ? 
H  on  a  time  fell  out,  that  every  wave 
Forfook  the  earth,  and  filPd  the  mighty  cave,  705 

Which  happen'd  opportunely  to  be  there, 
Where  now  their  heads  the  rolling  billows  rear. 
It  then  fell  out,  that  Hones  did  rocks  compofc. 
That  vales  fubiided,  and  that  hills  arofe. 
Thus  the  formation  of  the  world  you  know ;  710 

So  all  events  fell  out,  and  all  things  happen'd  fo. 

Can  tales  more  fenfelefs,  ludicrous,  and  vain. 
By  winter-fires  old  nurfes  entertain  ? 
Does  this  unfold  how  all  things  firfl  were  made 
Without  divine  and  fupcrnatural  aid  ?  71:; 

L  His 


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146        B  LAC  KM  ORE'S    POEMS. 

His  penetration  his  Lucretius  fhown. 

By  faying  things  proceed  from  Chance  alone. 

As  tlicir  efficient  caufc,  that  is,  from  none  ? 

But  let  your  troops,  wliich  ranged  the  plains  of  nig^it. 

And  through  the  vacant  \ving*d  their  carelcfs  flight,  7»» 

The  high  command  of  ruling  Chance  obey ; 

Unguided  and  unconfcious  of  the  way. 

Let  them  advance  to  one  determined  place, 

Prefcrib'd  by  Chance,  in  all  th*  unmcafur'd  fpace ; 

Their  proper  ilations  undire6ked  find,  715 

To  form  a  world  that  never  was  defignM ; 

Let  all  the  rolling  globes,  and  fpacious  ikies« 

From  happy  hits  of  heedlefs  atoms  rife ; 

Be  thus  the  eanh's  unmov'd  foundations  laid. 

Thus  the  thin  regions  of  the  air  difplay'd ;  73# 

Chance  (ball  the  planets  in  their  place  fufpend. 

Between  thofe  worlds  th'  cthcrial  plains  extend ; 

Dire£(  the  fiin  to  that  convenient  feat. 

Whence  he  difplays  his  luftre  and  his  heat. 

This  labour,  all  this  progrcfs,  is  in  vain,  735 

Unlefs  the  orbs  their  various  motions  gain : 

For  let  the  fun  in  buoyant  aether  float, 

"Nor  nearer  to  the  earth,  nor  more  remote ; 

Yet  did  his  orb  unmov'd  its  beams  diffufe, 

He  M  fure  dedt  u6tion  to  the  earth  produce  \  749 

One  half  for  heat,  and  one  for  cold,  would  pray. 

This  would  abhor  the  night,  and  that  the  day  : 

Did  he  not  yearly  through  the  zodiack  pafs. 

Were  he  not  conflant  to  his  daily  race. 

He  would  not,  by  alternate  (hade  and  light,  745 

Produce  the  needful  change  of  day  and  night  i 

Nor 


.fiOSK  AT  TO'  R     Book  IV.        147 
Wor  jWipMimT'i^ibiiyfeafons  of'thc  your, 
Bj  tons  rriolngr  n^  snd  difappear. 
MINif*  csflL^i'iri^noBi  Atntinfti  ctonecivty 
Chance  to  tbr  Aih  eotild  this  juft  impulfe  give,        7S« 
By  which  the  fouree  of  day  io  f^ftly  fliesy 
Hit  ftages'kwpi)  and  eravcnrfes  the  ikies  ? 

We  aik  yo)iy  whence  thefe  conilint  motions  flow  ? 
l^iU  learned  heads  reply,  they  happened  (6  ? 
You  fayf  the  fidar  orb,  6HV  moY'd  hy  chance,         755 
Does  north  and  fouth,  and  eail  and  weft,  advance  1 
We  aik,  why  firft  in  thefe  deteimin'd  ways 
He  chofe  to  mo?e }  Why  thence  lie  never  (bays } 
Why  did  he  ne'er,  (ince  time  began,  decline 
Hit  round  diurnal,  or  his  annual  lint }  76^ 

So  ileadily  does  fickle  Fortune  ileer 
Th'  obedient  orb,  that  it  (hould  never  err  ? 
Should  nerer  ftart  afide,  and  never  Aray  ? 
Never  in  pathlefs  aether  mifs  his  way  ? 
Why  does  he  ne'er  beyond  the  tropicks  go  ?  765 

Why  ftill  revolve  >  why  travel  to  and  fro  ? 
Will  it  a  wife  philofopher  content,  <^ 

To  fay  tlicfc  motions  came  by  accident,  C 

That  all  is  undcfign'd,  fortuitous  even:  ?  j 

But  if  the  (luggi/h  fun  you  '11  not  diflurb,  770 

But  motion  give  to  this  terredrial  orb ; 
brill  of  the  earth  we  the  fame  queilion  aik. 
Which  to  explain,  you  have  as  haid  a  talk. 

Caif  Chance  this  frame,  thefe  artful  fcenes  ertCtf 
Which  knows  not  works  lefs  artful  to  eifcdt }  775 

Did  it  mechanic  engines  e*er  produce, 
A  globe,  or  tube  of  aflronomic  ufe  ? 


i4t       BLACKMORE*S    POEMS. 

%\liy'  do  nor  veiTcIs  built  and  rigg'd  by  Qiaiicey 

Drawn  in  long  order,  on  the  billows  dmoe  } 

Might  not  the  Sovereign  Caufe  ^th  greater  cafe     ^If 

A  navy  build,  than  irakt  the  winds  and  fleas  } 

Let  atoms  once  the  fbnn  of  letten  take 

Bv  Chance,  and  let  thofe  huddled  letten  make 

A  finiih'd  poem  by  a  lucky  hit. 

Such  as  the  Grecian,  or  the  Mannian»  fmt  $  715 

Then  we  *11  embrace  the  dodrines  3^00  advance. 

And  yield  the  werld^t  £ur  poem  made  by  Chanoe« 


CREA- 


prta     ••:    ^    14*  J 

C     R    E;     A     T     I     O     N. 
B      .00       K  V. 

THI   ARtiUNtENT* 

The  introdu^on.  A  defcription  of  the  calamitou!; 
ftatc  of  mankind,  by  reafon  of  innumerable  woes 
mnd  fufferings  to  which  they  are  obnoxious.  Difeafes 
of  the  body*  Trouble  arid  grief  of  mind.  Violence 
amd  oppreifion.  The  vicifitude  of  human  affairs^ 
and  the: certain  profpe£b  of  death.  Whdhce  it  ap- 
pears that  it  fuits  the  Ibte  of  mankind »  and  therefore 
IS  defiiabley  there  Ihould  be  a  God.  Arguments 
'  agamft  the  Fatalifts,  who  aiTcrt  the  etcrnitv  of  the 
world.  TTiere  mud  be  granted  fome  felf-cxiftent  and 
independent  being.  The  corporeal  world  cannot  be 
that  bein? :  proved  from  its  mucabilityy  and  the  va- 
riety of  forms  riting  and  difappearing  in  the  feveral 
parts  of  nature  r  ftom  the  poliibility  of  conceiving, 
without  any  confequent  contradiftion,  lefs  or  more 
parts  in  the  world,  than  are  a6lually  exiilent ;  from 
the  poiBbility  of  plants  and  animals  having  had  dif- 
ferent fhapes,  and  limbs,  from  what  they  now  have. 
The  pretended  fatal  chain  of  things  not  felf-exiflent 
and  independent ;  becaufe  all  its  hnks  or  parts  are 
dependent,  and  obnoxious  to  corruption.  Fate,  a  word 
without  fqnfe  or  meaning.  Two  more  arguments 
aeainft  the  eternity  of  the  world,  from  the  contem- 
plation of  the  light  of  the  fun,  and  of  motion* 
Arillotle's  fcheme  confide  red  and  confuted. 

L  3  AH» 


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jse       BLACKMO^LE^S    POEMS. 

A  H,  haplcfs  mortal  man  !  ah,  rigid  fate  I 
•*  ^  Wliat  cares  attend  our  ihort,  UA^ertaip  ftatc  I 
How  wide  a  front,  hovtr  deep  and  black  a  rtf^y 
What  fad  varieties  of  grief  and  fear. 
Drawn  in  array,  exert  their  fatal  rage. 
And  gall  obnoxious  life  through  every  ftage. 
From  infancy  to  youth*  from  youth  to  age  I 

Who  can  compile  a  roll  of  all  our  woes  i 
Our  friends  are  faithlefs,  and  iincere  our  Ibes ; 
The  poifon'd  arrows  of  an  envious  tongue  !• 

Improve  our  errors,  and  our  virtues  wrongs 
Th'  oppicllbr  naw  with  arbitrary  might 
Trampled  on  law,  and  robs  us  of  our  right ; 
Dangers  unicen  on  every  fide  invade. 
And  fnares  o'er  all  th'  unfaithful  ground  are  UUL      .  15. 

Oft*  wounds  from  foreign  violence  we  feci. 
Now  from  the  ruffian's,  now  the  warrior's,  fVeel; 
Hy  bruifcs  or  by  lalx)ur  we  arc  pain'd  j 
A  bone  disjointed,  or  a  fmew  llrain'd ; 
Now  feftcring  fores  afilift  our  tortur'd  lim.bs;  20 

Now  to  the  yielding  heait  the  gangrene  climbs. 

Acute  diftcrapers  fierce  our  veins  aflail, 
Rufh  on  with  fury,  and  by  florra  prevail ; 
Others  with  thrift  difpenfe  their  ftbres  of  grie^ 
And  by  the  fap  prolong  the  (iegc  of  life  i  55 

While  to  tlie  grav^  we  for  deliverance  cry,;. 
And,  promis'd  Hill,  are  dill  denied  to  die.. 

See  Colic,  Gout,  and  Stone,  a  cruel  train,. 
Oppos'd  bv  all  the  healing  race  in  vaia; 

Thpic 


'■iltit  AT  l6  N.     BookV.  151 

TWr  ▼aridtte  ti«ik»  libd  Kngering  plagues  employ,     ^ 

Relieve  ekh  otlietr,  andlrf  turnt  annoy,  I 

Andy  tyrant  like,  torment,  biit  not  deftroy.  J 

We  noxious  infe£b  in  our  bowels  feed, 

Engender  deaths,  and  dark  defhruf^lon  breed. 

The  Spleen  with  fullen  vapours  clouds  the  brain,       35 

And  binds  the  fpirits  in  its  heavy  chain : 

Howe'er  the  caufe  fantaftic  may  appear, 

Th'  tfkGt  is  real,  and  the  pain  (incere. 

Hydropic  wretches  by  degrees  decay, 

Growing  the  more,  the  more  they  wade  away ;  40 

By  their  own  ruins  they  augmented  lie, 

V^itk  thirft  and  heat  amidd  a  deluge  fry  : 

And  while  in  floods  of  water  thefe  expire. 

More  fcorching  perilh  by  the  Fever's  fire ; 

Stretch'd  on  our  downy,  yet  uneafy  beds,  45 

We  change  our  pillows,  and  we  raife  our  heads  i 

From  (ide  to  fide  for  refl  in  vain  we  turn, 

With  cold  we  (hiver,  or  with  heat  we  byrn  j 

Of  night  impatient,  we  demand  the  day  t 

The  day  arrives,  and  for  the  night  we  pray  j  r© 

The  night  and  day  fucceflive  come  and  go. 

Our  lading  pains  no  interruption  know. 

Since  Man  is  born  to  fo  much  woe  and  care. 
Mud  dill  new  terrors  dread,  new  forrows  bear  ; 
Does  it  not  fuit  the  date  of  human  kind,  55 

There  (hould  prefkle  a  good  Almighty  Mind  ? 
A  Caufc  bupreroe,  that  might  all  nature  deer. 
Avert  our  danger,  and  prevent  our  fear ; 
Who,  when  implor'd,  might  timely  fuccour  give. 
Solace  our  anguifli,  and  our  wants  relieve  •, 

L  4  le^>\Mt^ 


itz       BLACK  MO  RE»S    POEMS. 

Father  of  comfort,  might  our  fouls  fuftain,  . 
"W'htn  preft  with  grief,  and  mitigate  our  pain  ? 

Tis  ccnain  fomething  from  all  ages  pad 
Without  beginning  was,  and  fUll  will  lad ; 
For  if  of  time  one  period  e'er  had  been  45 

When  nothing  was,  then  nothing  could  Itegin. 
That  things  fliould  to  themfelves  a  being  give, 
Relu6lant  reafon  never  can  conceive. 
If  you  affirm,  effe£ls  themfelves  produce. 
You  ihock  the  mind,  and  contradidion  chufe  }  79 

For  they.  Vis  clear,  mud  aft  and  move,  before 
They  were  in  being,  or  had  motive  power; 
As  aftive  caufes  mud  of  right  at  once 
Exidence  claim,  and  as  eflfcfts  renounce. 
Then  fomething  is,  which  no  beginning  had,  75 

A  caufelefs  Caufe,  or  nothing  could  be  made. 
Which  mud  by  pure  neceflity  exid. 
And  whofe  duration  nothing  can  refid. 

I^t  us  enquire,  and  fearch  by  due  degrees, 
What,  who,  this  Sclf-exitlent  being  is.  g#, 

Should  this  material  world's  capacious  frame 
Vncaus'd  and  independent  being  claim  ; 
It  would,  thus  form'd  and  fafliion'd  as  we  fee. 
Derive  exidence  from  necedity, 

An»l  then  to  ages  uncontin'd  mud  lad  I5 

Without  the  lead  diverdty  or  wade. 
Kecctlity,  view'd  with  attentive  thought. 
Does  plain  impoHihility  denote, 
That  things  fliould  not  txid,  which  aftual  are. 
Or  in  another  ihape,  or  different  modcb  appear. 

But 


CREATION.     Soolc  T.         155 

But  fee,  in  all  corporeal  Nature'^  fcene, 
What  changes,  what  diveriitjes^  have  been  F 
Matter  not  long  the  fame  appearance  makes. 
But  fhifts  her  old,  and  a  new  figure  takes  : 
If  now  Ihe  lies  in  Winter's  rigid  arms,  f  5 

Di(honour*d,  and  dcfpoil'd  of  all  her  charms. 
Soft  vernal  airs  will  loofe  th'  unkind  embrace. 
And  genial  dews  renew  her  withered  face  j 
Like  fabled  nymphs  transformed,  fl)c '«  niow  a  tree, 
Now  weeps  into  a  flood,  and  (Vreaming  feekvthe Tea  {    io# 
She  *s  now  a  gaudy  fly,  before  a  worm. 
Below  a  vapour,  and  above  a  dorm  ; 
This  ooze  was  late  a  ntonfler  of  the  main. 
That  turf  a  Ipwing  grazer  of  the  plain, 
A  lion  this  did  o'ler  the  foreft  reign.  105 

Regard  that  fair,  that  branching  laurel-plant. 
Behold  that  lovely  bluibing  amarant ; 
One  might  have  William's  broken  frame  afTum'd, 
And  one  from  bright  Maria's  dud  have  bloom 'd. 
.Thefe  ihifting  fcenes,  thefe  quick  rotations,  ihow 
Things  from  neceHfity  could  never  flow. 
But  mud  to  mind  and  choice  precarious  being  owe. 

Let  us  fuppofe  that  Nature  ever  was, 
Without  beginning,  and  without  a  caufe  ^ 
-As  her  fird  order,  difpofition,  frame,         *  it^ 

Mud  then  fubfid  unchangeably  the  fame ; 
So  mud  our  mind  pronounce,  it  would  not  be 
Within  the  reach  of  poflibility. 
That  e'er  the  woikl  a  being  could  have  had 
Diti*;;reat  from  what  it  Is,  or  could  be  made  t2« 

Of 


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J 


:i54      BLACKMOHE'S     POEMS. 

Of  more  or  lefs,  or  other  parts,  than  thofe 

Which  the  corporeal  unirerfe  compofe. 

Now,  Fatalift,  we  a(k,  if  thofe  fuhvert 

Reafon*s  eftabii(h*d  maxims,  who  adert 

■That  we  the  world's  exiftence  may  concerre,  1x5 

Though  we  one  atom  out  of  Kature  leave ; 

Though  ibme  one  wandering  orb,  or  twinkling  iW^ 

Were  abfent  firom  the  heavens,  which  now  is  there ; 

Though  fome  one  kind  of  plant,  or  fly,  or  worn, 

^o  being  had^  or  htd  another's  form  ?  130 

And  might  not  other  animals  arife, 
Of  different  figure,  and  of  different  fize  } 
Jn  the  wide  womb  of  pGFflibility 
Lie  many  things,  which  ne'er  may  a£lutl  be ; 
And  'more  produ6kion8  of  a  various  kind  1^5 

Will  caule  no  contradi£^ion  in  the  mind. 
Tis  poflfible  the  things  in  Niiture  found 
Might  different  forms  and  different  parts  have  own'd : 
The  boar  might  wear  a  trunk,  the  wolf  a  horn. 
The  peacock's  train  the  bittern  might  adorn  j  14^ 

Strong  tufks  might  in  the  horfe's  mouth  have  grown. 
And  lions  might  have  fpots,  and  leopards  none. 

But,  if  the  world  knows  no  fuperior  caufc. 
Obeys  no  fovercign's  arbitrary  laws; 
If  abfolute  neceffity  maintains  145 

Of  caufes  and  effe£^s  the  fatal  chains; 
What  could  one  motion  ftop,  change  one  event } 
"it  would  tranfcend  the  wide,  the  vaft  extent. 
The  utmoft  ftrctch  of  pofTibility, 
That  things^  from  what  they  are,.  Ihould  difagree.  15* 

\ 


.2  leA'S  A  T  X  O  N.    BoaK  V.         i^ 

'  dU  tff  iMir  riiil  ilMfoaing,  yov  reply, 
lliibgK>»litt!tliiff  aie^  avt  l^  neceifityi 
Which  never  clfe  To  apdy  could  confpure 
To  ferte  the  wholcy  tnd  Nature^  ends  acqaire }  ' 

To  forni  the  hesutf ,  order,  htwinoiiy,  t6« 

<^^ich  we  thioogh  iifl  the  works  of  Nansre  fee  ] 
Ready  we  this  alTertioii  will  alkwr, 
For  what  tan  more  exalted  wiTdom  .fhow } 
With  zeal  we  this  neceility  defend  n 

Of  means  direded  to  their  ufeful  end  %  H$  f 

9ut  'ti<»  not  that  which  Fatalifts  intend,  J* 

Nor  that  which  we  oppofe  in  this  deban. 
An  uncontroi'd  neceffity  of  fate. 
Which  all  things  blindly  does  and  mvtft  produce,      ^ 
Unconictous  of  their  goodnefs  and  their  ufe,  1 

Which  cannot  onds  defign,  not*  means  convenient  f 
chufe.  '      tTJ 

If  you  perfift,  and  fondly  will  maintain 
Of  caufcs  and  ei¥e6b  an  endlefs  train  ; 
That  this  fuccelliive  fcrics  dill  has  been, 
Will  never  ceafe,  and  never  did  begin; 
That  things  did  always,  as  they  do,  proceed,  17^ 

And  no  Firfl  Caufe,  no  wife  Diredx)r,  need : 
Say,  if  no  links  of  all  your  fatal  chain 
Free  from  corruption  and  unchang'd  remain  ; 
If  of  the  whole  each  part  in  time  arofe, 
And  to  a  caufe  its  borrowM  being  owes ;  aSs 

How  then  the  whole  can  independent  be  } 
How  hav^  a  being  from,  neceflity  ? 
Is  not  the  whole,  ye  learned  heads,  the  fame^ 
Wkh  all  the  parts,  and  diferent  but  in  name  ^ 

Cou>* 


t5«      BLACKMORE'S     POEMS. 

Could  e'er  that  whole  the  lead  perfe£lion  (how,        iS^ 
Which  from  tlie  pans,  that  form  it,  did  not  flow  ? 
Then,  tell  us,  can  ir  from  its  parts  derive, 
What  in  thcmfelves  thofe  pans  had  not  to  give  ? 

Farther  to  clear  the  fubje£^  in  debate. 
Inform  us,  what  you  under Aand  by  Face*  19^ 

Have  you  a  jufl  idea  in  the  mind 
Of  this  ereat  caufc  of  things  by  you  a(llgn*d  ? 
If  you  the  order  and  dependence  mean 
By  which  effe£^s  upon  their  caufes  lean. 
The  long  fuccedion  of  th*  efficient  train,  19^ 

And  6rm  coherence  of  th'  extended  chain  { 
Then  Fate  is  nothing  but  a  mode  of  things. 
Which  from  continued  revolution  fprings ; 
A  pure  relation  and  a  mere  refpedb 
Between  the  caufe  efre6live  and  th'  eflef):.  2C* 

If  caufes  and  effe6ls  themfclves  are  that 
Which  your  clear-fighted  fchools  intend  by  Fatcj 
Then  Fate  by  no  idea  can  be  known, 
'Tis  one  thing  only,  as  a  heap  is  one  ; 
You  no  diftinguifli'd  being  by  it  mean,  205 

But  all  th'  etfc£ls  and  caufes  that  have  been. 
If  you  affert,  that  each  efficient  cauTe 
Muft  aft  by  fix'd  inevitable  laws  j 
If  you  affirm  this  necelury  ftate, 

And  tell  us  this  necfclfity  is  Fate  ;  2i» 

When  w  H  you  blcfs  the  world  with  light  to  fee 
The  fpring  and  fource  of  ihis  tieccflity  ? 
Say,  what  did  fo  dilpofc,  fo  things  ordain 
To  form  the  links  of  all  the  cafual  chain, 

That 


•3C*|C1LATI01I.     BoosV.        t$f 

Mcl^riMviuttfaw  ti5 

li.nwi  <■>  liij,  1**  fc«p  ot  flarfy  coarfe? 
dhii^  moft  JMcdt  in  one  let  order  low* 
all  events  moft  iMppen  as  they  do) 
^oa  no  proof  of  your  aflenkm  find  ? 
ice  no  leafoQ  to  ooovince  tlie  mind,  sa# 

NacQie  diis  detenninM  way  muft  go  ? 
11  things  thus,  becaufe  diey  muft  be  (b  ? 
[rant  with  eafe  there  is  necenity, 
»oarce  of  things  ihonld  felf-exiftent  be. 
benHe'snotaneoeflary  cauie;  Ai^ 

edy  a£b  by  aihitrary  laws: 
ive  to  beings  motive  energy, 
iB&9t  dungs  to  pafl^ve  did  a{^y  t 
h  wife  order  all  things  did  dUpolet 
Q^  events  neioeiKty  «rofe :  «3« 

Mit  his  tid,  fay,  how  yoo  will  maintaiii 
^^  Hnk  of  caufes  ?    Hence  *tis  plain, 
:  the  word  Fate  you  thus  ailed  to  ufe, 
oin  a  fenfelefs  tenoy  th*  unwary  to  amufe.      i3« 
I9  who  alierrthe  world  did  ne'er  commence, 
•e  againft  this  reafoning  your  defence, 
r  beams,  which  through  th'  expanfion  dart, 
real  are,  ts  learned  fchools  aflcrt ; 
till  they  How,  and  no  fupply  repays  §35 

▼ifli  Sun  his  diflipatcd  rays  1 
*«  his  radiant  orb  did  ne'er  begin, 
'^  W«  «>»otions  have  eternal  been, 
*^^^'^,  infinite  expcnce, 
"*'***^  Waiac,  and  (p^^  tmioctde^  14* 


r5f       BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

B^  certain  fats  to  fiov.*  ddtroAion  dooin*d, 

Hli  glorious  ftock  long  iiace  had  been  coofum'd ; 

Of  light  unihrifty,  and  profufe  of  day. 

The  ru'inM  globe  had  fpenc  hh  latcft  rtf, 

Difpcrs'd  in  beams  eternaHr  difplay'd,  245 

Had  1g(1  in  zther  roam'd,  and  looT*  in  atoms  ftrayVL 

Grant,  that  a  grain  of  matter  would  oatwei^         "l 
The  light  the  fun  difpenfes  in  a  day  f 

Through  all  the  Aages  of  his  heairenly  way ;  ^ 

That  in  a  year  the  golden  torrents,  fent  z^^* 

Fro«i  the  bright  fource,  its  lolSn  fcarce  augment; 
Yet  without  end  if  you  the  waAe  repeat, 
Th*  eternal  lofs  grows  infinitely  great. 
Then,  ibould  the  fan  of  finite  bulk  fud^ 
In  every  age  the  lofs  but  of  a  grain ;  %^^. 

If  we  fuppofe  thofe  ages  infinite. 
Could  there  remain  one- particle  of  light }. 

Reflc£l,  that  motion  muft  abate  its  force, 
As  more  or  lefs  ob(lru£i:ed  in  its  courfe  ; 
Tliat  all  tlie  lieavenly  orbs,  while  turning  xound,     %io 
Have  (ome  refiftance  from  the  medium  found  : 
Be  that  refidance  ne'er  fo  faint  and  weak, 
If  'tis  eternal,  'twill  all  motion  break  ; 
If  in  each  age  you  grant  the  leafl  decreafe. 
By  infinite  fucceflion  it  mufl  ceafe.  2^x 

Hence,  if  the  orbs  have  flill  refilled  beeti 
By  air,  or  ligl\ty  or  aether  ne'er  fo  thin ; 
Long  fince  their  motion  muft  have  been  fupprefl^       ^ 
H^c  liars  had  flood,  the  fun  liad  lain  at  reft;  I 

So>vain,  fo  wild  a  fcbcme,  yov  Fatalifb  faave  drtis*d.  J 

Let 


Lit  vt  the  wife  pqfitioiu  now  funrey 
Of  Arillocle*t.(iBlfMU  who 's  pleis'd  to  fay 
Nodung  can  more  itielfi  no  inwtrd  power 
To  any  being  motion  can  procure. 
Whate*pr  it  moy*d,  its  motion  mud  derive  t*j^ 

Fxom  fomething  elfe,  which  mud  an  impulfe  ^Te  s 
And  yet  no  being  motioD  could  begin ; 
.  Elfe  modon  might  not  have  eternal  been. 
That  matter  never  did  begin  to  move. 
Bat  in  th'  immenfe  from  endlefs  ages  ftrove^        ato  t 
The  Sugyrite  thus  undertakes  to  prove*  J 

He  faySy  of  motion  time  the  meafure  is  i 
Then  that '%  eternal  too,  as  well  as  .thia. 
BAodon  through  ages  without  limit  flows» 
Since  ttme«  its  meafure,  no  beginning  knowi*         at 5 
Tlus  feeble  bafe  upholds  our  Author's  hopet» 
And  all  his  mighty  fuperftru£^ure  props. 
On  this  he  all  his  towering  fabric  rears* - 
Sequel  on  fcciuel  heaps»  to  reach  the  fplccea* 
But  if  thif  definition  you  deny  ^f9'\ 

Of  time,  on  which  his  building  does  rely,  \ 

You  bring  his  lofcy  Babel  from  the  (ky  <  J 

A  thoufand  fine  deduf^ions  you  confound,  ^ 

Scatter  his  wade  philofophy  around,  I 

And  level  all  his  (lru6):ure  with  the  ground.        195  J 

We  then  this  definiuon  thus  defeat : 
Time  is  no  meaCure,  which  can  motion  meet  1 
For  men  of  xeafoning  faculties  will  fee* 
That  time  can  nothing  but  duration  be  > 

Of  beings ;  and  duration  can  fugged  209- 

Nodiing  or  of  their  motion,  or  their  red ; 


i6#        BLACK  MO  RE'S    POEMS. 

Only  prolong'd  cxiftcnce  it  implies, 

Whether  the  thing  is  mov*d,  or  quiet  lies. 

This  fingle  blow  will  all  the  pile  fubvert, 

So  proudly  rais'd,  but  with  fo  little  art.  305 

But,  fince  the  Author  has  fuch  fame  acquir'd, 
iknd  )rs  a  God  of  fcience  been  admir'd, 
A  ftri£ter  view  we  *ll  of  his  fyftcm  take. 
And  of  the  parts  a  Ihort  examen  make. 
Let  us  obferve,  what  light  his  fcheme  affords,  310 

His  undigefted  heap  of  doubtful  words. 
Great  Stagyrite,  the  loft  enquirer  fhow 
The  fpriDg,  whence  motion  did  for  ever  flow ; 
Since  nothing  of  itfelf  e'er  moves  or  drives. 
Tell  what  begins,  what  the  fird  impulfe  gives.        315 

Hear  how  the  man,  who  all  in  fame  furmountSf 
For  motioD^l  fpring  and  principle  accounts. 
To  his  fupreme,  unmov'd,  una£);ive  God, 
He  the  firft  fphere  appoints,  a  bled  abode  ) 
Who  (its  fupinely  on  his  azure  throne,  3£» 

In  contemplation  of  himfelf  alone  ; 
Is  wholly  mindlefs  of  the  world,  and  void 
Of  providential  care,  and  unemployed. 
To  all  the  fpheres  inferior  are  atfign'd 
Gods  fubahern,  and  of  inferior  kind  :  32^  ' 

On  thcfe  he  fclf-exiftence  docs  confer. 
Who,  as  the  God  fuprcrae,  eternal  are  ; 
With  admiration  mov'd,  and  ardent  love. 
They  all  their  fpliere^  around  in  order  move  5 
And  from  thcfe  heavenly  revolutions  flow  33^ 

All  mocionsy  which  are  found  in  things  below. 

7  If 


CREATION.     Book  V.         t6i 

If  you  demand  by  what  impulfive  force 
The  Undcr-God«  begin  their  circling  courfe  : 
He^faySy  as  things  dcfirable  excite 
Deilre,  and  obje£ts  move  the  appetite  j  335 

So  his  firft  God,  by  kindling  ardent  love. 
Does  all  the  Gods  in  feats  inferior  move : 
Thus  mov*d,  they  move  around  their  mighty  fpheres, 
IM^th  their  refulgent  equipage  of  ftars  5 
From  fphere  to  fphere  communicate  the  dance^         340 
Whence  all  in  heavenly  harmony  advance  $ 
And  froim  this  motion  propagated  rife 
All  motions  in  the  earth,  and  air,  and  ikies. 
'    And  thufr  by  learned  Ariftotle's  mind 
All  things  were  form*d,  yet  nothing  was  dciign'd.   341 
He  owns  no  choice,  no  arbitrary  will, 
ffo  artifl*s  hand,  and  no  exerted  ikill^ 
All  motion  flows  from  neceffary  fate, 
Which  nothing  does  reiid,  or<:an  abate; 
Things  (ink  and  rife,  a  being  lofe  or  gain  350 1 

In  a  coherent,  undifTolving  chain 
Of  caufes  and  efFefts,  which  Nature*s  courfe  fuflain. 
Th'  unmoveable  Supreme  the  reft  does  move. 
As  proper  obje£^s  raife  defire  and  love ; 
They,  mov'd  without  their  choice,  without  confent,  355 
^Move  all  their  fpheres  around  without  intent : 
Whate*er  he  calls  his  moving  caufe,  to  chufe 
He  gives  that  caufe  no  power,  or  to  refufe. 
And  thus  from  fate  all  artful  order  fprings. 
This  rear'd  the  world,  this  is  the  rife  of  things.       360 

Now  give  us  leave  to  aik,  great  Stagyrite ! 
■'  How  the  firft  God  th'  inferior  does  excite. 

M  Of 


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J 


thi       BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Of  his  own  fuhflaoce  does  he  parts  convey, 

VVhofc  motive  force  thp  Uiwdcr-Gods  obey  ? 

If  fo,  he  may  be  changVly  he  may  decay. ,  565  j 

But  if  by  fteadfad  gazing  they  are  mov'dy 

And  admiration  of  the  obje£t  lpv*d  j 

If  thofe  below  their  motive  force  acquitjc 

From  the  (Irong  inipulfjp  of  divine  detire ; 

Tell  us,  what  good  your  God  Suprame  can  grant,   370 

Which  thofe  beneath,  to  make  them  happy,  want. 

If  admiration  of  the  God  Supreme, 

And  heavenly  raptures,  ihould  their  breails  inflame. 

Is  that  of  motion  a  refilUefs  caufe, 

Of  motion  con (lant  to  eternal  laws  ?  275 

Might  not  each  fecond  God  ina&ive  lie 

On  his  blue  fphere,  and  £x  his  ravi|h'd  eye 

On  the  Supreme  Unmoveable,  and  ne'er 

Be  forc'd  to  roll  around  his  folid  f|^ere? 

Say,  how  could  wonder  drive  them  from  their  place?  . 

How  in  a  circle  make  them  run  their  race  ? 

How  keep  them  fteady  in  one  certain  pace  ? 
He  this  a  fundamental  maxim  lays, 

That  Nature  wifely  a6ls  in  all  her  ways ; 

That  Ihe  purfues  the  things  which  mofl  conduce      3S5 

To  order,  beauty,  decency,  and  ufe. 

Who  can  to  reafon  this  affront  endure  ? 

Should  it  derifion  caufe,  or  apger  more> 

To  hear  a  deep  philofopher  aflert 

That  Nature,  not  endued  witli  Ikill  or  art,  3^0 

Of  liberty  of  choice,  of  reafon  void. 

Still  wifely  ads,  wherc-cver  ihe  *s  employed  ? 

Can 


] 


.    C  R  P  A  T  I  p  fJ.     Book  V.        i(| 

Can  a6U9iis  be  4wQffiiiuit94  wifct 

WJuch  from  a  brute  De<:e^ty  arife* 

Which  the  blind  agent  nevec  did  intend,  395 

The  niean$  unch(^isn»  and  unknown  the  end } 

On  this  be  laid  the  flre^  of  this  debate ; 
What  wifely  ads  can  never  aSt  by  face. 
Tim  means  and  end  muft  firll  be  underdpod ; 
*^hc  means,  as  proper;  and  the  end,  as  good ;        40^ 
The  a£k  mud  be  exerted  with  intent 
By  uiing  means  to  gain  the  wi(h'd  event. 
But  can  a  fenlelefs  and  unconfcious  caufe, 
$y  foreign  impulfe  ^lov^dy  and  fatal  laws, 
This  thing  as  good,  and  chat  as  fit,  refpe^^^  495 

Defign  the  end,  and  then  the  me^i^s  ele6t  ? 
Nature,  you  grant,  can  pp  event  intepd. 
Yet  that  (he  a6ks  with  prudence  you  pretend : 
So  Nature  wifely  a£ts,  yet  a6ts  without  an  end ! 

Yet  while  this  Prince  of  fcience  does  declare         419 
That  means  or  ends  were  never  Nature's  care. 
That  things,  which  fecm  with  perfe«St  art  contrived. 
By  the  rcfiftlefs  force  of  fate  arriv'd  5 
This  cautious  mader,  to  fecure  his  fame, 
And  'fcape  the  Atheid's  ignominious  name^  41c 

Did  to  his  Gods  of  all  degrees  allow 
Counfel,  4^%py  and  power  to  chufe  and  know. 
Yet,  fmce  he  's  pleas'd  fo  plainly  t9  affert^ 
Hit  Gods  no  z6k  of  reafoning  pow;cr  exerts 
No  mark  of  choice,  pr  arbitrai^y  \yill,  41a 

Employ'd  no  prudence,  and  exprefs'd  no  fkiU^ 
)9^  mfil^ng  or  dire£^ing  Nature's  frame. 
Which  from  his  fate  inevitable  came  j 

M  a  Thcle 


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i64       BLACKMORE^S    POEMS. 

Thcfe  Gods  mud,  as  to  us,  be  brute  and  blind^ 

And  as  unufeful,  as  if  void  of  mind :  ^^^ 

A£ling  without  intent,  or  care,  or  aim. 

Can  they  our  prayer  regard,  or  praifet  claim  ? 

Of  all  the  irreligious  in  debate. 

This  ihameful  error  is  the  common  fate  i 

That  though  they  cannot  but  diflin^y  fee  430 

In  Nature's  works,  and  whole  ceconomy, 

Deiign  and  judgement  in  a  high  degree ; 

This  judgement,  this  deiign,  they  ne'er  allow 

Do  from  a  caufe  endued  with  reafon  flow. 

The  art  they  grant,  th'  artificer  rejeA,  43  j 

The  (faru^^une  own,  and  not  the  archlte£k ; 

That  imwife  Nature  all  things  wifely  makes. 

And  prudent  meafures  without  prudence  takes. 

Grant  that  their  admiration  and  their  love 
Of  the  firft  God  may  all  th'  inferior  move ;  449 

Grant  too,  though  no  neceility  appears. 
That,  with  their  rapture  mov'd,  they  move  their  fphecest 
Thcfe  queftions  let  the  Stagyrite  refolvc. 
Why  they  at  all,  why  in  tliis  way,  revolve  ? 
Declare  by  wlwit  necetlity  contrord,  4^3 

In  one  dctermih*d  manner  they  are  roll'd  ? 
Why  is  their  fwift  rotation  weft  and  eaft. 
Rather  than  north  and  fouth,  or  eaft  and  weft? 
WMiy  do  not  all  th'  interior  fpheres  obey 
The  highcft  fphere's  inevitable  fway  ?  4^0 

Tell  us,  if  all  celeftial  motions  rife 
From  revolutions  of  the  ftarry  ikies. 

Whence 


} 


.i;  IliiEATIOR     Book  V.  i6$ 

Whaaorof  ttf  okIm  Ac  varioiis  motions  come } 

Wliyibme  the  genml  lotd  porfoe  ?  indfome 

In  0ther  Iknyi  and  difobedient  roam  ?  45  5  * 

If  yours  the  fourcc  of  motion  is,  declare. 

Why  this  is  fiz'dy  and  that  a  wandering  iUr  ? 

Tell  by  what  fite,  by  what  refiftlefs  force, 

Thit  orb  has  one,  and  that  another  courfe  ? 

How  does  the  learned  Greek  the  caufe  unfold      46^ 
With  equal  fwiftnefs  why  the  fun  is  rolPd 
Sdll  eaft  and  wef^  to  mark  the  night  and  day  ? 
To  form  the  year  why  through  th'  ecliptic  way  ? 
What  magic,  what  neceffity^  confines 
The  folar  orb  between  the  tropic  lines  ?  465 

What  charms  in  thofe  enchanted  circles  dwell. 
That  with  contioling  power  the  fun  repel  ? 
The  Stagyri^  to  this  no  anfwer  makes  $ 
Of  the  Taft  globe  fo  little  thought  he  takes. 
That  he  to  folve  thefe  queftions  never  flrives,  470 

No  caufe  or  of  its  place  or  motion  gives. 

But  farther  yet,  applauded  Greek,  fuppofe 
Celeflial  motions  from  your  fpring  arofe ; 
That  motion  down  to  all  the  worlds  below 
From  the  firft  fphere  may  propagated  flow  s  47  j 

Since  you  of  things  to  (how  th'  efficient  foorce 
Have  always  to  ncccffity  rccourfe  ; 
From  what  necedity  do  fpheres  proceed 
With  fuch  a  meafur'd,  fuch  a  certain  fpeed? 
We  fain  would  this  myfterious  caufe  explore,  480 

Why  motion  was  not  either  lefs  or  more. 
But  in  this  jufl  proponton  and  degree,  • 
As  fuits  with  Nature's  juft  oeconomy. 


lU        BLACK  MORE'S    ?  O  ft  M  S. 

This  is  a  caufe,  a  right  one  too,  \vt  grant, 

l?\it  *tis  the  final,  \vc  th*  efficient  want  j  4S5 

With  greater  fwifincfs  if  the  fphcres  were  whirl'd. 

The  million  i;ivcn  to  this  inferior  world 

Too  violent  hail  been  for  Nature's  ufc, 

0[  too  ccrcat  force  mixM  hoiltes  to  produce  j 

TIjc  Elen\cnts,  Air,  Water,  Earthy  and  Fire,         490 

"tVhicii  now  to  make  compounded  things  confpire^ 

I>y  their  rude  (hock?  could  never  have  combin*d> 

Or  had  l>ecn  difengag'd  as  foon  as  joinM : 

Kut  then  had  motion  in  a  lefs  degree 

Ikcn  ^ivcn,  than  that  wliich  we  in  l^ature  fee  |        495 

Of  g:  cater  vij>our  (he  had  ftood  in  need, 

To  mix  and  blend  the  elemental  feed, 

To  temper,  wxnk,  incorporate,  and  bind 

Thofc  principles,  that  thence  of  every  kind 

The  various  compound  lieings  might  arife,  5^6 

^V!\ich  fill  the  earth  and  fca,  and  ftore  the  Ikics. 

S;'.y,  what  ncccllity,  what  fatal  laws, 

Vul  in  fuch  due  pio*j"»orr;on  motion  cr.ufv*. 

Nor  nunc  or  U'U.  hut  iuft  to  much  as  leiuh 

To  fiamc  the  worlJ,  and  fcrve  all  Nature's  ends  ?    505 

Alk  why  the  highcft  of  the  rollinir  fphcres, 
DctkM  to  profufion  with  rtfulgcn:  liars. 
And  all  wii!\  biiiih:  cxcicfccnccs  emhi.n-, 
Has  ihc  wl. o'.c  I'caury  of  the  hcaver.s  engroft  j 
Wh.cn  of  the  others,  to  uif^M:!  the  night,  510 

Kach  owns  a  Hngle  folirarj*  light; 
Only  one  planet  in  a  fphcrc  is  found, 
Maitlung  in  air  lus  melancholy  roucd  : 

Kiturcj 


^  tC  Jt  S  A  T  I  O  N.    Bdbt  V.         i«7 
|f|tan»  ht  ttlli  H'  tObk  thit  fniidenc  carc> 
That^llw  ftUUMItit  Ud  tbe  nobttft  fphehi  $i^ 

Should  b«  wtth  nobldr  ifecoration  bhftj 

And  in  magnificctice  oatfhine  the  refti 

That  fo  its  greater  ornamietit  and  fUte 

Should  bear  proportion  with,  its  greater  height. 

It  feems  then  Nanire  docs  not  only  find  5x0 

Means  to  be  good,  beneficent,  and  kind» 

But  has  for  beauty  and  fbf  order  car'd, 

Does  rank,  and  date,  and  decency,  regard* 

Nowyibould  he  not  coniidering  men  forgi^e^ 
If,  fway'd  by  tiiis  aflertion,  they  believe,  525 

That  Nature,  which  does  decency  refpeft, 
Is  fometbirigy  which  can  reafon,  chufe,  refle£l  ? 
Or  that  fome  wife  Dire€^or  muft  preTide 
Oler .Nature's  works,  and  all  her  motions  guide? 
You  here  ihould  that  neceffity  declare,  530 

Why  all  the  ftars  adorn  the  higheft  fphere: 
Say,  how  is  this  th'  tffc6k  of  fatal  laws. 
Without  refledling  on  a  final  taufe  } 
One  fphere  has  all  the  ftars }  we  aik  you,  why  } 
When  you  to  l)eauty  and  to  order  fly,  535 

Tou  plain  aflcrt  the  truth  which  you  dcnyj 
That  is,  that  Nature  has  wife  ends  in  view, 
With  forefight  works,  and  tlocs  defigns  purfue. 

Thus  all  the  mighty  wits,  that  have  clfay'd 
To  explicate  the  means  how  things  are  made  540 

By  Nature's  power,  without  the  Hand  Divine^ 
The  fioal  eaufes  of  efre6i:s  affign. 
They  fay,  that  this  or  that  is  fo  or  fo, 
ITImc  fuch  events  in  fuch  fuccellion  flow  $ 

M  4  'E&c2i\x^c 


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,t:     I-.  •.  A  fj  r  ^r  o  i  I  r     ?  riiti. 

l^t-  ■   '*.  ■•*■    '^ii  V*  '.  .■■•.S'K-  iinju*t  aui.  uraauBL 
f  ..»  .    •     ".•  •  '.*.:u*j"'."u.^'j\r.  iiiwav:  vaiin: 
*■  ft..  1...  ..■,'.«.,   Wi !»•;«.  ^:i^  UiWii^?. 

j'-  ■    ■;  ■.     tr**  V    v.'.C  'iA  «W-I'aUt   Xt  I 

/  .  ■   yitti*  '-.^    •!  ;rA«-siv,»:  v'  Ciam'zt  mm  fag.;        ^r 
fv.  ■■'••.*  ^  't.v*r  vv  1^••.«•  nearfiitr 

I,.  .  .}..  N  .'»  ft;/.'.  :•  i» -v,-:  Tibri  ac^anaL. 
#..,.1  r« #*•*/*  <^'T..;j,C,  ic  jjr:  rah  tzaaiB^         irs 

Hi-  I.«  m  f',,  •» '.  'i  j'/'.'/n  '\  i-:.'.  iLi  ziZLiz^ 
'I  ill   J  .  ff'/tri  '//),»?  i,^t.':lf;ry  i*.  Ci.'r.t  • 

Hi-  il'ff.'r.Ji,  «'j»*'.,  v/;i;'.f,  »ir,  ar.  *  f:rt, 

I!'  fjv"!»  '•'  rri^k',  rfii  ••iif.j/our.'i  Jr.irgi  confplrc; 

ll(  Ml  ill'  II. i   >'  Irj-.c-,  tli':  riull  ca.'tii  at  rcfr^ 

1m  iI.'   Iiil(  lH.lf/i*i  fii  ilic  an  CiircH  ;  ^-^ 

Till-  f'>l  wiii({'it  i.rr:  iiiijfr  'i,  tlic  rnoon  arife, 

M'lvci  iii«n,  aii'l  li<.k  Luriij^uouii  ikies ; 

I ...  >  1.01 111%,  ii'i  f'lti  r,  can  make  the  fire  dcfcendy 

I  liii  t  mi  ili(.  (41  ill  I'i  icar*i  iupcrlur  tu:cly 

Boih 


C  R  E  A  T  I  O  N.     Book  V,  169 

Both  unmolefted  peace  for  ever  owi>,  '^y^ 

This  in  the  middle,  that  beneath  the  moon  r 
Water  and  air  not  fo ;  for  they,  by  fate 
Aflign'd  to  conftant  duty,  always  wait  $ 
Ready  by  turns  to  rifb  or  to  defcend, 
litture  againft  a  vacant  to  defend ;  ^S9 

For  fhould  a  void  her  monarchy  invade, 
Should  in  her  works  the  fmalleft  breach  be  made. 
That  breach  the  mighty  fabrick  would  diilblve. 
And  in  immediate  ruin  all  involve. 
A  iconfequence  fo  difmal  to  prevent,  ^85 

Water  and  air  are  flill  (as  faid)  intent 
To  mount  or  fall,  this  way  or  that  to  fly. 
Seek  fubterranean  vaults,  or  climb  the  iky  | 
While  thefe  with  fo  much  duty  are  opprcft. 
The  earth  and  fire  are  privileg  d  with  reft.  590 

Thefe  elements,  'tis  clear,  have  not  difccra'd 
The  intereft  of  the  whole,  nor  are  concern'd 
Left  they,  wlien  once  an  interpoilng  void 
Has  Nature's  frame  o'erturnM,  Ihould  be  deftroy*d. 

Tell,  why  thefe  fimple  elements  are  four?  ^9^ 

Why  juft  fo  many  f  why  not  Icfs  or  more  > 
Does  this  from  pure  neceility  proceed  ? 
Or  fay,  does  Nature  juft  that  number  need? 
If  this,  you  mock  us,  and  decline  the  tafk, 
You  give  the  final  caufc,  when  we  th'  efficient  afk.  600 
If  that,  how  often  Ihall  we  call  in  vain 
That  you  would  tliis  ncccfiity  explain  ? 

But  here  forgive  me,  famous  Stagyritc, 
If  I  efteem  ic  idle  to  recite 

The 


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-^^  -^-' —,    •  -  —  ^  -:      -,j^      vr.ica  "ca  zrre. 

T  ■•»'  "-•^  fcr  .  ,-  -*c'i.    roc.  Tuctf  *.zaare  msir. 
T"-';-  •  »r*ir—    t^  rrant     ^os.  sow  Jcciarc. 

/  -•*  ♦••■7  T!»:r  ■''^  F''*  Far"rr-, 

7  •-  V**:  nraren  vr  -.*c  .'mb^  skmut;. 

7  ••:  'rr.  -wn**-  ,, !.  a ?»;»-«•  vmocs  aow  -, 

/-!  -T  ->»■:  .-"-:':  '•;  r/-;':  »  .^jv»j  dicr 

/.  .  -••  r  ?;  A-  1  : :.'.  ;7T'ir:«-ir  rrr^vis  fi'Tiai:  r 

?.  *^  i "••,  v/  "TV> '.  y.v  -  ?  N  ar :;  r*  1  sr-iwr, 

f?*-*:*  "••?''»,  r'"»*-:,  x:/i  r  :-<?*".'>  ar.'.r, 

'f » -;  '  'V  ''»,  *•■'   ?  •  v.'i  ~  ;*i^,r;  of  :.-^  :1cic: ! 

f'^"'*  t'^  V';*  ?"■>.'.%  »r.»t  lri*-jr,t  :.-.^  >:.!  or  aac<iy 

'f  h>*  h*:**  Oi*  «>r,  or  t'Jt  T.e  i:rr;r,:i  f.'x>c:  !  €25 

h\7'ri  iv^ftf  ♦li'.»r  fy'/H,  J  cr<C€  ir"*  r/?.ine  came, 

Hf«»5i»iiM  *)f.  purf  j»ir,  ?r./l  ftit  the  viral  Aame ! 

fi»y,  is  not  th)c  «  noM';  f theme,  a  piece 

Wfir^hy  tlie  Rtiip;vrlT':^  ar.*l  worthy  Greece  ? 

ttiif  riRW,  firiitff  philofophcr,  declare  630 

IImw  this  fnta»l»ih  nf  the  heavenly  fphcre 
f 'nn  minplf?  Tire  ami  Water,  earth  and  air? 
'J'hf  Titr  thflt  dwells  hencath  the  lunar  ball^ 
*l  0  niert  afiiending  carthi  mud  downwiird  fall. 


} 


Now 


C  R  B  A  T  I  0  N:     B6bfe  t.         iff 

Now  turn  ya^r  fphere  conkigubiis  fcb  Ac  fire>  ^3  5 

Wai  from  its  feat  that  element  retire  ?     -         '  ' 

The  fphere  dould  never  diiVe  its  neighbour  dbWti^ 
But  give  a  ciit^lin^  motron,  like  itfi  o^n. 
to  givte  th«  iir  iinpreilion  frotti  abotfe. 
It  in  a  whirl  vertiginous  wotiW  ttwj^fe :  64* 

And  thus  the  rfaliihg  ti>hcres  c4tt  fitter  difplia'ce 
The  fire  or  ait, "to  mikfc  si  niinjglied  liiaft  : 
The  elemcAts  di{Hn€b  itoight  keiep  thei ir  ftitj 
Eldde  the  ruffle,  and  your  fcheme  defeat.  / 

But  iibce  th*  applauded  author  will  demiih4  64J 

For  complex  bodies  no  direftor's  hind; 
Since  art  without  an  artill  he  inaintaiils> 
A  building  fears  Without  a  builder's  pains ; 
He  comes  at  length  to  Epicurus*  fcheme, 
Plcas'd  by  his  iiibdel  compound  ^tks  to  firMe.      4^5* 
One  all  his  various  atoms  does  unitV 
To  form  mixt  things  j  the  famdus  Stagyritt, 
By  his  invented  demeiits  combiri'd, 
Compofes  beings  of  each  different  kind  : 
But  both  agree,  while  both  alike  deny  655 

The  Gods  did  e'er  their  care  or  thought  apply 
To  form  or  rule  this  univerfal  frame, 
Which  or  from  fate  or  cafual  cbncburfe  camci 
Whether  Ito  raife  the  world  you  are  ihclin'd 
By  this  man's  chance,  or  that  man^s  fate,  as  blind;  66b 
If  flill  mechanic,  liecelTary  laws 
Of  moving  matter  muft  all  beings  caufe ; 
If  artful  Works  from  a  brute  ciiufe  refult. 
From  fpiings  unknown,  and  qualities  occult ; 
With  fchemes  alike  abfvrd  our  reafon  you  infult. 

And 


1 


r7S       BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

And  noWy  to  finiih  this  Icfs  pleafant  tafk. 
Of  our  renown'd  philofepfecr  we  aik. 
How  was  the  earth  determin'd  to  its  place  ? 
Why  did  it  firft  the  middle  point  embrace  ? 
What  blandiflimentSy  what  ftroi^  atcni£dve  powers  670 
What  happy  arts  adapted  to  allure. 
Were  by  that  iingk  point  of  all  the  void 
To  captivate  and  charm  the  mafs  empUy'd  ? 
Or  what  machines,  what  grapples,  did  it  caft 
On  earth,  to  fix  it  to  the  centre  fad  ?  675 

But  if  the  earth,  by  ftrong  enchantment  caught. 
This  point  of  all  the  vacant  fondly  fought. 
Since  it  is  unintelligent  and  blind. 
Could  it  the  way,  the  nearcft  could  it  find  > 
When  at  that  point  arrivM,  how  did  it  know  680 

Jt  wai  arriT'd,  and  ihould  no  farther  go  ? 
When  in  a  globous  form  collefted  there. 
What  wondrous  cement  made  the  parts  cohere  ? 
Why  did  the  orb  fufpended  there  remain 
Fix'd  and  unmov'd  ?  what  docs  its  weight  fuftain  ?  685 
T,ell  what  its  fall  prevents;  can  liquid  air 
The  ponderous  pile  on  its  vireak  columns  bear  } 
The  canh  muft,  in  its  gravity's  dcfpight, 
l-phold  iifclf  J  our  carclcfs  Stagyritc 
Wr  its  lup^xMt  has  no  provifion  maJe,  690 

No  pillar  ixai'd,  and  no  foumiaiion  hid  : 
Whtn  b\  ivouit  and  unknown  jrvavicv 
'  li<  to  its  {Virion  bri^u^nt*  it  there  mufi  lie 
In  \r.uM?hMV\i  iy|\MV  ;  in  viir.  we  aik  him,  why  ? 

^.^^ ,  It  the  Wiv'd  ur.cijs'd  oid  Eccr  bcgis, 
*|" N -1 ; ;•. i V  N\ ".I Ai  . ;.  v$  \\  1  <  xi w:. ;>  I- c ■: :; ;  ( ^ ; 

V  .■ 


} 


fiPMU'ATi^V.  BmxV»        171 


Wllf  do  Wf^iKMf  A&  fM^  ibflig  einploy 

Befcn  d»  rMmmwtf  or  fi^-oC  Ttoyi 

And  whf  n^'dder  hifioriM  relate 

The  rife  -of  empirest  tad  the  turat  of  fitte  ?  ^eo 

If  genentioiiB  infinite  aregone, 
fen,  wh^  fo  late  were  am  and  letters  known  f 
Thdr  rife  and  piogteft  k  of  recent  date. 
And  (till  we  mourn  their  yoong  imperfeft  flaie. 
if  onconfinM  duration  we  regard,  «7#| 

And  time  be  with  etermty  compar*d. 
But  yefteiday  dieiages  of  die  Saft. 
Firft  (bme  erudeluiowkdgeof  the  ftan  esprsft. 
[  In  (acred  emblems  Egypt's  fons  conceal'd 
Thrir  myftic  learning,  rather  dian  itveaVd.  ^«o 

Greece  after  this,  for  fubde  wit  renowned. 
The  fdences  and  arts  improT'd  or  "fbtind ;' 
Tirft,  caufes'fearch'd,  «nd  Harare's  fecret  Wiyvj 
Firft  taught  the  bards  to  fing  immortal  lajrsi 
The  charms  of  muiick  and  of  painting  rau'd,  -/ 1  ^ 

And  was  for  buildingfirft,  and-firft  for  fculprareprais'd« 

Man  in  mechanic  arts  did  lace  excel^^ 
That  faccour  life,  and  noxous  power  repel  i 
Which  yield -fupplies  for  neceifary  ufc, 
Or  whidito  pleafure  or  to  pomp  conduce.  jt9 

How  lace  was  found  the  loadfbne's  magtc  force, 
That  feeks  the  north,  and  guides  the  fatlor^  courfe  I 
How  newly  did  the  printer's  curious  fiull 
Th'  enligliten'd  world  with  lettei'd  volumes  fill ! 
But  late  the  kindled  powder  did  explode  ■   ^i^ 

The  mafly  ball,  and  die  brafs  rabe  imbad  i 

The 


^74       BLACKMORl^*8    PQBAfS. 
The  tube,  to  whoie  loud  thooder  Allklof»  Qi^Qpt 
The  laurel  honoun  that  adom  her  brovni 
Which  awful,  during  eight  rcDown'd  campaigns^ 
From  Bclgia's  hiils»  and  Gallia's  frqnti^  plaiu,      730 
tHd  through  th'  admiring  realms  aroimd  produm 
Marlborough*!  fwift  conqueib,  and  grca;  Anna's  naoie! 

By  this  the  leader  of  the  Bricifli  powers 
Shook  Menio,  Lilla,  and  high  Gaoda'a  t»we» ; 
Next  hit  wide  engines  k^el'd  Toumay's  pri4e,         735 
Whofe  lofty  walls  advancing  foes  defy'd ; 
Though  nitrous  tempeiUy  and  clandeftv>c  deaths 
Fiird  tly  deep  caves  and  numerous  vaubs  beneatjlv 
Which,  form'd  with  ai^«  and  wrought  y/'^  cnd^ic  tpO^ 
|tan  through  the  fiuthlcfs  c]^vf  ted  kiL  7^ 

See,  the  intreipjid  Qriton  delves  his  way. 
And  to  the  caveins  ]fiti  in  war  and  dajj 
<}jiells  fubtq^ranean  foes,  and  nfes  crovypu'd 
With  fpoils,  fronji  m^sd  labour  under  ground. 
Mons,  to  rewar^l  Bl^gnia's  glorious  field,  74$ 

To  Marlborough's  terrors  did  fubmidive  yield. 
Tlic  hero  next  alTaird  proud  Doway's  head  j 
And  fpitc  of  confluent  inundations  fpread 
Aruund,  in  fpite  of  works  for  fure  defence 
Rais'd  with  confuminate  art,  and  cod  immenfe,       7541 
With  unexampled  valour  did  fucceed : 
(Velars,  thy  hoft  beheld  the  haxdy  deed  I) 
Aria,  Venantia,  Bethune,  and  Bouchain, 
Of  his  long  triumphs  dofe  th'  illudrious  train. 
While  thus  his  thunder  did  his  M^ath  declare,  75$ 

And. artful  lightnings  flaih'd  along  the  air, 

z  Somona's 


CREATION.     Book  V.         175 

Somoni's  caftlet  with  th'  impetuous  roar 

Aibiiiih'd  tiembley  but  their  warriors  more; 

Lutetia*8  lofty  towers  with  terror  ftruck 

Caught  the  contagLoDy  aod  at  clidaace  (hook.  ^69 

Tell,  Gallic  chiefs,  for  you  have  often  lieard 

His  dreadful  cannon,  and  his  fire  rever'd, 

Tell,  how  you  rag'd,  when  your  pale  cohorts  run 

From  Marlborough's  fword,  the  battle  fcarcc  begun. 

Tell,  Scaldis  I  Legia,  tell !  how  to  their  head         565 

Your  frighted  waves  in  refluent  errors  fled. 

While  Marlborough's  cannon  thus  prevails  by  land, 
Britain's  fea-chiefs,  by  Anna's  hitrfa  command, 
R^fiftlf^fs  o*jBr  the  Thufcan  billpws  ri^e, 
And  AriKf  uebcUowing  c^vcs  on  cither  iide;  770 

Thoir  fulphur  tempeftt  ring  from  ihore  to  ihorCf 
Vow  make  the  Ligur  ftart,  and  now  the  Moor. 
Hark  how  the  found  difturbs  imperious  Rome, 
Shaket  her  proud  hills,  and  rolls  from  dome  to  dome ! 
Her  mitred  princes  hear  the  echoing  noife,  775 

And,  Albion,  dread  thy  wrath,  and  awful  voice. 
Aided  by  thee,  the  Auftrian  eagles  rife 
Sublime,  ^T\d  triumph  in  Iberian  fkics. 
What  panic  fear,  what  anguifb,  what  diflrefs, 
What  conflcrnation,  Gallia's  fons  exprcfs,  78# 

While,  trembling  on  the  coad,  they  from  afar 
View  the  wing'd  terrors,  and  the  floating  war  ! 


CREATION, 


I  176  ] 


CREATION. 


BOOK        VL 


THE  ARGUMENT. 

The  fabulous  laccouDt  of  the  £rft  rife  of  nunkuid 
given  by  the  ancient  poets.  The  o|nniotis  of  many 
of  the  Greek  philofophers  concerning  that  point  noc 

A  lefs  ridiculous.  Tlie  afTertion  of  EfMcurts  and  hk 
followers,  that  our  ^ft  parents  were  the  fpomaneont 
produ£Hon  of  the  earth,  moft  abfurd  and  incredi- 
ble. The  true  oriein  of  man  enquired  into.  He  in 
proved  to  be  at  firlt  created  by  an  intelligence  aibi- 
trary  caufe ;  from  the  chara£^ers  and  impreflSons  of 
contrivance,  art,  and  wi£doni,  which  appear  in  his 
formation.  The  wonderful  progrcfs  or  it.  The 
figure,  fituation,  and  connexion,  of  the  bones.  The 
fyftem  of  the  veins,  and  that  of  the  arteries.  The 
manner  of  the  circulation  of  the  blood  defcribed. 
Nutrition  how  performed.   The  fyftem  of  the  nerves. 

^  Of  the  animal  fpirits,  how  made,  and  how  em- 
ployed in  mufcular  motion  and  fenfation.  A  wife 
mtelligent  caufe  inferred  from  thefe  appearances. 


THE 


.8!C,l«ATION.    Book VI.    '.    (77 

^I^HB  ijini  W0rM»  te  Cmwih  realms  unknown, 
"^   Wbo*  Kxiowledge  reign'd,  and  light  celedial  lhoQe» 
.  Loft  hf  degrees  dieir  parent  Adam's  name. 
Forgot  their  ilock,  and  wondered  whence  they  came : 
Vxigaided,  in  the  dark  they  ftrove  to  find,  5 

Widi  fruitleifs  tmly  the  fource  of  human  kind. 

The  headien  hards,  who  idle  fables  dreft, 
nittfiTe  dreams  in  myftic  rerfe  exprefs'd. 
And,  foes  to  natural  fcience  and  divine, 
]^  hemteons  phrafe  made  impious  notions  ihi'ne,        10 
In  firains  fvbUme  their  different  fi£Hons  fung, 
Wkaioe  the  firft  parents,  of  our  fpecies  fprung. 
.  Prfwythryis  (f^  (ome  elder  poets  fay) 
%mpa^d  and  fonn'd  a  pafte  of  purer  clay, 
TSol  wM^  wdl  mingled  with  the  river^s  ilreami        1  $ 
ffii  artful  hand  gave  human  (hape  and  frame  | 
Then,  with  warm  life  his  figures  to  mfpire. 
The  hold  proje£br  ftole  celeftial  fire. 

While  others  tell  us  how  the  human  brood 
Ow'd.their  produ£Hon  to  the  fruitful  wood ;  ao 

How  from,  the  laurel  and  the  a(h  tl^y  fprung. 
And  infants  on  the  oak,  like  acorns  hung  t 
The  crude  conceptions  prcft  tlie  bending  trees. 
Till  cheriih'd  by  the  fun-beams,  by  degrees. 
Ripe  children  dropp'd  on  all  tlie  foil  around,  25 

Peopled  the  woods,  and  ovcrfpread  the  ground. 
Great  Jupiter  (fo  fome  were  pleas'd  to  fing) 
Of  fabled  goda  the  father  and  the  king, 

'  N  The 


i8o      BLACK-MORE'S    POEMS. 

To  every  doubt  your  anfvver  is  the  fame, 

It  fo  fell  out,  an3  fo  by  chance  it  came.  ^ 

How  (hall  the  new-born  race  their  food  connnand^ 
\y ho  cannot  change  their  place,  or  move  a  Kaod?.  . 
Grant  that  tltc  glebe  beneath  will  never  drink,. 
Kor  through  its  pores  let  the  foft  humour  finis  j 
Will  not  the  fun  with  his  exhaling  ray  ^^ 

ibefraud  the  babe,  and  draw  his  food  away  ? 

Since  for  fo  long  a  fpace  the  human  birth 
Muft  lie  exposed  and  naked  on  the  earth ; 
"Say,  could  the  tender  creature,  in  defpight 
Of  heat  by  day,  and  chilling  dews  by  night,  lo* 

in  fpite  of  thunder,  winds,  and  hail,  and  raiOf 
And  all  inclement  air,  its  life  maintain  ? 

In  vain,  you  fay,  in  earth's  primaeval  ftate^ 
Soft  was  the  air,,  and  mild  the  cold  and  heat ; 
For  did  not  then  the  night  fucceed  the  day  ?  105 

The  fun  as  now  roll  through  its  annual  way? 
Th*  efFefts  then  on  the  air  muft  be  the  fame. 
The  frofts  of  winter,  and  the  fummer's  flame. 

In  the  firll  age,  you  fay,  the  pregnant  ground 
With  human  kind  in  embryo  did  abound,  1 10 

And  pour'd  her  offspring  on  the  foil  around. 
But  tell  us,  Epicurus,  why  the  field 
Did  never  fince  one  human  harveft  yield  ? 
And  why  we  never  fee  one  ripening  birth 
Heave  in  the  glebe,  and  flruggle  through  the  earth  > 

You  fay,  that,  when  the  earth  was  frelh  and  young. 
While  her  prolific  energy  was  ftrong, 
A  race  of  men  fhe  in  her  bofom  hred, 
Aud  all  the  fields  with  infapt  people  fpread  : 

But 


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1 


4(fttfM  Aft  ttn^lMritieiigCk  did  fo  exhauft,.         lib 
^1ii/giA»iteihrt  fe  itouch  rigoyr  loft, 
Iteb  wgiAid^awbf  t^  mvain  we  hope 
ttir  IhcNiU  ignalwhig  forth  a  humaii  crop; 

Mean  time^  fl^  's  not  with  labour  fo  much  wont. 
But  Ihe  can  dill  the  hilU  with  woods  adorn.  1 25 

'  See,  from 'her  fertile  bofbm  how  (be  pours 
IfiaDdaDttxHiceptions,  and,  refrefii'd  with  fliowers, 
Covert  the  field  with  com,  and  paints  the  mead  with 
See,  her  tall  font,  the  cedar,  oak,  and  pme,    [flowers, 
^Bbt  fragrant  myrtle,  and  the  juicy  vine,  130 

Their  parent's  undecaying  ftrength  declare. 
Which  with  freih  labour,  and  unwearied  care. 
Supplies  new  plants,  her  lofies  to  repair. 
« 10heo,  fince  the  earth  retains  her  fruitful  power 
Taj^iocreate  plants*  the  fbreft  to  rcilore ;  135 

Aj9  why  to  nobler  animals  alone 
Should  ibe  be  fieeble,  and  unfruitful  grown  ^ 
After  one  birth  (he  ceas'd  not  to  be  young. 
The  glebe  was  fucculent,  the  mould  was  ftrong. 
€0Qld  ihe  at  once  fade  in  her  perfe£k  bloom,  140 

Wafte  all  her  fpirits,  and  her  wealth  confuine  ? 

Grant  that  her  vigour  might  in  part  decreai'c, 
From  like  produ£tions  muft  (he  ever  ccafc? 
To  form  a  race  (he  might  have  dill  inclined. 
Though  of  a  monftrous,  or  a  dwarfiih,  kind.  145 

Why  did  ihe  never,  by  one  crude  eUay, 
Imperfe£fc  lines  and  rudiments  difplay  ? 
In  fome  fucceeding  ages  had  been  found 
A  leg  or  arm  un^ni(h*d  in  the  ground  j 

N  3  And 


o2      BLACKMOR£*S    POEMS. 

Ai^d  fomectmes  in  the  fields  might  ploughing  fwains  t  $p 
Turn  up  foft  bones,  and  break  unfalhionM  veins. 

But  grant  the  earth  was  laviih  of  her  power. 
And  fpent  at  once  her  whole  prolific  ftore ; 
Would  not  fo  long  a  reft  new  vigour  g^vc. 
And  all  her  firft  fertility  revive  ?  t^ 

Learn,  Epicurus,  of  th'  experienced  fwain. 
When  frequent  wounds  hnvc  wornth*  iropoverifiiM  pltioi 
Let  him  a  while  the  furrow  not  moki^ 
Put  le^ve  the  glebe  to  heavenly  dews  and  reft  i 
If  then  he  till  and  fow  the  harrow'd  field,  i(o 

Will  not  the  foil  a  plenteous  harveft  yield? 

The  fun,  by  you,  Lucretius,  is  aflign'd    . 
The  other  parent  of  all  human  kind. 
But  does  he  ever  languifli  or  dec^y } 
Does  he  not  equal  influence  difplay,  165 

And  pierce  the  plains  with  the  fame  a£Uve  ray  } 
If  then  the  glebe,  warm'd  with  the  folar  flame. 
Men  once  pioduc'd,  it  flill  fhould  do  the  fame. 

You  fay,  the  fun*s  prolific  beams  can  form 
Th*  induftrioutf  ant,  the  gaudy  fly,  and  worm  ;         1 70 
Can  make  each  plant,  and  tree,  the  gardener's  care, 
Bcfule  their  leaves,  their  proper  inledls  bear  : 
Then  miglu  the  Heavens,  in  feme  peculiar  flate, 
Or  lucky  afpccl,  bcafts  and  men  create. 
But  larc  enquirers  by  their  gUlTes  find,  175 

That  every  infeft  of  each  diiferent  kind. 
In  its  own  egg,  cheer  d  by  the  folar  rays, 
Organs  involv'd  and  latent  life  difpiays  ; 
This  truth,  difcover'd  by  fagacious  art. 
Docs  all  Lucretian  j^rrogancc  fubvcjt.  180 

Proud 


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.i!  T«f»A  T I  O-lf*     BooE  VU  :       111 

'If,  lomiidSpwiinif^  WfJIlow 

Our  race  jbp  MUh  pnnmval  bting  owt,. 

Mow  di4  die  malp  and  feoMile  fi»ic«  fi]M&e  ^  t4l^ 

8aj»  if  fimA  ftffWM  thit  4ifti«£tiQfk  came  f 

Or  did  ^  conicioos  parent  then  forefee 

Wf  one  OQMeplidii  Ike  iliould  banrm  be. 

And  tfaenfoiet  wifely  prondent,  deiign'd. 

fMBc  fmn  to  propagate  the  kind  i  if o 

Tbttt  thus  preiSenT'dy  the  godlike  race  of  auui< 

Bitgfat  not  expire  ere  yet  it  fcarce  l;»egan  } 

Smsih  hy  cheie  various  arguments^  *tis  dear; 
The  teeiiiiii|»  bwi^  did  not  our.  parents  Immu:  i  . 
m  oMce  icvere  enquiries  let  us  trace  1^5 

n»  origin  and  (burce  of  human  race. 

1  thinky.  I  mote^  I  tlierefore  know  I  am  4 
While  I  have  bcett»  I  dill  have  been  the  fame, . 
itnce*  from  an  infant,  I  a  nuin  became. 
But  though  I-  am,  few  circHoi^  years  are  gone, 
Since  I  in  Nature's  roll  was  quite  unknown. 
Then,  iince  'cis  plain  I  have  not  always  been, 
I  aik,  from  whence  my  being  could  begin  ? 
I  did  not  to  myiclf  exigence  give, 
Nor  from  myfelf  the  fecret  pawer  receive,  105  I 

By  which  I  reafon,  and  by  which  I  live.  f 

I  did  not  build  this  frame,  i^or  do  I  .know-  • 
The  hiddea  fprings  from  whence  my  motions  flow. 

If  I  had  formM  myfelf,  I  had  defign'd 
A  Arongei; body,  and  a  wifer  mind,  sio 

N  4  From 


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i84      BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 
From  foitow  free,  nor  liable  to  pain ; 
My  paflions  ihould  obey,  and  reafon  rdgn. 
Nor  could  my  being  from  my  parents  flow. 
Who  neither  did  the  parts  or  {bru£hire  know,  ■ 

Bid  not  my  mind  or  body  nnderftand^  ti5 

My  fex  determine,  nor  my  ihape  command  t 
Had  they  deiigh'd  and  rais'd  the  curious  frame, 
Infpir'd  my  branching  veins  with  rital  flame, 
Faihion*d  the  heart,  and  hollow  channels  made, 
through  which  tlie  circling  dreams  of  life  are  play'd  i 
Had  they  the  organs  of  my  fenfcs  wrought, 
And  form'd  the  wondrous  principle  of  thought} 
Their  artful  work  tliey  mufl  have  better  known. 
Explained  its  fprings,  and  its  contrivance  fliown. 

.  If  they  could  make,  they  might  preferve  me  too^  t»5 
Prevent  my  fears,  or  diffipate  my  woe. 
When  long  in  ficknefs  languiihing  I  lay. 
They  with  compailion  touch'd  did  mourn  and  pray ; 
To  footh  my  pain,  and  mitigate  my  grief, 
Tiicy  faikl  kind  things,  yet  brought  me  no  relief.      230 
But  whatfoever  caufe  my  being  gave, 
The  Power  that  made  me  can  its  creature  fave. 

If  to  myfelf  I  did  not  being  give. 
Nor  from  immediate  parents  did  receive; 
It  could  not  from  my  predecelTors  flow,  235 

They,  than  my  parents,  could  not  more  bcflow. 
Should  we  the  long  depending  fcale  afccnd 
Of  fons  and  fathers,  will  it  never  end  ? 
If  'cwill,  then  mud  we  through  the  order  run 
To  fome  one  man,  whofe  being  ne-er  begun  :  149 

If 


•%M«XM  A  r  I&Vi    B6m  Vt  ills 

If  <iiom  htnUf  Ilk  own  csdfleoee  catna^t 
The  canfe,  diat  ccmM  deftvof  lut  bei]ig»  lUdBe, 
}  sTo  ieek  my 'Mtkef,  dius  in  vwn  I  trace  ^45 

The  whole  Ibceeffift  chem  of  human  nee. 
PewiMer'd  hmj  Author  cannot  find»  ^ 

Till  fame  FirftCaafe,  ibme  Self-exiibnt  Mind,         i 
Who  fbnn'dy'aBd  roles  all  Natare,  n  aflign'd.  J 

*■  •  ^When  firft  the  womb  did  the  crude  embrjro  hold» 
What  IhapVl  the  parts  ?  what  did  the  limbs  unfold } 
O'er  the  vfhalk  work  in  fecret  did  prefide, 
Gtfe  qiuckeniag  vigour,  and  each  motion  guide  ? 
What  kindled  in  the  dark  the  vital  flame, 
lAbd,  erfrtheheaR  wasform'd,  pufli'don  the  reddening 
Then  for  the  heart  the  apteft  fibres  flmng  ?      [ftream? 
And  in  the  bnaft  th^  impolfive  engine  hung } 
lay,  what  the  Tarious  bones  fo  wifely  wrought } 
How  was  their  frame  to  fuch  perfe^on  brought } 
What  did  their  figures  for  their  ufes  fit,  260 

Their  number  fix,  and  joints  adapted  knit  1 
And  made  them  all  in  that  juft  order  Aand, 
Which  motion,  (farength,  and  ornament,  demand  ? 
What  for  the  finews  fpun  fo  ilrong  a  thread, 
The  curious  loom  to  weave  the  mufdes  fpread?       265 
Did  the  nice  firings  of  tended  membranes  drill. 
And  perforate  the  nerve  with  fo  much  (kill. 
Then  with  the  adive  ffaream  the  dark  recelTes  fill  > 
The  purple  n^azes  of  the  veins  difplay'd. 
And  all  th' .arterial  pipes  in  order  laid»  .176 

Wha; 


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i«6      B  L  A  C  X:  M  Q  R  B  '8  '  P O  E  M  S. 
What  gave  the  bouadijag  current  to.dlQ  M^od, 
And  to  and  fro  convey'd  the  redlefs  flood  ? 

The  living  fabrick  now  in  pieces  take*  . 
Of  every  part  due  obCeirirauon  make  j , 
All  which  fuch  art  difcover^  fo  condaoe  ,17^ 

To  beauty,  vigour,  and  each  deftia^l  oict 
The  Atheift,  if  to  fearch  for  truth  inclifi-d,  ^ 

May  in  himfelf  his  full  convi£lion  find,  f 

And  from  his  body  teach  his  erring  mind-  ^ 

When  the  crude  embryo  careful  Nature  bcecdt,    »8o 
See  how  ihe  works,  and  how  her  work  proceeds ; 
While  through  the  mafs  her  energy  ibe  darts. 
To  fice  and  fwell  the  complicated  parts, 
Wluch  only  does  unravel  and  untwift 
Th*  invelop'd  limbs,  that  previous  these  exift         at 5 
And  as^each  vital  fpeck,  in  which  remains 
Th'  entire,  but  rumpled  animal,  contataa  \ 

Organs  pcrplext,  and  clues  of  twining  veins  j  Jr 

So  every  foetus  bears  a  fecrct  hoard, 
With  ilceping,  uncxpanded  ifluc  ftor'd ;  190 

Which  numerous,  but  imquicken'd  progeny,. 
Clafp*d  and  inwrap'd  within  each  other  lie  s 
Engendering  heats  thefc  one  by  one  unbind. 
Stretch  their  fniall  tubes,  and  liamper'd  nerves  unwind-: 
And  thus,  when  time  ihall  drain  each  magazine       a^ 
Crowded  with  men  unborn,  unripe,  unfeen, 
Kor  yet  of  parts  unfbkied  j  no  incrcafe 
Can  follow,  all  prolific  power  muft  ceafe. 

Th'  elaflic  fpirits,  which  remain  at  reft 
dn  the  flrait  lodgings  of  the  brain  compreft,  3^0 

While 


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CEEATION.     BoonVh  af# 

While  by  the  amUcAt  womb's  cnUveniQg'hMt 
ChcerM  ^d  awaken 'J,  firil  thctnlclvcs  dttiflit 
Then  quicktn'il  and  expanded  every  wt|f. 
The  gtJJiial  labourc:rs  all  ditir  force  M^hft 

Tktf  now  be|iiiito  «f»k  tii«  woiNUotti  fm8if»        991 

To  lliiqpe-tlK4iMt%  iadl  raife  tho  vital  fUmij 

For  fHiea  th'  extoided  fifaiM  of  th»  liraio 

Thtir  tSdrt  gveftt  ao  longer  can  reibala» 

Ifkf  backward:  rpcisgy  «4iich  doe  effort  aompalt 

Tlia  labourmg  %intt  to  ferfidcc  tliek  ceUs.|  j  to 

The  fpifitty  ^s  aq^oded  lirom  their  £eat» 

Swill  fion  tkte  bead  to  die  next  partt  tvtneaiv 

Fofoa  tkdr  admittoo,  and  their  paifige  beati 

Tbetr  toon  anraad  th'  unopea'd  maft  ^My  taki^ 

Aad  hf  0  tkmfand  ways  their  intoadt  mako»  3^5 

WU  dm  roMal  they  their,  race  iaAody 

Aa^tMipkfNMPd  :tt>diar  (boice  dich*  way  ^ceflL 

Thus  with  a  fteady  and  alternate  toil 

Tliey  iflTue  from,  and  to  the  head  recoil;: 

By  which  their  plaftic  fuoftion  they  difcharge,         ^4* 

Extend  their  channels,  and  their  tracks  enlarge ; 

For,  by  the  fwift  excuriioos  vi^iich  they  make. 

Still  Tallying  from  the  brain,  and  leaping  back^ 

They  pierce  the  nervous  fibre,  bore  the  vein, 

And  (Iretch  th'  arterial  channels,  which  conuin       315 

Tlie  various  dreams  of  life,  that  to  and  fio 

Through  dark  meaaders  undire£led  flow ; 

Th'  infpef^ed  egg  this  gradual  change  betrays. 

To  which  the  brooding  hen  expanding  heat  conveys* 

The  beating  heart,  demanded  firft.for  ufe,  jjar 

Is  the  firft  mufcle  nature  does  produce  x 


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^tf     BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

By  this  impiiKive  engine's  condant  aid 
The  tepid  floods  are  every  way  convcy'd ; 
And  did  not  Nature's  care  at  firft  provide 
The  a£iive  heart,  to  pufli  the  circling  tide, 
AU  progrefs  to  her  work  would  be  denied. 

The  falient  point,  fo  firft  is  call'd  the  heart, 
Shap'd  and  fufpended  with  amazing  art. 
By  turns  dilated,  and  by  turns  comprefl. 
Expels  aQd  entertains  the  purple  guefl :  -540 

It  fends  from  out  its  left  contra6led  fide 
Into  tV  arterial  tube  its  vital  pride; 
Which  tube,  prolonged  but  little  from  its  fource. 
Parts  its  wide  trunk,  and  takes  a  double  courfe. 

One  channel  to  the  head  its  way  dire6ts,  34^ 

One  to  th'  inferior  limbs  its  path  iniie£ls  : 
Both  fmaller  by  degrees,  and  fmaller  grow. 
And  on  the  parts,  through  which  they  branching  go» 
A  thoufand  fecret,  fubtle  pipes  bellow; 
From  which  by  numerous  convolutions  wound,        350 
Wrapt  with  th'  attending  nerve,  and  twifted  round. 
The  complicated  knots  and  kernels  rife, 
Of  various  figures,  and  of  various  fize. 
Th'  arterial  dufts,  when  thus  involvM,  produce 
Unnumbered  glands,  and  of  important  ufe ;  355 

But  after,  as  they  farther  progrefs  make. 
The  appellarion  of  a  vein  they  take ; 
For  though  th*  anerial  pipes  themfelves  extend 
In  fmallefl:  branches,  yet  they  never  end  j 
The  fame  continued  circling  channels  run  360 

Back  to  the  heart,  where  fkft  tlieir  courfe  begun. 

The 


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Thi  hmn,  §fAftf^Aam  its  consn^Te  ctye 

Bl^Mcd  tibotit  n  ffjiittbg  ciMnueU  kakd» 

Upward  it  fprin^,  .or  downward  is  ccmvey'd  i  365 

The  crimidMi  jet*  wi^  force  claftic  throwii 

Akendf  and  dimb  the  mbd*!  imperial  thrpme  1 

Aiterial  ftreamt  throng  the  foft  brain  diffufey 

Jfljad  water  all  its  fields  with  vital  dews : 

Fcom  this  o'erflowing  tide  the  curious  brain  |7f| 

Ddet  t^ugh  its  pores  the  purer  fpirits  fbain  1 

Wludi  to  its  bmoft  feats  their  paflage  niake» 

Whence  thdr  dark  rife  th'  extended  finews  take  1 

Wtrh  all  their  mouths  the  nerves  thefe  fpirits  drink, 

Wluchthrough  the  cells  of  the  fine  drainer  fink  1    375 

Thefe  all  the  channel'd  fibres  every  way 

For  motion  and  feniimon  itiU  convey. 

ne  greateft  portion  of  th'  arterial  blood, 

Bf  the  clofe  ftni£lure  of  the  parts  withiloodf  1 

Whofe  narrow  meflies  ftop  the  grofier  flood,        3  So  J 

By  apt  canals  and  furrows  in  the  brain,  ^ 

Which  here  difcharge  the  o£ce  of  a  vein,  > 

Inven  their  current,  and  the  heart  regain.  J 

The  Ihooring  ftreams,  which  through  anot]iier  road 
The  beating  engine  downward  did  explode,  315 

To  all  th'  inferior  pans  dcfcend,  and  lave 
The  members  with  their  circulating  wave : 
To  make  th'  a]:tcrial  treafure  move  as  flow. 
Am  nature's  ends  demand,  the  channels  grow 
8till  more  contra£led,  as  they  farther  go  s  390  ^ 

Befides,  the  glands,  which  o*er  the  body  fpxead 
line  complicated  clues  of  nervous  thread, 


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f^9     BLACKMORB'S    POEM'S. 

InvolvM  md  twiftcd  with  th*  arterisl  duft. 

The  rapid  motion  of  the  blood  obflruft : 

Thcfc  labyrinths  the  circling  current  ihy*  j^J 

!For  noble  ends,  which  after  we  difpUy. 

Soon  as  the  blood  has  paft  the  wbdlng  ways^ 
And  various  turnings  of  the  wondrous  maze, 
From  the  entangled  knot  of  vefiels  freed, 
It  runs  its  vittl  race  with  gieater  fpeed ;  ^oo 

And  from  the  parts  and  members  mofl  rethote 
By  thcfe  canals  the  ftream^  arc  backward  brought, 
Which  are  of  thinner  coats  and  fewer  fibres  wrought 
Till  all  the  confluent  rills  their  current  join. 
And  in  the  ample  Porta  vein  combine.  ^^ 

This  larger  channel  by  a  thoufand  roads 
Enters  tlie  liver,  and  its  f^ore  unloads  i 
Which  from  that  ftere  by  proper  inleti  flrams  » 

The  yellow  dregs,  and  fends  them'by  thfc  veins  V 

To  the  large  ciftern,  which  the  gall  contains ;  J 

Then  to  the  vein,  we  Cava  name,  the  blood 
Calls  in  the  fcatter*d  ftrcams,  and  rc-coHc6Vs  the  fiopd. 

As  when  the  Thames  advances  through  the  plain. 
With  his  frelh  waters  to  dilute  the  raun  § 
He  turns  and  winds  araidft  the  flowery  meads,  415 

And  now  contra6l:s,  and  now  his  waters  fpreads ; 
Here  in  a  courfc  dirc^  he  forward  tends, 
There  to  his  head  his  wares  retorted  bends : 
See,  now  the  fportive  flood  in  two  divides 
His  filver  train,  now  with  uniting  tides  410 

He  wanton  clafps  the  intercepted  foil, 
And  forms  with  erring- dreams  the  reedy  iflc  1 
At  length  collcfting  all  his  watery  band. 
The  ocean  to  augmenx.  Vve  \e2L>ft%  \)ci^\^xA* 


CREATIOKi     SooK  VL  tf  f 

5q  die  r*K\  curtwiti  in  their  ftcw  m*ee  4i^ 

In  viirloux  rc^midi  diroug^i  dark  mean<kfs  paf^^     .  :^  .: 
Till  *U,  ftlHimlyliid  in  the  Ca^n  ttiny  '■    ■■"' ' 

taMLio  tVic  bcau'L  n[;lit  riclt;  th^'jt  urimfuii  TraiHf  ' . 
WMch  ncnv  cmsfnft  widi'fbm  thiie  ^^ 

TIm  HMd  tine  •oltlA  hiag»  thhilonr  tranfmitif 

The  ▼enal-Mo^diOnawJi'thrt^^^      wtading  wiyi^-  > 
And  dmmgh  the  tubes  the  farokM  tide  comwyt  1 
Tkpfo  DumenHilklbMnMy  %hdr  inljfi btmity  gvnt »    4;^ 
Pdor  hf  itfjwuni  and  fms  with  kbrar  gvowni 
Are  in  llMllHPglfillEloh^d^'wMeh  lieiafpiM 
Ttie  Uogaid  liqMBft.iod  itltee  their  ike. 
The  large  AitNriik<dtiai:tkictlMchfirkad, 
%|flMdvlh*Uoodril£pomtlMi  heart  cniT^'d,  440T 
Ttirongh  ddia-  Mnl^Im  thaaiaiidi  brtaofaee  fpiead,    j 
Here  its  bright  (Ireavi  the  benndtng  cwrfenfi  partir 
And  durough  the  varicnia  p^cs  fWtftly  darts. 
Each  fubtle  pipc»  eaek  wiMng  eksmnel,  fills 
With  fprighdy  li%uor«^  and  with  purple  rills  1         445 
The  pipe,  diftinguifli'd  by  its  griilly  rij»gs» 
To  cherilk  ]ih  mM  pafture  brings. 
Which  tha  foh  breathing  hinga  with  gentle  force 
ConiUol  embnee  by  turns,  by  turns  divorce  1 
The  fpringy  air  ihia  nitrous  faad  impells  450 . 

Through  all  the  fpnagy  paru  and  bladder*d  «elU| 
And  with  dilating  baeatk  the  ?  iul  bellows  fwells  1 
Th'  admioiadiwtie  agbataftdiB  flood, 
HtnrmsimSm  Mii.Ba-fr«Mnti.the  Uefid. 

Behold, 


n 


i9t      BLACKMOR£'S     POEMS. 

Behold,  the  flreams  now  change  their  languid  bine. 

Regain  their  glory,  and  thdr  flame  renew  i 

With  fcarlet  honours  re-adom*dy  the  tide 

Leaps  0B9  and,  bright  with  more  than  Tyrian  piide. 

Advances  to  the  heart,  and  fills  the  cave 

On- the  left  fide,  which  the  firft  motion  gavei  460 

Now  through  the  fame  invoWd  arterial  ways. 

Again  th'  exploded  jets  th'  impulfive  engine  plays* 

No  Tons  of  wifdom  could  this  current  trace. 
Or  of  th'  Ionic,  or  Italic  race : 
From  thee,  Democritus,  it  lay  conceal'd,  465 

Though  yielding  nature  much  to  thee  reveal'd  1 
Though  with  the  curious  knife  thou  didft  invade 
Her  dark  receOes,  and  haft  oft'  difplay'd 
The  crimfon  mazes,  and  the  hollow  road, 
"Which  to  the  heart  conveys  the  refluent  blood.        47s 
It  was  to  thee,  great  Stagyrite,  unknown. 
And  thy  Preceptor  of  divine  renown. 
Learning  did  ne'er  this  fecret  truth  impart 
To  the  Greek  maftcrs  of  the  healing  art. 
*Twas  by  the  Coan*s  piercing  eye  unview'd,  475 

And  did  attentive  Galen's  fearch  elude. 

Thou,  wondrous  Harvey  I  whofe  immortal  fame. 
By  thee  in(lru£^ed,  grateful  fchools  proclaim ; 
Thou,  Albion's  pride,  didft  firft  the  winding  way. 
And  circling  life's  dark  labyrinth  difplay ;  489 

Attentive  from  the  heart  thou  didft  purfue 
The  ftarting  flood,  and  keep  it  ftili  in  yiew| 
Till  thou  with  rapture  faw'ft  the  channels  bring 
The  purple  currenu  back,  and  form  the  viul  ring.  - 

See, 


CREATION.     Book  VI.  193 

Sec,  how  the  human  animal  is  fed,  4^5 

How  oourifhment  is  wrought^  and  how  convey'd : 
The  mouthy  with  proper  faculties  endued, 
Fird  entertains,  and  then  divides  the  food ; 
Two  adverfc  rows  of  tcctii  the  meat  prepare, 
Ou  which  the  glands  Fermenting  juice  confer ;  499 

Nature  has  various  tender  mufcJcs  plac'd. 
By  which  tlic  artful  gullet  is  cmbrac'd ; 
Some  the  long  funnel's  curious  mouth  extend 
Through  which  ingefted  meats  with  eafe  defcend  ; 
Other  confederate  pairs  for  nature's  ufc  495 

•Contra^^  the  fibres,  and  the  twitch  produce, 
Which  gently  pu/hes  on  the  grateful  food 
I'o  the  wide  flomach,  by  its  hollow  road ; 
That  this  long  road  may  unobftrufted  go. 
At  it  defcends,  it  bores  the  midriff  tlirough ;  500 

The  large  receiver  for  conco6Hon  made 
Behold  amidfl  the  warmcfl  bowels  laid  ; 
The  fpleen  to  this,  and  to  the  adverfe  fide 
The  glowing  liver's  comfort  is  apply'd  ; 
Beneath,  the  pancreas  has  its  proper  feat,  505 

To  cheer  its  neighbour,  and  augment  its  heat  j 
More  to  aiTift  it  for  its  deflin'd  ufe, 
This  ample  bag  is  llor'd  with  aftive  juice. 
Which  can  with  eafe  fubdue,  with  eafe  unbind. 
Admitted  meats  of  every  different  kind;  510 

This  powerful  ferment,  minghng  with  the  parts. 
The  Icaven'd  mafs  to  milky  chyle  converts ; 
The  (lomach's  fibres  this  concoded  food. 
By  their  6oatn6tion's  gentle  force,  exclude, 

O  Wliicb 


194      BLACK  M  ORE'S    POEMS. 
Which  by  the  mouth  on  the  right  fide  dcfcends         ^15 
Through  the  wide  pafs,  which  from  that  mouth  depends; 
Jn  its  progreffion  foon  the  laboured  chyle 
Receives  the  confluent  rills  of  bitter  bile. 
Which  by  the  liver  fcver'd  from  the  blood,  *) 

And  driving  through  the  gall- pipe,  here  unload  5^0  f 
Their  yellow  fVreams,  more  to  refine  the  flood  $  J 

The  complicated  glands,  in  various  ranks  . 
Difpos'd  along  the  neighbouring  channel's  banks. 
By  conftant  weeping  mix  their  watery  ftore 
With  the  chyle's  current,  and  dilute  it  more ;  car 

Th*  inteftine  roads,  inflc6led  and  inclin'd, 
In  various  convolutions  turn  and  wind, 
That  thefc  meanders  may  the  progrefs  flay, 
And  the  defcending  chyle  by  this  delay  I 

May  through  the  milky  vcflels  find  its  way,         530  J 
Whofe  little  mouths  in  the  large  channel's  fide 
Suck-in  the  flood,  and  drink  the  cheering  tide  t 
Thefe  numerous  veins  (fuch  is  the  curious  frame  f) 
Receive  the  pure  infinuating  dream  ; 
But  no  corrupt  or  dreggy  parts  admit,  535 

To  form  the  blood,  or  feed  the  limbs  unfit, 
Th'  intedine  fpiral  fibres  thefe  protrude. 
And  from  the  winding  tubes  at  length  exclude. 
Obferve,  thefe  fmall  canals  confpire  to  make 
With  all  their  treafurc  one  capacious  lake,  540 

Whofe  common  receptacle  entertains 
Th'  united  dreams  of  all  the  lafteal  veins. 
Hither  the  rills  of  water  are  convey'd 
In  curious  aquaedu6b  by  nature  laid, 

To 


•*<S4'»  At  16N.     BookVL        ifs 

HfSeaRt'ttl  die  Mfid  humour  (Irain'd,  sis 

i(^ik»dh^Ai<  tlobd  <firkled  by  the  ghod  i 

Which  miogliog  currents  n^h  the  milky  juice 

Makes  it  more  apt  to  flow,  more  fit  for  ufe  i 

Ifhsh  liquorsi  which  the  wide  receiver  fill, 

filepkir'd  with  labour,  and  rcfin'd  with  iki11»  550 

AlDoCher  courfe  to  dtftant  parts  begin. 

Through  roads  that  ftretch  along  the  back  within  1 

This  ufefiil  channel,  lately  known,  afcends. 

Ami  in  the  vqn  near  the  left  ihouidcr  ends, 

Which  there  unloads  its  wealth,  that  with  the  blood 

Kow  flows  in  one  incorporated  flood ; 

Soon  by  the  vein  'tis  to  the  heart  convey 'd, 

And  is  by  that  elaflic  engine  play'd 

Iftto  the  lungs,  whence,  as  defcrib'd  before. 

It  tesirard  fprings,  and  makes  the  wondrous  tour.    560 

Now  all  the  banks  the  branching  river  lavet 
With  dancing  l^reams,  and  animated  waves } 
New  florid  honours  and  gay  youth  beflows, 
Diffufiog  vital  vigour,  where  it  flows ; 
Supplies  frefli  fpirits  to  the  living  frame,  565 

And  kindles  in  the  eyes  a  brighter  flame ; 
Mufcles  impair*d  receive  new  fibrous  thread. 
And  CTcry  bone  is  with  rich  marrow  fed ; 
Nature  revives,  cheer'd  with  the  wealthy  tide. 
And  life  regal'd  difplays  its  purple  pride.  570 

But  how  the  wondrous  diftribution  's  made. 
How  to  each  part  its  proper  food  convey'd ; 
How  fibrous  ftrings  for  nourifliment.are  wrought. 
By  what  conveyance  to  the  mufcles  brought  j 

O  z  How 


-i^        BLACKMORE'6    POEMS. 

'How  rang'd  for  motion,  bow  for  be^my  mU*d ;       .57^ 
With  vital  cement  how  ch'  extremes  arefix'd ; 
How  they  agree  in  various  ways  to  join 
In  a  tranfverfe,  a  ftraight«  9n<1.9«>(3J(cdliDCLi 
Here  loft  in  wonder  we  adoring  (land,  ^^ 

With  rapture  own  the  wife  DireQor-s  haod,         5$o  L 
Who  Nature  made,  and  dpe^  her  work|  commaikL    J 

Let  U8  howe!er  thft  themtc  as  far  purfue. 
As  leam'd  obfervers  know,  or  think  they  do. 

Mtxt  with  the  blood  in  the  fame  -circH^g  tide, 
The  rills  nutritious  Uirough  the  veflels  glide :        .  5!^ 
Thofe  pipes,  Aillleirening  as. tliey  further jsals,  ■ 
Retard  the  progrtfs  of  the  jftowing  jmafs. 
The  glands,  that  Nature  o*er  the  body  fpreadSi 
All  artful  knots  of  various  hollow. threads, . 
Which  lymplvaedu^^s,  jm  jirtery,  neive,  and-viioi    ^^ 
Involv*d  and  ^lofe.together  wound,  conuiiv^ 
Make  yet  the  B)Otion  of  tbe  (Ireams  more  4oW, 
Which  through. thofe  mazes  intricate. mufhflow : 
And  hence,  it  comes  the  interrupted  blood 
Didencis  its  channels  with  its  fwelling  Bood ;      ,      5^ x 
Tliofc  channels,  tui:gid  witji  th'  obftru6b:d  tide, 
btretch  their  fmall  holes,  and  make  their  ymeihes  wide. 
By  ikillful  Nature  piercM.on  ^very  fide. 
Meantime,  the  labour*d  chyle  pervades  the  pores 
In  all  th'  arterial  perforated  (hores  ;  6q9 

Tlie  liquid  food,  which  through  thofe  pades  ftrives. 
To  every  part  juft  reparation  gives ; 
Through  holes  of  various  figures  various  juice 
lufinuvtes,  to  ferve  for  Nature's  ufL 


1 


} 


CMBAriON.      Book  VI.         1^7 

See,  fofter  fibm  to  the  flelh  are  fent,  e^s 

While  the  (hio  membrane  fitter  ftrings  augmdnl : 

The  tough  and  (Irong  are  on  the  (inews  laid* 

And  to  the  bones  the  harder  are  con?ey'd  1 

Butt  what  the  mafs  nutridous  does  diirlde. 

To  different  pares  the  different  portiona  guide,         6i« 

What  makes  chein  aptly  to  the  limhs  adhere, 

In  youth  augment  thom,  and  in  age  repair. 

The  deepsfV  1'earch  could  never  yet  declare. 

Nor  lei's- contrivance,  nor  lefs  curious  arr, 
Surprize  and  pleafc  in  every  other  part.  615 

See,  how  tiie  nerves,  with  equal  wil'dom  made, 
Arifing  from  the  tender  bra'm,  pervade 
And  fecfet  pafs  in  pairs  the  channeled  bone, 
Afld  thence  advance  through  paths  and  roads- unknown; 
Form'd  of  the  fined  complicated  thread,  df 

Thefc  numerous  cords  are  through  the  body  fpr^ad  j 
A  thoufand  branches  from  each  trunk  they  fend, 
Some  to  the  limbs,  fome  to  the  bowels  tend; 
Some  in  (liait  lines,  fome  in  rranlVcife,  arc  found, 
One  forms  a  crooked  fit^ure,  one  a  round  ;  025 

The  cntraiK  thJc  embrace  in  fpiral  llrini;8, 
Thofc  olafp  th'  arterial  tube?  in  tfnder  rinj^s  ; 
The  tendons  fome  compatted  clofj  prcKluce, 
And  fome.  thin  fibres  for  the  (kin  diiViitc. 

Thcfe  fubtle  channels  (fuch  is  every  ncrN**  ')        Gjo 
For  vital  fundions,  Icnfe,  and  motion  Icrvej 
Included  L'pirits  throii^rh  tlKir  fecict  road 
Pafs  to  anil  fro,  as  tluou^h  the  veins  the  blood ; 
Some  to  the  heart  advancint^  take  their  way. 
Which  move  and  make  the  U.'.'.inj-  mufdc  j-lay  ;      655 

O  3  "  v^\- 


t^S       BLACKMORE»S    POEMS. 

Part  to  the  fpleen,  part  to  the  liver,  flows, 

Thefe  to  the  lungs,  and  to  the  Aoraach  thofe  i 

They  help  to  labour  and  conco£k  the  food. 

Refine  the  chyle,  and  animate  the  blood  ; 

Exalt  the  ferments,  and  the  ftrainers  aid»  .   (40 

That,  by  a  conilant  reparation  made. 

They  may  a  due  csconomy  maintain. 

Exclude  the  noxious  parts,  the  good  retain. 

Yet  we  thefe  wondrous  funfiions  ne'er  percetvc^ 
Fun£Hons,  by  which  we  move,  by  which  we  liye  1  645 
Unconfcious  we  thefe  motions  never  heed* 
Whether  they  err,  or  by  juft  laws  proceed. 

But  other  fpirits,  governed  by  the  will. 
Shoot  through  their  tracks,  and  diftant  mufclet  fill  t 
This  Sovereign  by  his  arbitrary  nod  (50 

Reftrainsy  or  fends  his  miniflers  abroad ) 
Swift  and  obedient  to  his  high  command. 
They  ftir  a  finger,  or  they  lift  a  hand  ; 
They  tune  our  voices,  or  they  raovc  our  eyes  1 
By  thefe  we  walk,  or  from  the  ground  arife  i  655 

By  thefe  we  turn,  by  thefe  ihe  bod y^ bend  j 
Contra£^  a  limb  at  pleafure,  or  extend  : 
And  though  thefe  fpirits,  which  obfequious  go, 
Know  not  the  paths  through  wliich  they  ready  flow, 
I^^or  can  our  mind  in{lru£l  them  in  their  way,  (60 

Of  all  their  roads  as  ignorant  as  they  ; 
Yet  feldom  erring  they  attain  their  end. 
And  reach  that  fingle  part,  which  we  intend} 
Unguided  they  a  jufl  di{lin£tion  make, 
Tliis  mufcle  fwell,  and  leave  the  other  flack  1  665 

a  And 


tm  A  It  TOV.     BookV1«         ih 

i  fimb  or  that  infledsy 
Of  Witt  ite  iiiiifllft^^dMi?  toi»  dtwflbf     , 
!|nit  fpitits  whMk  MaA  tlieni»  as  ipe  pletfci» 
Exert  their  power,  or  from  their  duty  ceafew 
^rThefe  out-guards  of  the  mtnd  are  feat  abtoad,     670 
And  ftill  patrolling  beat  the  neighbounDg  road ; 
Or  to  the  parts  remote  obedient  fly, 
Keep  pofts  advanc*dy  and  on  the  frontier  lie. 
The  Mehfol  eentinels  at  every  gate, 
Ai^ eveiy  paflage  to  the  fenfes  wait ;  67  $ 

8dU  travel  to  and  fro  the  nervous  way, 
Aad  their  impreilWna  to  the  brain  convey, 
Wlifcre  their  report  the  vital  envoys  make, 
Attd  #idl  new  orders  are  remandedt  back  1 
flj^di,  as  a  darted  beam  of  light,  they  go,  680 

Tluengli  different  paths  to  different  organs  flow^ 
Whence  ^y  refled:  as  fwiftly  to  the  brainy 
To  give  it  pleafure,  or  to  give  it  pain. 

Thus  has  the  Mufe  a  daring  wing  difplay'd, 
Thrott;>h  traeklefs  ikies  ambitious  flight  elTay^d,       685 
To  Uag  the  wonders  of  the  human  frame ; 
But,  oh  !  bewails  her  weak,  unequal  flame. 
Ye  ikilfttl  mafters  of  Machaon*s  race, 
Who  Nature's  mazy  intricacies  trace, 
And  to  fublimer  fpheres  of  knowledge  rife  690 

By  managed  fire,  and  late-invented  eyes ; 
Tell,  how  your  fearch  has  here  eluded  been. 
How  oft*  amazM  and  ravifh'd  you  have  feen 
The  condu£^,  prudence,  and  fhipendous  arty 
And  mafter-Arokes  in  each  mechanic  pan*  695 

'     '  O4  Tell, 


1« 


J 


CREATION. 
BOOK         VII. 


THE  ARGUMENT. 

THE  rntroduftion,  in  imicadon  of  Kin?  Solomon's 
ironical  conceffions  to  the  Libertine.     The  Creator 

.  aflertedy  from  the  contemplation  of  animals.  Of  then: 
fenfe  of  hparingi  taiting*  fmeUing»  and  efpecially  of 
feeine.  Of  the  nobler  operations  of  animals^  cpoi* 
monly  called  inftin^.  The  Creator  demonftrated 
£uther,  from  the  contemplation  of  human  under- 
ilandiBgy  and  the  perfedibns  of  the  mind.  The  vi- 
^ur  and  fwiftneis  of  Thought.  Simple  percep 
tion«^  Reflexion.  Of  the  mind's  power  of  ab- 
ilra£ting,  uniting^  and  fcparating  ideas.  Of  the 
faculty  of  reafoningy  or  deducing  one  proportion 
from  two  others.  The  power  of  human  underftand- 
ing»  in  inventing  ikillful  works,  and  in  other  in- 
ftances.  The  mind's  felf-determining  power,  or 
freedom  of  choice.  Her  power  of  eleaing  an  end, 
and  chuiing  means  to  attain  that  end.  Or  control- 
ing  our  appetites,  rejefting  pleafurcs,  and  chufing 
pam»  want,  and  death  itfelf,  in  hopes  of  happineU 
in  a  diflant  unknown  flate  of  life.  The  Concluti- 
on,  being  a  fhort  recapitulation  of  tlie  whole ;  widi 
a  Hymn  to  the  Creator  of  the  World. 


WHILE 


101       BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 


TTTTHILE  rofy  Youth  its  perfcft  bloom  muntainSy 
^  ^    Thoughtldfs  of  tge,  and  ignorant  of  pains  i 
While  from  the  heart  rich  (Ireams  with  vigour  fpring» 
Bound  through  their  roads,  and  dance  their  vital  ring; 
And  fpirits,  fwift  as  fun-beams  through  the  flues*        5 
Dart  through  thy  nerves,  and  fparkle  in  thy  eyes  i 
While  Nature  with  full  ftrength  thy  (inews  armsy 
Glows  in  thy  checks,  and  triumphs  in  her  charms  i 
Indulge  thy  inflin£ls,  and  intent  on  eafe 
•With  ravifhing  delight  thy  fenfes  pleafe.    '  i« 

Since  no  black  clouds  diihonour  now  the  fky, 
'  Ko  winds,  but  balmy  genial  zephyrs,  fly, 
^Eager  embark,  and  to  th'  inviting  gale 
.Thy  pendants  lopfe,  and  fpread  thy  fslken  faili 
-Sportive  advance  oh  pleafure's  wanton  tide  '15 

"Through  flowery  fccncs,  ditfus'd  on  either  fide. 

See  how  the  hours  their  painted  wings  difplay, 
.And  draw,  like  harnef«»*d  doves,  the  fmiling  day  ! 
•  Shall  tliis  glad  fpring,  when  a6livc  ferments  climb, 
Tl>efe  months,  the  faireft  progeny  of  time,  2« 

The  brightcft  parts  in  all  duration's  train, 
jMk  thee  to  fcizc  thy  bills,  and  a(k  in  vain  > 
To  tlieir  prevailing  fmilcs  thy  hcan  rcfign. 
And  wifely  make  the  proffer'd  hicllings  thine, 
'     Near  fome  fair  river,  on  reclining  land,  25 

Midft  groves  and  fountains  let  ihy  palace  (land ; 
Let  Parian  walls  unrival'd  pomp  difplay. 
And  gilded  towers  repel  augmented  day  { 

Let 


.  CRBATION.     Book VIL       %ot 

Let  poq>hyry  |»Uan  in  high  rows  uphold 
The  izure  roof  cnrich'd  with  veins  of  g;old  {  30 

And  the  fair  creatures  of  the  fculptor's  tit 
Part  grace  thy  palace,  and  thy  garden  pan ; 
Here  let  the  fccDtful  fpoils  of  opening  flowers 
Breathe  from  thy  citron  walks,  and  jafmine  bowers ; 
Hcfpcrian  bloffoms  in  thy  bofom  finell ;  3^ 

Let  all  Arabia  in  thy  garments  dwell. 

That  codly  banquets  and  delicious  feads 
May  crown  thy  table,  to  regale  thy  guefts, 
Ranfack  the  hillsi  and  every  park  and  wood^ 
The  lake  unpeople,  and  defpoil  the  flood  $  40 

Procure  each  fcather'd  luxury,  that  beats 
Its  native  air,  or  from  its  clime  retreats. 
And  by  alternate  tranfmigration  flies 
0*er  interpofing  Teas,  and  changes  (kicsi 
Let  anful  cooks  to  raife  their  relilh  (hive,  4^ 

With  all  the  fpicy  taftes  the  Indies  give. 

While  wreaths  of  rofes  round  thy  temples  twine. 
Enjoy  the  fparkling  hlellings  of  the  vine; 
l^t  the  warm  ne£lar  all  thy  veins  infpire, 
Solace  thy  heart,  and  raife  the  vital  tire.  ^0 

Next  let  the  charms  of  heavenly  mufic  cheer 
Thy  foul  with  rapture  listening  in  thy  ear; 
Let  tuneful  chiefs  exen  their  (kill,  to  (how 
What  artful  jovs  from  manag'd  found  can  flowi 
Now  hear  the  melting  voice  and  trembling  (\ring  t     55 
Let  Pepuch  touch  the  lyre,  and  Margarita  (ing. 

While  wanton  ferments  fwell  thy  glowing  veins, 
To  the  warm  paiTion  give  the  flackenM  reins  1 

Thy 


|t04       BLACKMORS'S    ^OSMS. 

Thy  gazing  eyes  with  bloonuBg  beauty  feaft, 
Receive  its  dart,  and  hug  it  in  thy  bveaftf  69' 

From  fair  to  ff  r  with  gay  incoaibMe  Mve, 
Tafte  every  fweft,  and  cloy  thy  foal  with  Wve,  : 

But  midft  tky  boaii4kfs  joys,  «»UidM  yoanhf 
Remember  ftill  this  fad,  bat  certain  tratb, 
^at  thou  at  lalbfeverety  muft  aceomiti '  li 

To  what  will  thy "coofg^eficd  gitilfe  anIMMtl  •  • 

Allow  a  Ood  )•  he  fltuft  our  deM  Tigiudf 
A  righteouft  Judg^  oiuft  puniii:  and  reward  • 
Yet  that  he  rears  no  higK  tribunal  here^  '    '  ^ 

linpartial  juftice  t6  difpenfey  is  ckan  '     fit 

His  fword  unponiAUariaunals  deffy '  ■     ''  '^ 

Nor  by  lus  thunder  does  the  tyratat  die  ^  •      - 

While  Heaven's  adovt^n,  preft  with  xjrtet  and  pafai' 
Tlieir  unrewarded  innd^eneemamtalB.       '    .     • 
Ife  his  right  httid^  he'  unextended-  keips^  '  '  tj 

Though  long  provok'd,  th'  una£Hve  vengeance  flecps. 

} 

To  (land  arraigned  before  his  awful  bar.  J 

Where  wile  thou  hide  thy  igDominious  head  F  9m 

Shuddering  with  horror,  what  haft  thou  to  plead  ? 
Defpairing  wretch  I  he  '11  frown  thee  finom  his  fhio^r 
And  by  liis  wrath  will  make  his.  being  kaown. 

Yet  more  Religion's  empire  to  fupport^ 
To  pvih  the  £oe»  and  make  our  laiiefibrt|  #5 

Let  beings  with  attention  be  rsview'd^ 
Which,,  not  alone  with  vital  power  endued^ 
Can  move  themfelres,  caiv  orgaot^'d-peroeifv 
The  various  flrokes,  whidx  various  obje£is  give. 

By 


Hpnce  we  a  world  Aioceeding  this  infers 
Where  he  his  juftice  will  aiTert  {  prepare 


CREATION.     Book  YIL       105 

By  laws  mechanic  can  Lucretius  tell  99 

How  living  creaturea  ice»  or  hear,  or  fmeli  f 

How  is  the  image  to  the  fenfc  conveyM  } 

On  the  tiin*(l  organ  how  the  impulfe  made  ? 

Howp  anil  hy  which  more  noble  part,  the  brain 

Perceives  tli*  idea,  can  their  fchools  explain  ?  95 

*Tis  clear,  in  that  fupciior  feat  alone 

The  judge  of  ohjcdVs  has  her  fecrci  throne  1 

Since,  a  limh  fcverM  by  the  wounding  Oeel, 

We  dill  may  pain,  as  in  chat  memlKr,  feel, 

Mark  how  the  fpirits  watchful  in  the  car  ico 

Seize  undulating  founds,  and  catch  the  vocal  air. 
Obferve  how  others,  that  the  tongue  polfefs. 
Which  falts  of  vaiious  (hape  and  fiLe  imprefsi 
From  their  affcfled  fibres  upward  dart. 
And  diifcrent  taClcs  by  different  Hrokcs  impart.         tO^ 
Hemaik,  how  thofc,  which  in  the  noftril  dwell. 
That  artful  organ  dediuM  for  the  fmeli, 
By  vapours  movM,  their  pafTage  upward  take, 
And  fcents  unpkafant  or  delightful  make. 

If  in  the  tongue,  the  noflril,  and  the  car,  iie 

No  (kill,  no  wifdom,  no  dcfign,  appcai  ; 
Lucretians,  next,  regard  the  curious  eye; 
Can  you  no  art,  no  prudence,  there  dcfcry  ? 
By  your  mechanic  principles,  in  vain 
The  fenfe  of  fight  you  lalraur  to  explain.  -if  ^ 

Tou  fay,  from  all  the  obje£is  of  the  eye 
Thin  coloured  (hapes  uninterrupted  fly. 
As  wandering  ghofls  (fo  ancient  poets  feign) 
:Skim  through  the  air,  and  fwcep  th'  infernal  plain  1 

So 


i 
} 


%9^      BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

So  thcfe  light  figuies  roam  hy  day  and  night,  jzt 

But  undifcovcr'd  till  betray*d  by  light. 

But  can  corporeal  forms  with  fo  much  cafe 
Meet  in  the  r  flight  a  ihoufand  images. 
And  vet  no  confli^,  no  coHifive  force, 
Break  their  thin  texture,  and  difturb  their  courfc?    125 
What  fix'd  their  pans,  and  made  them  fo  cohere. 
That  they  the  pi£^ure  of  the  objeft  wear  ? 
What  is  the  fli  pe,  that  from  a  body  flies } 
What  moves,  what  propagates,  what  multiplies. 
And  painrs  one  image  in  a  thoufand  eyes  ?  130  ] 

When  to  the  eye  the  crowding  figures  pafs. 
How  in  a  point  can  all  polfefs  a  place. 
And  lie  diflinguifii'd  in  fuch  narrow  fpace  ? 
Since  all  perception  in  the  briin  is  made, 
(Though  where  and  how  was  never  yet  difpUy'd)    135 
And  (ince  fo  great  a  diflance  lies  between 
The  eye-ball,  and  the  feat  of  fenfc  within  ; 
While  in  the  eye  th'  arretted  objeft  ftays, 
Tell,  what  th*  idea  to  the  brain  conveys  ? 

You  fay,  the  fpirits  in  the  optick  nerve,  140 

Mov'd  by  the  intercepted  image,  ferve 
To  bear  th'  imprelTion  to  the  brain,  and  give 
The  flroke,  by  which  the  objeft  we  perceive. 

How  does  the  brain,  touch  d  with  a  different  (Iroke,  ^ 
The  whale  diftinguifh  from  the  marble  rock?  145  1 
Pronounce  this  tree  a  cedar,  that  an  oak  ?  J 

Can  fpirits  weak  or  Wronger  blows  ezprefs. 
One  body  greater,  and  another  lefs  ? 

Row 


.4.|^||SA«|0ir.  bookvii.      tor 

4o  tfacy  ||Hkt^lipai»  ^  diftance  know  ^ 

MdW&ftktiMiAMi^lfjeasfliow?  159 

iCKdaniy  now  procted ;  contemplate  «11 

nobler  a^^ioos  of  the  animal,  I 

:h  inftin^  fome,  fome  lower  reafon,  call.  J 

wKat  contexture  did  by  chance  arrive, 

eh  to  brute  creatures  did  that  iD(lin6l  give        155 

noe  thev  at  6ght  difcern  and  dread  their  foe, 

r  food  diiUnguiik,  and  their  phyiic  know  ? 

>faich  the  lioo  learns  to  hunt  his  prey, 

the  weak  herd  to  fear  and  fly  away  ? 

birds  eontrive  inimitable  neftt  ?  t%m 

dent  are  haunted  by  the  foreft  bea(h  f 

nee  fome  io  fubterranean  dwellings  hide, 

is  in  the  rocks,  and  thofe  in  woods  abide? 

nee  amorous  beafts,  through  hills  and  lawns  pniw 

rtfulihifts  the  ravening  foe  elude?        [fued,  li^ 

liac  various  wonders  may  obferven  fee 

fmall  infe^^  the  fagacious  bee  1 

c,  how  the  little  untaught  builders  fquare 

r  rooms,  and  in  the  dark  their  lodgings  rear  I 

re*s  mechanics,  they  unwearied  (brive,  17a 

fill  with  curious  labyrinth-  the  hive. 

what  bright  ftrokes  of  archice^re  (bine 

nigh  the  whole  frame,  what  beauty,  what  defign  I 

.  odorifejous  cell,  and  waxen  towert 

yellow  pillage  of  the  rifled  flower,  175 

twice  three  fides,  the  only  figure  fie 

irhich  the  labourers  may  their  flores  commie 

Kmt  the  lofs  of  matter,  or  of  room, 

1  the  wondrous  fbru6^ure  of  the  comb. 

Ncxc 


Ao8      BLACKMORE'S     POEM  8. 

Next  view,  fpefiiator,  with  admirlng.eyesi  18.0 

In  what  juft  order  all  th'  apartments  rifei 
So  regular  their  equal  fides  cohere, 
tW  adapted  angles  fo  eteh  other  bear, 
That,  by  mechanic  rules  refin'd  and  bold. 
They  are  at  once  upheld,  at  once  uphold.  1S5 

Docs  not  this  fldll  ev'n  vie  with  reafon's  reach  ?^ 
Can  Elucid  more,  can  more  Palladio^  teach  } 
Each  verdant  hill  th'  induflrious  chcmifh  climb, 
-£xtra£i:  the  riches  of  the  blooming  thyme. 
And,  provident  of  wintfer  long  before,  i^d 

Thfy  llock  their  caves,  and  hoard  their  flowery  ft  ore  i 
In  peace  they  rule  their  ftatfe  with  prudent  care. 
Wifely  defend,  or  wage  offenfive  war, 
Maro,  thefe  winders  oifer*<l  to  his  thought, 
Fdc  bis  kn6wn  ardotir,  and  the  raptdre.  caught :       19^ 
'  Tken  raised  his  voice,  and  in  immort^  lays 
^Did  high  as  Heaven  the  infe6t  nation  vaife. 

If,  Epicurus,  thii  whole  artful  frame 
Does  not  a  wife  Creator's  hatid  fu-oclaim. 
To  view  the  intelledlaal  world  advance ;  tod 

^Ic  this  the  creature  too  of  Fare  or  Chance  ? 
Turn  on  itfelf  thy  godlike  reafon's  ray. 
Thy  mind  contcm^ate,  and  its  power  furvey. 

What  high  perfe6tions  grace  the  human  mind. 
In  flelh  imprifoa'd,  and  to  earth  coniin'd  I  205 

What  vigour  has  &c !  what  a  piercing  fight ! 
Strong  as  the  winds,  and  fprightly  as  the  light ! 
She  mov^s  unweary'd,  as  die  a6tive  fire, 
And^  like  the  flame,  her  flights  to  Heaven  afpire; 


SMTV  JL.«  f  tf  lu .  Btfiie  vn;     ««• 

%IMAM|fhvlVpMtiMifiiig  ftreant  tio 

lort  >rtfgtirtq  *i>»in  timbU.dnimt, 

wt  ten  thoofapd  ^dfeapes  in  the.  bnnii» 

of  tiryibnnt  an  eQdlcfs  tFUD, 

all  her  iBtellcEKul Ccums  prepne,. 

ly  turns  the  ftafj^'  and  difappear.  tij 

remoter  regions  of  the  iky 

ift-wing'd  thought  can  in  a  moment  flyi  • 

» the  heights  of  Hea«cn»  »  be  empky'd 

ing  thence  th'  intemiiaable  ycnd  i    . 

kfbcfoad  the  ftreanvf  tune»  to  (m  t» 

giMmt  ocean  or  flttniity* 

Its  in  an  inftaot  thmugh  the  zodiack  run, 

I  long  jonriiey  for  the  hbouring  fun ; 

vttk  t&ey  ihoocr  at  fwift  as  darting  lightf 

MoppoGag  clouds  letacd  their  flight  i  125 

h  fvbtetTanca»>rattks  inth  eafe  they  fwecp,    ; 

ich  the  hidden 'wonders  of  the  deep. 

1  man  with  reafon  digaify'd  is  bom, 

^  his  naked  mind  adorn ; 

ices  or  arts  enrich  Iris  brain;  230 

icy  yet  difpUys  her  pi£^ur*d  train : 

inate  ideas  can  difcern^ 

(rledge  dedicute,  though  apt  to  learn* 

tlle£hia),  like  the  body's,  eye, 

n  die  womb»  no  objed  can  defcryi  13^ 

ifpos'd  to  entertain  the  light, 

ige  of  things  when  ofitr'd  to  the  fight. 

bje^  throu^  the  ienfes  padape  gai% 

with  variotti  imagery  the  brain, 

P  Th» 


} 


«TO       BLACK  MORB'a    POENfS. 

Th'  ideas,  which  the  mind  does  thence  perceive^ 

To  think  and  know  the  firft  occafion  give. 

Did  flie  not  ufc  the  fcofcs*  miniftry. 

Nor  ever  taftc,  or  fnoell,  or  hetr»  or  fee,    . 

Could  ftie  poflcft  of  power  perceptive  be  } 

Wretches,  who  (ightlefs  into  being  came,  245 

Of  light  or  colour  no  idea  frame. 

Then  grarft  a  man  his  bemg  did  commence^ 

Deny'd  by  Nature  each  external  fenfe, 

Thefe  ports  unopen'd,  diffident  we  guefs. 

Th'  unconfcious  foul  no  image  could  potlcft ;  .250 

Though  what  in  fuch  ailate  the  rtftlefs  traia. 

Of  fpirits  would  produce,  we  aik  in  vain. 

The  mind  proceexis,  and  to  refic6^ion  goes,- 

Perceives  ihe  does  percetve,  and  knows  (he  kno«'S| 

Reviews  her  a6^s,  and  docs  from  thence  concli^le 

She  is  with  reafon  and  with  choice  endued. 

From  individuals  of  dirftioguifh'd  kind. 
By  her  abftrading  faculty^  the  mind 
Precifcly  general  natures  can  conceive. 
And  birth  to  notions  univcrfal  i^ivc;  260 

The  various  modes  of  things  diftin6tly  (hows, 
A  pure  refpcft,  a  nice  relation  knows, 
And  fees  whence  each  refpcft  and  each  relation  flows 
By  her  ahftra£ling  |H>wer  in  pieces  takes 
The  mixM  and  compcrund  whole,  which  Nature  makes; 
On  obje6ts  of  the  fenfcs  (he  retines,  "^ 

Beings  by  Nature  fcparated  joins,  f 

And  fevon  qualities,  which  that  combines.  ^ 

The 


.:) 


i'ffe]Higntitty  fome  lefpcdt 

''  And  ccn  (bale-dliflfvrRMe  and  uoUke»cfs  fee   . 
In  thiagt'wluch  feem  entirely  to  tgree : 

She  does  4iA»gnidi'lwrei.  and.  there*  unite  t 
The  ourk  of  judgement  diet,  and  tliis  of  «isU«  s«   -. 
t.  ?A$  Ihe  can 'xeakoey  fepaTate^  and  compare,    -  «7$  i 
Conceife  what  ordery  niky  .^ roportioo,  4urf».      .    .    > 
.fee  from  one  thought  ibe  Aill  can  HKMre  inferi  J 

iMraiiin  frdm  masim  jcan  by  foice  ^prefs. 
And  make  difcorer^  imitha  4iOroctatc  truths  cQnfeli  t 
Dn^laio  foundatioiiiy  which  our  i^eafon  lays,    .,     ,a€o 
iM  ^«i,illipendo«t  fttmn  #f  foieace  rpife  § 
Notion  on  notiea  built  will  towering  rife. 
Till  th'  intellt6hul  fabvica  reach  the  (kica« 
The  raatlvMMttc  axiomty  which  appear 
Bf  fcientific  demonftration  okar*  '^5  > 

The  mailer  bui4dcrs  on  tworpiUatip  rear:  J 

From  two  plabn  problems  by  iaborious  thought 
is  all  the  wondrous  fuperftru^ufc  wrouglit. 

The  foul,  as  mentioned,  can  herfclf  inf|x£^y 
By  a£ls  reftex  can  view  her  a&s  dire^;  190 

A  talk  too  hard  for  fedfe  i  far  diough  the  eye  * 

Its  own  refleAed  iuiaf*e  can  defcry. 
Yet  it  ne'er  faw  the  figlit  by  which  it  fees, 
Vifion  can  (hew  no  colour'd  images. 

Tlie  nfiod's  tribunal  can  reports  rejc£l  295 

Made  by  the  fcnfcs*  and  their  faults  correal;  s 
The  magnitude  of  diftaac  Aars  it  knows, 
rWJ«ich  erring  fcnfc,  as  twinkling  tapers,  ihows  ? 

V  a  Crooked 


] 


»f*        B  LAC  KM  ORE'S    POEMS. 

Crooked  the  fbape  our  cheated  eye  believts. 
Which  through  a  double  medinm  it  receives;  jo* 

Superior  mind  does  a  right  judgement  make, 
Declares  it  ftraight,  and  mends  the  eye's  miftafce* 

Where  dwells  thii  fovercign  arhitrary  foal,  ' 

Which  does  the  human  animal  control,  }c 

Inform  each  part,  and  agitate  the  wliole?    •  505  J 

O'er  mini  Aerial  fenfes  does  prefide. 
To  all  their  various  provinces  divide. 
Each  member  move,  and  every  motioa  guide. 
Which,  by  her  fecret  unconteiled  nod,  ^ 

Her  meflengers  the  fpirits  fends  abroad,  3>*'-> 

Thrbugh  every  nervous  pafs,  and  every  vital  road,  t/.. 
To  fetch  from  every  diftant  part  a  train 
Of  outward  objeds,  to  enrich  the  brain  ? 
Where  (its  this  bright  intelligence  enthroa*d. 
With  numberlcfs  ideas  pour'd  around  ?  -3 15 

Where  faiences  and  arts  in  order  wait, 
And  truths  divine  compofe  her  god-like  fbue } 
Can  the  dilTef^ing  (leel  the  brain  difplay,  320 

And  the  augufV  apartment  open  lay, 
Where  this  great  queen  ftill  chufes  to  relide 
Tn  intclle£lual  pomp,  and  bright  ideal  pride? 
Or  can  the  eye,  afTiiled  by  the  glafs, 
Difcern  the  ftrait,  but  lK)fpitable  place,  3215 

Tn  which  ten  thoufand  images  remain. 
Without  confufion,  and  their  rank  maintain  ? 

How  does  this  wondrous  principle  of  thoygl>C 
Perceive  the  ol)je6l  by  the  fenfes  brought  ? 
What  philofophic  builder  will  effay  -350 

By  rules  mechanic  to  unfold  the  way 

4  How 


J**A,Tj;o.N.     Book  VII.       t^ 
Wbm  ft  ■MyMJRiftl^  dii>m*d  to  think, 

Ril  ttt»  Lttcmiiny  Epicarasy  tell» 
And  yoa. in  wit  ufMrival  (hall  exec] ,  335 

How  ckrough  iKe  butivard  feufe  the  objeA  Hies, 
ttow  ID  the  foul  her  images  arifc  1 

JImk  thinkingy  what  perception  is,  explain  1 
1^  all  the  airy  creatures  of  the  brain ; 
Kf  to  the  mind  a  thought  refle£led  goes,  340 

how  the  confcious  engine  knows  it  knows. 
'"^The  mind  a  thoufand  ikilful  works  can  frame, 
dio.form  deep  projc^^s  to  procure  her  aim. 
ipprcluatt  for  ea(lcrn  pearl  and  golden  ore 
To'CPofs  the  maioi  and  reach  the  Indian  ihore,        345 
PIcpare  the  fiq^tiiig  fliip,  and  fpread  the  fail. 
To  catch  the  impuife  06  the  breathing  gale. 
Wjtfrion  in  framing  fchemcs  tlicir  wiidoni  fhoW| 
^o  difappoint  or  circumvent  the  foe. 
Th'  ambit iouk  (latcfman  labours  daik  deHgns,  35.0 

Now  open  force  employs,  now  undermines  | 
By  patlis  dirc£t  his  cud  he  now  purfucs. 
By  fide  approaches  now,  and  llanting  views. 

bee,  liow  refidlefs  orators  pcrfuade, 
Draw  out  their  forces,  and  the  heart  invade  1  355. 

Touch  every  fpring  and  movement  of  tlie  foul. 
This  appetite  excite,  and  -hat  control  i 
Their  |)o*'crful  voivc  can  flvii.g  trojps  arreft, 
Coniiim  tjic  vvcak,  and  melt  th'  obdurate  brcafti 
Cbace  fioni  the  fad  clicir  nielaiK^hui^  air,  360 

Sooih  difcomcnt,  ami  ioiaLi:  ar.xious  ca:e. 

i'  3  Wl -ri 

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214        BLACKMORE'^S    POEMSv 

IV'iien  ilireatening  tides  of  rage  and  anger  nfe, 

Uf  jrp  the  throne,  and  rcafon's  fway  dcfpifc, 

When  in  tl\e  feats  of  life  this  temped  reigns, 

Beats  through  tlie  heart,  and  drives  along  the  TeiiMi 

See,  eloquence  with  force  perfuafivc  binds 

The  rcdkfs  waves,,  and  charms  the  warring  windSf 

RcGniefs  bids  tumultuous  uproar  ceafc, 

Kcca*h  the  calm,  and  gives  the  l)ofom  peace. 

Did  not  the  mind,  on  heaxxnly  joy  intenty  370 

The  various  kinds  of  harmony  invent  ? 
hhc  the  theorbo^  (he  the  viol  found. 
And  all  the  moving  melody  of  found  ? 
Slie  gave  to  breathing  tubes  a  power  unknowoy 
To  fpcak  infpir'd  with  accents  not  their  own  ;  37^ 

Taught  tuneful  fons  of  muiic  how  to  fing, 
How,  by  vibrationsofth' extended  ftring, 
AnJ  manag'd  impulfe  on  the  fuffering  air^ 
T'  extort  the  rapture,  and  delight  the  car. 

See,  how  ccknial  reafon  does  command  380 

The  ready  pencil  in  the  painter's  hand; 
Whofe  Urokcs  affc61:  with  nature's  felf  to  vie, 
And  with  falfe  life  amufe  the  doubtful  eye  : 
Ikhold  the  Itrong  emotions  of  the  mind 
Exerted  in  the  eyes,  and  in  the  face  defign'd.  5I5. 

Such  is  the  artift's  wondrous  power,  tliat  wc 
Ev'n  pittur'd  fouls  and  coloured  paflions  fee,. 
Where  without  words  (peculiar  elocjucnce) 
The  bufy  figures  fpeak  their  various  fenfe. 
What  living  face  does  more  diftrefs  or  woe,  39©.* 

More  finifliM  fliarae,  confufion,  horror,  know,  L 

Tlian  what  the  mafiers  of  the  pencil  flicw?  J 

Mean 


^il^H;  4^  T  I.O.  N.    Book  VIL       xis 

M««.4|B|i^  fibj«^  wkb  the  pencil  vk^ 

^Are  human  uinbt»  «v*n  to  ^r  vital  ftate»  ^95  •% 

More  juft  and  ftropg,  mqre  free  aod  delicate^  I 

Than  Buonopot^'a  puriouf.  cools  create }  J 

He  to  the  rock  can  vitfji  i^dUds  •give, 

W^ich  thus  transform'd  can  jragc,  i^joLce,  or  grsev^  s 

His  itiW.  haod  does  marUlo  vt:ins  iofpire  400 

Now  with  the  loi'er*s»  now  the  bero\  fire  | 

So  well  th'  imagiA'd  a/Slor^  play  ilieir  parc^ 

The  (ilent  hypocrites  fuc^  power  exert, 

TtiAt  pafTionSf  which  tlKy  feel  outi  they  bcilow^ 

Aft'right  us  with  their  fear,  and  melt  us  with  ijbcir  woe. 

There  Niube  leans  weeping  on  her  arm  t 

How  her  fad  loolu  and  lieautcoi)^  forroiv  charm  ! 

8ccy  here  a  Venus  foft  in  Pgrian  (bae  { 

A  Pallas  then  to  ancient  fables  kr.own ; 

Tliat  from  the  rock  arof<t,  not  from  the  main,  410 

This  not  from  Jove*s,  but  from  the  fculptor's  brain. 

Admire  the  carver's  fertile  cntrgy, 
V^tth  ravifli'd  eyes  his  happy  ofi'&piing  fee. 
What  l)cauteou$  figures  by  th*  unrival'd  art 
Of  Britifii  Gibbons  from  the  cedar  flart  I  415 

He  makes  that  tree  unnativc  charms  allume^ 
Ufurp  gay  honours,  and  anotbcr*s  bluom  ; 
The  vaiioub  fruits,  which  ditferent  climates  Ijcar, 
Aod  all  the  pride  the  fields  and  gardens  wear  { 
While  from  unjuicy  limbs  without  a  root  41^ 

New  buds  dcvis'd,  and  leafy  branches,  flioot. 

At  honaan  kind  can  by  an  a£l  dirc£^, 
l^rceive  and  know,  then  reafon  and  tcflc£k  t 

P4  ^ 


2i6      BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

So  the  Self-moving  Spring  has  power  to  chufe, 

Thcfe  methods  to  rcje£^,  and  thofe  to  ufc  |  425 

She  can  defign  and  profecute  an  end, 

Exert  her  vigour,  or  her  aft  fufpend  j 

Free  from  the  infults  of  all  foreign  powcTf 

She  does  her  godlike  liberty  fecure  } 

Her  right  and  high  prerogative  maintainSi  4)0 

Impatient  of  the  yoke,  and  fcoms  coerciTe  chaiiis ; 

She  can  her  airy  train  of  forms  difband. 

And  makes  new  levees  at  her  own  conmiand ; 

O'er  her  ideas  fovereign  fhe  preiides. 

At  pleafure  thefe  unites,  and  thofe  divides.  4$$ 

The  ready  phantoms  at  her  nod  advance^ 
And  form  the  bufy  intelle6hial  dance ; 
While  her  fair  fcenes  to  vary,  or  fupply. 
She  (ingles  out  fit  images,  that  He 
In  memory's  records,  which  faithful  hold  44* 

Objcfts  irr.menfc  in  fecret  marks  inrollM"; 
The  ilecpi;ig  forms  at  her  commantl  awake, 
Anil  now  nrurn,  an<i  now  their  cells  forfake, 
On  a^ivc  Fancy's  crowdetl  theatre. 
As  (he  uin.6ts,  they  rife  or  difappcar.  445 

Oi)ie6Vs,  which  throui^h  the  fenfcs  make  ihcir  way. 
And  jull  impreffions  to  the  Toul  convey. 
Give  her  occalion  firfl  hcifclf  to  move, 
And  to  exert  her  hatred,  or  her  love; 
Ideas,  which  to  fome  impulfive  feem,  450 

Aft  not  upon  the  mind,  but  that  on  tlKm. 
When  fhe  to  foreign  objefts  audience  gives, 
Their  llrokes  and  motions  in  the  brain  perceives^ 

As 


ciMt  A  ilT  I  O  N,     Book  VIL       at7 
JUdMfe  fi|«ipciNl»wc  ideas  Dcme, 
l^tfffk  her  awn  fOnmemA ^aftive <hhm»  cMBe»  455 

80  wlien  difemfii'd  by  iAtelle£lttir  Ifght*  .^ 

Herfelf  her  various  padions  does  excite,  I 

To  ill  her  hate«  to  good  her  appetite  1  J 

To  (hun  the  firft,  the  Utter  to  proture, 
8Imi  chufes  meant  by  free  eledive  power;  460 

She  can  their  various  habitudes  furrey. 
Debate  their  fitnefs>  and  their  merit  weigh, 
Andy  while  the  means  fuggefted  (be  compares, 
9km  ID  the  rivals  tlus  or  that  prefers. 

.  Py  her  foperior  power  the  reafoning  foul'  465 

Can  etch  reludant  appetite  control ; 
Can  every  pailxm  rule;  and  every  fenfe. 
Change  Nature's  courfe,  and  with  her  laws  dHpenfe  1 
Our  braKhittg  to  prevent^  flie  can  arreft 
Th'  cxteniion,  'or  contradHon,  of  the  bread ;  470 

When  pain'd  with  hunger,  we  can  food  refufe. 
And  wholefome  abftintnce,  or  famine  chufe. 
Can  the  wild  bead  his  inftindk  difobcy, 
And  from  his  jaws  releafc  the  captive  prey  f 
Or  hungry  herds  on  verdant  padures  lie,  475 

Mindlcfs  to  eat,  and  refolutc  to  die  ? 
With  heat  expiring,  can  the  panting  hart 
Patient  of  third  from  the  cool  dreatn  depart  ? 
Can  brutes  at  will  imprifon'd  breath  detain } 
Tpn;nent  prefer  to  eafe,  and  life  difdain }  480 

From  all  redvaint,  from  all  compulfion  free. 
Unforced,  and  unncce(fitated,  wc 
Ourfelves  determine,  and  our  freedom  prove, 
W^ien  this  we  fly,  and  to  that  obje£l  move. 


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49S-I 

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ri8      BLACKMORE'S      POEMS. 

Had  not  the  mind  a  power  to  will  and  chufe,  485 

One  ol)jc6l  to  embrace,  and  one  rcfufe ; 

Could  (he  not  ad,  or  not  her  acl  furpend, 

Jks  it  ob(lru£i:ed,  or  advanced  her  end  ; 

Virtue  and  Vice  were  names  without  a  caufe^ 

This  would  not  Hate  deferve,  cor  that  Applaufes   490 

JvAice  in  vain  has4iigh  tribunals  rcar'd. 

Whom  can  her  femence  puniih,  whom  reward  ? 

If  impious  children  ihould  their  father  kiil. 

Can  they  be  wicked,  when  they  cannot  will ; 

When  only  caufes  foreign  and  uofcen  49^ . 

Strike  with  rcfifllefs  force  the  fprings  within^ 

Whence  in  the  engine  man  all  motion  mud  begin  j 

Are  vapours  guilty,  which  the  vintage  blaft  ? 
Are  ilorms  profcrib^d,  which  lay  the  foreft  wade  ? 
Why  lies  the  wretch  then  tortur'd  on  tlve  wheel,       5CO 
If  forcM  to  treafon,  or  compell'd  to  deal  ? 
Why  does  the  warrior,  by  aufpicious  fate 
With  laurels  crown'd,  and  clad  in  robes  of  date, 
In  triumph  ride  amidd  the  gazing  throng 
Deaf  with  applaufcs,  and  the  Poet's  fong  j  5C5 

If  the  vi£lorious,  but  the  brute  machine 
Did  only  wreaths  inevitable  win, 
And  no  wife  choice  or  vigilance  has  fliown, 
Mov'd  by  a  fatal  impulfe,  not  his  own  ? 

Should  trains  of  atoms  human  fenfe  impel,  5t» 

Tlv>ugh  not  fo  fierce,  fo  drong,  fo  vifiblc, 
As  foidiers  ann'd,  and  do  not  men  arrtd 
With  clubs  upheld  and  daggers  at  their  bread; 
Yet  means  compulfive  are  not  plainer  fhown, 
When  ruffians  drive,  or  coat^uerors  drag  us  on  $      5x5 

As 


•<*«*ifl#Ti  dir.  • »  ^m'  vir.       at, 

k,'  when  by  tn*  atom 's  fwty 
COMwI'd,  at  «IM  intent  wo  •tteyr 
And,  bf  wliflN^H'  ^siitflt  cAnftrdii^d'tb  ijft^ 
We  merit  no  reward,  ho  guilt  eontraC^. 

Our  mind  of  rulers  feels  a  confdout  awo,  ^t^ 

Rtferct  their  jufttee,  and  regards  their  law. 
She  re^mde  and  deviation  knows, 
That  vice  from  one,  from  one  that  virtue  flow9 ; 
Of  thefe  (he  feels  unlike  effeds  within. 
From  virtue  pkafusse,  and  remorfe  from  fin ;  525 

Hopes  of  fr  juft  reward  by  that  art  M, 
By  this  of  wrath  vindidive  fecret  dread. 
The  mind,  #hich  thus  can  rules  of  duty  leam^ 
Can  right  fhMn  wrong,  and  good  frbni.  iJl,  difcem, 
Wluch,  the  (harp  ftroke  of  juftice  to  prevent,         53 # 
<Vi  Ihwmi  txprcfs,  can  grieve,  refle6^,  repent ; 
From  fare  or  chance  her  rife  can  never  draw, 
Thofe  caufes  know  not  virtue,  vice,  or  law. 

She  can  a  life  fucceeding  this  conceive,. 
Of  blifs  of  woe  an  endlefs  flate  believe.  csc^ 

Dreading  the  Jud  and  univerfal  doom. 
And  aw'd  by  fears  of  punifhment  to  come,. 
By  hopes  excited  of  a  glorious  crown,  • 

And  certain  pleafures  in  a  world  unknown ; 
She  can  the  fond  dcfires  of  fcnfe  reftrain,  540^ 

Renounce  delight,  and  chufe  didrefs  and  pain  1 
Can  ru(h  on  danger,  can  deftru£tion  face, 
Joy&l  relinquiih  life,  and  death  embrace ; 
She  to  afliided  virtue  can  adhere, 
And  chains  and  want  to  profperovs  gualt  prefer ;     545 

Unmov'd^ 


220       BLACKMORS'S    POEMS. 

Unmov'd,  thcfe  wild  tempeiVuous  feats  funxy. 

And  view  ferene  tUis  reliefs  rolliag  fea. 

In  vain  tlie  monfters,  which  the  coaft  infeft. 

Spend  all  their  ragp  to  interrupt  her  reft ; 

Uer  chtrmiogrfoog  the  fyren  fmgs  in  vain,  *.  550 

She  can  the  tuneful  hypocrite  difdain; 

Fix'd  and  uncbang'd  the  faithlcfs  world  behold,       . 

Deaf  to  its  threats,  and  to  its  favour  cold.  , 

Sages  rrmaik,  we  labour  not  to  (how 

The  will  is  free,  but  that  the  man  is  fo ;  55^ 

For  what  enlighten 'd  reafoner  can  declare 

What  human  will  and  undcrllamling  are  ? 

V  hat  fcience  from  tliofc  objed^^  can  wc  frame 

Of  which  we  little  know,  bcfides  the  name  ? 

The  learned,  who  with  anatomic  art  560 

DiiTu^  the  mind,  and  thinking  fublianos  party 

And  various  puwers  and  faculties  alFcn^ 

Poihaps  by  (uch  abOntflion  of  the  mind 

Divi'lc  the  things,  that  are  in  nature  join'd. 

What  maQcrv  of  the  ichools  ca:i  make  it  clear  565 

Thol»-  facuHies,  which  two  to  them  appear. 

Arc  not  rcfulinj;  in  the  foul  the  fame, 

And  not  dininct,  l»uc  by  a  uiticrctit  name? 

1  bus  ha^  ihe  Mule  purlucd  licr  hardy  theme. 
And  fung  the  wonders  of  this  artful  frame.  570 

Ere  yet  one  futicrranean  arch  was  made. 
One  c:\vcrn  vnuhei,  i^r  o:iC  girder  laid  i 
K«c  the  hir^h  rw^ks   lid  i>'cr  the  flioics  arife, 
Qr  Inovvy  ii.ouruaiijs  lowerd  aniklO  ihc  ikicsj 
Befoic  the  w  .  crv  tioop^  til'd  oil'  from  la:id,  57c 

Aiid  lay  a.iii'jlt  the  rocks  eiitrcnch'd  in  fand  ; 

Before 


} 


CREATION.    Book  VII.        itt 

Before  the  tir  its  bofoiti  did  unfold. 

Or  bumifh'd  orbs  in  blue  exptolioD  tt>llM ; 

She  {\xng  h«w  Nature  then  in  embryo  Ivy, 

And  did  the  fecrets  of  her  l^rdi  difplay.  5l# 

When  after,  tt  th'  AUnightS^'s  high  conmiand. 
Obedient  waves  divided  from  the  land  i 
And  (hades  ami'  lazy  mifts  were  chac'd  away. 
While  rofy  light  cHffvs'd  the  tender  4ay } 
•When  uproar  ceas'd»  and  wiMconftiiion'Aedy  JI5 

And  new-born  Nature  rais'd  her beanteoos  head; 
She  fang  ihe  frame  of  this  terreftrial  pile^ 
The  hillt,  the  rocks,  the  rivers,  and  the  foil; 
She  view^  the  (aady  frontiers,  which  refbmia 
The«noify  infults  of  th*  imprifon'd  «iain ;  i^f 

Hang'd  o*er  the  wide  diffufion  of  the  waves, 
The  moid  ccerulean  walks,  and  fearch'd  the -coral  caves. 

"■She  then  furvey'd  the  fluid  -fieids  of  air, 
'And  the  crude  feeds  of  meteors  fafiiion'd  there; 
^Then  with  continued  'flight  *(he  fp«d  her  way,  595 

.  Mounted,  and  bold  purfued  the  fource  of  day  1 
With  wonder  of  celeilial  motions  fung. 
How  the  pois'd  orbs  are  in  the  vacant  hung^ 
How  the  bright  fluices  of  aetherial  light, 
''Now  (hut,  defend  the  empire  of  the  night,  609 

And  now,  drawn  up  with  wife  alternate  care, 
Jjet  floods  of.  glory  out,  -and  fpread  with  day  the  air«  . 

Then  with  a  dadng  wing^^e  foar'd  fublime, 
From  realm  to  realm,  from  orb  to  orb  did  climb : 
Swift  through  the  (pacious  gulph  (he  urg'd  her  way,  605 
At  length  emerged  in  empyrean  day; 

Whew 


.a»2      B-L  A€K:M0RE*S  'POEMS. 
Where  far,  oh  Far,  beyend  wliat  oporuls  fee. 
In  the  void  iliffri&s  of  immenficy, 
The  mind  new  funs,  ncu;  planers,  can'explore, 
'And  yet  beyond  cko  (lill* imagine  more.  ^xo 

Thiis  in  hM  nvml>cr9  did.th*  achrenturout  Mufe 
To  fing  the  lifeldCii  parts  of  Nature  chufe  s 
And  then  adv«Dc'<l  to  wooders  yet  behind. 
Surveyed  and  fuBg  the  vegetable  kind  } 
;Dlid  lofty  woods,  iind:jattiiible  brajces  review,  6f  5 

Along  the  va)leyiWc|>t,..aad  o'er  tiie  ifioivktain  flew. 
Then  left  the  Mufcthe  6eKl  and  waving  grovcg 
And  unfatigued  wirb  grateful  labour. Orove 
To  climb  th'  amasiin^  heights  of  feni««  «ttd  iiDg        -1 
The  power  pevceftivt)  and  the  inward  fpring      ^X9  > 
Which  agitates  and  guides  each  living-  ching*  J 

Slie  next  eiTay*<l  the  embryo's  rife  to  trace 
■From  an  unfaihion'd,  aruite,  nnchabnel'd  mafs  t 
Sung  how  the  fpirirs  waken *d  in  the  brain 
(Etert  their  force,  and  genial  toil  maintain  ■;  625 

Ere6\  the  l)ea?ing  heart,  the  channels  ftavoe^ 
Unfold  entangled  limlis>  and  kindle  vital  ilamef 
How  the  finall  pipes  are  in  mcandcnj  laid. 
And  bounding  life  is  to  and  fro  convey'd  ; 
♦Wow  fpirits,  which  for  fenfe  and  motion  ferve,  6jo 

Unguided  find  the  perforated  nerve. 
Through  every  dark  rcccfs  puifue  iheir  flight, 
Unconfcious  of  the  road,  and  void  of  fight, 
Yer,  certain  of  the  way,  ftill  guide  their  raotions  right. 
^    From  thtncc  a  nobkr  flight  flic  M  efi'ay, 
The  mind's  extended  empire  to  I'u;  vey. 

7  '  ihc 


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<; *E  A  T  I  O  N.     Book  VII.        «$ 
Slhe  fung  dw  godlike  principle  of  thougl.t,  > 

And  hpwi  from  oljcds  by  the  (eofcs  biouglit,  r 

The  iorellefbial  iaugenr  is  wroughr ; 
How  (he.iiic  modes  of  lieings  can  dii'cern,  340 

A  nice  refpec^,  a  mccr  relation  learn  9 
Can  all  the  chin  abdraiElscl  notions  reach* 
Which  Grecian  wits,  or,  Britain,  thine  can  teach. 

Thus  h^s  tlie  Mufe  Arore  to  difplay  a  part 
Cf  thofe  unnumber  d  miracles  of  art,  645 

Of  i^hidence,  coodufb,  and  of  wife  dc(ign, 
Which  to  th'  attentive  thought  confptcuous  (hine. 

Still,  vanquifli'd  Atliei!\b !  will  you  keep  the  field, 
Amdt  hard  in  error,  ftill  refufe  to  yield  ? 
See,  all  your  broken  arms  lie  fpread  around,  ^59 

And  ignominious  rout  deforms>the  grounds 
Be  wife,  and  once,  admoniihM  by  %  foe. 
Where  lies  yovr  (Ircngth^and  where  your  weakncfs,  know< 
No  more  at  Reafoa's  {olenin  bar  appear. 
Hardy  no  more  fcholidic  weapons  l)eari  655 

Difband  your  lecble  fuiccs,  and  decline 
The  war;  no  more  in  tinfcl  armour  Ibine ; 
Nor  (hake  your  bullrulh  fpears,  but  fwifc  repair 
To  your  (Irong  place  of  arms,  the  fcoffer's  cliair ; 
And  thence,  I'upporteu  with  a  mocking  ring,  660 

Ssrcaftic  darts  ami  keen  invcftivcs  fling 
Againll  your  foes,  and  fcornful  at  your  feafts 
Religion  vanquiih  with  liccifive  jells  { 
Ann'd  with  refiHUfs  laughter.  Heaven  alTail, 
Relinquifli  Keafon,  and  lee  Mirth  prevail.  66$ 

Good  Heaven !  that  men,  who  vaunt  difccrning  Cght^ 
And  arrogant  from  wiCdom's  diilaut  heighc 

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fti4      BLACKMORE'S    POEMS. 

Look  down  on  x\i*??.T  mora!;,  who  rercre 

A  Caufe  Supreme,  fhouM  their  proud  building  tea 

Without  one  prop  the  ponderous  pile  to  bearf 

How  much  the  Judge,  who  does  in  Hcareo  piefide 

Re-roock»  the  fcoflFer,  and  contemns  his  pride  f 

Behold,  tlie  fad  unfufferable  hour 

Advances  near,  which  will  his  error  cure  f 

When  he  compell'd  (hall  drink  the  wrathful  bowl. 

And  ruinVl  feel  immortal  vengeance  roll 

Through  all  his  veins,  and  drench  his  inmoft  foul. 

0*erwhelm*d  with  horror,  funk  in  deep  dcfpair» 

And  lod  for  ever,  will  the  wretch  forbear 

To  curfc  his  madnefs,  and  blafpheme  the  power      68« 

Of  his  juft  Sovereign,  which  he  mock*d  before? 

Hail,  King  Supreme  I  of  Power  Immenfe  Abyft ! 
Father  of  Light  f  Exhauftlefs  Source  of  Blifs ! 
Thou  uncreated,  Self-exiftent  Caufe, 
Conta>rd  by  no  fuperior  Being's  laws,  €85 

Ere  infant  light  efTay'd  to  dart  the  ray, 
Smil'd  heavenly  fwcct,  and  try'd  to  kindle  day  : 
Ere  the  wide  fields  of  aether  were  difplay'd. 
Or  filver  ftars  coerulean  fpheres  inlaid  j 
Ere  yet  the  elded  child  of  Time  was  bom,  $90 

Or  verdant  pride  young  Nature  did  adorns 
Tliou  art  {  and  didd  eternity  employ 
In  unmolefted  peace,  in  plenitude  of  joy* 

In  its  ideal  frame  the  world,  defign'd 
From  ages  paft,  lay  finifli'd  in  thy  mind.  695 

Conform  to  this  dlvme  imagined  plan. 
With  pcrfca  art  th*  Mawb^  w»^\it^\%- 


Mn'd  r 


.t|tfV<t4  *  I  O  N.     Book  Vil.       %!$ 

fly^f^Mi  fwfnfi  Ihe  folitary  pltini, 
Itfim^ibipilfdt  fluidelamind  filcntreigiiti 
Then. in  ijat  df.rk  and  nndiftinguiih'd  fp«ce» 
Unfiruit^y  unindos'd,  and  wild  of  face. 
Thy  oomfmfs  for  the  world  mark'd  out  the  deftin't 

phce. 
Then  didft  Thou  through  tl\e  fields  of  barren  Night 

t forth,  coUedied  in  Creating  Might. 
fiere  Thou  almighty  vigour  didft  exert^ 
Wluch  emicant  did  this  and  that  way  dart 
Through  the  black  bofom  of  the  empty  fpace : 
The  gulphs  confefs  th'  omnipotent  embrace. 
And,  pregnant  grown  with  elemental  feed, 
Unfiniih'd  orbs  and  worlds  in  embryo  breed. 
From  the  erode  mafs,  Omnifcient  Architect* 
Thou  for  each  part  materials  didft  rele£^y 
And  with  a  mafter-hand  thy  world  cre£l. 
Labour'd  by  Thee,  the  globes,  vaft  lucid  buoys. 
By  Thee  uplifted,  float  in  liquid  fkies : 
By  Thy  cementing  word  their  parts  cohere. 
And  roll  by  Thy  impulfive  nod  in  air. 
Thou  in  the  vacant  didft  the  earth  fufpcnd, 
Advance  the  mountains,  and  the  vales  extend ; 
People  the  plains  with  flocks,  with  j^eafts  the  wood, 
And  ftore  with  fcaly  colonies  tlic  flood. 

Next,  Man  arofc  at  Tliy  Creating  Word, 
Of  Thy  tcrrcftial  realms  vicegerent  lord. 
H^s  foul,  more  artful  labour,  more  rcfm'd. 
And  emulous  of  bright  Scrnpliic  Mindi 


} 


1x6       B  LAC  KM  ORE'S    POEMS. 

KnnoMcd  by  Thy  Ima^c,  fpotlcfs  ihone, 
}*raisM  Thee  her  author,  and  ador*d  Thy  throne  : 
Able  to  kno^v,  admire,  enjoy  her  God, 
Slic  did  Iter  high  felicity  applaud. 

Since  Thou  didfl  all  the  fpacious  worlds  dirplay, 
Hciniagc  to  Thee  let  all  obedient  pay. 
I,rt  j/liticring  ftars,  that  dance  their  deftin'd  ring 
Sublime  in  fky,  with  vocal  planets  (ing 
Confederate  praifc  to  Thee,  O  Great  Creator  King  ! 
I.i'i  ihti  thin  didrifVs  of  the  waving  air, 
Convrvancris  of  found,  Thy  Ikill  declare, 
Ltr  winds,  the  breathing  creatures  of  the  fklct. 
Call  in  each  vigorous  gale,  that  roving  flics 
Uv  l.\nd  or  fca;  then  one  loud  triumph  raife, 
i\i\d  all  their  blafts  employ  in  fongs  of  praifc. 

While  painted  herald-birds  Thy  deeds  proclaim,- 
And  on  their  fprcading  wings  convey  Thy  fame  : 
l.vt  Kairles,  whivrh  i:i  Heaven's  blue  concave  foar. 
Scornful  K'^^  earth  fu^xrrior  teats  explore, 
A-.'vl  life  with  brcalis  ercifl  againit  the  fun, 
Iv-  n\'*i\*lUu>  to  iK-ar  Tii\  iMitih:  renown, 
Av.vl  viuy  ardcn:  praifo  :o  Fhy  throne. 

Yc  t-lh,  a'.fume  a  voice  ;  with  praifci  nil 
The  i-.orow  ri.Kk,  a::d  loud  reactive  hill. 
I  c:  iiv^  •>  wl:h  :'.uir  loarrheir  ti^.inks  exprcfs, 
\\  \ :  L i  ace Um a: -on >  1?. ak c  : he  w LlJe rnc :'a . 
I  ;::  :hv.v..icr  c!oli*:<,  :-*a:  ftoa:  from  pole  :o  ro^e, 
\\'-.:h  fa'\os  loud  faluic  Tb-ee  a>  ihcy  roll. 
Yc  '.•!o:v.:e:'s  of  ;he  fei,  yc  noiiy  waves. 


} 


CREATION.      Book  VII.       227 

Let  hail  and  rain,  let  meteors  form'd  of  fire. 
And  lambent  flames,  in  this  bled  work  confpire. 
Let  the  high  cedar  and  the  mountain  pine 
Lowly  to  thee,  Great  King,  their  hej^s  incline. 
Let  every  ipicy  odoriferous  tree 
Prefent  its  incenfe  and  its  balm  to  Thee. 

Andthou,  Heaven's  viceroy  o*er  this  world  beloWy 
In  this  bit  ft  tafk  fuperior  ardour  ihow : 
To  view  thy  felf,  infle£briiy  reafon*s  ray, 
Nature's  repleniih'd  theatre  furvey ; 
Then  all  on  fire  the  Author's  fkill  adore. 
And  in  loud  fongs  extol  Creating  Power. 

Degenerate  minds,  in  niazy  error  loft. 
May  combat  Heaven,  and  impious  triumphs  boaft; 
But,  while  my  veins  feel  animating  fires,. 
And  vital  air  this  breathing  breaft  infpires. 
Grateful  to  Heaven,  I'll  ftretch  a  pious  wing. 
And  fing  His  praife,  who  gave  me  power  to  fing. 


CONTENTS. 


i 

CONTENTS.; 


CREATION.    Book  I.  P*gc3f 

IT.  6J   : 

III.  9*  j 

IV.  1*1  1 

V.  ««  i 

VI.  i7«  I 
VIL  «oi  ] 


END  OF  BLACKMORE'S  CREATION. 


7^71 ''  {UWA'f/„jt'; 


/r^/---' 


THE 

WORKS 

OF      THE 

ENGLISH      POETS. 

W  I  T  II 

P     R     E     F     x^    C     E     S, 

BIOGRAPHICAL    AND    CRITICAL, 
BY    SAMUKL    JOHNSON. 


VOLUME    T  H  E    T  W  E  N  T  Y  -  F  I  F  T  H. 


LONDON- 


p  R  1  N  T  I  :»  p.  y 


vox  : 


f  OR  C.  BAT  III  ••."l,   t.  V.  I  «   •.  :  AN',    .-  .    ;V'\\\7. 

TON  ANi»  'oNi,    r.  !.A\  II  s,     : .  !•  W  N  1  .  := »  \  '    ,  v/. 

B.    WHll  f,      '-.    »  '"ov.  ,.J    '.,       !.    I    \-.  V        .       I  ,.M. 
■  .  LAW,    I  .  AN'>  1  .  i.n    1    .  ,    J.   •«...  .,  .    • 

j.\vi:.K!i,    '.  •.ii:'.SMN,  j.j!.i.\...    .    ...     .,••; 

T.  BLCK  i  I ,  G.  :i.>:;iN  MiN,  •;  .i  aim  :,t  ,  .v.  nw 

l.siciioLs,   r.M'A  :■•..,    i.ivAN!*,    |.  k:: 

LLV,  u.  iiALii',  ;:;,•,.  M(  «)L,  i.mgh  a:..» 

SOIMKBY,       i.     BIW,      N.    <c>NANT, 

J.  MCKKA\  •,  W.  rox,    Tf  BOW£N« 

M    t)  C  C    L  X  \  1  X  . 


MAN, 

AIN, 


1 

III 


THB 


POEMS 


O  F 


BUCKINGHAM 


AND 


LANSDOWNE, 


THE 

P         O         E         M         S 

O     F 

JOHN        SHEFFIELD, 

EARL       OF       M  i:  L  G  R  A  V  E, 

MAR  CLU  IS      OF      NORM  A  N  D  Y, 

AND 

DUKE     OF     BUCKINGHAM, 


"  Ncc  Plia'^o  cratior  ulla  eft 

"  Quam  libi  quai  Vaiipraiiciip  it  puv^ina  nomcn." 

ViRG. 


B 


T  O 
THE     MEMORY     OF 

JOHN        SHEFFIELD, 
Duke    op    Buckingham, 

THESE 

HIS  MORE  LASTING  REMAINS, 

<THE  MONUMENT  OF  HIS  MIND, 

AND  MORE  PERECT  IMAGE  OF 

HIMSELF) 

ARE  HERE  COLLECTED  BT  THE  DIRECTION  OF 

CATHARINE    his    Dutchess; 

DIS1R0U8    THAT    HIS   ASHES    MAT    BE    HONOURCD, 

AND  HIS  FAME  AND  MERIT  COMMITTED 

TO    THE    TEST    OF 

TIME,   TRUTH,    AND   POSTERITY. 

B  % 


i  * 


•  «•    xntv* 


f: 


IPESTflSrONrES   OF  AtTTHORS 

CONCERNING 

KIS  GRACE  AND  HIS  WRITINGS^ 

Sari  of  R08COMMON,  Eflay  on  Tranilated  Verfe. 

TT  APPY  that  author !  whofe  contift  clTay  * 
*'•  Repairs  Co  well  our  old  Horatian  way. 

Dry  DEN,  Abfalom  and  AchitophcK 
Sharp-judging  Adricl,  the  Mufcs'  friend, 
Himfclf  a  Mufc— In  Sanhedrin's  debate, 
True  to^is  prince,  but  not  a  (lave  of  (late. 

Dry  DEN,  Vcrfes  to  Lord  Rofcommon. 
How  will  fwecc  Ovid's  ghoft  be  pleased  to  hear' 
Hisfaroe  augmented  by  an  Englifh  peer  ? 
How  he  cmbtllifhes  his  Helen's  love, 
Oatdocs  in  foftncfs,  and  his  fenfc  improves. 

Dryden,  Preface  to, Virgil's  ^nci«. 
•*•  YourElTay  on  Poetry,  which  was  publifhed  without 
•*  a  name,  and  of  which  I  was  not  honoured  with  the 
**  confidence,  I  read  over  and  over  with  much  delight, 
*'  and  as  much  inftruftion ;  and,  without  flattcnng  you, 
^^or  making  myfelf  more  moral  tlian  I 'am,  noCMrithaut 

*  ESay  on  Poetry.  ^ 

^         .  B  3  kme 


C  *  I 

^  ibme  envy,  I  was  loth  to  be  informed  how  an  epic 
"  poem  fiiould  be  written,  or  how  a  tragedy  fhould  be 
*<  contrived  and  managed  in  better  verie,  and  with  more 
*'  judgment,  than  I  could  teach  others* 

'<  I  gave  the  unknown  author  his  due  commepdatioo, 
^  I  muft  confeft ;  but  who  can  anfwcr  for  me,  and  for 
**  the  reft  of  the  poets  who  heard  me  Iread  the  poem^ 
«  whether  we  ihould  not  have  been  better  pleafed  to  fasro 
"  ieen  our  own  names  at  the  bottom  of  l^  title-page  L. 
'<  Perhaps  we  commended  it  the  more,  that  we  nou^ 
**  ieem  to  ht  above  the  cenfure,  &c.'*^ 

DRYDENy  Ibid. 
^  TI^s  is  but  doing  juftice  to  my  country,  paft  of. 
^  which  honour  will  reflet  on  your  lordflup,  whofiL- 
*'  thoughts  are  always  juft,  your  numbers  harmoniontf 
**  your  w»rds  chofeut  your  expreffioas  ftrong  andmanlyt , 
"  your  verfe  flowing,  and  your  turns  as  happy  as  they 
*'  are  eafy.    If  you  would  fet  us  more  copies,  your  ex- 
**  ample  would  make  all  precepts   needlefs.     In  the 
"  meantime,  that  little  you  have  writ  is  owned,  and 
••  that  particularly  by  the  poets  (who  are  a  nation  not 
**  over-lavifhof  praife  to  their  contemporaries)  as  a  par- 
**'  ticular  ornament  of  our  language  :    but  the  fweetcft 
^-  eflences  are  always  confined  in  the  fmallefl  glaiTes." 

Dryden,  Dedicj^tion  to  Aurengzebe, 
How  great  and  manly  in  your  lordihip  is  your  con*^ 
tempt  of  popular  applauie,  and  your  retired  virtuci  which 
Ihines  only  to  a  few^  with  whom  you  live  fo  eafily  and 

ftecly^ 


[     7     ] 
ffttlj,  that  you  make  it  evident  you  have  a  foul  which 
it  capable  of  all  die  tendernefs  of  friendfiiip,  and  that 
you  only  retire  yourfclf  from  thofe  who  arc  not  capable 
of  returning  it !     Your  kindncfs,  where  you  have  once 
placed  it,  is  inviofable ;  and  it  is  to  that  only  I  attribute 
my  happinefs  in  your  love.     This  makes  me  more  eafily 
fbrfake  an  argument  on  which  I  could  otherwife  delight 
to  dwell ;    I  mean  your  judgment  in  your  choice  of 
friendsy  bccaufc  I  have  the  honour  to  be  one.     After 
whichy  I  am  fure,  you  will  more  eailly  permit  me  to  be 
filcnt  in  the  care  you  have  taken  of  my  fortune,  which 
you  have  refcued,  not  6nly  from  the  power  of  others , 
but  from  my  worft  of  enemies,  my  own  modefty  and 
lazinefs  :  which  favour,  had  it  been  employed  on  a  more 
deferving  fubje£b,   had  been  an  effef):  of  jullice  in  your 
nature  s  but  as  placed  on  me,  is  only  charity.  Yet  witlial 
it  is  conferred  on  fuch  a  man,  as  prefers  your  kindncfs 
itfelf  before  any  of  its  confequcnces ;   and  who  values,. 
as  the  greateft  of  your  favours,   thofe  of  your  love,  and 
of  your  convcrfation.     From  this  conftancy  to  your 
fiiends  I  might  reafonably  aflume,  that  your  rcfcntments 
would  be  as  ftrongand  lalHngif  they  were  not  reftraincd 
by  a  nobler  principle  of  good-nature  and  gcnerofityj  for 
certainly  ic  is  the  fame  compofition  of  mind,  the  fame 
reiblution  and  courage,  which  makes  the  grcatcd  fricnd- 
ihips  and  the  greated  enmities.     To  this  firmnefii  in  all 
your  aftions  (though  you  arc  wanting  in  no  other  orna- 
ments of  mind  and  body,   yet  to  this)    I  principally 
a(cribe  the  intcrcft  your  merits  have  acquired  you  in  the 
Eoyal  family.    A  prince  who  is  conflant  to  himfelf,  and 
B  4  ftcady 


[.    8    ] 
fieady  ia  all  his  undertakings ;    one  with  whom  thc> 
chaiaiSter  cf  Horace  will  a^rce : 

**  Si  fradiis  illabatur  orbis, 
**  Impavidnni  feiient  ruins." 

Such  a  one  cannot  hut  place  an  efteem,  and  npoCt  a  con- 
fidcnci:  on  him  whom  no  ad\'crfity,  no  change  of  couns, . 
no  briber)  of  intercft,  or  cabal  of  fa£lions,  or  advantages 
of  fortune,  canYeraove  fiom  tlie  folid  foundations  of; 
honour  and  fidelity. 

**  Ille  mcosy  primus  qui  me  fibi  junxit^  amores 
«■  AMulit,  illc  habcat  fecum^  fervetquc  fcpulcro."- 

lioyv  well  your  Iord(hip  will  dcferve  that  praifc,  I  n«cd. 
no  infpiiation  to  foretcU  You  have  already  left  noroofb.; 
for  prophecy  :  your  early  undertakings  have  been  fMfih»^ 
an  the  fer\'icc  of  your  king  and  country,  when  you  ofiere^. 

yourfcjf  to  the  moft  dangerous  employment,  that  of 
the  fca  ;  wb.en  you  chofc  to  abandon  thofe  delights  to 
which  your  youth  and  fortune  did  invite  you,  to  undergo 
the  hazards,  and  which  was  worfc,  t!ic  company  of  com- 
mon fcamcn  ;  ihat  you  have  made  it  evident  you  will 
rcfufe  no  opportunity  of  rendering  yourfelf  ufeful  to 
the  nation,  wlien  either  your  courage  or  conduft  Ihall 
be  required. 

Bifliop  Burnet,  Preface  to  Sir  T«  More's Utopia. 

Our  language  is  now  certainly  properer  and  nume^ 
natural  than  it  was  formerly,  chiefly  fincc  the  corre£)ioa 
that  wa«  given  by  the  Rchcarfal ;  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 

5  that 


daK  tbe  Ellkj  co  Poetry,  which  may  be  well  matched 
wiih  the  beft  piefleftjafiittkiDd  that  even  Augudus's  age 
produced,  wiUimvei  &  more  powerful  opf:ratioii»  if  clear  - 
fenic,  joined  with  home  but  gentle  rep-oofs,  can  work 
more  on  our  writers  than  that  unmerciful  expoilng  of 
them  has  done. 

Addison,  Sppflator,  N^  253. 
We  have  three  poems  in  our  tongue,  which  are  of  the 
fame  nature,  and  each  of  them  a  maftcr-picce  in  its 
kind :    the*  Effiy  on  Tranflated  Verfe,   the  Eflay  on 
Poetry,  abd  the  Eflay  on-Criticifm. 

Lord  LAiWDiOWNE,  Eflay  on  Unnatural  Flights,  &c, 

RofcooMaon  firft,  then  Mulgravc  rofe,  like  light. 
To  clear  our  daiknefe,  and  to  guide  our  flight : 
With  lleadyt  judgtnent,  and  in  lofty  founds. 
They  gave  us  patterns,  and  they  fct  us  bounds. 
The  ^tagyritc  and  Horace  laid  afide. 
Informed  by  them  we  need  no  foreign  guide  ; 
Who  feek  from  poetry  a  lafting  name. 
May  from  their  Icfibns  learn  the  road  to  fame. 

Prior,  Alma,  Cant.  2. 
Happy  the  poet !  blcit  the  lays  ! 
Which  Buckingham  has  deign'd  to  praiic. 

Garth,  Difpcnfar}-. 
NowTyber's  ftreams  no  courtly  Gallus  fee, 
But  iiiuliDg  Thames  enjoys  his  Normanby. 


[     la    J 

Pope,  Effay  on  Critidfnr. 
Yet  fomc  there  were  among  the  founder  few^ 
Of  thofe  who  lefs  piefum'dy  and  better  knew. 
Who  durft  aflert  the  jufier  ancient  caufe. 
And  here  reftor'd  Wit*8  fundamental  laws  : 
Such  was  the  Mufe,  whofe  rules  and  prance  tell^ 
**  Nature's  chief  mafter-piece  is  writing  well." 

Pope,  Mifcellanies. 
Mu{e,  'tis  enough  $  at  length  thy  labour  ends. 
And  thou  fhalt  live,  for  Buckingham  commends. 
Let  crowds  of  critics  now  my  verfe  aflail. 
Let  Dennis  write,  and  namelefs  numbers  rail  r 
This  more  than  pays  whole  years  of  thankle(t  pain*^ 
Time,  health,  and  fortune  are  not  loft  in  Tain  i 
Sheffield' approves,  conienting  Phoebus  bends^ 
And  I  and  Malice  from  this  hour  are  friends^ 


PCEM9 


I  "  J 


M 


B,  T       THE 


DUKE    OF    BUCKINGHAM. 


THE    TEMPLE     OF     DEATH* 

IN    IMITATION    OF    THE    FRENCH. 

IN  thofe  cold  climates,  where  the  fun  appears 
Unwillingly,  and  hides  his  face  in  tears, 
A  difmal  vale  lies  in  a  defert  ifle 
On  which  indulgent  heaven  did  never  fmile* 
There  a  thick  grove  of  aged  cyprcfs  trees. 
Which  none  without  an  awful  horror  fees. 
Into  it»  wither*d  arms,  depriv'd  of  leaves, 
Whole  flocks  of  ill-prefaging  birds  receivci : 
Poiibnt  are  alt  the  plants  that  foil  will  bcar^ 
And  vinter  it  the  only  fealbn  there : 

lidSlliont 


ti      BU,CKINGg  AM'5     POEMS. 

Millions  of  graves  oVrfprcad  the  fpacious  field. 

And  fprings  of  blood  a  thoufand  rivers  yield  ; 

Whofe  ftreams,  opprefs*d  with  carcafTes  and  bones, 

InflCid  of  gentiermurmurs,  pour  forth  ^Koans. 

Within  this  vale  a  famous  temple  ftands^ 

Old  as  the  world  itfclf,  which  it  commands ;         ^ 

Round  is  its  figurey^andfQur  iron  gates 

Divide  mankind,  by' order  of  the  Fates  : 

Thither  in  crowds  come  to  one  common  grave 

The  young, .tlie-old, .tho  monarch,  and tho ilare.. 

Old  a[;e  and  pains,  thofe  evils  man  deplorcst 

Are  rij^id  keepers  of  th*  eternal  doors ; 

All  clad  in  mournful  blacks,  which  (adly  load 

Xhe  faiired  Avails vof  this  X)brc4ire  abodi:  f  - 

And  tapers,  of  a  pitchy  fubflance  made. 

With  clouds  of  fmoke  incrcafe  the  difmal  ihade. 

A  monfter  void  of  realbn  and.  of  fight 
The  goddcfs  is,  who  fways  this  realin  of  nighti 
Her  power  extends  o'er  all  thin<$s  that  have  breath, 
A  cruel  tyrant,  and  her  name  is  Death. 
The  faired  objc6V  of  our  wondering  eyes 
Was  newly  ofiTcr'd  up  her  facrifice  j 
Th*  adjoining  places  where  the  altar  ftood, 
Yet  blulhing  with  the  fair  Almeria's  blood. 
When  gricv'd  Orontes,  whofe  unhappy  flame 
Is  known  to  all  who  e'er  converfc  with  Fame, 
His  mind  pofleTs'd  by  Fury  and  Defpair, 
Within  the  facred  temple  made  this  prayer : 

Great  Deity  !  who  in  thy  hands  doft  bear 
That  iron  fceptre  which  poor  mortals  fear  j 


Who, 


S?r 


Vl»» wi9tii4r ^fmihfMf,  refpeacfl none, 
Aadiicitfaer|NrttUdinif«liiortbe  a^^ 
O  thoo,  whom  all  mankind  in  vain  withihody 
Each  of  wheie  blood  mud  one  day  ftain  thy  hand ! 
O  thou,  >tho  every  eye  that  fees  the  light 
Clofcft  for  ever  in  the  (hades  of  night! 
Goddefs,  atten4»faDd  hearken  to  my  grief. 
To  which  thy  power  alone- can  give  relief. 
Alas !  I  aik  not  to  defer  ray  fate. 
But  wiih  my  hapleis  life  a  fiiorter  date ; 
And  that  the  earth  would  in  its  bowels  hide 
A  wretch,  whom  heaven  invades  on. every  fide*: 
That  from.:die  fight  of  day  I  could  remove. 
And  might  have  nothing  left  me  but  my. love. 

Thou  only  comforter  of  minds  oppreft. 
The  port  where  wearied  fpirits  arc  at  reft  j 
Condu£^or  to  Elyfium,  take  my  life. 
My  breaft  I  offer  to  thy  facred  knife ;  . 
So  juft  a  ^race  refufe  not,  nor  defpiie 
A  willing,  though  a  worthlefs  faciifice. 
Others  (their  fniiland  mortal  flate  forgot) 
Before  thy  altars  are  not  to  be  brought 
Without  cpnUraint ;  the  noife  of  dying  rage. 
Heaps  of  the  llain  of  every  fcx  and  age. 
The  blade  all  reeking  in  die  gore  it  ihed. 
With  fever'd  heads  and  arras  confusedly  fpreadj 
The  rapid  fiames  of  a  perpetual  fire, 
The  groans  of  wretches  ready  to  expire  r 
This  tragic  fcene  in  terror  makes  tlicm  live. 
Till  that  is  iorc'd  which  they  ihouid  £oeely  give  ; 

Yicld\rv^ 


94      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEM^ 

Yielding  unwillingly  what  heaven  will  have. 
Their  fears  eclipfc  the  glory  of  their  grave : 
Before  thy  face  they  make  indecent  moan, 
And  feel  a  hundred  deaths  in  fearing  one  : 
Thy  flame  becomes  unhallow'd  in  their  brcaft. 
And  he  a  murderer  who  was  a  prieft. 
But  againft  me  thy  ftiongeft  forces  call. 
And  on  my  head  let  all  the  tempeft  fell ; 
No  mean  retreat  ihall  any  wcaknefs  fliow, 
But  calmly  1*11  expcft  the  fatal  blow ; 
My  limbs  not  trembling,  in  my  mind  no  fear. 
Plaints  in  my  mouth,  nor  in  my  eyes  a  tear. 
Think  not  that  Time,  our  wonted  fure  relief. 
That  univerfal  cure  for  every  grief, 
Whofe  aid  fo  many  lovers  oft*  have  found. 
With  like  fuccefs  can  never  heal  my  wound  : 
Too  weak  the  power  of  nature  or  of  art. 
Nothing  but  death  can  eafe  a  broken  heart : 
And  that  thou  may*ft  behold  my  helplefs  ftatc. 
Learn  the  extremcft  rigour  of  my  fate. 

Amidft  th*  innumerable  beauteous  train, 
Paris,  the  queen  of  cities,  does  contain, 
{The  faireft  town,  the  largeft,  and  the  beft) 
The  fair  Almeria  fliinM  above  the  reft  : 
From  her  bright  eyes  to  feel  a  hopelefs  flame, 
Was  of  our  youth  the  moit  ambitious  aim  j 
Her  chains  were  marks  of  honour  to  the  brave, 
She  made  a  prince  whene'er  flie  made  a  flavc. 
Love,  under  whofe  tyrannic  power  I  groan, 
Shcw'd  me  this  beauty  ere  'twas  fully  blown ; 


THE    TEMPLE    OF    DEATH.      15 

Her  timorous  chamiBy  and  her  unpra£i:is'd  look. 
Their  firft  aflfurance  from  my  conquefl:  took ; 
By  wounding  me,  fhe  leam'd  the  fatal  art, 
And  the  firll  figh  (he  had  was  from  my  heart : 
My  eyes,  with  tears  moiftening  her  fnowy  arms> 
Rendered  the  tribute  owing  to  her  charms. 
But,  as  I  fooneft  of  all  mortals  paid 
My  vows,  and  to  her  beauty  altars  made ; 
So,  among  all  thofe  flaves  that  figh'd  in  vain. 
She  thought  me  only  worthy  of  my  chain  : 
Love's  heavy  burden  my  fubmiffive  heart 
Endur'd  not  long,  before  fhe  bore  her  part ; 
My.  violent  flame  melted  her  frozen  breaft. 
And  in  foft  fighs  her  pity  fhe  exprefs'd  ; 
Her  gentle  voice  allay 'd  my  raging  pains, 
And  her  fair  hands  fuflain'd  mc  in  my  chains; 
Ev'n  tears  of  pitv  waited  on  my  moan, 
And  tender  looks  were  call  on  me  alone.. 
My  hopes  and  dangers  were  lefs  mine  than  hers, 
Thofe  fill'd  her  foul  with  joys,  and  thefe  with  fears ; 
Our  hearts,  united,  had  the  fame  defires, 
And  both  alike  burn'd  with  impatient  fires. 
Too  faithful  Memory  !  I  give  thee  leave 
Thy  wretched  mafter  kindly  to  deceive  ; 
Oh,  make  mc  not  pofTcfTor  of  her  charms. 
Let  me  not  find  her  languifh  in  my  arras  ; 
Paft  joys  are  now  my  fancy's  mournful  themes ; 
Make  all  my  happy  nights  appear  but  dreams  : 
Let  not  fuch  blifs  before  my  eyes  be  brought, 
O  hide  thofe  fcencs  from  my  tormenting  thought ; 

1  And 


iS       BUCKINGHAM'S    P0E:MT^' 
And  in  their  place  difdainful  beauty  (how; 
If  thou  would'fl  not  be  cruel,  make  her  fo*« 
And,  fomcthing  to  abate- my  deep  defpidr^ 

0  let  her  feem  Icfs  gentle,  or  Mi  fsir. 
But  I  ifi  vain  flatter  my  wouhded  miad  i 
Never  was  nymph  fo  lovely  or  fo  kind  : 
No  cold  repulies  my  defircs  fuppreft, 

1  Icldom  figh^d,  but  on  Almeria's  breift ; 
Of  all  thcpallibns  which  mankind  deftroy, 

1  only  felt  cxccfs  of  love  and  joy  :        -      .    .       • 
Unnumber'd  plcafurcs  charmM  rny  (enfe,  andtbej- 
Were,  as  my  love,  without  the  lead  allay. 
As  pure,  alas  !    but  not  fo  fure  to  laft, 
For,  like  a  pleaiing  dream,  they  arc  all  ptft. 
From  heaven  her  beauties  like  fierce  lightnings-' 4 
Which  l?rcak  through  darknefs  with  a  glorious  fl 
Av.'lulc  rhcy  ihinc,  awhile  our  minds  amaze» 
Cur  wondering  eyes  are  dazzled  with  the  blaze  i 
But  thiindcr  follows,  whole  refiillefs  rage 
Kone  c:tn  wiihftand,  and  nothing  can  afluage  5 
And  ;;ll  that  ii{^nt  which  tliofc  bright  flalhcs  gare^ 
Sciv^cs  o:ily  to  conduct  us  to  our  grave. 

When  I  h:ul  juft  begun  love's  joys  to  tade, 
(Thole  full  iL wards  for  fears  and  dangers  pad) 
A  fever  feiz'd  her,  and  to  nothing  brought 
The  1  icheft  work  tixnt  ever  nature  wrought. 
All  things  below,  alas  !  uncertain  ftand  ; 
The  fiimedl  jocks  arc  ftx'd  upon  the  fund  :■ 
Under  this  Jaw  both  kings  and  kingdoms  bendy 
And  no  beginning  is  without aa  end.. 
;      .  A  facnfi 


^MsHIAU^i^^  Of  bXATH.   ft 

A  AdrfCoBtti  tiiM^^I^  4ooiiif  to  Of  aU, 
Aad  ac  tl»  tjranf •  lipB^  wt^UHjp  £ias 
Time,  ivhofebold  hand  wiU  Wwg diket*4iit 
Mankind,  and  tsemplet  too  in  which  ths^  tnift* 

Her  wafied  fpiritt  now  bagin  to  fMBt, 
Yet  padence  ties  her  tongue  (lottidl  oompkiafl^ 
And  in  her  heart  s^  in  a  foct  remaint  I 
But  ytelds  at  laft  to  her  rafiftleft  painsb 
Thus  while  the  fiever,  amorous  of  his  pngTf 
Through  all  her  veins  makes  his  delight^  wigf^ 
Her  fate 's  like  Semele's  {  the  flames  deftioyr 
Thar  beauty  they  too^ag^ly  enjoy* 
Her  charming  face  is  in  its  ipring  decay'd^ 
^ak  grow  fi»  rofeSf  and  the  lilies  fade ; 
Her  ikin  hte  loft  ^lat  lufhe  which  fuipafs'd 
Thefun'si  and  well  deienr*d  as  loagto  laft  < 
Hereyesy  tvluch  us'd  to  pierce  the  hardeft  hearts. 
Are  nOw  diiarm'd  of  all  their  flsiines  and  darts  ^ 
Thoit  ftars  now  heavily  and  flowly  move; 
And  iicknefs  triumphs  in  the  throne  of  love. 
The  fever  every  moment  more  prevails. 
Its  rage  her  body  feels,  and  tongue  bewails : 
She,  whofe  difdainfo  many  lovers  prove. 
Sighs  nowfor  torment,  as  they  figh  for  love. 
And  with  loud  cries,  which  rend  the  neighbouring  airi 
Wounds  my  fatd  heart,  and  weakens  my  defpair. 
Both  men  and  gods  I  charge  now  with  my  lofs. 
And,  wild  wi^  grief,  my  thoughts  each  other  crofs. 
My  heart  and  tongue  labour  in  both  extremes. 
This  fends  up  humble  prayers,  while  that  blalphemes : 
C  laft 


tS        BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

I  afk  their  help^  whofe  malice  I  defy. 
And  mingle  £icrilegewith  piety. 
But,  that  which  muft  yet  more  perplex  my  mindy 
To  love  her  truly,  I  muft  fecm  unkind  : 
So  unconcem'd  a  face  my  forrow  wears, 
I  muft  retrain  unruly  floods  of  tears. 
My  eyes  and  tongue  put  on  diifembling  formSf 
I  Ihew  a  calmnefs  in  the  midft  of  ftorms ; 
J  feem  to  hope  when  all  my  hopes  are  gone. 
And,  alaioft  dead  with  grief ,   difcovernone. 
But  who  can  long  deceive  a  loving  eye. 
Or  with  dry  eyes  behold  his  miftrefs  die  ? 
When  paffion  had  with  all  its  terrors  brought 
Th'  approaching  danger  nearer  to  my  thought. 
Off  on  a  fudden  fell  the  forcM  difguife,    . 
And  (hew'd  a  fighing  heart  in  weeping  eyes : 
My  apprehenfions,  now  no  more  conBn'd, 
Exposed  my  forrows,  and  betray 'd  my  mind. 
Tlie  fair  affli6led  foon  perceives  my  tears, 
Explains  my  fighs,  and  thence  concludes  my  fears : 
W'^ith  fad  prefages  of  her  hopclefs  cafe. 
She  reads  her  fate  in  my  dcjc6lcd  face  ; 
Thf.n  feels  my  torment,  and  neglects  her  own. 
While  I  am  fenfible  of  hers  alone; 
.  Each  does  the  other's  burthen  kindly  bear, 
I  fear  licr  death,  and  fhe  bewails  my  fear: 
Though  thus  we  fuffer  unJcr  Fortune's  darts, 
'Tis  only  thofe  of  love  which  reach  our  hearts. 
Meanwhile  the  fever  mocks  at  all  our  fears. 
Grows  by  our  fighs,  acd  rages  at  our  tears : 

Th< 


THE    TEMPLE    OF    DEATH.     19 
Tliole  vain  tSt&»  of  our  as  ^'ain  dcfircy 
Like  wind  and  oil,  increaie  the  fatal  fire. 

Almeria  then,  feeling  the  dcftinies 
About  to  (hut  her  lips,  and  clofc  her  eyes  ; 
Weeping,  in  mine,  fix*d  her  fair  trembling  hand. 
And  with  thefe  words  I  fcarcc  could  undcrftand. 
Her  paflion  in  a  dying  voice  cxprcfs'd 
Half,  and  her  fighs,  alas  !  made  out  the  reft. 

'Tis  paft ;  this  pang  —  Nature  gives  o'er  the  ftrife  ( 
Thou  muft  thy  miftrcfs  lofe,  and  I  my  life. 
I  die  J  but,  dying  thine,  the  fates  may  prove 
Their  conqueft  over  mc,  but  not  my  love  : 
Thy  memory,  my  glory,  and  my  pain. 
In  fpite  of  death  itfclf  (hall  ftill  remain. 
Dcarcft  Orontcs,  my  hard  fate  denies, 
Tliat  hope  is  the  laft  thin 5  which  in  us  dies  : 
From  my  gricv'd  brtaft  all  thofe  foft  thoughts  arc  Had, 
-And  love  furvivts  it  though  my  hojie  is  dead  ; 
I  yield  my  life,  but  keep  my  y)H(ri(m  yet, 
And  can  all  thoughts,  but  of  Orvnitcs,  quit. 

My  fiame  increafes  ui  my  ftrcn;;t-!i  decay;  j 
Death,  which  puts  out  the  VjLiht,  the  hcit  will  raifc  1 
That  ftill  remains,  thou^li  I  from  Ik  nee  leinovc  j 
I  lofe  nw  lover,  but  I  keep  my  love. 

Tli'j  fij^hs  wiiich  f.:nr  fori'i  th.u  laft  tender  word, 
Up  tow'rds  theluavcns  lik'j  a  Lri/ht  meteor  foar'd  | 
And  the  kind  nym;»h,  not  yet  l)ercft  ofciiarins, 
Fell  cold  and  breathlefs  in  her  lover's  arms. 

Goddefs,  who  now  mv  fate  hair  un'^leil-ood, 
Sparc  but  my  tears,  and  freely  take  my  bkxKl  1 

Ci  Hire 


sd      JpypJtJNGHAl?!S    POEMS., 
^ere  let  me  end  tbe  ftory  of  my  caret ;  ^ 
My  difinal  grief  enough  the  fdU'declares* 
Judge  thou  by 'all  this  nnfery  diiplay*d. 
Whether  I  oug^t  not  to'imjAore'  ^  aid  : 
Thus  to  furmfe^  reproaches  tm  me  dnwt  i 
Kerer  fad  wi(het  had  fti  ]vtR  a  caule. 

Come  then,  my  only  hope ;  in  erery  place 
Thou  vifitefty  men  tremble  at  thy  face, ' 
And  feu- thy  name :  once  let  thy  fetal  hand 
Fall  on  a  fU^n  Aat  does  the  blow  demand. 
Vouchiafe  diy  dart ;  I  need  not  one  of  thoie. 
With  whidi  thou  doft  unwilling  kings  depole ; 
A  welcome  death  the  ilighteft  wound  can  brings 
And  free  a  foul  already  on  her  wing. 
Without  thy  aid»  moft  miferable  I 
Muft  ever  wiih,  yet  not  obtain  to  die. 


ODEON       LOVE. 


LE  T  others  fongs  or  fetires  write, 
Provok'd  by  Vanity  or  Spite; 
My  Mufe  a  nobler  caufe  fhall  move, 
To  found  aloud  the  praife  of  Love  : 

That  gentle,  yet  rcfiftlefs  heat, 
Which  raifes  men  to  all  things  good  and  great : 
While  other  paffions  of  the  mind  ^ 

To  low  brutality  debafe  mankind,  L 

By  love  we  are  above  ourfelvei  xefin*d,  J 

Oh 


•1 


ff^E  cm  LOVK 
jdk  m^  «A  ttiBoe  dhiiie !  in  wludi 
ttwiqg|fdiifchwmdlycai«»  nwfnagBi 
AAdftttiBg^iDlierlMsvciiyfnNiidieiioe  t-  _,^    «««m 
Higli  myfteriet,  abort  poor  Reaibii't  keblc  reach* 

II. 
To  weak  old  age.  Prudence  iome  aid  may  ftowe 
And  cuib  thofe  appetites  that  faintly  move  $ 
But  wild,  impetuous  youth  is  tam'd  by  nothing  leis  | 

than  love. 
Of  men  too  rough  for  peace,  too  rude  for  arts^ 
Love's  power  can  penetrate  the  hardeft  hearts ; 
And  through  the  cloieft  pores  a  paHage  find. 
Like  that  of  light,  to  ihine  all  o'er  die  mind. 
The  want  of  love  does  both  extremes  produce  $ 
Maids  are  too  nice,  and  men  as  much  too  iooie  t 
While  equal  good  an  amorous  couple  find. 
She  makes  him  conftant,  and  he  makes  her  kind* 
New  charms  in  vain  a  lover's  faith  would  prove ; 
Hermits  or  bed-rid  men  they  '11  fooner  move : 
The  fair  inveig\cr  will  but  fadly  find, 
There's  no  fuch  eunuch  as  a  man  in  love. 
But  when  by  his  chafle  nymph  embraced, 
(For  love  makes  all  embraces  chaftc) 
Then  the  tranfportcd  creature  can 
Do  wonders,  and  is  more  tlian  man. 
U>di  heaven  and  earth  would  our  defircs  confine ; 
ut  yet  in  vain  both  heaven  and  earth  combine, 
nlefs  where  love  blefles  the  great  defign. 
yfmen  makes  fail  the  hand,  but  love  the  heart ; 
Tthe  fool's  god,  thou  nature's  Hymen  art  j 

C  3  VIViofc 


1 


?^     BUCKINGHAM'S    POEM*. 
Whofe  laws  once  broke,  we  arc  not  held  by  force. 
But  the  falfe  breach  itfelf  is  a  divorce. 

III. 
For  love  the  mifer  will  his  gold  defpife. 
The  falfc  grow  faithful,  and  the  foolilh  wife  t 
Cautious  the  young,  and  complaifant  the  old. 
The  cruel  gentle,  and  the  coward  bold. 

Thou  glorious  fun  within  our  fouls, 

Whofe  influence  fo  much  controls ; 

Ev'n  dull  and  heavy  lumps  of  love, 

Quicken'd  by  thee,  more  lively  move  ; 
And  if  their  heads  but  any  fubftance  hold, 
Love  ripens  all  that  drofs  into  the  purcft  gold. 

In  heaven's  great  work  thy  part  is  fuch. 
That  mafter-like  thou  giv'ft  the  laft  great  touch. 

To  heaven's  own  mafter-piece  of  man  5 
And  finifhed  what  Nature  but  began  : 
Thy  happy  ftroke  can  into  foftnefs  bring 
Kealbn,  that  rough  and  wrang,ling  thing. 

From  childhood  upwards  we  decay, 
And  grow  but  greater  children  every  day  : 
So,  realbn,  how  can  we  be  faid  to  rife  ? 
60  many  cares  attend  the  being  wile, 
*Tis  rather  falling  down  a  precipice. 
From  Scnfe  to  Reafon  unimprov'd  we  move  ; 
We  only  then  advance,  when  Reafon  turns  to  Love. 
IV. 

Thou  reigned  o'er  our  earthly  gods  ; 
Vnaown'd  by  thee^  ijieir  other  crown«  are  loads ; 

One 


} 


ODtf   ON    LOVR.  t| 

Cte  bcncj^t  fiiuk  didr  meancft  courtier  brings 
SfldMr  tti-lMtj  diitt  to  envy  kinp  { 
Hb  fdlow  (laves  he  takes  them  now  to  be» 
Favour*d  by  love  perhaps  much  lefs  than  he. 

For  love,  the  timorous  balhful  maid. 
Of  nothing  but  denying  is  afraid ; 

For  love  flie  overcomes  her  (hame» 
Forlakes  her  fortune,  and  forgets  her  fame^i 
Yet,  if  but  with  a  conftant  lover  blcft, 
Thanks  heaven  for  that,  and  never  minds  the  reft. 
V. 

Love  is  the  fait  of  life  ;  a  higher  tafte 
Jt  gives  to  pleafure,  and  then  makes  it  lad. 
Thofe  flighted  favours  which  cold  nymphi  diipenlei 
Mere  common  counters  of  the  fenfe, 
Defe£live  both  in  metal  and  in  mcalure, 
A  lovers  fancy  coins  into  a  treafure. 
How  vaft  the  fubjcft  !  what  a  boundlcfs  ftore 
Of  bright  ideas,  fhining  all  before 
The  Mufcs*  fighs,   forbids  mc  to  give  o'er ! 
But  the  kind  god  incites  us  various  ways, 
And  now  I  find  him  all  my  ardour  raiie, 
His  precepts  to  pcr^t^rm,  as  well  as  praife. 


) 
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ULEGir 


C    *4    ] 
ELEGY 

TO     THE 
DUTCHESS     OF      R  , 

'  I  ^HOU  lovely  (lave  to  a  rude hu (band's  will, 
"*■    By  Nature  us*d  fb  well,  by  him  fo  ill ! 
For  all  that  grief  we  fee  your  mind  endure, 
Your  glafs  prefents  you  with  a  pleafmg  cure. 
Thole  maids  you  envy  for  their  happier  ftate, 
To  have  your  form,  would  gladly  have  your  fate  5 
And  of  like  ilavery  each  wife  complains. 
Without  fuch  beauty's  help  to  bear  her  chains. 
Hulbands  like  him  we  every -where  may  fee  5 
But  where  can  wc  behold  a  wife  like  thee  ? 
Vhilc  to  a  tyrant  you  by  fate  are  ty'd, 
By  love  you  tyrannize  o'er  all  befide  : 
Tliofeeyes,  though  weeping,  can  no  pity  move  ; 
W'orthy  our  grief !  more  worthy  of  our  love  I 
You,  while  fo  fair  (do  fortune  what  fhepleafe) 
Unlefs,  unfatisfied  with  all  our  vows, 
Your  vain  ambition  fo  unbounded  grows, 
That  you  repine  a  hufband  Ihould  efcape 
Th'  united  force  of  fuch  a  face  and  lliape. 
Iffo,  alas!  for  all  thofc  charming  powers. 
Your  cafe  is  juft  as  dcfpcrate  as  ours. 
Exped  that  birds  (hould  only  fing  to  you , 
And,  as  you  walk,  xii^i  ^n'^n  ^^^^^  ^^>iJA\5Q\v ; 


,1 , 


flafHwHAillfliiifcrftiiii  ikM Mjm «M a 
Siicli  Imiuijii  tMnffk  to  give  nmigt  ustf 
But  not  to  make  a  hniband  lore  hit  wife : 
A  hnllMUid,  wodk  dun  ftttues,  or  than  treet  i 
Colder  than  dioie,  lefit  finfible  dtiin  theft. 
Then  finom  £6  dnll  a  care  your  thoughts  lemore^ 
And  wafle  not  fighs  you  only  o^nre  to  love. 
Tit  pityy  fighf  from  fudi  a  breaft  Ihould  part^ 
Unkfi  to  eaie  (bme  doubtful  lover's  heart ; 
Who  datk  becauie  he  muft  too  juftly  prize 
What  yet  the  dull  pofleflor  does  de(pi{e. 
Thus  piedoos  jewels  among  Indians  grow. 
Who  nor  ifaeir  ufe,  nor  wondrous  value  knowf 
But  we  for  thofe  bri^t  treafures  tempt  the  main. 
And  hazard  life  for  what  die  fools  difdain. 


A    LETTER    FROM     SEA* 

FAirefty  if  time  aiid  abfence  can  incline 
Your  heart  to  wandering  thoughts  no  more  than  minei 
Then  ihall  my  hand,  as  changelefs  as  my  mind. 
From  your  glad  eyes  a  kindly  welcome  find ; 
Then,  while  this  notes  my  conftancy  aflures. 
You  '11  be  almoft  as  pleas'd,  as  I  with  yours. 
And  truft  mcy  when  I  feel  that  kind  relief, 
Abience  idelf  awhile  fufpends  its  grief: 
So  may  it  do  with  you»  but  ftrait  return  f 
Foiit  were  cruel  not  ibmetimcs  to  xaoura 


t6       BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 
Um  fate,  who  this  long  time  he  keqpt  twij. 
Mourns  all  the  nighty  and  fighs  out  all^the  daji 
Griering  yet  more,  when  be  itfleda  that  y<m 
Muft  not  be  happj^  or  muft  not  be  mw. 
But  fince  to  roe  it  ieems  a  blacker  fats 
To  be  bconftanty  than  unfortunate  j 
Remember  all  tfaofe  yows  between  us  pift^ 
When  I  from  all  I  value  parted  laft  s 
May  you  alike  with  kind  impatience  boniy 
And  foniedung  mifsy  till  I  with  joy  return  $ 
And  foon  may  pitying  heaven  that  bleffing  g^v%' 
At  in  die  hopes  of  that  alone  I  live, 

LOVE'S     S  L  AVE  R  T* 

GRAVE  fops  my  envy  now  begct» 
Who  did  my  pity  move  j 
They,  by  the  right  of  wanting  wit. 
Are  free  from  cares  of  love. 

Turks  honour  fools,  becaufe  dicy  are 

By  that  defcft  fecure      ' 
From  flavery  and  toils  of  war. 

Which  all  the  reft  endure. 

So  I,  who  fufier  cold  negle6l 

And  wounds  from  Celia's  eyes. 
Begin  extremely  to  refped 

Thdc  fools  that  feem  fo  wife. 


^OVB'S     SLAVERY.  jif 

Tit  tniey  tiiej  fondly  iet  their  hearts 

On  diings  of  no  delight ; 
To  paTs  all  day  for  men  of  parts. 

They  pafs  alone  the  night. 

But  Celia  never  breaks  their  reft^ 

Such  fervants  (he  difdains ; 
And  fo  the  fops  arc  dully  bled. 

While  I  endure  her  chains. 

THE  DREAM. 

RE  A  D  Y  .to  throw  me  at  the  feet 
Of  that  fair  nymph  whom  I  adorcj 
Inipatient  thofe  delights  to  meet 
Which  I  enjoy'd  the  night  before  s 

By  her  wonted  fcornful  brow, 

Soon  the  fond  millakc  I  find  ; 
Ixion  moum'd  his  error  fo, 

When  Juno*s  form  the  cloud  refign'd. 

Sleep,  to  make  its  charms  more  prized 
Than  waking  joys,  which  moft  prevail. 

Had  cunningly  itfelf  difguis'd 
In  a  fhape  that  could  not  fail. 

There  my  Cclia*s  fnowy  arms. 

Breads,  and  other  parts  more  dear, 
JSxpofing  new  and  unknown  charms. 

To  i^y  tranfported  foul  appear. 


ii      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Then  you  fo  much  kijidnefs  fhow. 

My  defpair  deluded  flies  ; 
And  indulgent  dreams  beflow 

What  your  cruelty  denies. 

Bluih  not  that  your  image  Love 

Naked  to  my  fancy  brought ; 
'Tis  hard,  methinks,  to  difapprove 

The  joys  I  feel  without  your  fault. 

Wondtr  not  a  fancy *d  blifs 

Can  iuch  griefs  as  mine  remove ; 
That  honour  as  fantaftic  is, 

Which  makes  you  flight  fuch  conflant  love^ 

The  virtue  which  you  value  fo. 

Is  but  a  fancy  frail  and  vain ; 
Nothing  is  folid  here  below, 

Except  my  love  and  your  difdain. 


To  One  who  accufed  him  of  being  too  fcnfual  iB 
his  Love. 

nn  H  I  N  K  not,  my  fair,  'tis  fin  or  fliame, 
■*•      To  blefs  the  man  who  fo  adores  j 
Nor  give  fo  hard,  unjuft  a  name, 

To  all  thofe  favours  he  implores. 
Beauty  is  heaven's  moft  bounteous  gift  efteem'd, 
Becaufc  by  love  men  are  from  vice  rcdcem'd. 

Yet 


Yet  vrilh  doc  vsalr  far  s.  !m 

Fmn  aJl  the  nxcc  cr  iar:rrt  i.^Er 
Thar  is  idenr'd  fer  tscb  nMns. 

And  'tis  a  fe"'  t:  iliin  r  ic-i. 
For  fenfual  ;<;Ti  j*  ^.-cx  ~7tr  »»  L.v,^  ,-:--.  <. 
But  love  widurj:  ±£=l  jk  ; 


THE       TT  A  1    I-*   :    i; 

T    OVERS,  T^^—i^i---^-:™.  *!- 

Who  drren:  cf  -rirrriSL  :  l:-^^-.-^  -rir::- 
And  doat  -por  7  uir'  u^ifcT:— 

I  fhould  EOt  tjc:^  ;--ur  ftri':;  :b:a 

From  fucb  2.  T!**g-''rrr  f.zis-- 
Were  vou  r:C»r  fii-i  a:  ^f  r..  v.-A^-i 

And  fisd  ji"--  r'i...::  v-n.  j»:t 

Then  lear-  bttJ-iir..  ■::e  iJ' •--  v  .u'^  --sy-^. 

Our  csrtt  ;:  i^   --  x  v   i-r 
Compc-'i  cf  r't'.^  :'i.::>::  .•     .•-■  ..- 

And  icf:  c  JT'-r.-.  .i:  j,  i'-.ic. 

With  zn^tr.  v-  .'.:  .'vtir--..::*^    t-»c    .•:  ^^.. 

They  cr^t'  ';  -<::.• .  ;7:v.'. 
And  then  r-"-  ^ «::•.•:•  c    ^vr^ii;.. 

With  ii  tft-Cv--  ivt 

As  if  foaie  I--.:^   va:  ii<«a;r 

To  ihoit  r:j*-v  r.iitj-;  u'  t , 
Thole  Icn-en  *rt  'Si'-  iw'jf'  '-t«i«;j 

That  hivt  :4*x  I-i-  stfin- 1 


30      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS:;; 

Since  each  has  in  his  bofom  nurft 

A  falie  and  fawning  foe^ 
'Tit  juft  and  wile,  by  ^king  fixftj^ 

To  'fcape  the  fiial  blow. 

TO       AMORETTi 

Ty-HEN  I  held  out  agaihft  your  eytt^     ~ 
^  ^    You  took  the  fureft  courfe  j 
A  heart  unwary  to  furprize. 
You  ne'er  could  take  by  force. 

However,  though  I  (hive  no  mon,. 

The  fort  will  now  be  priz'd> 
Which,  if  furrender'd  up  before^. 

Perhaps  had  been  de^Hs'd* 

But,  gentle  Amorctta,  though' 

I  cannot  love  refift, 
Think  not,  >^hen  you  have  caught  me  ib^ 

To  ufe  me  as  you  lift. 

Inconftancy  or  coldnefs  will 

My  foolifh  heart  reclaim  : 
Then  I  come  off  with  honour  ftill. 

But  youy  alas  !  with  ihame. 

A  heart  by  kindnefs  only  gain*d, 

Will  a  dear  conqueft  prove ; 
And,  to  be  kept,  muft  be  maintained 

At  vaft  expence  of  love. 


I    3«     3 

THE        VENTURE. 

OH,  how  I  languifli !  what  a  ftrange 
Unruly  fierce  defire ! 
My  (pints  feel  fome  wondrous  change^ 
My  heart  is  all  on  fire. 

Now,  all  ye  wifer  thoughts,  away, 

In  vain  your  tale  ye  tell 
Of  patient  hopes,  and  dull  delay. 

Love's  foppiih  part ;  farewell, 

Suppofc  one  week's  delay  would  give 

All  that  my  wilhes  move ; 
Oh,  who  fo  long  a  time  can  live, 

Strctch'd  on  the  rack  of  love  ? 

Her  foul  perhaps  is  too  fubllme. 

To  like  fuch  flavilh  fear  ,- 
Difcretion,  prudence,  all  is  crime. 

If  once  condemn'd  by  her. 

When  honour  does  the  foldier  call 

To  fome  unequal  fight, 
Refolv'd  to  conquer,  or  to  fall. 

Before  his  general's  fight ; 

Advanc'd  the  happy  hero  lives  j 

Or  if  ill  Fate  denies, 
The  noble  raflincfs  heaven  forgives, 

And  glorioufly  he  dies. 


INC^ 


■ 


T  Muft  confefs,  I  am  untrue 
-■•     To  Gloriana's  eyes  j 
But  he  that  *s  fmil'd  upon  by  yoU| 
Muft  all  the  world  defpife. 

In  winter,  fires  of  little  worth 

Excite  our  dull  defire ; 
But  when  the  fun  breaks  kindly  forth, 

Thofe  fainter  flamest  expire. 

Then  blame  me  not  for  ilighting  flow 

What  I  did  once  adore ; 
O,  do  but  this  one  change  allow. 

And  I  can  change  no  more  ] 

Fixt  by  your  never-failing  charms, 

Till  I  with  age  decay. 
Till  languifhing  within  your  arms, 

I  ligh  my  foul  away^. 


SONG.  33 

But  ohy  I  figluQg,  iighing>  fee 
The  happy  Twain !  flie  ne'er  can  be 
Falfe  to  him,  or  kind  to  me. 

Yet,  if  I  could  humbly  (how  her. 

Ah !  how  wretched  1  remain ; 
*Tis  not.  Aire,  a  thing  below  her, 

Still  to  pity  Co  much  pain. 
The  gods  fome  pleafure,  pleafure  take, 
Happy  as  themfelves  to  make 
Thole  who  fufier  for  their  fake. 

Since  your  hand  alone  was  given 

To  a  wretch  not  worth  your  care ; 
Like  fome  angel  fent  from  heaven. 

Come,  and  raiie  nu  from  dcipair ; 
Your  heart  I  cannot,  cannot  mils, 
And  I  defire  no  other  blifs  j 
Let  all  the  world  befides  be  his. 

DESPAIR. 

ALL  hopelefs  of  relief, 
•^^     Incapable  of  reft, 
In  vain  I  llrive  to  vent  a  grief 
That's  not  to  be  exprcft. 

This  rage  within  my  veins 

No  reafon  can  remove  j 
Of  all  the  mind's  moil  cruel  pains, 

Ihe  IharpeH,  furc,  is  love. 

D  Yet 


34      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 
Yet  while  I  languifli  fo, 

And  on  thee  vainly  call ; 
Take  heed,  fair  caufe  of  all  my  woe^ 

What  fate  may  thee  befall. 

Ungrateful,  cruel  feults 

Suit  not  thy  gentle  fcx  f 
Hereafter,  how  will  guilty. thougfatt 

Thy  tender  conicience  yex ! 

When  welcome  Death  fhall  bring 

Relief  to  wretched  me, 
My  foul  enlarged,  and  ooce  on  wing. 

In  hafle  will  fly  to  thee. 

When  in  thy  lonely  b4 

My  ghoft  its  moan  fhall  make^ 
With  faddeft  iigns  that  I  am  dead. 

And  dead  for  thy  dear  fake  ; 

Struck  with  that  confcious  blow. 

Thy  very  foul  will  ftart : 
Pale  as  my  Ihadovv  thou  wilt  grow. 

And  cold  as  is  thy  heart* 

Too  late  remorfe  will  then 

Untimely  pity  fliow 
To  him,  who  of  all  mortal  men 

Did  moft  thy  value  know. 

Yet,  with  this  broken  heart, 

I  wifh  thou  never  be 
Tormented  with  the  thoufendth  part 

Of  what  I  feel  for  theo. 
S 


£    35    ] 

On  Apprehenfion  of  lofing  what  he  had  newly 
gained. 

IN     IMITATION     OF     OVID. 

SURE  I  of  all  men  am  the  firft 
That  ever  was  by  kindnefs  curll. 
Who  muft  my  only  blifs  bemoan, 
And  am  by  happinefs  undone. 

Had  I  at  diftance  only  feen 
That  lovely  face,  I  might  have  been 
With  the  delightful  objeft  plcas'd, 
But  not  with  all  this  paflion  feiz'd. 

When  afterwards  fo  near  I  came 
As  to  be  fcorch'd  in  beauty's  flame  ; 
To  fo  much  foftnefs,  fo  much  fcnfe, 
Rcafon  itfclf  made  no  defence. 

What  plcafmg  thoughts  pofTefs'd  my  mind 
When  little  favours  Ihew'd  you  kind  ! 
And  though,  when  coldnefs  oft'  prevail'd, 
My  heart  would  fmk,  and  fpirits  fail'd, 
Yet  willingly  the  yoke  I  bore, 
And  all  your  chains  as  bracelets  wore  : 
At  your  lov'd  feet  all  day  would  lie, 
Dcfiring,  without  knowing  why  ; 
For,  not  yet  bleft  within  your  arms, 
Who  could  have  thought  of  half  your  charms? 

D  1  Ghanm 


36       BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS- 

Charms  of  fuch  a  wondrous  kind, 
Words  \ye  cannot,  muft  not  find, 
A  body  worthy  of  your  mind. 
Fancy  could  ne'er  fo  high  refle6l^. 
Nor  love  itfelf  fuch  joys  expc£b. 

After  fucTi  embraces  paft, 
Whoie  memory  will  ever  laft. 
Love  is  ftill  refletting  back  5 
All  my  foul  is  on  a  rack  : 
To  be  in  hell  's  fufficient  curfc, 
But  to  fall  from  heaven  is  worfe. 
I  liv'd  in  grief  ere  this  I  knew, 
But  then  I  dwelt  in  darknefs  too. 
Of  gains,  alas !  I  could  not  boafl ; 
But  little  thought  how  much  I  loft. 

Now  heart-devouring  eagernefs. 
And  iharp  impatience  to  poiTefs ; 
Now  reftlefs  cares,  cbnfaming  fires. 
Anxious  thoughts,  and  fierce  dcfircs. 
Tear  my  heart  to  that  degree, 
For  ever  fix'd  on  only  thee  : 
Then  all  my  comfort  is,  1  fliall 
Live  in  thy  arms,  or  not  at  all. 

THE      RECONCILEMENT, 
SON  G. 

COME,  let  us  now  refolve  at  laft 
To  live  and  love  in  quiet ; 
We'll  tie  tht  knot  fo  very  faft. 
That  Tims  ftvaU  ii«? « >wiX«.\x,  Tl 


SONG.  37 

Tlie  truelt  Joys  they  feldom  prove. 

Who  free  from  quarrels  live ; 
'Tis  the  moft  tender  part  of  love, 

Each  other  to  forgive. 

When  ieaft  I  fcem'd  concern'd,  I  took 

No  pleafure,  nor  no  reft ; 
And  when  I  feign 'd  an  angry  look, 

Alas  !  I  lov*d  you  bcft. 

Own  but  the  fame  to  me,  you  '11  find 

How  bleft  will  be  our  fate  ; 
Oh,  to  be  happy,  to  be  kind. 

Sure  never  is  too  late. 

S  O  N  G^ 

"rROM  all  uneafy  paflions  free, 
■^     Revenge,  ambition,  jcaloufy, 
Contented  1  had  been  too  bleft, 
If  love  and  you  had  let  me  reft  : 
Yet  that  dull  life  I  now  dcfpifc  j 

Safe  from  your  eyes, 
I  fear'd  no  griefs,  but  then  I  found  no  joys. 

Amidft  a  thoufand  kind  de(ires. 
Which  beauty  naoves,  and  love  infpiresj 
Such  pangs  I  feel  of  tender  fear, 
"No  heart  Co  fbft  as  mine  can  bear  : 
Yet  I  '11  defy  the  worft  of  harms  j 

Such  are  your  charms, 
^Tis  wonh  a  life  to  die  within  your  arms. 

D  3  TO 


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TO    A    COQJJET    BEAUTY. 

"T^  R  O  M'  wars  and  plagues  come  no  fuch  hanxis» 

-*-     A«!  from  a  nymph  fo  full  of  channs  5 

So  much  fweetncfs  in  her  face. 

In  \\cv  motions  fuch  a  grace. 

In  her  kind  inviting  eyes 

Such  a  foft  enchantment  lies ; 

That  we  plcafe  ourfclves  too  fbon, 

And  are  with  empty  hopes  undone. 

After  all  her  foftncfs,  we 
Are  but  (laves,  while  fhe  is  free  j 
Free,  alas  \  from  all  defire. 
Except  to  fct  the  world  on  fire. 

Thou,  fair  diflcmbler,  doll  but  thus 
Deceive  thyfelf,  as  well  as  us. 
Like  ri  icftlcfs  monarch,   thou 
A\'()iiUlft  nuher  fi.TCC  mankind  to  bow. 
And  venture  roiuul  the  world  to  roam, 
'1  han  govern  peaceably  at  home. 
But  rrjft  me,  Cella,  trull  me,  when 
Apollo's  felf  infpires  my  pen, 
One  hour  of  love's  delight  out-weigh» 
\\'h;)lc  years  of  univerfal  praife  j 
And  one  adorer,  kindly  us'd, 
Gives  tri:er  iovs  tha'^  crowds  refus'd. 
Tor  what  docs  youth  and  beauty  fcrvc  ? 
Why  moie  Uiun  all  your  lex.  dei'crvc  r 

Why 


TO    A    COQUET    BEAUTY.        39 
Why  fuch  fbft  alluring  arts 
To  charm  our  eyet»  and  melt  our  hearts  ? 
By  our  lofs  you  nothing  gain  : 
Unlefs  you  love,  you  picafe  in  vain. 

THE        RELAPSE. 

T    IKE  children  in  a  ftarry  night, 
"^     When  I  beheld  thofc  eyes  before^ 
I  gaz'd  with  wonder  and  delight, 
Infcnfible  of  all  their  power. 

I  play'd  about  the  flame  fo  long. 

At  laft  I  felt  the  fcorching  fire ; 
My  hopes  were  weak,  my  paflion  ftrong* 

And  I  lay  dying  with  defire. 

By  all  the  helps  of  human  art, 

I  juft  recover'd  fo  much  fenfe, 
As  to  avoid,  with  heavy  heart. 

The  fair,  but  fatal,  influence. 

But,  fmce  you  (hine  away  defpair. 

And  now  my  fighs  no  longer  fhun,. 
No  Periian  in  his  zealous  prayer 

So  much  adores  the  rifmg  fun. 

If  once  again  my  vows  difplealc. 

There  never  was  fo  loft  a  lover  j 
In  love,  that  langui filing  difcafc, 

A  fad  rclapfc  we  ne'er  recover. 

D  4  THE 


40        BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 


THE        RECOVERY. 

^  I G  H  I N  G  and  languifhing  I  lay, 
*^     A  ftrangcr  grown  to  all  delight. 
Faffing  with  tedions  thoughts  the  day. 
And  with  unquiet  dreams  the  night. 

For  your  dear  fake,  my  only  care 

Was  how  my  fatal  love  to  hide ; 
For  ever  drooping  with  defpair, 

Ncglefting  all  the  world  befide : 

Tilly  like  fbme  angel  from  above, 

Cornelia  came  to  my  relief ; 
And  then  I  found  the  joys  of  love 

Can  make  amends  for  all  the  grief. 

Thofe  pleafing  hopes  I  now  purfue 
Might  fail  if  you  could  prove  unjuft; 

But  promifes  from  heaven  and  you, 
Who  is  fo  impious  to  raiftruft  ? 

Here  all  my  doubts  and  troubles  end. 

One  tender  word  my  foul  affures ; 
Nor  am  I  vain,  fince  I  depend 

Not  on  my  own  deiert,  but  yours. 


THE 


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X    U    E       CONVERT. 

T^EJBCTED,  as  true  convem  die, 
""^     But  yet  with  fervent  thoughts  iaflam'd. 
So,  faireft !  at  your  feet  I  lie. 
Of  all  my  fex^s  faults  aiham'i. 

Too  long,  alas !  have  I  abus'd 

Love's  innocent  and  iacred  flame. 
And  that  divineft  power  have  ut*d 

To  laugh  aty  as  an  idle  name. 

But  fince  ib  freely  I  confeft 

A  crime  which  may  your  fcorn  produce. 
Allow  me  now  to  make  it  lefs 

By  any  juft  and  fiurcxcufe; 

f'then  did  rulgar  joys  purfue* 

Variety  was  ail  my  blifs ; 
But  ignorant  of  love  and  you. 

How  could  1  chufe  but  do  amiA  ? 

If  ever  now  my  wandering  eyes 

Seek  out  amufements  as  before  i 
If  e'er  I  look,  but  to  defpile 

Such  channs,  and  value  yours  the  more ; 

May  fiid  remoHe,  and  guilty  (hame, 
BLevenge  your  wrongs  on  faithlefs  me ; 

And,  what  I  tremble  even  to  name. 
May  I  Io(e  all  in  lofing  thee  1 


THE 


4*      BUCKINGHAM'S      POEMS. 
THE        PICTURE. 

IN    IMITATION   OF   ANACREON. 

'  'T*  HOU  flatterer  of  all  the  fair, 
-*•    Come  with  all  your  Ikill  and  care; 
Draw  me  fuch  a  fhape  and  face. 
As  your  flattery  would  difgrtce. 
Wifli  not  that  Ihe  would  appear, 
'Tis  well  for  you  fhe  is  not  here  : 
Scarce  can  you  with  fafety  fee 
All  her  charms  dcfcrib*d  by  me  : 
I,  alas  !  the  danger  know, 
I,  alas  !  have  felt  the  blow  ; 
Mourn,  as  loft,  my  former  days, 
That  never  fung  of  Celiacs  praife  ; 
And  thofe  few  that  are  behind 
I  Ihall  blcft  or  wretched  find. 
Only  juft  as  flie  is  kind. 

With  her  tempting  eyes  begin, 
Eyes  that  would  draw  angels  in 
To  a  fccond  fweeter  fm. 
Oh,  thofc  wanton  rolling  eyes  ! 
At  each  glance  a  lover  dies  ; 
Make  them  bright,  yet  make  them  willing,. 
Let  them  look  both  kind  and  killing. 

Next,  draw  her  forehead  j  then  her  nofe,, 
And  lips  juft  opening,  that  •dill:lofe 


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•  T  H  K    P  I  C  T  U  R  E,  43 

Tcodi  fi>  hnijbtt  nd  breath  fo  fweet, 
8a  arwiiitinittty,  lo'iniidi  wit. 
To  our  very  foul  they  ftrike, 
AH  our  fenfes  pleas'd  alike. 

But  fo  pure  a  white  and  red, 
Never,  never,  can  be  (aid : 
What  are  words  in  fuch  a  cafe  { 
What  is  paint  to  fuch  a  face  ? 
How  ihould  either  art  avail  us  ? 
Fancy  here  itielf  muik  fail  us. 

In  her  looks,  and  in  her  mien. 
Such  a  graceful  air  is  feen. 
That  if  you,  vn^  all  your  art. 
Can  but  reach  the  fmailefl:  part ; 
Next  to  her,  the  matchlcfs  ihe. 
We  ihall  wonder  moil  at  thee. 

Then  her  neck,  and  breads,  and  hair, 

And  her but  my  charming  fair 

Does  in  a  thoufand  things  excel, 
Which  I  muft  not,  dare  not  tcIL 

How  go  on  then  ?  Oh  !  I  fee  * 

A  lovely  Venus  drawn  by  thee ; 
Oh  how  fair  ihe  does  appear  ! 
Touch  it  only  here  and  there. 
Make  her  yet  fcem  more  divine. 
Your  Venus  then  may  look  like  mine, 
Whofe  bright  form  if  once  you  faw, 
You  by  her  would  Venus  draw. 


On 


C    44    ] 

On  Don  Alon20*s  being  killed  in  Poitngi!,  t 
Account  of  the  Infanta,  in  the  Year  i68 

T  N  fuch  a  cauie  no  Mufe  ihould  fail  < 

•*•      To  bear  a  mournful  part  j 
*Ti8  juft  and  noble  to  bewail 
Thcfateoffail'ndefcrt. 

In  vain  ambitious  hopes  defign'd 

Td  make  his  (bul  afpire, 
If  love  and  beauty  had  not  joiu'd. 

To  raifi:  a  brighter  fire. 

Amidft  fo  many  dangerous  foes  / 

How  weak  the  wifeft  prove  ! 
Realbn  itfeif  would  fcarce  oppoie. 

And  feems  agreed  with  love. 

If  from  the  glorious  height  he  falls, 

He  greatly  daring  dies ; 
Or  fnounting  where  bright  beauty  calls. 

An  empire  is  the  prize. 

THE       SURPRIZ; 

Q  A  FEL  Y  perhaps  dull  crowds  admire  j 
*^  But  I,  alas  !  am  all  on  fire. 

Like  him  who  thought  in  childhood  paft 
That  dire  difeaie  which  kill'd  at  lail, 

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THSS'URPRIZE.  45 

I  itfttaw  Iwora  I  lov'd  before, 
Ai^hmcfA  allilie  danger  o*cr  { 

Had  felt  the  pangs  of  jealous  pain. 
And  borne  the  blafts  of  cold  difdais; 
Then  re^'d  at  length  the  mighty  gains^ 
That  full  reward  of  all  our  pains ! 

'  But  what  was  all  fuch  grief  or  joy, 
That  did  my  hwdlefs  ears  employ  ? 
Mere  breams  of  fcignM  fantaftic  powers. 
But  the  difeafe  of  idle  hours  ; 
Amuiement,  humour,  aflfe^btion,' 
Compar'd  with  tiiis  fublimer  paffion, 
"Whofe  raptures,  bright  as  thole  above, 
Outihinethe  flames  of  zeal  or  love. 

Yet  think  not,  ^reft,  what  I  fing. 
Can  from  a  love  platonicfpring; 
That  formal  foftnefs  (falfe  and  vain)  ' 
Not  of  the  heart,  but  of  the  brain. 
Thou  art  indeed  above  all  nature ; 
But  I,  a  wretclied  human  creature. 
Wanting  thy  gentle  generous  aid,  • 

Of  hufband,  rivals,  friends  afraid! 
Amidft  all  thi^  leraphic  fire. 
Am  almof)^ dying  with  defire. 
With  eager  willies,  ardent  thoughts. 
Prone  to  commit  love's  wiidcll  faults  I 
And  (as  we  are  on  Sundays  told 
The  lufty  patriarch  did  of  old) 
Would  force  a  blefling  from  thole  charmi, 
And  grafp  an  angel  in  my  arms. 

A   B\h 


[     46     ] 

A  DIALOGUE, 

SUNG    ON    THE    STAGE, 

BETWEEN  AN  ELDERLY  SHEPHERD,  AND 
A    VERY    YOUNG    NYMPH. 

SHEPHERD. 

Xy  RIGHT  and  blooming  as  the  fpring, 
■■^       Univerfal  love  infpiring ; 
All  our  fwains  thy  praifcs  (ing, 

Ever  gazing  and  adnniring. 

NYMPH, 
Praifes  in  fo  high  a  ftrain, 

And  by  fuch  a  (hcphcrd  fung. 
Arc  enough  to  make  me  vain, 

Yet  fo  harmicfs  and  fo  young. 

SHEPHERD. 
I  fliould  have  defpair'd  among 

Rivals  that  appear  fo  gayly  : 
But  your  eyes  have  made  me  young. 

By  their  fmiling  on  me  daily. 

NYMPH, 
Idle  boys  admire  us  blindly, 

Are  inconftant,  wild,  and  bold ; 
And  your  ufing  mc  fo  kindly 

Is  a  proof  you  arc  not  old. 

S  H  EP- 


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A      DIALOGUE.  47 

SHEPHE&D. 

Willk^  plafing  voice  and  falhioDy 

With  dqr  hamoixr  and  thy  youth, 
Chcarn&y  Ibul,  and  crown  my  paffion : 

Oh  !  reward  my  love  and  truth. 

NYMPH. 

With  thy  careful  arts  to  cover 

That  which  fools  will  count  a  fault, 
Tmeft  friend  as  well  as  lover, 

Oh !  defenx  fo  kind  a  tb.ought. 

EACH  APART  FIRST,  AND  THEN  BOTH  TOGETHER. 

.Happy  we  (hall  lie  pofTcffing, 

Folded  in  each  other's  arms. 
Love  and  Nature's  chiefeil  blclling 

In  the  flill  increafing  charms. 
80  the  deareft  joys  of  loving, 

Which"  (carce  heaven  can  go  beyond, 
Wc  '11  be  every  day  improving, 

SHEPHERD, 

You  more  fair,  and  1  more  fond. 

NYMPH. 

I  more  fair,  and  you  more  fond. 

On  One  who  died  difcovering  her  Kindnefst 

SOME  vex  their  fouls  with  jealous  pain, 
While  others  fighfor  cold  difdain : 
Love's  various  (laves  we  daily  fee  ! 
Yet  happy  all,  coropar'd  with  mc. 


4«      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Of  all  mankind,  I  lov'd  the  beft 

A  nymph  fo  far  above  the  reft, 

That  we  outfhin'd  the  bleft  above. 

In  beauty  flic,  and  I  in  love. 

And  therefore  they  who  could  not  bear 

To  be  outdone  by  mortals  here. 

Among  themfelves  have  plac'd  her  now. 

And  left  mc  wretched  here  below. 

All  other  fate  I  oould  have  borne. 

And  ev'n  endur'd  her  very  fcorn  ; 

But  oh  !  thus  all  at  once  to  find 

That  dread  account !  both  dead  and  kind  t 

What  heart  can  hold  !  if  yet  I  live, 

'Tis  but  to  fliew  how  much  I  grieve. 

ON    LUCINDA'S    DEATH 

/^  O ME  all  ye  doleful,  difmaV  cares, 
^^  That  ever  haunted  guilty  mind  ! 
The  pangs  of  love  when  it  dcfpairs, 

And  all  thofe  ftings  the  jealous  find  : 
Alas  !  heart-breaking  though  ye  be. 
Yet  welcome,  welcome  all  to  me  ! 
Who  now  have  loft---  but  oh  !  how  much  ? 

No  language,  nothing  can  exprefs. 
Except  my  grief  !  for  flic  was  fuch, 

That  praifes  would  but  make  her  Icfs, 
Yet  who  can  ever  dare  to  raife 
His  voice  on  hex,  unlefs  to  piaife  ? 


.  «^|l.  |i.UCINDA'S    DEATH.        ^ 
'W^ihm  hK  ftirt  fiuUeft  hvdts, 

AaiftirMiWiMnkiiHTcanbct 
Tender  md  wwm  at  lovei's  thoughtty 

Yet  cold  to  all  the  world  but  me. 
Of  all  this  nothing  now  remainSy 
But  only  fight  and  endlcft  pains  ! 

TO    A 
LADY  RETIRING  INTO  A  MONASTERY. 

WHAT  bread  but  yours  can  hold  the  double  (ire 
Of  fierce  devotion,  and  of  fond  defiiv  ? 
Lots  would  ihine  forth,  were  not  your  zeal  fb  bright 
Whoie  glaring  flames  eclipfe  his  gentler  light : 
Left  ftems  the  faith  that  mountaifis  can  remove^ 
Than  this  which  triumphs  over  youth  and  love. 

But  ihali  fomc  threatening  prieft  divide  u&-twcw^ 
What  worfe  than  that  coiild  all  his  curies  do  ? 
Thut  with  a  fright  fomc  have  refign'd  their  breathy 
And  poorly  dy'd,  only  for  fear  of  death. 

Heaven  ices  our  paflions  with  indulgence  tti% 
And  they  who  lov'd  well,  can  do  nothing  ill. 
While  to  u^  nothing  but  ourielves  is  dear. 
Should  the  world  frown,  yet  what  have  we  to  fear  f 
Fame,  wealth,  andpo\%'er,  thofe  high-priz*d  gifts  of  fate. 
The  low  concerns  of  a  left  happy  ftate, 
Are  fir  beneath  us  :  fortune's  felf  may  take 
|ier  aim  at  ut,  yet  no  imprefl[ion  make  i  • 

£  tet 


•^o      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

I^t  worldlings  a(k  her  help,  or  fear  her  harms  ; 
We  can  lie  fafe,  lock'd  in  each  other's  arms, 
Like  the  bleft  faints,  eternal  raptures  know. 
And  flight  thofe  ftormsthat  vainly  reft  below. 

Yet  this,  all  this  you  are  refolv'd  to  quit ; 
I  fee  my  ruin,  and  I  muft  fubmit : 
But  think,  O  think,  before  you  prove  unkind. 
How  loft  a  wretch  you  leave  forlorn  behind. 

Malignant  envy,  mix'd  with  hate  and  fear. 
Revenge  for  wrongs  too  burdenfome  to  bear, 
Ev*n  zeal  itfclf,  from  whence  all  mifchiefs  fpring, 
Have  never  done  fo  barbarous  a  thing. 

Withfuch  a  fate  the  heavens  decreed  to  vex  ] 
Armida  once,  though  of  the  fairer  fex  ; 
Rinaldo  (he  had  charmed  with  fb  much  art. 
Hers  was  his  power,  his  perfon,  and  his  heart : 
Honour's  high  thoughts  no  more  his  mind  could  move  | 
She  footh'd  his  rage,  and  turn'd  it  all  to  love : 
When  ftrait  a  guft  of  fierce  devotion  blows. 
And  in  a  moment  all  her  joys  o'erthrows  : 
The  poor  Armida  tears  her  golden  hair, 
Matchlefs  till  now,  for  love  or  for  dcfpair. 
Who  is  not  mov'd  while  the  fad  nymph  complains  > 
Yet  you  now  ad  what  Taflb  only  feigns  : 
And  after  all  our  vows,  our  fighs,  our  te^s, 
My  banifh'd  forrows,  and  your  conquered  fears  : 
So  many  doubts,  fo  many  <langers  paft, 
Vifjons  of  zeal  muft  vanquifli  me  at  laft. 

Thus,  in  great  Homer's  war,  throughout  the  field 
Some  hero  ftill  made  all  things  movtal  yield  4 

But 


THEVISIOl^.  gi 

Bot  when  a  god  once  took  the  vanquifh'd  fide, 
The  weak  prendrd,  and  the  vidbrious  dy'd. 

THE        VISION. 

Written  during  a  Sea  Voyage,  when  fcnt  to  command 
the  Forces  for  the  Relief  of  Tangier, 

TT7"  Ithin  the  filcnt  (hades  of  foft  rcpofe, 

^  ^     Where  Fancy's  boundlefs  ftrcam  for  ever  flows  5 
Where  the  infranchisM  foul  at  eafe  can  play, 
Tir'd  with  the  toilfomc  bufmcfs  of  the  day  ; 
Where  princes  gladly  reft  their  weary  heads. 
And  change  uneafy  thrones  for  downy  beds ; 
Where  fccming  joys  delude  defpairing  minds, 
And  where  ev*n  jcaloufy  feme  quiet  linds  ; 
There  I  and  forrow  for  a  while  could  part. 
Sleep  clos'd  my  eyes^  and  eas'd  a  fighing  heart. 

But  here  too  foon  a  wretched  lover  found 
In  deepeft  griefs  the  flccp  can  ne'er  be  found  ; 
With  ftrange  fui-prize  my  troubled  fancy  brings 
Odd  antic  ihapes  of  wild  unheard-of  things  ; 
Difmal  and  terrible  they  all  appear, 
IVIy  ioul  was  (hook  with  an  unufual  fear. 
But  as  when  vifions  glad  the  eyes  of  faints, 
And  kind  relief  attends  devout  complaints, 
Some  beauteous  angel  in  bright  charms  will  fhinc^ 
And  fpreads  a  glory  round,  that 's  all  dmne  f 
E  e 


$2        BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMSw 
Juil  fuch  a  bright  and  beauteous  form  appean^ 
The  xnoQ^ers  vautfh,  and  with  them  my  fears* 
The  faireft  ihape  wa«  then  before  me  brought. 
That  eyes  e'er  faw,  or  fancy  ever  thou^t; 
How  weak  arc  words  to  ftew  fuch  excellence, 
Which  ev'n  confounds  the  foul,  as  well  as  (enlb  f 
And,  while  our  eyes  tranfporting  pleafure  find,    - 
It  flops  not  here,  but  ilrikes  the  very  mind. 
Some  angel  fpcaks  her  praife  j  no  human  tongue^ 
But  with  its  utmoft  art  muft  do  her  wrong. 
The  only  woman  that  has  power  to  kill. 
And  yet  is  good  enough  to  want  the  will ; 
Who  needs  no  foft  alluring  words  repeat, 
Kor  ftudy'd  looks  of  languiihing  deceit. 

Fantaftic  beauty,  always  in  the  wrong, 
Still  thinks  fome  pride  muft  to  its  power  belong;  s 
An  air  afie£led,  and  an  haughty  mein. 
Something  that  (cems  to  fay,  I  would  be  feen. 
But  of  all  womankind  this  only  fhe. 
Full  of  its  charms,  and  from  its  frailty  free, 
Defervcs  fome  nobler  Mufe  her  fame  to  raife^ 
By  making  the  whole  fex  befide  her  pyramid  of  praife.  * 
She,  fhe  appeared  the  fource  of  all  my  joys,^ 
The  deancfl  care  that  all  my  thought  employs  : 
Gently  fhe  look'd,  as  when  I  left  her  lafi. 
When  firfl  fhe  feiz'd  my  heart,  and  held  it  fafl : 
When,  if  my  vows,  alas  I  were  made  too  late, 
I  faw  my  doom  came  not  from  her,  but  fate. 
With  pity  then  fhe  eas'd  my  raging  pain, 
And  her  kind  eyes  could  fcarce  from  tears  refraJn  : 

Why, 


THE       VISION. 
MThyy  gentk  IWuiit  laid  ihe,  why  do  you  grieve 
la  words  I  fliould  not  hear»  much  Icfs  believe  i 
I  gaze  on  that  which  is  a  feult  to  mind, 
i^nd  ought  to  fly  the  danger  which  I  find  : 
Of  falfc  mankind  though  you  may  be  the  bet* 
Ye  all  have  robb'd  poor  women  of  their  reft. 
I  fee  your  pain,  and  fee  it  too  with  grief, 
Becaufe  I  would,  yet  muft  not,  give  relief. 
Thus,  for  a  hufband*s  fake  as  well  as  yours, 
^ly  fcFupulous  foul  divided  pain  endures ; 
Guilty^  alas  I  to  both  :  for  thus  I  do 
Too  much  for  him,  yet  not  enough  for  you. 
Oive  over  then,  give  over,  haplefs  Twain, 
A  palfion  moving,  but  a  paffion  vain  : 
J>Iot  chance  nor  time  Ihall  ever  change  my  tliought : 
'1  is  better  much  to  die,  than  do  a  fault. 

Oh,  worfc  than  ever  I  Is  it  then  my  doom 
Juft  to  Ice  heaven,  where  I  muft  never  come  ? 
Your  foft  conipaflion,  if  not  fomething  more  j 
Yet  I  remain  as  wretched  as  before  ; 
The  wind  indeed  is  fair,  but  ah  !  no  fight  of  ftiorc. 
Farewell,   too  fcrupulous  fair-one  j  oh !  farewell  j 
W'hat  torments  I  endure,  no  tongue  can  tell : 
Thank  heaven,  my  fate  tianfports  rac  now  where  I, 
Your  martyr,  may  with  eafe  and  fafety  die. 

With  that  I  kneel'd,  and  fcizM  her  trembling  hand, 
While  (he  impos'd  this  cruel  kind  command  : 
Live,  and  love  on  ;  you  will  be  true,  I  know  | 
But  live  theA,  and  come  back  to  tell  me  fo ; 

E  3  For 


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54       BUCKINGHAM'S    FOEMSw 
For  though  I  bluih  at  this  laft  guilty  breath» 
I  can  endure  that  better  than  your  death. 

Tormenting  kindnefs  !  barbarous  reprieve ! 
Condcmn'd  to  die«  and  yet  compel  l*d  to  live  I 

This  tender  fccxK  my  dream  repeated  o*er» 
Juft  as  it  paf&^d  in  resi  trutii  before. 
Methought  I  tlien  fell  groTcUng  to  tbeptnind» 
Till,  on  a  fuddcn  rak'dy  I  wondering  fouBd 
A  ftrange  appearance  all  in  taintkfs  white  j 
His  form  gave  reverencev  and  hSs  face  deliglit :  .    . 

Goodneis  and  greatnds  in  his  eyes  were  fecn^ 
Gentle  his  look,  and  a£ibk  his  mcin. 
A  kindly  notice  of  mc  thus  he  took :  ^ 

**  What  mean  theft  flowing  eyes»  this  ^baftly  took  I. 
*'  Theie  trembling  joints,  this  loo£a  diflievcl'd  hair»-   - 
*'  And  this  cold  dew,  the  drops  of  deep  d«(pair.j(" 

With  grief  and  wonder  fiiH  my  ^irits  ^unt. 
But  thus  at  laft  I  vented  my  complaint : 
Behold  a  wretch  whom  cruel  fate  has  found. 
And  in  the  depth  of  ail  misfortune  drown'd. 
There  fliines  a  nymph,  to  whom  an  envy'd  Twain 
Is  ty*d  in  Hymen's  ceremonious  chain ; 
But,  cloy'd  with  charms  of  fuch  a  marriage-bed. 
And  fed  with  manna,  yet  he  longs  for  bread  ; 
And  will,  moid  huiband-like,  not  only  range 
For  love  perhaps  of  nothing  clfe  but  change. 
But  to  inferior  beauty  proftrate  lies, 
And  courts  her  love  in  fcorn  of  Flavia's  eyes* 

All  this  I  knew  (the  form  divine  reply'd) 
And  did  but  aik  to  have  thy  temper  try'd. 

Which 


./S/lcft     ^V  I  SIGN.  5s 

WUclifvm ii||nRh;'>  Of  both  I  know  the  mind; 
SbB  it  too  lcnipuldiiivi*'«id- thou  too  kmd  t 
But  fiace  thy  fed  love  'i  for  ever  fix*d. 
Whatever  time  or  ablbnce  come  betwixt ; 
Since  thy  fond  heart  cv*ii  her  difdain  prefen 
To  others  love,  1  '11  ibmething  ibften  hers: 
£lie  in  the  fearch  of  virtue  fbc  may  ftray ; 
Well-meaning  mortals  ihould  not  lofe  their  way. 
She  now  ibdecd  fins  on  the  &fer  fide. 
For  hcaru  too  looie  are  never  to  be  ty*d  i 
But  no  extremes  are  either  good  or  wi(e. 
And  in  the  midft.  alone  tme  virtue  lies. 
Wheft  macriage-vowa  unite  an  equal  pair, 
'Ti<  a  tnere  confta^  made  by  human  caie» 
By  which  they  both.are  for  convenience  ty'd. 
The  bridegroom  yet  more  ftri^ly  than  the  bridss  s 
/For  circumftances  alter  every  ill. 
And  woman  meets  with  moft  temptation  (kill  i 
She  a  fbrfidcen  bed  mud  often  bear, 
While  he  can  never  fail  to  find  her  there. 
And  therefore  Icfs  excused  to  range  eliewhere. 
Yet  this  fhe  ought  to  fuficr,  and  fubmtt : 
But  when  no  longer  for  each  other  fit,  -^^ 

If.  ufage  bafe  (hall  jufl  refentroent  nu>ve,       '"^ 
Or,  what  is  worfe,  affronts  of  wandering  love; 
No  obligation  after  that  remains, 
'Tis  mean,  not  jud,  to  wear  a  rival's  chains. 

Yet  decency  requires  the  wonted  cares 
Of  intereft,  children^  and  remote  aCain ; 

£  4  But 


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56        BUCKINGHAM'S     POEMS. 

But  in  her  love,  that  dear  ocmceni  of  life. 
She  all  the  while  ony  be  aoother^t  wife : 
Heaven,  that  bdioldt  her  wrong**)  and  widow'd  btdt 
Permits  a  lover  in  her  hu^MUid't  ftead. 

I  flung  me  at  his  fleet,  hit  robet  woiild  ldlt» 
And  cry'd— £7*0  our  bale  wiNrld  it  juft  in  tfaiii 
Amidft  car  ceniuret,  lofe  we  gentlj  bkiney 
And  love  ibmcdmet  piieiarvet.a  female  fame* 
What  tie  lefs  ftrongicaB  woman's  wiUjnBftiam  I    •  .  ^ 
When  honour  chedct,  and  conlcieact  pleads  m  vnft  t 
When  parents  thiaats  and  friends:  perfuafitea  £nl« 
When  intereft  and  ai61»tioB  fcafce  pnmulp    " 
To  bound  that  fo  when  nodiiag  c^  caa  omn*^     » 
They»lllivereieiT*d,  to plcaft the waailMy tew  1 

The  fpirit  then  re^d  to  all  I  iidd» 
Shemayfoekind»  brtt.nocdlldmartilBadi    ■' 
Bewail  thy  memory,  bemoan  iky  ftte  1  - 
Then  fhe  will  lovt,  when  'tit^  alas !  too  hoc  a 
Of  all  thy  pains  (he  will  no  pity  have. 
Tin  (ad  defpair  has  fent  thee  to  the  grave. 

Amaz'd,  I  wak*d  in  haile. 

All  trembling  at  my  doom ; 
Dreams  oft'  repeat  adventures  paft. 

And  tdl  our  ills  to  come. 


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I  S  L  S  N     TO     PARIS. 
FROM       OVID. 

JkNSLATED  BY   THE    EARL    OP  MULGRATRy 
AND  MR.  DRYDEN, 

THEN  lode  epifUcs  violate  chafte  eyes. 
She  hftlf  eonients,  who  filently  denies  i 

f  daret  a  ftnmger,  with  defigns  (b  vaiiiy 

riage  and  hoipitable  rights  pro^e  ? 

i  it  for  this  your  fete  did  ibelter  find 

Q  fwelH^g  leas  and  every  feithlefs  wind  ? 

'  though  a  di^ant  country  brought  you  forthj 

r  uiage  heie  was  equal  to  your  worth.) 

( this  deierve  to  be  rewarded  U>\ 

you  come  here  a  ftranger,  or  a  foe  ? 

r  partial  judgment  may  perhaps  complain^ 

think  me  barbarous  for  my  juft  difdain ; 

red  then  let  me  be,  but  not  unchafte, 

my  clear  fame  with  any  (pot  defecM. 

igh  in  my  face  there 's  no  affe^ed  frown, 

in  my  carriage  a  feign'd  nicenefs  fhown^ 

p  my  honour  ftill  without  a  (lain, 

[las  my  love  made  any  coxcomb  vain. 

*  boldnefs  I  with  admiration  fee : 

t  hope  had  you  to  gain  a  queen  like  me? 

lie  a  hero  forc'd  me  once  away, 

I  thought  fit  to  be  a  fecond  prey  ? 

S  Had 


5R        BUCKINGHAM'S    POfiMS. 

Had  I  been  won,  I  had  defcrv'd  your  blame^ 

Butfurc  my  paitwas  nothing  but  the  (haoie; 

Yet  the  bafc  theft  to  him  no  fruit  did  bear, 

1  Tcap'd  unhurt  by  any  thing  but  fear ; 

Rude  force  might  fome  unwilling  kiflct  gpin, 

But  that  was  all  he  ever  could.obtaio. 

You  on  fuch  terms  would  ne'er  have  kt  me  got  ~  ' 

Were  he  like  you,  ^fn  had  not  parted  f6» 

Untouched  the  youth.  reftor*d  me  to  my  ftieiult^ 

And  modeft  ufaige  made  me  (bme  aroeadt. 

Tis  virtue  to  repent  a  vicious  deed  : 

Did  he  repent,  that  Paris  might  fucceed  ? 

Sure  'tis  fome  fate  that  fets  me  above  wrongf^ 

Yet  ftill  expo&8  me  to  bufy  tongues. 

I  '11  not  complain,  lor  who 's  difjpleas'd  inotlilov^ 

If  it  fincerc,  difcreet,  and  conftant  prove  ? 

But  diat  r  fear — not  that  I  think  yoa  fcile. 

Or  doubt  the  blooming  beauties  of  my  hee  i 

But  ail  your  fex  is  fubjc£^  to  deceive. 

And  ours,  alas !  too  willing  to  believe. 

Yet  others  yield,  and  love  o*ercomes  the  beft— 

But  why  fhould  I  not  (hine  above  the  reft  ? 

Fair  Leda's  ftory  fccms  at  firft  to  be 

A  fit  example  ready  found  for  me  : 

But  (he  was  couzcn'd  by  a  borrowed  (hape» 

And  under  harmleis  feathers  felt  a  rape  : 

If  I  fliould  yield,  what  rcafon  could  I  u(e  ? 

By  what  miftakc  the  loving  crime  cxcufc ; 

Her  fault  was  in  her  powerful  lover  loft  • 

But  of  wliat  Jupiter  have  I  to  boaft  ? 

TIk 


V     ■    .l||r^.§^.XO    PARIS.       .59 
Tli^lXgll  jva  to  ^jrfp,aBd  to  kings  fucceed, 
Ovff.hifi^ t^jl^  jop  addition  need  ;     . 
And  gmt  klliancet  but  vrclcft  prove 

To  one  that  (prings  herfclf  from  mighty  Jove. 

Go  then  and  boaft  in  fome  lefs  haughty  place 

Your  Phrygian  blood»  and  Priam's  ancient  race^ 

Which  I  would  fhcw  I  valued,  if  I  durll ; 

You  are  the  fifth  from  Jove,  but  I  the  firft. 

The  crown  of  Troy  is  powerful,  I  confefs. 

But  I  have  reafo/.  to  tlnnk  ours  no  lc6.     . 

Your  letter,  fiU'd  with  promiies  of  all 

That  men  can  good,  and  women  plea&nt  call^ 

Gives  expe£btion  fuch  an  ample  field 

At  would  move  goddeiTes  themfclves  to  yield : 

But,  if  I  e*er  offend  great  Juno*s  laws, 

Tourielf  (hall  be  the  dear,  the  only  caufe's 

Either  my  honour  1*11  to -death  noaintain. 

Or  follow  you  without  mean  thoughts  of  gain : 

Not  that  {6  fair  a  prcfcnt  1  defpife ; 

We  like  the  gift,  when  we  the  giver  priae  i 

But  'tis  your  love  moves  me,  which  made  you  take 

Such  pains,  and  run  fuch  hazards  for  my  fkke. 

1  have  perceiv'd  (though  I  diffembled  too) 

A  thouiand  things  tliat  love  has  made  you  do : 

Your  eager  eyes  would  almoft  dazzle  mine. 

In  which,  (wild  man!)  your  wanton  thouglus  would 

ihine. 
Sometimes  you  *d  figh,  fometimes  diforder'd  ^nd. 
And  with  unufual  ardour  prefs  my  hand| 
Contrive  juil  after  me  to  take  the  gUfs, 
Nor  would  you  let  the  Icail  occalion  pafs  i 

WlvicK 


4o:    BUCKINGHAM'S    FOSMS. 

Which  oft*  I  fear'd  I  did  not  mind  aloiie» 
And  bluihing  (at  for  thbgs  which  you  have  done  i 
Then  murmur*d  to  myfelf.  He  '11  fbr  my  fake 
Do  any  ^ng,  I  hope  'twas  no  mifitke. 
Oft  have  I  read  within  ^s  pleaiknt  ^^toft^ 
Under  my  name,  thefb  charming worat*  litvf^ 
I,  frowning,  ieem'd  not  to  beliere  your  flame^    ', 
But  now,  alat  t  am  come  to  write  the  fame* 
If  I  were  capable  to  do  amifs, 
I  could  not  but  be  fenfible  of  this. 
For,  oh !  your  face  has  fuch  peculiar  charms^ 
That  who  can  hold  from  flying  to  your  anna ! 
But  what  I  ne'er  can  hate  without  offence. 
May  fome  bleft  maid  poflTeft  with  innocenee. 
Pleafure  may  tempt,  but  virtue  more  fliould  mofc  $ 
Oh !  learn  of  roe  to  want  die  thbg  yon  love; 
What  you  defire  is  fought  by  tjl  mankind  i 
As  you  have  eyes,  fo  others  are  not  blind  : 
Like  you  they  fee,  like  you  my  charms  adore  i 
They  wifli  not  lefs,  but  you  dare  venture  mote. 
Oh !  had  you  then  upon  our  coafts  been  brought^ 
My  virgin  love  when  thoufand  rivals  fought. 
You  had  I  feen,  you  ihould  have  had  my  voice. 
Nor  could  my  hufband  juftly  blame  my  choice. 
For  both  our  hopes,  alas !  you  came  too  late, 
Anodier  now  is  mafter  of  my  fate  : 
More  to  my  wiOi  I  could  have  liv'd  with  you. 
And  yet  my  prefeflt  lot  can  undergo. 
Ceafe  to  foiicit  a  weak  woman's  will, 
And  urge  Aot  her  you  lore  to  ib  much  ill} 


But 


'         .';l|.li:V)IH    TO    PARIS.         (I 

>Mrht  MM  tiftffltf miwil  at  I  may, 
-  JUamricii tiptwSfwt^oaad fame yov fnj i 
Some  righcyou  claim,  fince  naked  to  your  cyea 
Three  goddefles  difputed  beauty's  prise  : 
One  ofTcr'd  valour,  f  other  crowns ;  bat  (he 
Obcain'd  her  cauiei  who  fintling  promised  me. 
But,  firft,  I  am  not  of  belief  fo  light, 
To  think  fuch  nymphs  would  ihew  you  fuch  a  fig)it : 
Yet,  gnmting  this,  the  other  pa)t  is  feign'd, 
A  bribe  Co  mean  your  (entence  had  not  ggin'd* 
With  partial  eyes  I  ihould  myfelf  regard, 
To  think  that  Venus  made  me  her  reward  j 
I  humbly  am  content  with  human  praiie, 
A  goddefs's  applauie  would  envy  mife  i 
But  be  it  as  yon  fay  i  for  'tis  conftft. 
The  men  who  flatter  higheft  plcafe  us  heft  t 
That  I  fufpefl  it  ought  not  to  difpleafe. 
For  miracles  are  not  belier'd  with  eaie. 
One  joy  I  have,  that  I  had  Venus'  voice  i 
A  greater  yet,  that  you  confirm'd  her  dioice  f 
That  pipfier'd  laurels,  promisM  fovereignty, 
Juno  and  Pallas,  you  contemn'd  for  me. 
Am  I  your  empire  then,  and  your  renown  ? 
What  heart  of  rock  but  muft  by  this  be  won  ? 
And  yet  bear  witnels,  O  ye  powers  above. 
How  rude  I  am  in  all  the  arts  of  love ! 
My  hand  is  yet  untaught  to  write  to  men. 
This  is  th'  eflay  of  my  unpra^^is'd  pen : 
Happy  thoie  nym^  whom  uie  has  perfeQ  made/ 
I  think  all  crime,  and  tremble  at  a  ihade  s 

Ev^Ji 


I 


«i        BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Ev'n  while  I  write,  my  fearful  confcious  eyes 

Look  often  back,  mifdoubting  a  furprize  : 

For  now  the  rumour  fpreads  among  the  croud. 

At  court  in  vvhifpers,  but  in  town  aloud. 

Diflemble  you,  whatc'er  you  hear  them  fay : 

To  leave  oflF  loving  were  your  better  way  9 

Yet,  if  you  will  dilTcmble  iti  you  may. 

Love  fccretly:  theabfencc  of  my  lord 

More  freedom  gives,  but  does  not  all  afford  : 

Long  is  his  journey,  long  will  be  his  flay, 

Call'd  by  affairs  of  confcqucnce  away : 

To  go  or  not,  when  unreiblv'd  he  flood, 

I  bid  him  make  what  fwift  return  he  could  : 

Then  kiifing  me,  hefaid,  I  recommend 

All  to  thy  care,  but  moft  my  Trojan  friend. 

I  fmil'd  at  what  he  innocently  faid, 

And  only  anfwef  d.  You  fliall  be  obcy*d. 

Propitious  winds  have  borne  him  far  from  hence. 

But  let  not  this  fccure  your  confidence  :  / 

Abfcnt  he  is,  yet  abient  he  commands  : 

You  know  the  proverb,  "  Princes  have  long  hands/ 

My  fame  *s  my  burden,   for  the  more  I  *m  prais'd 

A  jufter  ground  of  jealoufy  is  rais'd  : 

Were  I  lefs  fair,  I  might  have  been  more  bleft. 

Great  beauty  through  great  danger  is  poflcft. 

To  leave  me  here,  his  venture  was  not  hard, 

feecaufe  he  thought  my  virtue  was  my  guard  : 

He  fear'd  my  face,  but  truftcd  to  my  life. 

The  beauty  doubted,  but  belicv'd  the  wife. 

*  You 


.^    .:*^jli1<^g^    TO    PARIS.         t$ 

rsim^^W-^^^  '^^ii<'  I  can. 

I  wouldy  aid y it  I  doubt  'twixt  lo\re  and  fear; 
One  draws  me  from  you,  and  one  brings  me  near. 
Our  flames  are  mutud,  and  my  hulband  's  gone  : 
Tbe  nights  are  long ;  I  fear  to  lie  alone ; 
One  houfc  co^uains  us,  and  weak  walls  divide, 
And  you  're  too  preffing  to  be  long  deny'd. 
Let  me  not  live,  but  every  thing  confpires 
To  join  our  loves,  and  yet  my  fear  retires. 
Tou  court  with  words,  when  you  ihould  force  employ ; 
A  rape  is  requifite  to  ihame-fac'd  joy : 
Indulgent  to  the  wrongs  which  we  receive. 
Our  icz  can  fufTer  what  we  dare  not  give. 
What  have  1  faid !  for  both  of  us  't  were  beft. 
Oar  kindling  fire  if  each  <^  us  fuppreft. 
The  faith  of  ftrangers  is  too  prone  to  duinge. 
And,  like  themfelvcs,  their  wandering  paifions  range* 
Hypfipyla,  and  the  fond  Minoian  maid. 
Were  both  by  trufting  of  their  gueft  betray'd  : 
Fow  can  I  doubt  that  other  men  deceive^ 
When  you  yourfelf  did  fair  Oenone  leave  ? 
But,  left  I  fliould  upbraid  your  treachery. 
You  make  a  ment  of  that  crime  to  me. 
You  grant  you  were  to  faithful  love  inclin*d» 
Your  weary  Trojans  wait  but  for  a  wind. 
Shduld  you  prevail,  while  I  affign  the  night, 
Your  fails  are  hoifted,  and  you  take  your  flight } 
Some  bawling  mariner  our  love  deftroys, 
j     And  breaks  aflmder  our  unfiniih'd  joys. 


$4       BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Butl  with  you  may  leave  the  Spartan  port. 
To  view  the  Trojan  wealth  and  Priam's  court. 
Shown  while  I  fee,  I  (hall  expofe  my  hmt. 
And  fill  a  foreign  country  with  my  ibante« 
In  Afia  what  reception  Ihall  I  find  ? 
And  what  diflionour  leave  in  Greece  behind  ? 
What  will  your  brothers,  Priam,  Hecuba, 
And  what  will  all  your  modcft  matrons  fay  } 
£v'n  you,  when  on  this  aAion  you  rcflcd^ 
My  future  condu6^  juftly  may  fufpe6l ; 
And  wbate*cr  (tranger  lands  upon  your  coatt. 
Conclude  me,  by  your  own  example,  loft. 
1,  from  your  rage,  a  ftrumpet's  name  (hall  hour. 
While  you  forget  what  part  in  it  you  bear : 
You,  my  crime*s  author,  will  my  crime  upbraid: 
Deep  under  ground,  oh  !  let  me  firft  be  laid  ! 
You  boaTt  the  pomp  and  plenty  of  your  ]and» 
And  promife  all  fhall  be  at  my  command  : 
Your  Trojan  wealth,  believe  me,  I  dcfpife ; 
My  own  poor  native  land  has  dearer  tics. 
Should  I  be  injur'd  on  your  Phrygian  ftiore. 
What  help  of  kindred  could  I  there  implore  ? 
Medea  was  by  Jafon's  flattery  won ; 
1  may,  like  her,  believe  and  be  undone. 
Plain  honcft  hearts,  like  mine,  rurpc6l:  no  cheat, 
JVnd  love  contributes  to  its  own  deceit. 
The  (hips,  about  whofe  fides  loud  tempefts  roarj 
With  gentle  winds  were  wafted  from  tlie  fhore. 
Your  teeming  mother  dreamt  a  flaming  brand, 
Sprung  from  her  womb,  confum'd  the  Trojan  land  ,* 

T© 


HBLEN     TO    PARIS. 
Toftcond  thitf  oM  prophecies  confpirc, 
Thtt  Ilium  fliali  be  barnt  with  Grecian  fire  : 
Boil  ipvt  mt  fear,  nor  it  it  much  alkiy*dy 
That  Venus  is  obliged  our  loves  to  aid. 
For  they  who  loft  their  caufe,  revenge  will  take. 
And  for  one  friend  two  enemies  you  make. 
Kor  can  I  doubt  but,  fhould  I  follow  you, 
The  fword  would  foon  our  fatal  crime  ])urfuc : 
A  wrong  (b  great  my  huAand's  rage  would  rouze^ 
And  my  relations  would  his  caufc  efpoufe. 
You  boaft  your  firength  and  courage ;  but,  alns  f 
Ycmr  vfotds  receive  fmall  credit  from  your  face. 
Let  heroes  in  the  dufiy  field  delight, 
Thofe  limbs  were  fafhion'd  for  another  fight. 
Bid  He£kor  fally  from  the  walls  of  Troy ; 
A  fweeter  quarrel  ihould  your  arms  employ. 
Yet  fears  like  thcfe  fhould  not  my  mind  perplex^ 
Wcse  I  as  wife  as  many  of  my  fcx : 
But  time  and  you  may  bolder  thoughts  infpire; 
And  I,  perhaps,  may  yield  to  your  dcfiie. 
You  lafl  demand  a  private  conference  t 
Thcfe  arc  your  words  j  but  1  can  i^uufs  your  fcnfc. 
Your  unripe  hopes  their  harveil  mud  attend  : 
Be  rul'd  by  mc,  und  Time  may  be  your  friend. 
This  is  enough  to  let  you  undcrfland. 
For  noNV  my  pen  has  tir*d  my  tender  hand  i 
31y  woman  knows  tlie  fccrct  of  my  hearty 
And  may  hereafter  better  news  impart. 


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[     66     3 

PART     OF     THE     STORY 

o   F 

ORPHEUS. 

BEING   A   TRANSLATION   OUT   OF     THE  FOURTH 
BOOK   OF   VIRGIL'S   GEORGIC, 

"T^  I S  not  for  nothing  when  juft  heaven  docs  frown  2 
-*•    The  injur*d  Orpheus  calls  thefe  judgments  dowzii 
Whod*  fpoufe,  avoiding  to  become  thy  prey. 
And  all  his  joys  at  once  were  fnatch'd  away  ; 
The  nymph,  fore-doom 'd  that  fatal  way  to  pafs, 
Spy'd  not  the  ferpent  lurking  in  the  grafs  : 
A  mournful  cry  the  fpacious  valley  fills, 
With  echoing  groans  from  all  the  neighbouring" hills | 
The  Dryades  roar  out  in  deep  defpair, 
And  with  united  voice  bewail  the  fair. 

For  fuch  a  lofs  he  fought  no  vain  relief. 
But  with  his  lute  indulged  the  tender  grief; 
Along  the  Ihore  he  oft'  would  wildly  ftray. 
With  doleful  notes  begin  and  end  the  day. 
At  length  to  hell  a  frightful  journey  made, 
Pafs'd  the  wide-gaping  gulph  and  difmal  ihade  | 
Vifits  the  ghofts,  and  to  that  king  repairs 
Whofe  heart 's  inflexible  to  human  prayers. 
All  hell  is  ravilh'd  with  fo  fweet  a  fongj 
Light  fouls  and  airy  ^irits  glide  along 

III 


R  y\ 


^*  li'ilit 


48       BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Much  he  would  fain  have  fpoke  :  but  fate,  alai ! 

Would  nc*er  again  confent  to  let  him  pafs. 

Thus  twice  undone,  what  courie  remained  to  take. 

To  gain  her  back,  already  pafs'd  the  lake  ? 

What  tcars»  what  patience,  could  procure  him  eafe  ? 

Or,  ah  !  what  vows  the  angry  powers  appeafe  ? 

'Tis  faid,  he  Tcven  long  niuons  bewail'd  his  loft 

To  bleak  and  barren  rocks,  on  whofe  cold  mofs. 

While  languiibing  he  fung  his  fatal  Jtlame, 

He  mov*d  ev'n  trees*  and  made  fierce  tigers  tame. 

So  the  fad  nightingale,  when  childlefs  made 
By  feme  rough  fwain  who  ftole  her  young  away. 

Bewails  her  lofs  beneath  a  poplar  fhade, 
Mourns  all  the  night,  in  murmurs  wades  the  day; 
Her  melting  fongs  a  doleful  plcaiiire  yield. 
And  melancholy  mufic  fills  the  field. 

Marriage  nor  Jove  could  ever  move  his  mind ; 
But  all  alone,  beat  by  the  northern  wind^ 
Shivering  on  Tanais'  banks  the  bard  remained. 
And  of  the  god's  unfruitful  gift  complain'd. 
Circonian  dames,  enrag'd  to  be  dcfpis'J, 
As  they  the  feall  of  Bacchus  folcmuiz'd. 
Slew  the  poor  youth,  and  ftrew'd  about  his  jimhs  ^ 
Kis  head,  torn  off  from  the  fair  body,  fwims 
Down  that  fwift  current  where  the  Heber  flows^ 
And  iUll  its  tongue  in  doleful  accents  goes. 
Ah,  poor  Eurydice !  he  dying  cry*d  ; 
J.urydicc  T«founds  from  every  fide. 


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K  in 

ESSAY     ON     POETRY*. 

/^  F  all  thofc  arts  la  which  the  ^fc  excel, 
^^  Nature's  chief  mafter-piece  is  writing  well: 
No  writing  lifts  exalted  man  fo  high. 
As  facrcd  and  foul -moving  poefy : 
No  kind  of  work  requires  fo  nice  a  tou<;h. 
And,  if  well  fini(h'd,  nothing  fliines  fo  much^ 
But  heaven  forbid  we  Ihould  be  ib  profane, 
To  grace  the  vulgar  with  that  noble  name. 
'Tis  not  a  flalh  of  fancy,  which  fonwtimcs, 
Dazzling  our  minds,  fcts  oS'the  flighteft  rhymes; 
Blight  as  a  blaze,  but  in  a  moment  done  : 
True  wit  IS  cverlafting,  like  the  fun. 
Which,  though  furaetimes  behind  a  cloud  rctir*d| 
J>reaks  out  again,  and  is  by  all  admir'd. 
Numlwr  and  rhyme,  and  that  harmonious  found, 
WbiciJ  not  the  niccft  car  with  harflineii  wound, 
Ave  neceflary,  yet  but  vulgar  arts  ; 
And  all  in  vain  thcfe  fuperficial  parta 
.  Contribute  to  :he  ftru£lure  of  the  whole, 
Without  a  genius  too ;  for  that's  the  foul : 

♦  The  "  Eflay  on  Satire,"  which  was  written  by  thii> 
noble  author  and  Mr.  Dryden,  is  printed  among  the 
r«cms  of  clic  latter. 

F  J  A  fpirit 


70        BUCKINGHAM'S     POEMS. 

A  /pirit  which  infpires  the  work  throughout. 

As  that  of  nature  moves  the  world  about ; 

A  flame  that  glows  amidft  conceptions  fit ; 

Ev*n  fomething  of  divine,  and  more  than  wit ; 

itfelf  unfeen,  yet  all  things  by  itihown, 

Defcribing  all  men,  but  defcrib'd  by  none. 

Where  doft  thou  dwell  ?  what  caverns  of  the  brain 

Can  fuch  a  vaft  and  mighty  thing  contain  ? 

When  I,  at  vacant  hours,  in  vain  thy  abfence  mouniy 

Oh  !  where  doft  thou  retire  ?  and  why  doft  thou  return^ 

Sometimes  with  powerful  charms  to  hurry  me  away. 

From  plcafures  of  the  night,  and  bufincfs  of  the  day  ? 

Ev*n  now^  too  far  tranfported,  I  am  fain 

To  check  thy  courfe,  and  ufe  the  needful  rein. 

As  all  is  dulnefs,  when  the  fancy's  bad  j 

So,  without  judgment,  fancy  is  but  mad  : 

And  judgment  has  aboundlefs  influence 

Not  only  in  the  choice  of  words,  or  fenfe. 

But  on  the  world,  on  manners,  and  on  men  j 

Fancy  is  but  the  feather  of  the  pen  ;  » 

Reafon  is  that  fubftantial  ufeful  part, 

Which  gains  the  head,  while  t'  other  wins  the  heart. 
Here  I  fhall  all  the  various  forts  of  verle. 

And  the  whole  art  of  poetry  rehearfe ; 

But  who  that  tafk  would  after  Horace  do  ? 

The  beft  of  matters,  and  examples  too  i 

Echoes  at  bcft,  all  we  can  fay  is  vain  j 

Dull  the  dcfign,  and  fruitlcfs  were  the  pain. 

'Tis  true,  the  ancients  we  may  rob  with  cafe  ; 

But  who  with  that  mean  ilijft  liimfelf  can  plcafe, 

With- 


£9  SAT    ON    POETRY,         7* 

Without  an  amor's  pride  ?  A  player's  art 
It  above  his,  vrbo  writes  a  bonx}w*d  part. 
Yet  modem  laws  are  made  for  later  faults. 
And  new  abfurdities  inlpire  new  thoughts ; 
What  need  has  fatire  then  to  live  on  theft. 
When  fo  much  frelh  occafion  ftill  is  left  ? 
Fertile  our  foil,  and  full  of  ranked  weeds. 
And  monftcrs  worfc  than  c\'er  Nilus  breeds. 
But  hold,  the  fools  (hall  have  no  caufc  to  fear ; 
'Tis  wit  and  fenfe  that  is  the  fubjeSt  here  : 
Dcfefts  of  witty  men  dcfcrvc  a  cure, 
And  thofe  who  are  fo,  will  ev'n  this  endure. 

Firll  then,  of  Songs ;  which  now  fo  much  abound. 
Without  his  fong  no  fop  is  to  be  found  ; 
A  mod  oflenfive  weapon,  which  he  draws 
On  all  he  meets,  againft  Apollo's  laws. 
Though  nothing  feems  more  cafy,  yet  no  part 
Of  poetry  requires  a  nicer  art ; 
For  as  in  rows  of  richeft  pearl  there  lies 
Many  a  blemifhthat  efcapes  our  eyes. 
The  Icaft  of  which  defefts  is  plainlv  (hown 
In  one  fmall  nng,  an^l  brings  the  value  down  : 
So  fongs  fhould  be  to  jull  perfeftion  wrought  j 
Yet  where  can  one  be  icon  without  a  fault  ? 
£xa£l  propriety  of  words  and  thought ; 
Exprelfion  eafy,  and  the  fancy  high  ; 
Yettliat  not  fcem  to  creep,  nor  this  to  fly; 
No  words  tranfpos*d,  but  in  fuch  order  all, 
Ac  wrought  with  care,  yet  feem  by  chance  to  fall. 

F  4  Here, 


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rt      BUCKI1^GHAM*S    POEM'S. 

Here,  as  in  all  things  elfe,  is  moft  unfit, 
Bare  ribaldty,  that  jx)or  pretence  to  wit ; 
Such  naufcous  fongs  by  a  late  author  *  made^ 
Call  an^unwiUing  cenfure  on  his  fhade. 
Kot  that  warm  thoughts  of  the  tranfporting  joy 
Can  (hock  the  chaftcft,  or  the  niceft  cloy  ; 
But  words  obfcene,  too  grofs  to  move  defirt. 
Like  heaps  of  fuel,  only  choke  the  fire. 
On  other  themes  he  well  deferves  our  praife  t 
But  palls  that  appetite  he  meant  to  raife. 

Next,  Elegy,  of  fwcet,  but  foletnn  voice. 
And  of  a  fubjef^  grave,  exa^  the  choice ; 
Tile  pndfe  of  beauty,  valour,  wit  contains  i 
And  there  too  oft*  dcfpairing  love  complsuns  S 
In  vain,  alas  !  for  who  by  wit  is  raov*d } 
That  phoenix-flie  deferves  to  be  belov'd  ; 
But  noify  nonfenfe,  and  fuch  fops  as  vex 
Mankind,  take  moft  with  that  fantaftic  (ex. 
This  to  the  praife  of  thofe  who  better  knew  ; 
The  many  raife  tlie  value  of  the  few. 
But  here  (as  all  our  fex  too  oft*  have  try'd) 
Women  have  drawn  my  wandering  thoughts  afide. 
Their  greateft  fault,  who  in  this  kind  have  writ. 
Is  not  defetl:  in  words,  or  want  of  wit ; 
But  fhould  this  Mufe  harmonious  numbers  yield. 
And  every  couplet  be  with  fancy  fiil'd ; 

*  The  Earl  of  Rochcftcr. — It  may  be  obfervcd,  how* 
ever,  that  many  of  the  worfl  fongs  afcribed  to  this 
ZLobkmau  were  fpurious.    N« 


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fiSSAYON    POETRY.       tj 
If  yet  a  juft  coherence  be  not  made 
Between  each  thought ;  and  the  whole  model  laid 
'So  right,  that  every  line  may  higher  rile, 
I  jkc  goodk  mountains,  till  they  reach  the  Ikies : 
Such  trifles  may  perhaps  of  late  liave  paft, 
And  may  be  lik'd  av^-hile,  but  nc\'crlaft  ; 
*Tis  epigram,  'tis  point,  'tis  what  you  will. 
But  -not  an  elegy,  nor  writ  with  Ikill, 
No  *  Panegyrick,  nor  a  f  Cooper's -HilL 

A  higher  flight,  and  of  a  happier  furce. 
Arc  Odes  :  the  Mules'  mod  unruly  horlc, 
That  bounds  fo  fierce,  the  rider  has  no  reft, 
Here  foams  at  mouth,  and  mo\*es  like  one  pofTcfV*^. 
The  poet  here  muft  be  indeed  infpir'd. 
With  fury  too,  as  wxll  as  fancy  fir'd. 
Cowley  might  boaft  to  have  perfonn'd  this  part. 
Had  he  with  nature  join'd  the  rules  of  art ; 
Bur  fomctimes  di£tion  mean,  orvcrle  ill-wrougiit, 
Dcudcns,  or  clouds,  his  noble  frame  of  thought, 
Tliough  all  appear  in  heat  and  fury  done, 
The  lan^ruage  ftill  muft  foft  and  eafy  run. 
Thcfe  laws  may  found  a  little  too  fevcre ; 
But  judgment  yields,  and  fancy  go\'em8  here, 
\V'hich,  though  extravagant,  this  Mule  allows. 
And  makes  the  work  much  eafier  than  it  fliows* 

Of  all  the  ways  that  wifeft  men  could  find 
To  mend  the  ar;c,  and  mortify  mankind, 
Satire  well -writ  has  moft  fuccefsful  prov'd. 
And  cures,  bccaufc  the  remedy  is  lov'd. 


'^  Waller's.  f  DcnUra's. 


^Tr. 


74        BUCKINGHAM'S     POEMS* 

*Tis  hard  to  write  on  fuch  a  fubjeft  more. 
Without  repeating  things  faid  oft'  before : 
Some  vulgar  errors  only  we  '11  remove. 
That  ftain  a  beauty  which  we  fo  much  Jove. 
Of  chofen  words  fome  take  not  care  enough^ 
And  think  they  ihould  be  as  the  fubjef^  rough  s 
This  poem  muft  be  more  cxaftly  made. 
And  (harpeft  thoughts  in  finootheft  words  convey 'd* 
Some  think,  if  (harp  enough,  they  cannot  fail. 
As  if  their  only  bufinef*!  was  to  rail : 
But  human  frailty  nicely  to  unfold, 
Diftinguifhes  a  fatyr  from  a  fcold. 
Rage- you  muft  hide,  and  prejudice  lay  downt 
A  fatyr  *s  fmiie  is  (harper  than  his  frown  i 
So  while  you  feem  to  (light  fome  rival  youth. 
Malice  itfelf  may  pafs  fometimes  for  truth. 
The  Laureat  ^  here  may  juftly  claim  our  praiie, 
Crown'd  by  Mack-Fleckno  f  with  immortal  bays  ; 
Yet  once  his  Pegafus  J  has  borne  dead  weight, 
Rid  by  fome  lumpifli  miniftcr  of  ftate. 

Here  reft,  my  Mufe,  fufpend  thy  cares  awhile, 
A  more  important  talk  attends  thy  toil. 
As  fome  young  eagle,  that  defigr.s  to  fly 
A  long  unwonted  journey  through  the  Iky, 
Weighs  all  the  dangerous  entcrprize  before, 
0'er  what  wide  lands  and  fcas  (he  is  to  foar, 

*  Mr.  Drydcn. 

t  A  famous  fatirical  Poem  of  his. 

J  A  poem  call'd  The  Hind  and  Panther. 

Doubts 


ES  SAY    ON    PO  E  T  R  Y.         75 
Doobtf  her  own  flmgth  Co  far,  and  juftly  fears 
The  lofty  road  of  aiiy  travellers  j 
But  yet  incited  by  fome  bold  dcfign, 
That  does  her  hopes  beyond  her  fears  incline. 
Prunes  every  feather,  views  her/elf  with  care. 
At  laft,   refolv'd,  flie  cleaves  the  yielding  air  $ 
Away  flic  flies,  fo  ftrong,  fo  high,  fo  faft. 
She  leflens  to  us,  and  is  lofl  at  lafl  : 
So  (though  too  weak  for  fuch  a  weighty  thing) 
The  Mufe  infpircs  a  fliarper  note  to  fing. 
And  why  fliould  truth  oflcnd,  when  only  toW 
To  guide  the  ignorant,  and  warn  the  bold  ? 
On  then,  my  Mufe,  adventuroufly  engage ' 
To  give  inllru£lion8  that  concern  the  Stage. 

The  unities  of  a6Hon,  time,  and  place. 
Which,  if  obferv'd,  give  plays  fo  great  a  grace. 
Are,  though  but  little  pra£lis'd,  too  well  known 
To  be  taught  here,  where  we  pretend  alone 
From  nicer  faults  to  purge  the  prefent  age, 
Lcfs  obvious  errors  of  the  Englifli  ftage. 

Firftthen,  Soliloquies  had  need  be  few. 
Extremely  fliort,  and  fpoke  in  paflion  too. 
Our  lovers  talking  to  themfclves,  for  want 
Of  others,  make  the  pit  their  confidant  j 
Nor  is  the  matter  mended  yet,  if  thus 
They  truft  a  friend,  only  to  tell  it  us  1 
Th'  occafion  fliould  as  naturally  fall. 
As  when  Bellario  ^  confcfles  all. 

♦  In  Philafler,  a  play  of  Beaumont  and  Fletcher. 

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t6      BUCKINGHAM'S     POEMS. 

VI\;uic8  of  I'pccch,  whicli  \v^ts  think  fo  fine, 
(Alt's  nccdleti  VArnifli  to  make  nature ihinc) 
All  arc  but  paint  uixm  a  beauteous  face. 
And  in  Jcicriptions  only  claim  a  place  : 
But,  to  uviKc  ru>ri;  declaim,  and  grief  difcourfe^ 
From  lovci's  iu  dei'^ir  fiue  things  to  force, 
JMull  needs  luccecd  ;  f()r  who  can  chufe  but  pity 
A  dviinj  hero,  miferably  witty  ? 
But  oh!  the  Dialogues,  whei-c  juft  and  mock 
Is  lu-ld  up  like  a  reft  at  Ihittlc-cock ; 
Di  elll',  like  bells,  eternally  they  chime, 
1'hey  ligh  in  Simile,  and  die  in  Rhyme. 
W  h;it  things  arc  thefc  who  would  be  poets  thought. 
By  natun:  not  inlpirM,  nor  learning  taught  r 
Some  wit  they  liave,  and  therefore  may  dclcn'c 
A  better  courfc  than  thi$»  by  which  they  ftarvc  : 
But  to  write  plajs  !  why,  *tis  a  lx>ld  pi^icnce 
To  judi'.mcut,  breeding,  wit,  and  cliKjuence  : 
]Nav  more  ;    for  they  nmft  look  within,   to  find 
Tlw>le  U'crct  turns  of  nature  in  the  r.iind  : 
Without  this  piut,  in  vain  would  be  the  whole. 
And  but  ;i  b<^dy  all,    without  a  foul. 
jAlII  this  united  yet,  but  niiikes  a  part 
Ot   Dialoi^ue,  tliat  u;rc'ac  and  jH>\vcrful  ait, 
t<ow  aUnoil  lott,  which  the  c^Ul  Grecians  knew, 
Frv>n\  whom  tiie  Romans  fainter  copies  drew. 
Scarce  ^.omprch.ended  fince,  but  by  atc\v, 
riato  and  Luciaii  aix'  tiic  ■■»cft  lerrain* 
Ox  ill  the  wondeis  w  liich  this  iit  contains  j 

Ye: 


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ESSAY    ON     POETRY*,         77 

Yet  to  ourfelves  we  juftice  muft  allow, 
Shakcfpearc  and  Fletcher  are  the  wonders  now : 
Confider  them,  and  read  them  o'er  and  o*er^ 
Go  (ee  them  play'd ;  then  read  theqi  as  before^; 
For  though  in  many  things  they  grofely  fail^ 
Over  our  palTions  fliU  they  Co  prevail » 
"That  our  own  grief  by  theirs  is  rock'd  aileep; 
The  dull  are  forced  to  feel,  the  wife  to  weep. 
Their  beauties  imitate,  avoid  their  faults ; 
Firft,  on  a  plot  employ  thy  careful  thoughts ; 
Turn  it,  with  time,  a  thoufand  fcveral  waysj 
This  oft*,  alone,  has  given  fuccefs  to  plays, 
Rejeft  that  vulgar  error  (which  appears 
So  fair)  of  makmg  perfed  charaders  ; 
There  's  no  fuch  thing  in  nature,  and  you  '11  draw 
A  faulriefs  monfter  which  the  world  ne*er  faw. 
Some  faults  muft  t>e,  that  his  misfortunes  drew. 
But  fuch  as  may  deferve  compalTion  too. 
Bciides  the  main  defign  composed  with  art. 
Each  moving  fcene  muft  be  a  plot  apart ; 
Contrive  each  little  turn,  mark  every  place. 
As  painters  firft  chalk  out  the  future  face  : 
Yet  be  not  fondly  your  own  Have  for  this. 
But  change  hereafter  what  appears  amifs. 

Think  not  fo  much  where  (hining  thoughts  toplace^ 
As  what  a  man  would  fay  in  fuch  a  caie :, 
Neither  in  comedy  will  this  fufBce, 
The  player  too  muft  be  before  your  eyes  1 
And,  though  'tis  drudgery  to  ftoop  fo  low. 
To  kim  you  muft  your  fecret  meaning  ihow. 

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Bzpdfe  Dofiog^fisp,  bat  laf  the  losfl 
More  equally,  mA  ^rtfn^  ttie  iblly  Hraid t 
MerecozccHiiWaMtoeeimoiisi  ef^iielbi   ' 
AfooldcriMlby-«tlMdi*-li*f-  -:  .•'(-;' 
Hawks  fly  at-Mdblcrfimes  iadik  toM^fM)V'    ' 
A  very  owl  may  pnMr»«lvfd  ti  pngF''.  ^'"'^ '  "i  ^ 
Small  poet*  thai ifrill  Me poMrfcp.tlMMrpr 


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But  to  colle^-likiteet,  fiom  cni^ikMNfv 
Ingredients  to  ccwppofe  tnat  pfeciaiit- jwbsy  ^  '  ' 
Which  ienrct  difr^ral^ld  for^csiiiie  lUi'lblrlift.' 
Inipiteof  feftioa  this  wowld  favow  f<y  '  '   '  • 
But  Falftaff *  Agtt4»  inhnitahle  yd:*      - 1^  ^^- 

Another  fault  4vluiA  often  maybdUIJ  ■' 
Is,  when  the  wit  of  feme  great  poet  Aiil- 
80  ov«flow,  that  iir  ba  none  at  all  f      - 
That  ar*n  his  fools  fpedc  icafe,  as-'if  peicll^ 
And  ea<jh  hy  ia^iniioo  breaki  Ms  fdL '•'  '- 
If  once  the  juftneft  of  each  part  be  loA;' 
Well  may  we  hiugh,  bift  at  the  poet's  coft. 
That  filly  thing  men  call  iheer-wit  avoid. 
With  which  our  age  fo  naufeoQily  is  cloy'd  t 
Humour  is  all  \  wit  fliould  be  only  brought 
To  turn  agreeably  fome  proper  thought. 

But  fince  the  poets  we  of  late  have  known^ 
Shine  in  no  drefs  ib  much  as  in  their  own. 
The  better  by  example  to  convince, 
Caft  but  a  view  on  this  wrong  fide  of  itt&^ 

•  The  matchlcfs  chamber  of  ShBkd[pea». 


kiSAT    ON     POETRY.         79 
TidU  ■  lolUo^jr  it  calmly  made, 
M^KTB  every  lolbn  is  tJoSdj  weigh'd  $ 
Which  once  perfbrai'd,  moft  opporttmely  comet 
Some  hero  friglited  at  the  noife  of  drums ; 
For  her  fweet  iakc,  whom  at  firft  fight  he  Joves, 
And  all  in  metaf^ior  bis  paffion  proves : 
But  fome  (ad  accident,  though  yet  unknown. 
Parting  this  pair,  to  leave  the  fivain  alone ; 
He  firait  grows  jealous,  though  we  know  not  why  | 
Then,  to  oblige  his  nval,  needs  will  die : 
But  firft  he  makes  a  fpecch,  wherein  he  telh 
The  ab(ent  nymph  how  much  his  flame  excels  i 
And  yet  bequeaths  her  generoudy  now, 
To  that  lov*d  11^*81  whom  he  doci  not  know ! 
Who  firait  appears ;  Dut  who  can  fate  withiland  } 
Too  late,  alas !  to  hold  his  haily  hand. 
That  juft  has  given  himfcif  the  cruel  (broke  I 
At  which  his  very  rival's  heart  is  broke  : 
He,  more  to  his  new  friend  than  midrefs  kind, 
MoA  fadly  mourns  at  being  left  behind. 
Of  fuch  a  death  prefers  the  pleafing  charms 
To  love,  and  living  in  a  ladyS  arms. 
What  ihamcfui  and  what  mon(h-ous  things  are  tlie(e  I 
And  then  they  rail  at  tbo(e  they  cannot  plcafe  $ 
Conclude  us  only  partial  to  the  dead. 
And  grudge  the  fign  of  old  Ben  Jonfon's  head  | 
IVhen  the  intrinfic  value  of  the  ftage 
Can  fcarce  be  judg'd  but  by  a  following  age  t 
For  dances,  flutes,  Italian  Tongs,  and  rhyme^ 
e^ay  keep  up  finking  noulcAic  fur  a  tinve  i 


tb  BUCKINGHAM'S  POE'MSw 
But  that  muft  fail,  which  now  (b  much  o*er-rulcs^ 
And  fcnfe  no  longer  will  fubmit  to  fools. 

By  painful  fteps  at  laft  we  labonr  up 
Famaffus'  hill,  on  whofe  bright  airy  top 
The  E^iick  poets  fo  diioncly  (how, 
And  with  juft  pride  behold  the  reft  below. 
Heroic  poems  have  a  juft  pretence 
To  be  the  utmoft  (hetch  of  humm  ienlc  i 
A  work  of  fuch  iiieRimable  worth, 
There  arc  but  two  the  world  has  yet  brought  forth  ! 
Homer  and  Virgil !  with  what  (acred  awe, 
Do  thole  mere  (bunds  the  world *s  attention  draw  I 
Juft  as  a  changeling  (eem^  below  the  left 
Of  men»  or  rather  is  a  t'A-o-lcgg'd  btaft  i 
So  thefe  gigantic  fouls  amaz'd  we  find 
As  much  above  the  reft  of  human  kind  f 
Nature's  whoTe  (brcngth  united  f  endlefs  famc^ 
And  univcrfal  (houts  attend  thf-'r  name ! 
Read  Homer  once,  a.id  you  c:«n  i^ad  nomore. 
For  all  books  die  appear  fo  \  :<  an,  (b  poor, 
Verfc  will  Iccm  yrofej  but  fi  .1  pcrfift  to  rcad^ 
And  Homer  v.ill  be  all  the  books  you  need. 
Had  Koflfu  never  writ,  the  world  had  ftiU, 
Like  Indians,  viewed  this  wondrous  piece  of  (kill; 
As  fomcthing  of  divine  the  xv-ork  admir'd  5 
Not  hopVlto  be  in(liu£led,  but  infpir'd : 
But  he,  difcloiing  facrcd  myfleries. 
Has  Ihtwn  where  all  the  mighty  magic  lies ; 
Dtlcrib'd  the  (ccds,  and  m  what  order  fown^ 


.BSSAT     ON    POETRY.         ti 
Sun  (torn  feme  ugel  he  die  iecret  knew, 
Who  through  thb  labyrinth  has  lent  the  clue. 

But  M^iaty  alas !  avails  it  poor  mankind^ 
To  fee  this  promis'd  land,  yet  fiay  behind  ? 
The  way  is  ihewn»  but  who  has  ftrength  to  go  ? 
Who  can  all  fcicnces  profoundly  know  > 
Whole  fancy  flies  beyond  weak  Reafon's  fight. 
And  yet  has  judgment  to  dire£l  it  right  ? 
Whofe  juft  difcernment,  Virgil- like,  is  {\id\ 
l*{ever  to  (ay  too  little  or  too  much  ? 
htt  fuch  a  man  begin  without  delay ; 
l^ut  he  muft  do  beyond  what  I  can  (ay ; 
Mull  above  Taflb's  lofty  dights  pre^-ail. 
Succeed  where  Spenfer,  and  ev'n  Milton  fail. 


ODE      ON      BRUTUS. 


•'T'  I S  (aid,  that  favourite,  mankind, 

-^      Was  nude  the  lord  of  all  below  ; 
But  yet  the  doubtful  are  concern'd  to  find, 
'Tu  only  one  man  tells  another  fo. 

And,  for  this  great  dominion  here. 

Which  over  other  bcafls  we  claim, 
Rcafbn  our  beft  credential  does  appear. 

By  which  indeed  we  domineer. 
But  how  abfurdly,  we  may  fee  with  ihamc. 

G  Rca(ba, 


ftft      BUCKINbHAM'S    :Pt)BM&. 

Reafon,  that  {biemn  trifle  I  light  at  air^ 
Driven  up.  and  dawn  by  cenfure  orapplauiei 

By  partial  love  away  'tis  blown. 
Or  the  kaft  prejudice  can  weigh  it  down  i 
^lus  our  high  privilege  becomes  our  fnare. 

In  any  nice  and  weighty  caule, 
How  weaki  at  beft,  is  Reafbn  !  yet  the  grave 
Impofe  on  diat  fmall  judgment  which  we  have. 

II. 
In  all  thofe  wits,  whofe  names  have  fpread  fo  wide,  ' 
And  cv'n  the  force  of  time  dcfy'd. 
Some  failings- yet  may  be  defcry'd, 
Among  the  reft,  with  wonder  be  it  told. 
That  Brutus  is  admir*d  for  Cacfar's  death ; 
By  which  he  yet  furvives  in  Fame's  immortal  breath* 
Brutus,  cv*n  he,  of  all  the  reft, 
In  wl)om  we  ihould  that  deed  the  mod  deteft. 
Is  of  mankind  efteem'd  the  beft. 
As  fiiovv  defcending  from  feme  lofty  hill, 
Is  by  its  rolling  courfe  augmenting  ftill. 
So  from  illuftrious  authors  down  have  roll'd 
Thofe  great  encomiums  he  received  of  old  : 
Republic  orators  will  fhew  efteem, 
And  gild  their  eloquence  with  praife  of  him  : 
But  Ti-uth,  unveil'd,  like  a  bright  fun  appears. 
To  fhine  away  this  heap  of  feventeen  hundred  years^ 

III. 
In  vain  'tis  urg'd  by  an  illuftrious  wit, 
(To  whom  in  all  befidcs  I  willingly  fubmit) 

5  That 


XM)  E     ON     BRUTUS.  Sj 

That  Caefar's  life  no  pity  could  defcrve 

From  one  who  kilPd  himfelf,  rather  than  fervc. 

Had  Brutus  chofe  rather  himfelf  to  (lay. 

Than  any  mailer  to  obey, 
Happy  for»Rome  had  been  that  noble  pride  ; 
The  world  had  then  remained  in  peace,  and  only  Brut«i 
dyM. 
For  he,  whofe  foul  difdains  to  own 
Sub}c6lion  to  a  tyrant*s  frown, 
.  And  his  own  life  would  rather  end. 
Would  fare  much  rather  kill  himfelf,  than  only  hurt 
his  friend. 
To  his  own  fword  in  the  Philippian  field 

Brutus  indeed  at  lad  did  yield  : 
But  in  tliofe  times  felf-killing  was  not  rare. 
And  his  proceeded  only  from  defpair  : 

He  might  have  chofen  clic  to  live. 
In  hopes  another  Caefar  would  forgive; 
Then,  for  the  good  of  Rome,  he  could  once  more 
Confpire  againft  a  life  which  had  fpar'd  his  before. 

IV. 
Our  country  challenges  our  utmoft  care. 
And  in  our  thoughts  deferves  the  tendered  ihare  ; 
Her  to  a  thoufand  friends  we  fhould  prefer. 
Yet  not  betray  them,  though  it  be  for  her. 
Hard  is  his  heart,  whom  no  defert  can  movCf 

A  miftrefs  or  a  friend  to  love. 
Above  whatever  he  does  befides  enjoy  ; 
But  may  he,  for  their  lakes,  his  fire  or  fons  deftroy ! 

G  2  For 


But  'tis  not  furcly  of  fo  fair  renown 
To  fpill  another's  blood,  as  to  expofe  our  owi 
OF  all  tliat's  ours  we  cannot  give  too  much 
But wliat belongs  to friendfliip,  oh!  'tis£icrileg 
V. 
Can  we  fland  by  unmov'd,  and  fee 
Our  mother  robb'd  and  ravifli'd  ?     Can  wc  be 

Excus'd,  if  in  her  caufe  we  never  ftir, 
Pleas'd  with  the  fbrcngth  and  beauty  of  the  ra' 
Thus  iings  our  bard  with  heat  alxnoft  divint 
'Tis  pity  that  his  thought  was  not  as  ftrong  m 
Would  it  more  juilly  did  the  cafe  exprefs. 
Or  that  its  beauty  and  its  grace  were  Icfs, 
(Thus  a  nymph  (bmetimes  we  fee. 
Who  fo  charming  fecms  to  be, 
Tliat,  jealous  of  a  foft  furprize. 
We  fcarce  durft  truft  our  eager  eyes) 

<knrh  a  fallarirmc  nrnVtiifVi  tt\  *»(ran^- 


ODE     ON     BRUTUS.  85^ 

Loud  was  the  Hymcnean  long  ; 
The  violated  dame  *  walk'd  ftnilingly  along, 
And  in  the  midfl  of  the  moft  facred  dance. 

As  if  enamour'd  of  his  fight, 
Often  fhe  caft  a  kind  admiripg  glance 
On  the  bold  ilruggler  for  delight ; 
Who  afterwards  appeared  fo  moderate  and  cool. 
As  if  for  public  good  alone  he  fo  defir'd  to  rule, 
VI. 
But,  oh  ^  that  this  were  all  which  we  can  urge 
Again  ft  a  Roman  of  fo  great  a  foul ! 
And  that  fair  tr<ith  permitncd  us  to  purge 

His  hGtf  of  what  appears  fo  foul ! 
Fricndftiip,  that  facred  and  fublimeft  thing  ! 
The  noblcft  quality,  and  chicfcft  good, 
(In  this  dull  age  fcarce  underftood) 
Infpires  us  with  unufual  warmth  her  injur'd  rites  to  fing.  " 
AfTift,  ye  angels  !  whofe  immortal  blifs, 
Though  more  nifin'd,  chiefly  confifts  in  this. 
How  plainly  your  bright  thoughts  to  one  another  fhine ! 
Oh  !  how  ye  all  agree  in  harmony  divine ! 
The  race  of  mutual  love  with  equal  zeal  ye  run, 
Acourfe,  as  far  from  any  end,  as  when  at  firft  begun. 

Ye  faw,  and  fmil'd  upon  this  matchlefs  pair, 
Who  ftill  betwixt  them  did  (b  many  virtues  (hare. 
Some  which  belong  to  peace,  and  fome  to  ftrife, 
Thofe  of  a  calm,  and  of  an  a6Uve  life, 

*  Rome. 

G  J  That 


H       BUCKINGHAM'S    POEUT^. 

That  all  the  excellence  of  huiDaa-kind 
Concurr*d  to  make  of  bodi  bnt  one  nmted  nuody 

Which  Friehdihip  did  fo  faft  and  clofily  bmdt 
Kot  the  leaft  cement  could  appear  by  triuch  thtir  fenb 
were  join'd. 

That  tye  which  holds  our  mortal  (hmtp 
Which  {)0or  unknowing  we  a  ibul  and  body  B«Mf 

Seems  not  a  compofition  more  dWiiiey 
Or  more  abfirufe,  than  all  that  does  in  fiiendihip  fliiiie* 

vn. 

From  mighty  Cxfar  and  his  boundlefi  grace. 
Though  BrutuSy  once  at  leaft,  his  life  reoeiv*d|.  : 
Such  obligations,  though  fo  hi^  beliov'd. 

Are  yet  bnt  (light  in  fuch  a  cafe,  ' 

Where  ^endihip  fo  pofidfea'all  the  place» 
There  is  no  room  for  gratitude  i  fince  he. 
Who  £o  obliges,  is  more  pleas'd  than  his  fiiv'd  fiaa^ 
can  be. 
J u ft  in  the  midft  of  all  this  noble  heat. 
Mobile  their  great  hearts  did  both  fo  kindly  beat. 
That  it  amaz'd  the  lookers-on. 
And  fort*d  them  to  fufpeft  a  father  and  a  fbn  * ; 
(Thoui^h  here  ev'n  Nature's  felf  ftill  fcem*d  to  be  out- 
done) 
From  fuch  a  friendfhip  unprovokM  to  fill 
Is  horrid,  yet  I  wifh  that  fa6t  were  all 
Which  does  with  too  much  caufc Ungrateful  Brutus  call. 

*  Caefar  wa^  fuf^dled  to  have  begotten  Brutus. 


ODE     C^N     BRUTUS.  I7 

VIII. 
Jm  cttdMhlobd  he- laid  a  loag  defign 
Againft  his  bcil  and  deareil  friend ; 
Did  ey*n  his  foes  in  zeal  exceed. 
To  fpirit  others  up  to  work  {o  black  a  deed  ; 
Himfelf  the  centre  where  they  all  did  join. 
Csfar,  mean  time,  fearlefs,  and  fond  of  him^ 

Was  as  induflrious  all  the  while 
To  give  fuch  ample  marks  of  fond  efteem. 
As  made  the  gravcfl Romans  fmile 
To  fee  with  how  much  eafc  love  can  the  wife  beguile.. 
He,  whom  thus  Brutus  doom'd  to  bleed. 
Did,  letting  his  own  race  afide, 
Nothing  lefs  for  him  provide,         ^ 
Than  in  the  world's  great  empire  to  fucceed  : 
Which  we  arc  bound  in  juftice  to  allow. 
Is  aJJ-fufficient  proof  to  fhow. 
That  Brutus  did  not  (brike  for  his  own  fake  : 
Aod  if,  alas  !  he  fail'd,  'twas  only  by  milUke- 


G4  MISCEL- 


[     8«     3 

M  I  S  C  E  L  L  AN  I  E  S. 

T  H  JE       R  A  P  T  U  R  £• 

T  YIELD,  I  yiddy  and  can  no  longer  ftay 
^  My  eager  thoughu,  that  force  tlieiniel?et  iw«f. 
Sure  none  infpir'd  (whofeheat  treniports  tliemfiiU 
Above  their  realbn,  and  heyond  their  will) 
Can  firm  againft  the  fbx>ng  impulfe  reaiain ) 
Ccnfure  itielf  were  not  {o  iharp  a  pain. 
Let  vulgar  minds  fubmit  to  vulgar  iway  i 
What  Ignorance  fhall  think,  or  Malice  &jp 
To  me  are  trifles  i  if  the  knowing  few. 
Who  can  fee  faults,  hut  ^n  fee  beauties  toov 
Applaud  tliat  genius  which  therofelves  partske. 
And  fpare  the  Poet  for  the  Muie*s  fake. 

The  Mufc,  who  raifes  mc  from  humbl!  ground^ 
To  view  the  vaft  and  various  world  around  : 
How  fall  I  mount !  in  what  a  wondrous  way» 
I  grow  tranfported  to  this  large  furvey  ! 
I  value  earth  no  more,  and  far  below 
Metliinks  I  ice  the  bufy  pigmies  go. 
My  foul  entranc'd  is  in  a  rapture  brought 
Above  the  common  tracks  of  vulgar  thought : 
With  fancy  wing'd,  I  feel  the  purer  air. 
And  with  conxtm^\.\s»V^  ^oi^it  wv  W^saan  care. 


THE       RAPTURE.  89 

Aiiy  Ambition^  ever  foaring  high, 
Stands  firft  ezpot'd  10  my  cenforiout  eye* 
Behold  fome  toiling  up  a  ilippery  hill. 
Where,  though  arrivM,  they  muft  be  toiling  ftill: 
Some,  with  unftcady  feet,  juft  fallen  to  ground, 
Others  at  top,  whofe  heads  arc  turning  round. 
To  this  high  fphcre  it  happens  ilill  tliat  fbme. 
The  mofl  unfit,  arc  forwarded  to  come  ; 
Yet  among  thcfc  are  princes  forc'd  to  chufc. 
Or  feek  out  fuch  as  would  perhaps  rcfufc. 
Favour  too  great  is  fafcly  plac'd  on  none. 
And  foon  becomes  a  dragon  or  a  drone; 
Kitlier  rcmifs  and  negligent  of  all. 
Or  elfc  imperious  and  tyrannical. 

The  Mufe  infpircs  me  now  to  look  againy 
And  fee  a  meaner  fort  of  fordid  men 
Doating  on  little  heaps  of  yellow  dull ; 
For  that  dcfpiftng  honour,  cafe,  and  luft. 
I.ct  other  bards,  exprefling  how  it  fliines, 
Dcfcril>e  with  envy  what  the  mifcr  finds  5 
Only  as  heaps  of  dirt  it  fccms  to  me. 
Where  wc  fuch  dcfpicable  vermin  fee. 
Who  creep  through  filth  a  thoufand  crooked  ways, 
Infenfible  of  infamy  or  praife  : 
Loaded  with  guilt,  they  ftill  purfue  their  courfe. 
Not  cv'n  rcftrain*d  by  love  or  fricndfliip's  force. 

Not  to  enlarge  on  fuch  an  obvious  thought, 
Behold  their  folly,  which  tranfcends  their  fault  f 
Alas  !  their  cares  and  cautions  only  tend 
I'o  gain  the  means,  and  then  to  lolc  iIm:  cuCl, 


96       BUCKINGHAM'S    POSMS. 

Like  heroes  in  romances^  ftill  in  fig^ 

For  miftreflet  diat  yield  diem  no  deljg|brt» 

This,  of  all  vice»  does  moll  debafe  die  miad^ 

Gold  it  idelftih^  allay  to  hnman-ldndL  '       '  ^, 

Oh,  happy  tbnet  T  i^rben  no  (bch  diing  lir  c6fli 

E'er  tempted  fiiendi  to  part»  or  foes  tor  {da: ! 

Cattle  or  coroy  among  ^o(e  harmlefi  men* 

Wat  all  their  wealth,  the  gold  and  filver^thea : 

Com  was  too  bulky  to  corrupt  a  tribe. 

And  bellowing  hei^s  would  have  betray'd  the  bribe*  ^ 

Ev^n  traffick  now  is  intercourfe  of  ill. 
And  every  wind  brings  a  new  mUchief  Bill ; 
By  trade  we  flouriOi  in  our  leaves  and  BruiCy 
But  avarice  and  excefs  devour  the  r66t» 

Thus  fEir  the  Mufe  unwillingly  hat  been 
Fix'd  on  the  dull,  lefs  happy  forts  of  fin  s 
But  now,  more  pleas*d,  (he  views  the  different  wayi' 
*  Of  luxury,  and  all  its  charms  furveys. 
Dear  luxury  !  thou  foft,  but  fure  deceit ! 
Rife  of  the  mean,  and  ruin  of  the  great ! 
Tliou  fure  prefage  of  ill -approaching  fates. 
The  bane  of  empires,  and  the  change  of  flates ! 
Armies  in  "V'ain  refill  thy  mighty  poyer  j 
Not  the  word  condudl:  would  confound  them  more. 
Thus  Rome  herfelf,  while  o*er  the  world  fhe  flew. 
And  did  by  virtue  all  that  world  fubdue, 
Was  by  her  own  viftorious  arms  opprefs'd. 
And  catchM  infe6lion  from  the  conquerM  Eaft ; 
Whence  aW  tVvofe  \\cfc"&  casa&^'which  foon  devour 
The  beft  iouada-uoxi.^  ol  wanwa.  ^s^a.  ^>«tx^ 


^^ 


T  H  B       RAPTURE. 
But  oh !  what  Mced  have  we  abroad  to  roaniy 
Who  feel  too  much  the  iad  eScSts  at  home. 
Of  wild  excefs  ?  which  we  Co  plainly  find 
Decays  the  body,  and  impairs  the  mind. 
But  yet  grave  fops  muil  not  prefume  from  hence 
To  flight  the  facred  pleafures  of  tiie  fenfe  : 
Our  appetites  arc  Nature's  laws,  aiid  given 
Under  the  broad  autlicntic  fcal  of  heaven. 
Let  pedants  wrangle,  and  let  bigots  fight. 
To  put  refhaint  on  innocent  delight, 
But  heaven  and  nature  's  always  in  the  right ; 
They  would  not  draw  poor  wretched  mortals  in. 
Or  give  defircs  that  ihali  be  doom'd  for  fin. 
Yet,  that  in  height  of  harmlefs  joy  we  may 
Lafl  to  old  age,  and  never  lofe  a  day ; 
Amidfk  our  pleafures  we  ourfelves  fhould  fpare. 
And  manage  all  with  temperance  and  care. 
The  gods  forbid  but  we  fometimes  may  fieep 
Our  joys  in  wine,  and  lull  our  cares  afleep : 
It  raifes  nature,  ripens  feeds  of  worth, 
As  moiflcning  pi6turcs  calls  the  colours  forth  ; 
But  if  the  varniih  we  too  oft'  apply, 
Alas  !  like  colours,  we  grow  faint  and  die. 
Hold,  hold,  impetuous  Mufc  :  1  would  reflrain, 
Her  over-eager  lieat,  but  all  in  vain ; 
Abandon'd  to  delightst  fhe  longs  to  rove; 
I  check'd  her  here,  and  now  fhe  flics  to  love ; 
Slicws  me  fome  rural  nymph,  by  Ihepherd  chac'd^ 
Soon  overcakeni  and  as  foon  embraced : 


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#»'  rsUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

The  grafs  by  her,  as  (he  by  him  is  prefs'd  ; 
For  (hame,  my  Mufe,  let  fancy  guefs  the  reft  t 
At  fuch  a  point  fancy  can  never  ftay,   » 
But  flics  beyond  whatever  you  can  fay. 
Behold  the  filent  (hades,  the  amorous  gmwc. 
The  dear  delights,  the  very  a6t  of  love. 
This  is  his  loweft  fphere,  his  country  fceney 
Where  love  is  humble,  and  his  fare  but  mean ; 
Yet  fpringing  up  without  the  help  of  art, 
leaves  a  finccrer  relifh  in  the  heart. 
More  healthfully,  though  notfo  finely  fed. 
And  better  thrives  than  where  more  nicely  bred. 
But  'tis  in  courts  where  moft  he  makes  a  ihow. 
And,  high  enthroned,  governs  the  world  below  j 
For  though  tn  hiftories  learn'd  ignorance 
Attributes  all  to  cunning  or  to  chance. 
Love  will  in  thofe  difguiies  often  fmile. 
And  knows  the  caufe  was  kindnefs  all  the  while. 
What  ftor}',  place,  or  perfon,  cannot  prove 
The  boundiers  influence  of  mighty  love  ? 
Where-e'er  the  fun  can  vigorous  heat  infpire. 
Both  fexes  glow,  and  languifli  with  delire. 
The  weary*d  fvvain,  faft  in  the  arms  of  ilecp, 
Love  can  awake,  and  often  fighing  keep  ; 
And  bufy  gown-men,  by  fond  love  difguis'd. 
Will  leifure  find  to  make  themfelves  defpis'd. 
The  proudeft  kings  fubmit  to  beauty's  fway ; 
Beauty  itfclf,  a  greater  prince  than  they. 
Lies  fometimes  lai\2,ui(hing  with  all  its  pride 


THE       RAPTURE.  93 

I  mean  to  flight  die  ibh  enchanting  charm , 
But  9  oh !  my, head  and  heart  are  both  too  warm. 
I  doat  on  woman-kind  with  all  their  faults, 
tove  turns  my  fatire  into  foftcft  thoughts ; 
Of  all  that  paiHon  which  our  peace  deftroys 
Inftead  of  mifchiefs,  I  defcribe  the  joys. 
But  ftiort  will  be  his  reign*  (I  fear  too  fhort) 
And  prefent  cares  ihall  be  my  future  fport. 
Then  love's  bright  torch  put  out,  his  arrows  broke, 
Loofe  from  kind  chains,  and  frr^m  th'  engaging  yoke. 
To  s^l  fond  thoughts  I  '11  fing  fuch  counter-charms. 
The  fair  ihall  liften  in  their  lovers  arms. 

Now  the  enthuiiaftic  fit  is  fpent, 
I  feel  my  weaknefs,  and  too  late  repent. 
As  they  who  walk  in  dreams  oft'  climb  too  high 
For  fen&  to  follow  widi  a  waking  eye  ; 
And  in  fuch  wild  attempts  are  blindly  bold. 
Which  afterwards  they  tremble  to  behold  : 
So  I  review  thefe  (allies  of  my  pen. 
And  modeft  reafbn  is  ren^m'd  airain  ; 
^ly  confidence  I  curie,  my  f^.tc  accufe. 
Scarce  hold  from  cenfuring  the  iacred  Mufe. 

No  wretched  poet  of  the  railing  pit, 
No  critic  curs'd  with  the  wrong  fide  of  wit. 
Is  more  fe\-crc  from  ignorance  and  fpitc. 
Than  I  with  judgment  againft  all  1  \%rite. 


C^V- 


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O    N 

MR.  HOBBES,  AND  HIS  WRITING? 

Q  U  C  H  is  the  mode  of  thefc  cenibrious  days, 
*^  The  art  is  loft  of  knowing  how  to  pndie  j 
Poets  arc  envious  now,  and  fools  alone 
Admire  at  wit,  becaufe  therafelves  have  none* 
Yet  whatfoe»er  is  by  vain  critics  thought,  , 

Praifing  is  harder  much  than  finding  fault ; 
In  homely  pieces  ev'n  the  Dutch  excels 
Italians  only  can  draw  beauty  well. 

As  ftringSy  alike  wound  up,  fo  equal  prove> 
That  one  rcfounding  makes  the  other  move  i 
From  iuch  a  cauic  our  fatires  pleale  fo  much. 
We  lympathizc  witli  each  ill-natur*d  touch  i 
And  as  the  (harp  infedl:ion  fpreads  about. 
The  reader's  malice  helps  the  writer  out. 
To  blame,  is  eafy ;  to  commend,  is  bold  ; 
Yet,  if  the  Mule  infpires  it,  who  can  hold  ? 
To  mciit  \vc  are  bound  to  give  applaufc. 
Content  to  luftcr  in  ib  juft  a  caufe. 

While  in  dark  ignorance  we  lay  afraid 
Of  fancie.,  ghofls,  and  every  empty  fliade; 
Great  Hobbes  appcar'd,  and  by  plain  rcafon's  light 
Put  Iuch  fantafric  forms  to  fliameful  flight. 
Fond  is  t\\e\r  ^c^v,  who  think  men  needs  muft  be 
To  vice  eu^lav'OL,  li  i\QmN'i\^xt\.\Q.\'5»l\v:.^\ 


ON  MIL  misiss,  and  ms  writings.  95 

The  m&  and  good,  morality  will  guide. 
And  fupeiftitioa  all  the  world  befide. 

In  other  authors,  though  the  thought  be  good, 
'Tis  not  fometimes  ib  eafily  underftood  ; 
That  jewel  oft'  unpolifh'd  has  remained  ; 
Some  words  (hould  be  left  out,  and  fome  explained  ; 
So  that,  in  fcarch  of  fenfe,  we  either  flray. 
Or  elfe  grow  weary  in  lb  rough  a  way. 
But  here  Cweet  eloquence  does  always  fmiley 
In  fuch  a  choice,  yet  unaffcfled  ftylc. 
As  muft  both  knowledge  and  delight  impart 
The  force  of  rcafon,  with  the  flowers  of  art ; 
Clear  as  a  beautiful  tranfparcnt  (kin, 
Which  never  hides  the  blood,  yet  holds  it  in  :    ■ 
Like  a  delicious  dream  it  ever  ran. 
As  fmooth  as  woman,  but  as  fbrong  as  man.       ^ 

Bacon  himfelf,  whoie  univerfal  wit 
Docs  admiration  tiirough  the  world  beget. 
Scarce  more  his  age's  ornament  is  thought. 
Or  greater  credit  to  his  country  brought. 

While  fame  is  young,  too  weak  to  ily  away. 
Malice  purines  her,  like  fome  bird  of  prey  ; 
But  once  on  wing,  then  all  the  quarrels  ccafe  j 
Envy  herfcif  is  :;^lad  to  be  at  peace. 
Gives  over,  weary 'd  vith  I^'j  hi.t,h  a  flight. 
Above  her  reach,  and  fc.;.-  e  within  her  fight. 
Hobbes,   to  this  happy  pitch  arriv'd  at  laft, 
Might  have  look'd  down  with  pride  on  dangers  pad  : 
But  fuch  the  frailty  is  of  human-kind. 
Men  toil  for  fame,  which  no  man  Vwc^  to  ^m^  \ 


^6        BUCKINGHAM'S     POEMS. 

Long  ripenitjg  updtr-grouod  this  China  lies  } 
Fam^  he^n  no  fruit,  till  the  vain  plamer  dies. 

Thus  narur&j  tir'd  with  tu«  unufual  length 
Of  life,  which  put  her  to  her  ucmoft  flreagth. 
Such  flock  of  wit  unable  to  ftipply, 
Ta  iparc  herielf,  was  glad  to  la  him  dk. 


WRITTEN    OVER    A    GAT: 

TT  ERE  lives  a  man,  who,  by  felation, 
•^■'^  Depends  upon  predeftinatioo  j 
por  which  the  karncd  and  the  wife 
His  uadefilandmg  much  dtrfplfc  : 
But  1  pronounce  with  loyal  tongue 
Him  in  the  right,  them  in  the  wrong. 
For  how  could  fuch  a  tvretck  fuccecd  } 
But  that,  alas,  it  was  decreed  \ 


THE    MIRACL  E,      ijoj. 


MERIT  they  hate,  and  wit  they  itig^} 
They  neither  ad:,  nor  reafon  right. 
And  nothing  mind  but 'pence. 
Unfltilful  they  Ti^brious  arc, 
Condu£t  a  kingdom  without  care» 
A  council  without  fenfe. 


tu 


r 


t  H  E    M  1  k  A  Ci  t  E,  %i 

So  Mofes  once,  and  Jofhua, 
And  that  virago  Debora, 

Beftrid  poor  Ifrael : 
^  Like  reverence  pay  to  thfcfe !  for  who 
Could  ride  a  nation  as  they  do. 

Without  a  miracle  ? 


ODE 

ON   THE 
DEATH  OF  HENRY  PURCELL, 

GOOD  angels  fnatch'd  him  eagerly  on  high ; 
Joyful  they  flew,  iinging  and  foaring  through  the 
&y. 
Teaching  his  new-fledg*d  foul  to  fly; 
While  we,  alas  !  lamenting  lie. 
He  went  muiing  alt  along, 
Compofing  new  their  heavenly  fong. 
A  while  his  ikilful  notes  loud  hallelujahs  drown'd  ; 
But  foon  they  ceas'd  their  own,  to  catch  his  pleafmg 
ibund. 
David  himfelf  improved  the  harmony, 
David  in  facred  (lory  fo  renown 'd 
No  Icfs  for  mulic,  than  for  poetry  ! 
Genius  fuhlime  in  either  art! 
Crown'd  with  applaufe  furpafling  all  defcrt ! 
A  xnan  juft  after  God^s  own  heart ! 

H  If 


fS        BLCK  INGHAM"  S     POEMS- 

Jf  humatt  cares  ai^  lawful  to  the  bl«it. 
Already  ii^ttU'd  in  ctertial  rtil ; 
Needs  inutt  he  wiihthat  Purccll  onW  miglu 
Have  Uv'd  to  iet  %vhat  he  vouchJ'af'd  to  vvnie  j 
For,  fure,  the  noble  thirft  of  fame 
With  the  fmil  body  never  dies  j 
Eut  v^ith  the  foul  afcends  the  fkies 

FiT»m  whence  at  firft  it  came. 
'TLi  furc  no  little  pruof  wi  have 
That  part  of  us  fiirvives  tl,^  grave. 
And  in  our  fame  below  ftill  bears  a  fliare  t 
Why  is  the  future  fI^  fn  n;        our  care, 
Jllv^n  m  our  lati  ; (pair  I 

And  dc;ith  deff  —n^       all  the  wife  and  bra?€? 

Oh,  all  yi  n        ms  choir  \ 

Who  power  ah  :,  and  only  that  adrairtl 

Look  down  wi„  ..    r  peacful  bower. 

On  this  fau  M^M^  perp!ex*u. 
And  ever,  ever  vcx'd 
With  anxious  care  of  rnfles,  wealth  and  power. 
In  our  rough  mmds  due  rt^verence  infufc 
For  fwcet  melodious  founds,  and  tach  harmonious  MtiS. 

Mutle  exalts  man's  nature,  and  infpircs 
HiAi  clcvattd  thoughts,  ^r  gentle,  kind  defijrea- 


1 


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.  t  ^9     ] 
OntheLors  of  an  ea^Soat  Robsrt  Maiquls 

ofNoRMANBY. 

U  R  morning's  gay  and  (hining  $ 
The  days  our  joys  declare ; 
At  evening  no  repining ; 
And  night 's  all  void. of  care. 

A  fond  tranfported  mother 

Was  often  heard  to  cry,   . 
Oh,  where  is  fuch  an  other 

So  blefs'd  by  heaven  as  I  ? 

A  child  at  firfi  was  wanting.; 

Now  fuch  a  ion  is  fent, 
As  parents  moft  lamenting 

In  him  would  find  content. 

A  child  of  whom  kind  heaven 

Not  only  hope  beftows, 
But  has  already  given 

Him  all  our  hopes  propofc. 

The  happy  fire*s  polTefling 

Kis  ihare  in  fuch  a  boy, 
Adds  dill  a  greater  blcifing 

To  all  my  other  joy. 

But  ah  !  this  fliiny  weather 

Became  too  hot  at  laft ; 
Black  cfouds  began  to  gather, 
■   And  all  the  (ky oepcaft. 

H  2  Si 


tee     BVCZIVGBAM'S   POEMTS. 
8e  fieioe  a  fcfcr  nget, 

Wk  ia  lie  dmm'd  in  na*  I 
And  difnuil  (ad  ^nkgm 

Come  tbuAdciing  ift  our  tan. 

The  donbcfl  that  made  «•  lasgviili. 

Did  worfe,  far  woHe  than  kilL 
Yft,  oh,  with  all  their  inguiib,  ' 

Would  we  had  doubted  ftiU  I 

But  why  To  much  digreffioUf 

This  fatal  loft  to  ihow  I 
Alat,  there 't  no  exp^reffion 

Can  tell  a  parent*!  woe  ! 

ON  MR.  POPE,  AND  HIS  POEM^ 

V|7  I T  H  age  decay'd,  with  courts  and  bofineft  tir'^ 
^^    Caring  for  nothing  but  what  eaft  requir'd. 
Too  fcriout  now  a  wanton  Mufc  to  court. 
And  from  the  critics  fafc  arriv'd  in  port  t 
I  lUtlc  thought  of  launching  forth  again, 
Amidft  adventurous  rovers  of  the  pen; 
Andy  after  feme  fmall  undefcrvM  fucccfs. 
Thus  hazarding  at  laft  to  make  it  leis. 

Encomiums  fuit  not  this  cenfbrious  time, 
Ilfclf  a  fubjc£l  for  fatiric  rhyme ; 
Ignorance  honoured,  wit  and  worth  defam*df 
f  oUy  ui\un^VQ&x>  and  cv*a  Homer  blam'd. 

B«t 


ON  VBk.  fOPEi  AND  HIS  P0£M8.      loi' 
ftot  to  this  geniui,  join'd  with  (6  much  art. 
Such  various  IcBiaii^g  mix*d  in  every  ptit» 
Poets  arc  bound  a  loud  applaufe  to  pay  { 
Apollo  bids  iCy  and  they  muft  obey. 

And  yet  fu  wondrous,  Co  fublime  a  thing, 
As  the  great  Iliad,  fcarce  could  make  mc  fingt 
Except  I  juftly  could  at  once  commend 
A  good  companion,  and  as  firm  a  friend. 
One  moral,  or  a  mere  well-naturM  deed, 
Can  all  defcrt  in  fcicncet  exceed. 

'Tis  great  delight  to  hugh  at<lbmc  mens  wayi  i 
But  a  much  greater  to  give  merit  praife. 

STANZAS. 

"fTT  Hcnc'cr  my  foollih  bent  to  public  good, 
^^    Or  fonder  zeal  forfouje  mifguldcd  princr, 
Shall  make  my  dangerous  liumour  undciilooJ, 
For  changing  minit^ers  for  men  of  fcnfc  : 

When,  vainly  proud  to  (licw  my  public  cure, 
And  ev'n  aOiam'd  to  fee  thrct  iintions  fbgl'di 

I  (hall  no  lunger  bear  a  wretched  fh.iic 
In  ruling  ill,  or  being  over-rul'd  t 

Then,  as  old  lechers  in  a  winter';;  titght 
To  yawning  hi-::rcrs  all  tl  cir  prank k  dlcloic  ; 

And  what  decay  di-privcs  them  of  d^'Iight, 
Supply  with  vain  endeavours  to  imped* : 


fct  BUCKINGHAM'S  ^0EM8. 
Juft  fo  ihall  I  as  idly  ^ntertaiii 

Some  ibripUng  patriots,  fond  of  (eeimng  vn& ; 
Tell,  howl  ftill  could  great  emptoyroenii  gain. 

Without  concealing  tnitfat,  or  whi%eriiig  liet  f 

Boaft  of  fucceeding  in  mj  cquntty's  canie 
£v*n  a^nft  fboae  alsnoft  too  hi£^  to  blame  I  ie 

Whomy  when  advanced  beyond  the  reach  of  Iswrt^ 
I  oft'  had  ridioil'd  to  fenie  and  ihaine  : 

Say,  I  refifted  the  moft  potent  fraud'}  * '  .■  ^• 

But  friendlefi  merit  openly  a[^xroT*d  i 
And  that  I  was  above  the  being  aw'd  .      i,' 

Not  only  by  my  prince^  but  thole  be  lor'd : 

Who  knows  but  my  jcxample  then  nay  plcaie 

Such  nobIe»  hopeful  ipirits  as  appear 
Willing  to  flight  dieirplcafures  and  their  cafe,      ~  ^'f] 

For  fame  and  honour  ?  till  at  laft  they  hear^ 

After  much  trouble  borne,  and  dai^r  run. 
The  crown  aiTifted,  and  my  country  ferv'd  ; 

Without  good  fortune  I  had  been  undone. 
Without  a  good  eflate  I  might  have  flarv*d. 


T»M 


C    '03    3  - 

THE  ELECTION  OF  A  POET  LAUREAT 
IN    M.DCC.XIX. 

A    Famous  aflembly  was  fummon'd  of  late  : 
"^^  To  crown  a  new  Laureat,  came  Phoebus  in  ftats. 
With  all  that  Montfaucon  himfclf  could  dcfin*, 
His  bowy  laurel,  harp,  and  abundance  of  fire. 

At  Bartlcmew-fair  ne'er  did  bullies  fo  juftk. 
No  country -ele£^ion  e'er  made  fuch  abuftic  : 
From  garret.  Mini,  tavern,  they  all  poft  away. 
Some  thiriliDg  for  lack,  ibme  ambitious  of  bay. 

All  came  with  full  confidence,  flufli'd  with  vain  hope. 
From  Cibber  and  Durfev,  to  Prior  and  Pope. 
Phoebus  fmil'd  on  thclc  laft,  but  ytr  ne'eitlitlLfs, 
Said,  he  hop'd  they  had  got  cnougli  by  the  prcl's. 

With  a  huge  mountain-load  of  hcroical  lumber, 
Which  from  Tonfoa  to  Curll  every  prcfs  had  gio-n'd 

under; 
Came  Blackmore,  and  cryM,  Look,  ailthefcare  my  hy«. 
But  at  prefent  I  beg  you'd  but  read  my  Eiiays. 

Lampooners  and  critics  rufhM  in  like  a  tide. 
Stern  Dennis  and  Gildon  came  tirft  fide-by-fuie. 
Apollo  confefs'd  that  their  laflics  had  (lings, 
But  beadles  and  hangmen  were  never  cholc  kings. 

H  4  Steele 


104     BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Steele  long  had  fo  cunningly  managed  the  town. 
He  could  not  be  blam'd  for  cxpcfbing  the  crown ; 
Apollo  dcmurr*d  as  to  granting  his  wifh. 
But  wifh*d  him  good  luck  in  hi»  project  of  fiih. 

Lame  Congreve,  unable  fuch  things  to  endure. 
Of  Apollo  begg*d  either  a  crown  or  a  cure  { 
To  refufe  fuch  a  writer,  Apollo  was  loth. 
And  almoft  inclin'd  to  have  granted  him  bodi. 

When  Buckingham  came,  he  fcarce  car'd  to  be  ieen. 
Till  Phcebus  defir^d  his  old  friend  to  walk  in ; 
But  a  laurcat  peer  had  never  been  known. 
The  commoners  claim' d  that  place  as  their  own. 

Yet  if  the  kind  god  had  been  ne'er  fo  inclin'd 
To  break  an  old  rule,  yet  he  well  knew  his  mind. 
Who  of  fuch  preferment  would  only  make  fport. 
And  laughM  at  all  fuirors  for  places  at  court. 

Not^vithfta^dir!g  this  law,  yet  Lanfdownc  was  nam*d, 
But  AroUo  with  kindncfs  his  indolence  blam'd. 
And  faid  he  would  chule  him,  but  that  he  fhould  fear 
An  employment  of  trouble  he  never  could  bear. 

A  prelate  '•■  for  wit  and  for  eloquence  fam*d, 
Apollo  loon  mifs'd,  ard  he  needs  not  be  nam'd  ; 
Since  amidit  a  whole  bench,  of  which  fome  arc  fo  bri^jht, 
No  one  of  ihciii  Ihines  fo  Icarn'd  :.nd  polite. 

To  Shinren,  Apollo  was  cold  with  re{]ie£V, 
Since  he  tor  ibe  ftaie  could  the  Mufcs  neglc6l : 


■*  Dr.  AtterbwTv,  T^X^o^'o^  ^oOcvt^^t. 


"SSn^ 


filJBCTION  OF  A  POET  LAUREAT.    lo^ 
But  fiudy  in  a  gmser  aflembly  he  (hm'd, 
And  places  wcm  Aingt  he  had  ever  dcciia'd. 

Trapp,  Young,  and  Vanbrugh,  expe£led  reward. 
For  Tome  things  writ  well :  but  Apollo  dedar'd 
Thee  one  was  too  flat,  the  other  too  rough, 
And  the  third  Aire  already  had  places  enough. 

Pert  Budgeil  came  next,  and,  demanding  the  bayy. 
Said,  thofe  works  muft  be  good,  which  had  Addifbn's 

praiie{ 
But  Apollo  reply'd.  Child  Eullace,  'tis  known, 
Moft  authors  will  praifc  whatfocvcr  's  their  own. 

Then  Philips  came  forth,  as  (larch  as  a  Quaker, 
Whofc  (Imple  profeflion  's  a  Padoral -maker ; 
Apollo  advis'd  him  from  playhoufe  to  keep, 
And  pipe  to  nought  elfe  but  his  dog  and  his  iliccp. 

Hughes,  Fenton,  and  Gay,  came  lall  in  the  train. 
Too  modcft  to  alk  for  the  crown  they  would  gain  : 
PliGcbus  thought  them  too  bafhful,  and  faid  tlicy  would 

need 
More  boldncfs,  if  ever  they  hop'd  to  fuccccd. 

Apollo,  now  driven  to  a  curfcd  quandary, 
Was  wiftiing  for  Swift,  or  the  fam*d  Lady  Mary  : 
Nay,  had  honcft  Tom  Southcrne  but  been  within  call- 
But  at  laft  he  gcew  wanton,  and  laugh'd  at  them  all : 

And  fo  fpying  one  who  came  only  to  gaze, 
A  hater  of  vcrfe,  and  dcfpifer  of  playi ; 


1^,    BUCXXMCHAM'S   iPaSMS. 

To  him  in  grctt  htm,  widiottt  aay  4fllAy» 
(Though  a  soaloui  fiuittic)  preiesued  the  bfty* 

A 11  the  .wlu  ftood  iftoaifli'd  at  hearing  tbr  god 
8ogiaTelypronouaceaada6doiiforoddi    :  ^ 

And  though  Prior  and  Pope  only  lau||h*A  jafUafiwe^  •* 
Mod  othcri  weitt  ready  n>  fink  in  the  plaeo*.  . - 

Yet  fome  thought  ^  vaeancy  open  wn  kcpt^.  ^  "  /  ' 
Cpnduding  the  higot  would  ncYer  accept  i  '  .  .  /« 
But  the  hypocrite  told  them,  he  well  uiidedlood«  .  ^ 
Though  the  fun£H(»i  was  wicked^  the  ffipend  utegood^^y 

At  left  in  niih*d  Eufdeiii  and  cry'd,  *'  Who  ihallbmil»^ 
**  But  I»  the  true  laureate  to  whom  the  king  gave  it  }^'*' 
Apollo  hegg*d  pardon»  and  granted  hie  daim  i  '  '  ^ 
But  vow'dy  though,  till  then  he  ne'er  heard  of  hit  buHi^l 

..  ,  '/" 

ON        THE        TIMES, 

SINCE  in  vain  our  parfons  teach. 
Hear,  for  once,  a  poet  preach. 
Vice  has  loft  its  very  name, 
Skill  and  cozenage  thought  the  fame ; 
Only  playing  well  the  game. 
Foul  contrivances  we  fee 
Caird  but  ingenuity : 
Ample  fortunes  often  made 
Out  of  frauds  in  every  trade> 
Which  an  aukward  child  afTord 
Enough  to  wed  the  greateft  lord. 

The 


) 


ON     THE      TIMES.  107 

Tlae  nufer  ftanct  to  nifc  a  foD, 
Buty  if  once  the  fbol  is  gone. 
Years  of  thrift  fcarce  fcrvc  a  day, 
Rake-hcU  fquanders  all  away. 
Hufbands  fccking  for  a  place, 

Or  toiling  for  their  pay  ; 
While  their  wives  undo  their  race 

By  petticoats  and  play  : 
Breeding  boys  to  drink  and  dice. 
Carrying  girls  to  comedies. 
Where  mama 's  intrigues  are  fhown. 
Which  ere  long  will  be  their  own. 
Having  firft  at  iermon  flept. 
Tedious  day  is  weekly  kept 
By  worfc  hypocrites  than  men. 
Till  Mo^dzy  comes  to  cheat  again. 
Ev'n  among  the  nobled-born. 
Moral  virtue  is  a  fcorn  ; 
Gratitude,  but  rare  at  bed, 
And  fidelity  a  jell. 
All  our  wit  but  party-mocks. 
All  our  wifdom  raifing  fiooks  : 
Counted  folly  to  defend 
Sinking  Hde,  or  falling  friend. 
Long  an  officer  may  fervc, 
Praib'd  and  wounded,  he  may  (larve : 
No  receipt,  to  make  him  ri&. 
Like  inventing  loyal  lies: 
We,  whofe  aneeflors  have  ihin'd 

In  arts  of  peace,  and  fields  of  fame. 
To  ill  and  idlencfs  inclined. 

Now  are  grown  a  public  ihamc»  "i^ciN. 


loS    BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

Fatal  that  inteftine  jar. 
Which  producM  our  civil  war  ! 
Ever  (ince,  how  fad  fi  race  ! 
Senfelefsy  violent^  and  bafc  ! 


ON    THE     DUKE     OF    YORK 

BANISHED    TO    BRUSSELS. 

T  Feel  a  ftrange  impulfc,  a  ftrong  defire, 

•*-  (For  what  vain  thotights  will  not  a  Mufe  inlpirc  ?) 

To  fing  on  lofty  fubjefts,  and  to  raife 

My  own  low  fame,  by  writing  James's  praife. 

Oft*  have  wc  heard  the  wonders  of  his  youth, 
ObfervM  thofe  feeds  of  fortitude  and  truth, 
Which  fince  have  fpread  fo  wide,  fo  wondrous  high. 
The  good  diftrefs'd  beneath  that  (heltcrlic. 

In  arms  more  a6live  than  ev'n  war  required. 
And  in  the  midft  of  mighty  chiefs  admir'd. 
Of  all  heaven's  gifts,  no  temper  is  fo  rare, 
As  fo  much  courage  mix'd  with  fo  much  care. 
When  martial  fire  makes  all  the  fpirits  boil. 
And  forces  youth  to  military  toil ; 
Ko  wonder  it  lliould  fiercely  then  engage  ; 
Women  themfclves  will  venture  in  a  rage  : 
But  in  the  midft  of  all  that  furious  heat. 
While  fo  intent  on  a6lions  brave  and  great. 
For  other  lives  to  feel  fuch  tender  fears, 
And,  carelefs  of  his  own,  to  care  for  theirs  j 


ON  D.  OP  YORK'S  SATftJiEararr.    10^ 

Ij  that  compofure  which  a  hero  makes. 
And  which  illudrious  York  alone  partakes, 
With  that  great  man  *,  whofe  fame  has  flown  (b  far. 
Who  taught  him  firft  the  noble  art  of  war. 

Oh,  wondrous  pair !  whom  equal  virtues  crown. 
Oh  worthy  of  each  other's  vaft  renown  • 
None  but  Turenne  with  York  could  glory  ihare. 
And  none  but  York  dcferve  fo  great  a  mafler^B  care^ 

Scarce  was  he  come  to  blefs  his  native  ifle. 
And  reap  the  foft  reward  of  glorious  toil. 
But,  like  Alcides,  ftill  new  dangers  call 
His  courage  forth,  and  ftill  he  vanquifh'd  all. 
At  fea,  that  bloody  fcene  of  boundlefs  r«ge. 
Where  floating  caftles  in  fierce  flames  engage. 
(Where  Mars  himfclf  does  frowningly  command. 
And  by  lieutenants  only  fights  at  land)  ; 
For  his  own  fame  however  he  fought  before. 
For  England's  honour  yet  he  ventured  more. 

In  thofe  black  times,  when,  fa6lion  raging  high. 
Valour  and  Innocence  were  fofc*(i  to  fly. 
With  York  they  fled ;  but  not  clepreft  his  mind. 
Still,  like  a  diamond  in  thc-dnft^  it  fhin*d. 
When  from  afar  his  drooping  fiends  beheld 
How  in  diftrcfs  he  ev'n  himfelf  eKceU'd  ; 
How  to  his  envious  fate,  his  country's  fro\yn^ 
His  brother's  will,  he  facrific'd  his  own ; 
They  rais'd  their  hearts,  and  never  dou})iied  Biore 
But  that  juft  heavbn  would  all  our  joys  reftore, 

*  The  Marefchal  de  Turenne. 


no      BUCKINGHAM'S    POEMS. 

So  when  black  clouds  furround  heavcn*s  glorious  face, 
Tempefluous  darknefs  covering  ail  the  place. 
If  we  difcern  but  the  lead  glimmering  ray 
Of  that  bright  orb  of  fire  which  rules  the  day. 
The  chearful  fight  our  fainting  courage  warms; 
Fix'd  upon  that,  we  fear  no  future  harms. 


ON        THE        D.  EITY. 

.  'f  TT RETC  HED  mankind  !    void  of  both  ftrcngth 
VV  and  (kill ! 

Dextrous  at  nothing  but  at  doing  ill ! 
In  merit  humble,  in  pretenfions  high, 
Among  them  none,  alas  !  more  weak  than  I, 
And  Qone  more  blind  :  though  dill  I  worthlefs  thought 
The  bell  I  ever  fpoke,  or  ever  wrote. 

But  zealous  heat  exalts  the  humbled  mind  j 
Within  my  foul  fuch  ftrong  impuHc  I  find 
The  heavenly  tribute  of  due  praife  to  pay  : 
Perhaps  *tis  facred,  and  I  mufl  obey. 

Yet  fuch  the  fubjefts,  various,  and  fo  high. 
Stupendous  wonders  of  the  Deity  ! 
Miraculous  effe£ls  of  boundlefs  power  ! 
And  that  as  boundlefs  goodnefs  fhining  more  ! 
All  thefe  fo  numberlefs  my  thoughts  attend. 
Oh  where  Ihall  I  begin,  or  ever  end  > 

But  on  that  theme  which  ev'n  the  wife  abufe,         "\ 
So  facred,  fo  fublimc,  and  fo  abllrufe,  s. 

Abruptly  to  break  off',  wants  no  excufe.  J 

While 


ON      THE      DEITY.  ni 

While  others  vainly  ftrivc  to  know  Thee  morCy 
Let  me  in  filcnt  reverence  adore ; 
Wifliing  that  human  power  were  higher  rais'd^ 
Only  that  thine  might  be  more  nobly  prais'd! 
Thrice  happy  angels  in  their  high  degree. 
Created  worthy  of  extolling  Thee  ! 

PROLOGUE 

TO         THE 

ALTERATION    OF    JULIUS    CiESAR. 

TTOPE  to  mend  Shakefpeare  !  or  to  match  his  ftyle! 
•*•  ^  'Tis  fuch  a  jeft  would  make  a  Stoic  fmile. 
Too  fond  of  fame,  our  poet  foars  too  high. 
Yet  freely  owns  he  wants  the  wings  to  fly  : 
So  icnfible  of  his  prefumptuous  thought. 
That  he  confcfles  while  he  does  the  fault : 
This  to  the  fair  will  no  great  wonder  prove. 
Who  oft*  in  bluflies  yield  to  what  they  love. 

Of  greateft  adtions,  and  of  nobleft  men. 
This  (lory  mod  dcferves  a  poet's  pen  : 
For  who  can  wi(h  a  fcenc  more  juftly  fem'd, 
When  Rome  and  mighty  Julius  arc  but  nam*d  ! 
That  ftate  of  heroes  who  the  world  had  bravM  ? 
That  wondrous  man  who  fuch  a  ftate  inflav'd  ! 
Yet  loth  he  was  to  take  fo  rough  a  way. 
And  after  governed  with  fo  mild  a  fway, 

.At 


iti    BUCKINGHAM'S     POSMS. 
'  At  diftaiice  bow  of  fefcnteen  Imnted  ytan, 
Mcdiinks  a  lovely  raviflier  appean ; 
Wbom^  though  forbid  hj  virtue  to  excofty 
A  nymph  Mi^t  pudon^  tad  could  icuoe  icfblt* 

CHORUSES   IN  JULIUS  CiESAR. 
C     H    40     R     U     fr       .  L 

!• 

WHITHER  isRooiaiihoDimr^pueJ 
Where  it  yodr  ancient  virtue  inow  > 
That  valouiv  which  fo  bright  has  (haiie. 
And  with  the  wing^  of  conqiieft  flown, 
Muft  tp  a  haugjity  BW^fter  bow  t 
Who,  with  our  toil,  our  Wood,  ani  all  we  have  befide« 
Gorget  lut  ill-got  power»  his  humour^  and  lus  pride. 
II. 
Fearlefs  he  will  his  life  expofe  i 

So  does  a  lion  or  a  bear. 
His  very  virtues  threaten  thofe, 
Who  more  his  bold  ambition  fear. 
How  ftupid  wretches  we  appear, 
Who  round  the  world  for  wealth  and  empire  roam. 
Yet  never,  never  think  what  (laves  we  are  at  home  I 
III. 
Did  men  for  this  together  join^ 

Quitting  the  free  wild  life  of  Nature  ? 
What  other  beaft  did  e'er  defign 
The  fctting  up  his  fellow-creature, 
Aftd  o£  two  mifchicfs  chufc  the  greater^        Oh  f 


C^OkOSKS  tor  JULIUS  CiESAR.      IIS 
di  t  ntber  daJcA  fe  Ibvm  to  bold  imperious  men, 
Oi?e  US  our  wildffdi»  nid  our  woods*  our  huts,  2Xid 
caves  again. 

IV. 
There,  fecurc  from  lawlefs  (war. 
Out  of  Pride  or  Envy*s  way  j 
Living  up  to  Nature's  rules, 
Not  depravM  by  knaves  and  fools  ; 
Happily  we  all  fhould  liv^,  and  harmlefs  as  ouriheep. 
And  at  laH  as  calmly  die  as  infants  fall  afleep. 

CHORUS  IL 

LO  f  to  prevent  this  mighty  empire's  doom, 
From  bright  unknown  abodes  of  blift  I  come, 
The  awful  genius  of  majeftic  Rome. 

Great  is  her  danger  :  but  I  will  engage 
Seme  few,  the  maltcr-ibuls  of  all  this  age. 
To  do  an  acl  of  juft  hci  oic  rage. 

*Tis  hai'd,  a  man  To  grwat  fhould  fall  folow; 

!More  hard  to  let  fo  brave  a  people  bow 

To  one  thcinfclvei  have  rais'd,  who  fcorns  them  now. 

Yet,  oh  !  I  grieve  t!  at  Brutus  fhould  be  ftain'd, 
Whofe  life,  excepting  this  one  act,  remained 
So  pure,  that  future  times  will  think  it  feign'd. 

But  only  he  can  make  the  reft  combine ; 
The  veiy  life  and  foul  or  their  dcfign, 
Ttw  .centre,  vherc  tliofc  mighty  fpiiits  join. 

1  U*. 


114    BUCK  INGHAM'S    POEMS. 
Unthiiiking  men  no  fort  of  fcruples  make  5 
Others  do  ill,  only  for  mifchief 's  fake ; 
But  cv'n  the  beft  arc  guilty  by  miflake. 

Thus  feme  for  envy,  or  revenge,  intend 
To  brin^^  the  boW  ufurpcr  to  his  end  : 
But  for  his  country  Brutus  ftabs  his  friend'. 

CHORUS  IIU 

BY   TWO   AERIAL   SPIRITS. 
I. 

TE  L  L,  oh  !  tell  me,  whence  arife 
Thcfe  diforders  in  our  ikies  ? 
Romo*8  great  genius  wildly  gaz*d, 
And  the  gods  feem  all  amaz*d. 

II. 
Know,  in  fight  of  this  day's  fun. 
Such  a  deed  is  to  be  done, 
Black  enough  to  fhroud  the  light 
Of  all  this  world  in  difmal  night. 

I. 
What  is  this  deed  ? 

II. 
To  kill  a  man, 
The  greateft  fince  mankind  began  : 
Learned,  eloquent,  and  wife, 
Generous,  merciful,  and  brave  I 
I. 
Yet  not  too  gte^t  ?l  ^^m^'^^, 
Tbe  liberty  oi  'B.oTQfc  \ft  ^^«^>  ^^*  Bof 


CHORUSES  IN  JULIUS  CiESAR.      115 

II. 
Bat  will  00c  goodneit  claim  regard. 
And  docs  not  worth  defervc  reward  ? 

I. 
Docs  not  their  country  lie  at  ftake  ? 

Can  they  do  too  much  for  her  fake  ? 

BOTH  SPIRITS  TOGETHER. 
Though  dreadful  be  thib  doom  of  fate, 

Juft  is  that  power  which  governs  all  : 

Better  this  wondrous  man  ftiould  fall, 
Than  a  mod  glorious,  virtuous  (late. 

CHORUS  IV. 

TTOW  great  a  curie  has  Providence 
^^     Thought  fit  to  caft  on  human-kind  ! 
Learning,  courage,  eloquence, 

The  gentleft  nature,  noblcft  mind, 
Were  intermixt  in  one  alone  ; 
Yet  in  one  moment  overthrown. 

Could  chance,  or  fenfelefs  atoms,  join 

To  form  a  foul  (6  great  as  hi.  r 
Or  would  thofc  powcib  v.c  hold  diviitc, 

Deflroy  their  own  chief  mailcr-picce  } 
Where  fo  much  difficulty  lies. 
The  doubtful  are  the  only  wi(e. 

And,  what  muft  more  perplex  our  thoughts. 

Great  Jove  the  bed  of  Romans  fends, 
To  do  the  very  worft  of  faultt. 

And  kiU  the  kiadc^  of  hit  frkndl. 
X  % 


All  this  is  far  above  mir  reach, 
AV'hatevcr  pritfis  piieiumc  to  preach. 


P 


P      R     O      L      O 

T    O 
MARCUS        BRUTUS, 

OUR  foim:  ii  Athens,     And,  great  Athens  iMim% 
What  foiil  fo  dull  as  not  to  be  in  flam 'd  ? 
Alttbink*,  at  inentiomng  that  lacred  place, 
A  reverend  awe  afpt.tr^  in  cvciy  face, 
For  men  fb  fiim'd,  i^prodigious  parts. 

As  taught  ^t^  woj  I         and  art«, 

AmidA  ail  thefc  >.  >ld  a  man 

The  moil  applauded  lince  »..«*t,,ind  began  p 
Oiit-ihining  e^'n  tliofe  Greelia  who  jT.oft  excel, 
Whofe  life  was  one  BxM  courtb  of  dojng  vvelL 
Oh  I  'ivbo  can  therefore  without  tears  attend 
On  facb  a  lifcj  and  fuch  a  fataJ  end  > 

But  here  our  authorj  befidcs  other  fauks 
Of  rll  eitpreffions,  and  of  vulgar  thoughts. 
Commits  one  crime  that  needs  an  aft  of  giace* 
And  breakst  the  law  of  unity  of  place  ;  ^ 

Yet  to  fuch  noble  patiiotSt  oi'crcome  ' 

By  faftious  violence,  and  bani^iM  Ronoe, 
Athens  alone  a  fit  retreat  could  yiL-ld  ,- 
jftjid  wtae  tdjn  Bmtue  faJlj  but  in  Phiiippi  fidd  ? 

1  &ome 


PK0lto6t7^  to  ^rARct's  brutus.   nt 

Some  critics  judge  cy'n  love  itfclf  too  mean 
^  can  to  mix  in  fucb  a  Ibfty  fcene. 
And  with  thofc  ancient  bards  of  Gcpcce  believe 
FrfendQiiphas  ftrongcr  charms  to  plcafc  or  grieve  : 
But  our  more  amorous  poet,  findinjj  love 
Amidtl  all'  other  cares,  flill  fliines  above, 
I^ts  not  the  bed  of  Romans  end  their  lives 
Without  juft  foftneft  for  the  kiadcft  wives, 
Yet,  if  ye  think  his  gentle  nature  fuch 
As  to  have  foftcn'd  this  great  talc  too  much. 
Soon  will  your  eyes  grow  dry,  and  palFion  fall,. 
When  ye  reffe6t  'tis  all  but  conjugal. 

This  to  the  few  and  knowing  was  add  reft  j 
And  now  'tis  fit  1  ftiouid  falute  the  reft. 

Moft  reverend  dull  judges  of  the  pit, 
By  nature  curs'd  with  the  wrong  fide  of  wit ! 
Tou  need  not  care,  what-c'er  you  lee  to-night. 
How  ill  fomc  players  aft,  or  poets  write; 
Should  our  miftal^es  be  never  fo  notorious, 
Tou  '11  have  the  joy  of  being  more  cenlbiious  :• 
Shew  your  finall  talent  then,  let  that  lufiice  \e ; 
But  grow  not  vain  upon  it,  I  advife  \c; 
Jach  petty  cri:ic  can  objections  railir, 
The  grcatcftlkill  is  kno\iving  wixn  to  praillv 


ri  c\\A.v 


[  «««  ] 

CHORUSES  IN  MARCUS  BRUTl 

*C     H     O    R     U     S  HI. 

I. 
TX  ARK  is  the  maze  poor  mortals  tread ; 
•*^     Wifdom  itfw-lf  a  guide  will  need  : 
We  little  thought,  when  C^pfar  bled. 

That  a  worfc  Caefar  would  fucceed. 
And  are  we  under  fuch  a  curfe. 
We  cannot  change  but  for  the  worfe  ? 

II. 
With  fair  pretence  of  foreign  force. 

By  which  Rome  muft  herfelf  enthral  i 
Thefe,  without  bluihes  or  remorie, 

Profcribe  the  bed,  impoverifli  all. 
The  Gauls  themfelvesy  our  greateft  foes. 
Could  a£l  no  mifchicfs  worie  than  thofe« 

III. 
That  JuliQc,  with  ambitious  thoughts. 

Had  virtues  too,  his  foes  could  find  s 
Thefe  equal  him  in  all  his  faults, 

But  never  in  his  noble  mind. 
That  free -bom  fpirits  fliould  obey 
Wretches,  who  know  not  how  to  fway! 

IV. 
Late  we  repent  our  hafty  choice. 

In  vain  bemoan  fo  quick  a  turn* 
Hark  all  to  Rome's  united  voice ! 

£etter  that  we  a  while  had  borne 

*  See  tbfi  6x&  and  fecond  choruieSi  in  the  poen 
Mr.  Pope. 


I       '     CBOftUSSS  IN  MARCUS  BRUTUS.     119 

9v's  att  diole  iUi  wluch  moll  difplcafe, 
^    Hwi  ftnglbt  a  van  hx  worfe  than  the  difeale. 

CHORUS  IV. 

! 

I         f^  U  R  vows  thus  chearfuUy  wc  fing, 
[         ^^     While  martial  mu(ic  fires  our  blood ; 
I         Let  all  the  neighbouring  echoes  ring 

With  clamours  for  our  country's  ^good  i 
I     And,  for  reward,  of  the  juft  gods  we  claii%  ^ 
[     A  life  with  freedom,  or  a  death  with  fame. ' 

May  Rome  be  freed  from  war's  alarms^ 

And  taxes  heavy  to  be  borne ; 
May  (he  beware  of  foreign  arms. 

And  fend  them  back  with  noble  icom  ? 
And,  fbr  reward  I  &c. 

May  fhe  no  more  confide  in  friends. 

Who  nothing  farther  undcrftood. 
Than  only,  for  their  private  ends. 

To  wafte  her  wealth,  and  fpill  her  blood  : 
And,  for  reward,  &c 

Our  fenators,  great  Jove,  reftniin 

From  private  piques,  they  prudence  call ; 

From  the  low  thoughts  of  little  gain. 
And  hazarding  the  lofing  all : 
And,  for  reward,  &c. 

1 4  The 


120      BUCKINGHAM'S     PO£MS. 

The  (hining  arms  with  hafte  prepare, . 

Then  to  the  glorious  combat  fly  s 
Our  minds  unclogg'd  with  farther  care. 
Except  to  overcocoe  or  die : 
And,  for  reiK^rdy  &c. 

They  fight,  oppreffion  to  incre8&. 
We  for  our  liberties  and  law» ; 
1%  were  a  fin  to  donbt  fucoeft, 
When  freedom  is  the  noble  caaft  t    ' 
And,  for  rewara»  of  litt  juft  gods  we  clMm 
A  Uf€  with^^wtoa,  or  «dcatfa  iK^th £isiiw 


CON- 


CONTENTS 

O     F 

BUCKINGHAM'S     POEMS. 

TH  E  Temple  of  Death.     In  Imitaton  of  the 

French  Page  rr 

Ode  on  Love  to 

Elegy  to  the  Dutchefi  of  R 24, 

A  Letter  from  Sea  25 

Love's  Slavery  26 

The  Dream  27 
To  One  who  accufed  him  of  bsing  too  fcnlual  in  his 

Love  28 

The  Warning  29 

To  Amoretta  30 

The  Venture  js 

Inconftancy  Excused.     Song.  3» 
Song                                                                          ibid. 

Defpair  3j 
On  Apprehenfion  of  lofing  what  he  had  newly  gain'd. 

In  Imitation  of  Ovid  35 

Tlic  Reconcilement.     Song  3^6 

Song  37 

To  a  Coquet  Beauty  3g 

The  Relapfe  3^ 

The  Recovery  40 

The  Convert  41 

The  Pi£hire.    In  Imitation  of  Anacreon  4a.. 
On  Don  Alonzo's  being  killed  in  Portugal,  upon 

Accoimt  of  the  Infantay.  ia  the  Tear  1685  44 

The 


t%%  CONT'EIJTS. 

The  Suifrize  44 

A  Dialogue  fimg  on  die  Stage^  between  an  elderly 

Shepherd  and  a  very  young  Nymph  4S 

On  one  who  died  -diicovcring  her  Itindn^  47 

On  Lucinda*t  Death  4I 

To  a  Lady  retiring  Into  a  Monaftery  49 

TheVifioa.  Written  during  a  Sea- Voya|^,«tei£Bnt    . 

to  command  the  Forces  for  the  Belief  of  Taogicr    $1 
Helen  to  Paris.    From  Ovid  ^1 

Ptot  of  the  Story  of  Orpheus.    Being  a  Tranfladon 

out  of  the  Fourth  Bo(^  of  Virgil's  Georgic  U 

An  Eflay  aa  Paetry  if 

Ode  on  Brutus  81 

The  Rapture  It 

On  Mr.  Hobbesy  and  lut  Writings  ^4 

Written  over  a  Gate  fi 

TheBfiracle,  1707  ibid. 

Ode  on  the  Death  of  Henry  Purcell  97 

On  the  Lofs  of  an  only  Son,  Robert  Marquis  of 


Norroanby 

n 

On  Mr.  Pope,  and  his  Poems 

100 

Stanzas 

lot 

The  Ele6Hon  of  Poet  Laureat  in  1719 

103 

On  the  Times 

to% 

On  the  Duke  of  York,  baniffied  to  BrufTels 

tc8 

On  the  Deity 

no 

Prologue  to  the  Alteration  of  Julius  Caefar 

•lit 

Chorufes  in  Julius Caeiar                 S4^  113, 

114,  115 

Prologue  to  Marcus  Brutus 

116 

Chorufes  in  Mucm  ^&raxsL\  ziSy  119 


THE 


OEMS 


o  p 


LORD     LAN8D0WNE. 


fl 


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[    «5    ] 
THE 

POEMS 

jO    F 
LORD     LANSDOWNE. 

Oa  the  Earl  of  Peterborough's  happy  Nego- 
tiation of  the  Marriage  between  his  Royal  High- 
nefs  and  the  Princcfs  IVIary  d*Este  of  Modena. 

HI  S  Juno  barren,  in  unfruitful  joys 
Our  Britilh  Jove  his  nuptial  hours  employs. 
So  fate  ordains,  that  all  our  hopes  may  bc» 
And  all  our  faftty,  gallant  York,  in  thee. 
By  the  fimc  wiih  afpiring  queens  are  led. 
Each  languifliiug  to  mount  bis  royal  bed ; 
His  youth,  his  wifdom,  .and  his  early  fame, 
Cieatc  in  every  hrcaft  a  rival  fiame  : 
Remoteft  kings  fit  trembling  on  their  thrones. 
As  if  no  diltancc  could  fecure  their  crowns ; 
Fearing  his  valour,  wifely  they  contend 
To  bribe  witli  beauty  fo  rcnown'd  a  friend  : 
Beauty  tlie  pnce,  there  need  no  other  arts. 
Love  is  tlie  i'urcfl  bait  for  hcix^cs  hcsim  : 


iz€     LAKSDOWNE'S     POEMS. 

Nor  can  the  fair  conceal  as  high  concern 

To  iee  the  prince,  for  whom,  anfeen,  tliey  bonu 

Brave  York,  attending  to  the  general  voice* 
At  length  refulves  to  nake  the  wilhM-foc. choice^ 
To  M>le  PeterifdiDag)!,  wife  and  juft,    '  '  ' 

Of  his  great  heart  he  gives  the  facred  tmiE  c 
*«  Thj  eyes,  (aid  he,  ihall  virelF  direA  that  heart, 
**  Where  thou,  my  beft  betov'd,  haft  fiich  apart  » 
'« In  council  oft%  and:  eff  in  battle  try'd; 
**  Betwixt  thy  mafter,  and  the  world  decide.'* 

The  cholen  Mercury  prepares  t'  obey 
TMs  high  command.    Gently,  ye  windt,.  convey. 
And  with  auipiciou»  gales  bis  (afety  wait,  j. 

On  wliom  depend  Great  Britain's  hopes  and  fate» 
So  Jaion,  with  his  Argonauts,  fiom  Gieecc 
To  Calchos  fiiii'd,  to  fetch  the  golden  fleece. 

As  when  the  gbddefles  came  down  of  old  y 

On  Ida's  hill,  fo  many  ages  told. 
With  gifts  their  young  Ekurdanian  judge  they  try'c^" 
And  each  bad  high  to  win  him  to  her  M^i 
So  tempt  they  him,  atfd  emuloufly  vie 
To  bribe  a  voice  that  empires  would  not  buy : 
With  balls  and  banquets  his  pleas'd  fen&  they  bait. 
And  queens  and  kings  upon  his  pleafures  wait. 

Th*  impartial  judge  furveys,  with  vaft  delight^ 
All  that  the  fun  furrounds  of  fair  and  bright : 
Then,  ftri£lly  juft,  he,  with  adoring  eyes. 
To  radiant  Efte  gives  the  famous  prize. 
Of  antique  ftock,  her  high  defcent  (he  brings. 
Born  to  renew  xHaa  uf^  ol  ^iwivaf  ^  kb^s : 


ON  THE.SARL  OF  PETERBOROUGH.  127 
Who  could  ddenre,  like  her,  in  whom  we  ice 
United,  til  that  Paris  found  in- three  > 
O  equal  fair !  ivhen  both  were  fct  above 
ATI  other  merit,  but  each  other's  love. 

Welcome,  bright  princefs,  to  Great  Britain's  ihore^ 
A*  Berecynthia  to  high  heaven,  who  bore 
Tiiat  fliining  race  of  goddefles  and  gods, 
Who  rul'd  the  world,  and  fili'd  the  blcll  abodes  : 
Fnim  thee,  my  Mufe  expefVs  as  noble  thcnicsy 
Another  Mars  and  Jove,  another  James ; 
Our  future  hopes  all  firom  thy  womb  arifc. 
Our  prefcnt  joy  and  fafety  ^om  your  eyes  ; 
Tliofc  charming  eyes  that  fhine,  to  reconcile. 
To  harmony  and  peace,  our  (hibbom  Jfle  : 
On  brazen  Memnon,  Phoebus  cads  a  ray. 
And  the  tough  metal  fo  falutes  the  day. 

The  Britifh  dame,  fam'd  for  refifUefs  grace. 
Contends  not  now,  but  for  the  fccond  place ; 
Our  love  fufpended,  we  negle£bthe  fair 
For  whom  we  burn*d,  to  gaze  adoring  here  : 
So  fang  the  Syrens,  with  enchanting  found, 
Enricing  all  to  liften  and  be  drown'd. 
Till  Orpheus  ravifli*d  in  a  nobler  ftrain. 
They  ccas'd  to  fmg,  or  finging  charm'd  in  vain. 

This  blcft  alliance,  Peterborough,  may 
Th*  indebted  nation  bounteoufly  repay  ; 
TTiv  ftatues,  for  the  Genius  of  our  land. 
With  palm  adorn'd,  on  every  thrclhoid  iUnd. 


jjS       LANSDOWNE^S    POEMS 


Spoken  by  the  Authou,  bcmg  tlieii  but  T wet- 
Years  of   i^Ci   TO  her  Royal    HighQcfs    tn^ 
Dutchess   of  York,    at  Trinity-Colkgc- ut 

Cambrians. 

"ITrHEN  iorn*d  in  one,  the  good^  tlw  Ikir,  ^r  j 
'  *     Ddread  to  twit  the  Mufes*  humble  ftar. 


Tho«g"h  ?n  n 
Yet,  for  fiace^-iij 
With  yonr  own 

Then,  bri-»*  * 
Froro  them 
Their  pratfes 
Which  tbofc  a 
Thole  nidiant  c- 
Strikes  Eavy  t 
They  cao  to  g 


m 


W  va6  joys  dccUre, 

ty  diie 

'  felf  compare, 

^^^:a^eQ  they  give, 
ticcfce, 

give  law. 


Cod^crt  the  faiS^iau&3  and  the  i^cliel  »ue 

They  conquer  for  the  duke  ;  whtic-t'er  you  ti?ead, 

MiiUotis  of  proiclyccs  bth'md  ave  led. 

Through  crouds  of  (i^w-msde  convcits  ftill  youga^ 

Ptci^a'd  and  triumphant  at  the^^luriyus  fto^r, 

Happy  til  at  prince,  who  has  by  you  attitm\i 

A  gi^at^r  coD<|uetl  than  his  arms  e'er  gain'd  3 

Witli  aU  war's  nage  he  may  abroad  overcome. 

But  bve  *s  a  gentler  vj^i^ry  at  home. 

Securely  here  he  on  tliar  face  relies. 

Lays-fay  his  anus,  and  contjuer?  uith  vonr  eves  j 

A  nd  all  tbe  ^Votvoms  -aS^^m^  cjS  V\v*  Ufie 

Tfhiiikt  wcU  rewati^^j  \A<i&™'^  WJcLih.^^t, 


-^^^ 


I 


C      129      ] 

TO       THE       KING, 

IN  THE  FIRST  Y£AR  OF  HIS  MAJESTY'S  REIGN. 

TUF  A  Y  all  thy  years,  like  this,  propitious  be, 
^^■^  And  bring  thee  crowns,  and  peace,  and  viftory  ? 
Scarce  hadft  thou  time  t*  unlheath  thy  conquering  blade; 
It  did  but  glitter,  and  the  rebels  fled  t 
Thy  fword,  the  fafeg^rd  of  thy  brother's  throne. 
Is  now  become  the  bulwark  of- thy  own. 

Aw'd  by  thy  fame,  the  trembling  nations  fend 
Through-out  the  world,  to  couit  fo  brave  a  friend  ; 
The  guilty  fcnates  that  refus'd  thy  fway 
Repent  their  crime,  and  haden  to  obey  ; 
Tribute  they  raife,  and  vows  r.nd  offerings  bring. 
Con fefs  their  phrenzy,  and  confirm  their  king. 
^\'ho  with  their  venom  over-fpread  thy  foil. 
Thole  fcorpions  of  the  ftate,  prefcnt  their  oil. 

So  the  world's  Saviour,  like  a  mortal  drcd. 
Although  by  daily  miracles  confed, 
Accus'd  of  evil  do£bine  by  the  Jews, 
Their  rightful  lord  they  impioufly  refufe ; 
But  when  they  faw  fuch  terror  in  the  ikies, 
The  temple  rent,  their  king  in  glory  rife, 
Dread  and  amazement  feiz*d  the  trembling  crowd, 
Who,  confcious  of  their  crime,  adorin^j  bow*d. 


13©      LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

TO        T    H    E      K    I    N    G. 

nn  H  O*  train*d  in  arms,  and  Itaum'd  in  martial  arttf^ 
•^    Thou  chufeft  not  to  conquer  men,  bat  byeacts. 
£xpc£Ving  nations  for  thy  triumphs  watt^ 
But  tliou  prcfcr*ft  the  name  of  juft  to  greats 
So  Jove  fufpends  hh  fubjf  £t  world  to  doocn. 
Which  would  he  pleafe  to  thundcr«  be  'd  cpttfunUL 

O  !  could  the  ghofts  of  mighty  beraet  dead 
Return  on  earth,  and  quit  th'  Elyfian  (hade, 
Brutus  to  James  would  truft  the  people's  cauft^ 
Tliy  jufticc  is  a  ftronger  guard  than  laws : 
Marius  and  Sylla  would  reiign  to  thee. 
Nor  Ciefar,  and  great  Pompey,  rivals  be,. 
Ot  rivals  only  who  (hould  beft  obey. 
And  Cato  gives  his  voice  for  ccgal  fway. 

TO       THE       KING. 

TTEROES  of  old,  by  rapine  and  by  (poi I, 
•*-  •*■  In  fcarch  of  fame  did  all  the  world- embroil. 
Thus  to  their  gods  each  then  all-y'd  his  name. 
This  fprangfrom  Jove,  and  that  from  Titan  came. 
With  equal  valour,  and  the  famefuecef*, 
Dread  king,  might*ft  thou  the  univerfc  opprefs. 
But  chriftian  laws  conftrain  thy  martial  pride. 
Peace  is  thy  choice,  and  piety  thy  guide  ; 

By 


I 


.     T  O       T  H  E        KING.  13 

By  thy  example  kings  are  tauv^ht  tofw^y, 
Heroei  to-^bty  and  faints  may  learn  to  pray. 
The  Grecian  leaders  were  but  half  diTinc  ; 
Neftor  in  oounctl,  and  UlylTes  ihine  : 
But  in  the  day  of  combat,  all  wo-ild  yield 
To  the  fierce  mader  of  the  fevcn-fold  Ihicld. 
Their  very  deities  were  grac'd  no  more. 
Mars  had  the  courage,  Jove  the  thunder  bor.-^  : 
Butaliperfeftions  meet  in  James  alone. 
And  Britain's  king  is  all  the  gods  in  or.c. 

Mr.  Waller  to  the  Author,  on   his  torf^^Li.;^ 
Verfes  to  the  K  i  n  c. 

A  N  early  plant,  which  fuch  a  bloiTom  bear-, 
"^  "^  And  fhows  a  genius  (b  beyond  his  yt-an, 
A  judgement  that  could  mak«  fo  fair  a  choice. 
So  high  a  fubjeft  to  employ  his  voice. 
Still  as  it  grows,  how  fwcetly  will  he  lini^, 
IJhc  growing  grcatnefi  of  our  matchlcfs  klr.^! 

TO     MR.     WALLER. 

TT7"  HEN  intoLibya  the  young  Grecian  c.mhc, 

^^     To  talk  with  Hammon,  and  confult  ft>i  fuLii*, 
When  from. the  fac red  tripod  where  he  ftood. 
The  pricft  infpir'd  faluted  him  a  god  ; 
Scarce  fuch  a  joy  that  hauijhty  victor  knew, 
So  own'd  by  heaven,  a?  I  thr.^  pr-ii'd  by  ycu; 

K   2  '  ^V^^'^- 


13*       LANSDOWKE'S    PO£M^. 
"Whoe'er  their  names  can  in  thy  numbers  (how> 
Have  more  than  empire,  and  immortal  grow ; 
Ages  to  come  (hall  fcorn  the  powers  of  old. 
When  in  thy  verfe  of  greater  gods  they  *re  told ; 
Our  beauteous  queen,  and  martial  monarches  name> 
For  Jove  and  Juno  (hall  be  plac'd  by  Fame, 
Thy  Charles  for  Neptune  (hall  the  (eas  command, 
And  Sacharifla  (hall  for  Venus  (land  ; 
Greece  (hall  no  longer  boaft,  nor  haughty  Rome, 
But  tliink  from  Britain  all  the  gods  did  come. 

T  O    T  H  E 
IMMORTAL  MEMORY  OF  MR*  WALLER^ 

UPON      HIS      DEATH. 


■). 


A    Like  partaking  of  celeftial  fire, 
■^  ^  Poets  and  heroes  to  renown  afpire  ; 
Till,  crown'd  with  honour  and  immortal  name. 
By  wit,  or  valour,  led  to  equal  fame. 
They  mingle  with  the  gods,  that  breath'd  the  noble  I 

flame  : 

Homer  (hall  la(t  like  Alexander  long, 
As  much  recorded,  and  as  often  fung. 

A  tree  of  life  is  facred  poetry ; 
Sweet  is  thy  fruit,   and  tempting  to  the  eye. 
Many  there  are  who  nibble  without  leave ;     , 
But  none,  who  arc  not  born  to  tafte,  fun'ivc. 

Wallef 


TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  MR.  WALLER.    133 

Waller  iha(l  ntwtr  die,  of  life  fccure, 
As  long  as  Fame  or  aged  Time  endure  :  . 
Waller,  the  Mufc*s  darling,  free  to  tafte 
Of  all  their  ftores,  the  mafter  of  the  fcaft  ; 
Not  like  old  Adam  ftinted  in  his  choice^ 
But  lord  of  all  the  fpacious  pamdife. 

Thofc  foes  to  virtue,  fortune,  and  mankind. 
Favouring  his  fame,  once  to  do  jullice  join'd  ; 
No  carping  critick  interrupts  his  praife. 
No  rival  llrives,  but  for  a  fccond  place  : 
No  want  conftrain'd,  the  writer's  ufual  fate  ; 
A  poet,  with  a  plentiful  eftate ; 
The  firft  of  mortals,  who  before  the  tomb 
Struck  the  pernicious  monfter.  Envy,  dumb," 
Malice  and  Pride,  thofe  favages,  difarm'd  ; 
Not  Orpheus  with  fuch  powerful  magic  charm'd. 
Scarce  in  the  grave  can  we  allow  him  more 
Than,  living,  we  agreed  to  give  before. 

His  noble  Mufe  employ 'd  her  generous  rage 
In  crowning  virtue,  fcorning  to  engage 
The  vice  and  follies  of  an  impious  age  : 
No  fatyr  lurks  within  this  hallow 'd  ground. 
But  nymphs  and  heroines,  kings  and  gods  abound. 
Glory,  and  arms,  and  love,  is  all  the  found  : 
His  Eden  with  no  fcrpent  is  dcfil'd, 
But  all  is  gay,  delicious  all,  and  mild. 

Miftaken  men  his  Mufe  of  flattery  blame,. 
Adorning  twice  an  impious  tyrant's  name: 
We  raife  our  own,  by  giving  fame  to  foes  ;. 
The  valour  that  he  prais'd  he  did  op^ofc 

K3  ^^^ 


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134        LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

Nor  were  his  thoughts  to  poetry  confin'd, 
The  (late  and  buHnefs  (har'd  his  ample  mind : 
As  all  the  fair  were  captives  to  his  wit, 
So  fenatcs  to  his  counsels  would  fubmit : 
His  voice  fo  foft,  his  eloquence  follrong. 
Like  Cato's  was  his  fpcech,  like  Ovid's  was  his  fong. 

Our  BiitiHi  kings  are  rais'd  above  the  hearfe, 
Immortal  i?iade  in  his  immortal  verfe  ; 
No  more  arc  Mars  and  Jove  poetic  themes. 
Rut  the  cclcftial  Charles's  and  juft  James  : 
.Juno  and  Pailas,  all  the  fhining  race 
Of  heavenly  beauties,  to  the  queen  give  place ; 
Clear  like  her  brow,  and  graceful  was  his  fong. 
Great  like  her  mind,  and  like  her  virtue  Hibng. 

Parent  of  gods,  who  do'ft  to  gods  remove, 
Where  art  thou  plac'd,  and  which  thy  feat  above  ? 
Waller  the  god  of  verfe  we  will  proclaim. 
Not  Phcrbus  now,  but  Waller  be  his  name ; 
Of  joyful  bards  the  fwect  fcraphic  quiie 
Acknowledge  thee  their  oracle  and  fire  j 
The  IphtTcs  do  homage,  and  the  Mufes  fing 
Waller  the  god  of  verfe,  who  was  the  king. 

ON     THE    QUEEN'S    PICTURE, 
GIVEN  IN  EXCHANGE  FOR  ANOTHER, 

OF  the  rude  Indiana,  arrlefs  and  untaught. 
So  brightcft  jcwc'ls  are  with  trifles  bought : 
Deceiv'd  Ixion's  fat-e  rcvers'd  is  fliow'd. 
Imperial  Juno  given  for  a  cioud.  O  N 


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ON       THE       <J^U  E  E  N. 

TT  HEN  wc  rcflcft  upon  our  dharming queen, 

'  ^     Her  wit,  her  beauty,  her  imperial  mcin  : 

[ajcftic  Juno  in  her  air  wc  find, 

he  form  of  Venus  with  Minerva's  mind : 

^ho  was  fo  grac'd,  Ihc,   Ihe  was  fit  alone 

'ith  Royal  James  to  fill  t;he  Britilh  tlu^onc. 


"'O  love,  is  to  be  doom'd,in  Kfc,  to  feel 
'    What  after  death  the  tortur'd  meet  in  hell, 
ic  vukuw  dipping  in  Prometheus'  fide 
s  bloody  beakf  with  his  torn  liver  dy'd, 
Love  :  the  ftone  that  labours  up  the  hill, 
>cking  the  labourer's  toil,  Feturning  (lilU 
Love  :  thofc  ftrcams  where  Tantftlus  is  curft 
»  fity'tind  never  drink,  with  endlcfs  tbiiil, 
lofc  loadcn  boughs  that  with  their  burthen  bend 
)  court  his  tafle,  and  yet  cfirapc  his  hand, 
I  this  is  Love,  that  to  difTembled  joys 
rites  vainincn,  and  real  griefs  dcflroys. 


X  4  1  ^^^ 


136       LANSDOWNS'S    POBMSw 

THE 
PROGRESS     OF     BEAUTY^. 

«. ' 

nnHE  Godof  Day^defceiidtngfraniabofc^ 
-^    Mtxt  vfidx  the  Sea,  and  got  the  Qg^  of  Jjanft 
Beauty^  tliat  fires  die  world,  'twas  fit  ilicNild  rife 
From  him  alone,  who  ligjits  the  fiars  and  flues* 

]n  CTprut  long,  hj  men  and  gods  <^iej'd» 
The  lover's  toil  fhe  gratefully  repaid  i 
Promifcuotis  hleflings  to  her  (laTta  affign'd. 
And  fhew'd  the  world  that  heanty  ihould  be  kind. 
Learn  by  this  pattern,  all  ye  fiur,  Co  chaim  j  '  i 

Bright  be  your  beams,  but  without  ibaiciiiBg  wanou  '' 

Helen  was  next  from  Greece  toPhrygia  bnni^^y^  j^ 
With  much  ezpence  of  blood  and  cmpirt  tan^  i      >• 
Beauty  and  love  the  nobleft  caufe  ailbid 
That  can  try  valour,  or  employ  the  fword  : 
Not  men  alone,  incited  by  her  charms. 
But  heaven 's  concem'd,  and  all  the  gods  take  arms, 
'J  he  happy  Trojan ,  gloi  ioufly  poffeft. 
Enjoys,  and  lets  defpairing  fools  conteft  : 
**  Secure,  faid  he,  of  that  for  which  they  fight, 
*»  Theirs  be  the  toil,  and  mine  be  the  delight } 
**  Your  dull  rcflcttions,  moralifts,  forbear; 
«»  His  title  *s  bed,  who  bell  can  pleafe  the  fair." 
Ten  years,  a  noble  fpace  !  he  kept  his  hold  ;  "1 

Tier  loft,  till  Beauty  was  decay *d  and  old,  V 

And  Lqvc  b'^  \ot\^>^^t*S\':i^  ^"^J^Vd  and  cold.  J 


PROGRESS    OF    BEAUTY.      137 
And  now  the  godi^  in  pity  to  the  cares, 
The  fierce  defiiesi  divifions,  and  de^irs 
Of  tortur*d  men,  while  Beauty  was  confined, 
Rcfolv'd  to  multiply  the  charming  kind. 
Greece  was  the  land  where  this  bright  race  begun> 
And  faw  a  thoufand  rivals  to  the  fun  ; 
Hence  followed  arts,  each  ftudying  with  care 
Some  new  produttion  to  delight  the  fair. 
jTo  bright  Egeria,  Socrates  retir'd ; 
His  wifdom  grew  but  as  his  love  infpir'd  : 
Thoie  rocks  and  oaks  that  fuch  emotions  felt. 
Were  cruel  maids,  whom  Orpheus  taught  to  melt : 
Mufic  and  fongs,  and  every  way  to  move 
The  ravifti'd  heart,  were  feeds  and  plants  of  love. 

The  gods,  entic'd  by  fo  divine  a  birth, 
Defcend  from  heaven  to  this  new  heaven  on  earth  j 
Thy  wit,  O  Mercury,  *s  no  defence  from  love, 
Nor,  Mars,  thy  target,  nor  thy  thunder,  Jove. 
The  mad  immortals,  in  a  thoufand  fhapes. 
Range  the  wide  globe ;  fome  yield,  fome  fuffcr  rapes ; 
Invaded,  or  dccciv'd,  not  one  cfcapcs  : 
The  wife,  though  a  bright  goddcfs,  thus  gives  place 
To  mortal  concubines  of  frcfh  embrace : 
By  fuch  examples  were  wc  taught  to  fee 
The  life  and  foul  of  love  is  fwcct  variety. 

In  thofe  firft  times,  ere  charming  womankind 
Rcform'd  their  pleafures,  polifhing  the  mind, 
Rude  were  their  revels,  and  obfcene  their  joys, 
The  broils  of  drunkards,  and  the  luil  of  boys ; 


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uS       LANSDOWNfi-S    P€»ifS. 

Fhcrinu  lainnits  forHjxindHB  deidiv 
And  Jmio,  jealoys,  lofOM  at  Gaayf  dr . 

Kbr  ftuB  diT  VCI&  vidi  inn^jCi  udcHi  3 . 

Of  Bcsnity  fiiig»  hg  flMing  ywnycftyjcTi 

From  dime  to  diae  Ae 

TdlbcnrtliegoddEftlpnidt  nd  hgir  a 

Let  odkn  govcni  «r  ddcnd  die  taM^  r 

Fields  die  her,  orMMMgeaJtliitif  ./ 

u  lonj  tfts  and  KMKn  csoel^ 

To  MaiUe  and  to  bnAfiicli  IcAuiu  give»  .-^ 

IVoMtoilaodiliefloDemftf  feok^DlifCi  ,:ft: 

Deftribc  Ae  dan  and  pbacttrj  itay^ 

Aad  tiaoe  Ae  Rmii^  of  cttnal  di^  I 

BeAk.  aqr  Mnfepdijldcafiifcanddiycare^  ..-)£ 

AdafCtDbcanCf  toncmdiliefiir;  .  -^ 

Sill  wanderiag  in  Loffc's  fwcet  ddidoas  niate» 

To  fing  die  triumphs  of  a  hiavadj  face. 

Of  lovely  dames,  who  with  a  finile  or  fnyvrn 

SuUue  the  prood,  the  fuppliant  lover  crovmi 

From  Venus  down  to  Mira  bring  thy  ibng* 

To  diee  alone  fudi  tender  talks  belong. 

Fnnn  Greece  to  Afric  Beauty  ukes  her  fli^> 
And  ripens  with  her  near  approach  to  light : 
Frown  not,  ye  fair,  to  hear  of  fwarthy  dames 
With  radiant  eyes,  that  take  unerring  aims ; 
Beauty  by  no  compiexton  is  defin'd. 
Is  of  all  coloun^  and  to  none  confin'd : 

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PROORBSS    OF    BEAUTY.      139 
Jewell  that  ihine  in  gold  or  filver  fet, 
Ai  /jnricling  and  at  precioui  are  in  jet. 
Here  Cleopatra,  with  a  liberal  heart. 
Bounteous  of  love,  impro\''d  the  joy  with  art ; 
The  firft  who  gave  recruited  flaves  to  know 
That  the  rich  pearl  was  of  more  u(c  than  ih(»w } 
Wliowith  hif^h  nKnts,  or  a  luxurious  drau'^ht. 
Kept  love  for  ever  flowing  and  full  fraught. 
Juliusand  Anthony,  thofc  lords  of  aM, 
f  «ow  at  her  feet  prefeitt  the  conqiier'd  ball ; 
TlK>rc  dreadful  eagles,  that  had  fiic'd  the  fun 
Viom  pole  to  pole,  at  length  fad  dazzled  down. 
Ilcr  dying 'truth  fonre  generous  tears  would  coft. 
But  that  her  fate  infpir'd  «  The  World  Well  Loft*  ;'* 
WithTecrci  pride  the  ravilh'd  Mulls  view 
The  image  of  that  death  which  Dry  den  drew. 

Pleas'd  in  fuch  happy  climates,  warm  and  bright, 
T.ove  for  fomc  ages  revel 'd  with  deHght : 
The  martial  Moors,  in  gallantry  rcfin'd. 
Invent  new  arts  to  make  their  charmers  kind  : 
Sec!  in  theiHfts,  by  golden  barriers  bound, 
Jn  warlike  raiilcs  they  wart  the  trumpet's  ftiund ; 
Some  love-device  is  wrought  on  every  fword. 
And  every  ribbon  bears  fome  myUic  word  : 
As  when  we  He  the  winged  winds  engage, 
Mounted  on  courfers  foaming  flame  and  rage, 

*  All  for  Love;  or,  The  World  Well  Loft,  writttn 
^y  Mr.  Dryden. 

RulUiii': 


I40      LANSPOWNE'S    POEBiS». 

Ruftling  from  every  quarter  of  the  lky» 

North,  eaft,  and  weft,  in  airy  fwi£bieit  ne^ 

One  cloud  repuh'd,  new  combatants  pvepaie  ' 

To  meet  as  fierce,  and  form  a  thunteiag  wtfs 

So  when  the  trumpet  (bunding  g^ves  the  fign*.    , 

The  juftHng  chiefs  the  rude  rencoa^to:  jpuii ..  .r 

So  meet,  and  (b  renew  the  ddctrous  figfat^ .      ■  .      .t, 

Each  fair  beholder  trembling  for  her  kni^it  i 

Their  clattering  anps  with  the  fierce  ihock-  refiwudy  ^  . 

Helmets  and  brdun  lances  fpread  the  gioimd*. 

Still  as  one  ialis  another  ruibcs  in. 

And  all  muft  be  o'ercome,  or  none  can  win : 

The  vi£br&  from  the  glittering  dame,  whole  cyca  - 

Aided  his  conquering  arm»  receives  a  ptecioua  priae. . 

Thus  flouri(h*d  Loye,  and  Beauty  rdfn'd. in  fiaa^-.^ 
Till  the  proud  Spaniard  gave  thofe,  gkrics  date  i 
Paft  is  die  gaUanti^9  the  fame  remaiiity    . 
IVanfmitted  fafe  in  Dryden's  lofty  fcenes : 
Granada -^  led,  behold  her  pomps  reftor'd. 
And  Almahide  f  again  by  kings  ador'd.  . 

Love,   driven  thence,  to  colder  Britain  flies. 
And  with  bright  eyes  the  diilant  fun  fupplies ; 
Romances,  that  relate  the  dreadful  fights. 
The  loves  and  prowefs  of  adventurous  knights^. 
To  animate  their  rage,  a  kifs,   record. 
From  Britain's  faireft  nymph,  was  the  reward. 

*  The  Conqueft  of  Granada,  written  by  Mr^  Dry  den 
t  The  part  of  Almahide,  adicd  by  Nell  Gwyu. 

S  Thu 


P&06RBSS    OF    BEAUTY.      141 
Thui  ancient  to  Love's  empire  was  the  claim 
Of  Britiih  beauty,  and  fi>  wide  the  fame. 
Which  like  our  flag  upon  the  Teas  gives  law. 
By  right  avow'd,  and  keeps  the  world  in  awe. 

Our  gallant  kings,  of  whom  long  annals  prove 
The  mighty  deeds,  fland  as  renown 'd  for  love  j 
A  monarch's  right  o'er  beauty  they  may  claim, 
Ix>rds  of  chat  ocean  from  whence  beauty  came. 
Thy  Rofamond,  great  Henry,  on  the  ftage 
By  a  late  Mufe  prefented  in  our  age. 
With  aching  hearts  and  flowing  eyes  we  view, 
While  that  diflcmblcd  death  prcfcnts  the  true  : 
In  Braccgirdlc  the  pcrfons  fo  agree. 
That  all  feems  real  the  fpe6lators  fee. 

Of  Scots  and  Gauls  defeated,  and  their  kings 
Thy  captives,  Edward,  Fame  for  evcrfings  ; 
Like  thy  high  deeds  thy  noble  loves  are  prais'd. 
Who  haft  to  Love  the  nobleft  trophy  rais'd  : 
Thy  ftatucs,  Venus,  though  by  Phidia's  hand 
Dcfign'd  immoral,  yet  no  longer  ftand  ; 
The  magic  of  thy  fliining  zone  is  paft. 
But  Saliibury*s  garter  fliall  for  ever  laft  ; 
Which,  through  the  world  by  living  monarchs  worn. 
Adds  grace  to  fceptres,  and  docs  crowns  adorn. 

If  fuch  their  fame,  who  gave  thefe  rites  divine 
To  (acred  Love,  O  what  dilhonour's  thine. 
Forgetful  queen,  who  fcver'd  tliat  bright  head 
Which  cliarm'd  two  mighty  monarchs  to  her  bed  ! 
iladft  thou  been  born  a  man,  thou  liadll  not  crr'd. 
Thy  fame  had  livM,  and  beauty  been  prcfcrr'd* 


«4>      LAKSDraWNE'S    10BM:9* 
But  ah !  wiMt  migbty  msgic  cui  affiMgt 
A  woman's  cnTf,  and  a  Ugot's  ngt ! 

Love  tirfd  at  lengAy  Loie  tliat  dd^bia  to  fiulc^ 
Flying  from  faan  of  iiomr*  qintaow  iifrr 
Wtdr^Charki  tiw  Cwpids  and  dMOneit. 
In  ezilcL)m»  Cm-  Love  and  be:wtic  omw 
Widi  Charles  be  wBodcFiy  ind  feCharita  he  monraij^ 
But  6b,  Juyw  fiefce  the  joy  ^mbm  Charlft  NteaeSi  » 
As  eager  fiamet,  with  oppoikion  paK,         ,  t. 

Break  out  iinpeRKms  when  they  find.a  mt !:  » 

As  a  fierce  torrent  hinder'd  in  hit  race. 
Forcing  his  way,  loUs  with  redoohled  paca  ^.  v ' 

From  the  loud  palace  to  tbeiiiicEnt  gnnrc^ 
All  by  the  king's  cxan^e  live»  a^4  love  1- 

The  Mufes  wiiii  diviaer  voices  fing. 

And  a!i  rejoice  tapieaft  the giodrlikc king*.        ■   ,.x 

Then  \l(allar  in  iaunortal  va:6  piodaimi  .,,4 

The  fhining  court,  and  all  the  glittaring  damct. 

Thy  beauty,  Sidney*,  like  Achilles.*  fword,. 

Rcfidlefs  fiands,  upon  as  fure  record  ; 

The  forcmoil  hero,  and  the.  brighteft  dame^ 

Both  fung  alike,  ihall  iiave  their  fate  tiie  fame. 
And  now,  my  Mufe,.  a  nobler  fong  prepare. 

And  fing  it  loud,  tluit  heaven  and  earth  may  hear*. 

Beholdfrom  Italy  a  wandering  ray 

Of  moving  light  illuminates  the  day, 

^  The  Lady  Dorothy  Sidney,  eolebrated  under  thf 
name  gf  SacbariiTa. 

North^vaid 


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PROGRESS    OF    BEAITTY.       143 
Northward  ihc  bends,  majcftically  bright, 
And  here  ihe  fixes  her  imperial  light. 
Be  bold,  be  bohl,  my  Mufe,  nor  fear  to  raife 
Thy  voice  to-  her  who  was  thy  earlieft  praife  :• 
What  though  the  faWtn  fates  refiife  to  (bine. 
Or  frown  fevere  on  tfiy  audacious  line  j 
Keep  thy  bright  theme  within  thy  fteady  fTght, 
The  ckmds  Ihall  fly  before  the  dazzling  hght. 
And  everlafting  d^y  direct  thy  lofty  flight : 
Thou  wlio  haft  never  yet  put  on  difguile 
To  flatter  foUy  or  defcend  to  vice. 
Let  no  vain  fear  thy  generous  ardour  tame. 
But  (land  ere£t,  and  found'  as  loud  as  Pame^ 

As  when  our  eye,  fome  profpcft  to  purfuc,. 
Defcending  from  a  hill,  looks  round  to  view, 
Puflcs  o*er  lawns  and  meadows,  till  it  gains 
Some  beauteous  fpot,  and  fixing  there,  remains  :: 
With  equal  rapture  my  tranfported  Mufe, 
Flies  other  obje6^s  this  bright  theme  to  chuft. 
Queen  of  our  hearts,  and  charmer  of  our  fight,. 
A  monarch's  pride,  his  glory,  and  delight, 
PnnccA  ad©r*d  and  lovM*,  if  vcrfe  can  give 
A  deathlcfs  name,  thine  ftall  for  ever  live ; 
Invok'd  wherever  tlie  Britifli  lion  roars, 
Extended  as  the  fcas  that  gird  the  Britifh  fhores. 
The  wife  immortals  in  their  feats  above. 
To  crown  their  labours,  ftill  appointed  Love : 
Phophus  enjoy*d  the  goddcfs  of  the  Sea, 
AlciJcs  had  Omphalc>  James  has  Thee. 

O  happy 


144        LAN'S  DOWNE»S    POEMS. 

O  happy  James  !  content  thy  mighty  mindy 

Grudge  not  the  world,  for  ftill  thy  queen  is  Idndi 

To  lie  but  at  whole  feet,  more  glory  brings^ 

Than  'tis  to  tread  on  fceptres  and  on  kings  : 

Secure  of  empire  in  that  beauteous  breaft. 

Who  would  not  gi\'e  their  crowns  to  be  ib  bled  }   . 

Was  Helen  half  fo  fsiir,  i6  form'd  for  )oy. 

Well  chofe  the  TrojAn,  and  well  burnt  was  Troy. 

But  ah  !  what  ftrangc  viciflitudes  of  £stey 

What  cliancc  attends  on  every  worldly  ftatc ! 

As  when  the  ikies  were  fack'd^  the  conquer*d  godi« 

CompclI'd  from  heaven,  forfook  their  blcft  abodes  ; 

Wandering  in  woods  they  Aed  from  den  to  den^ 

Or,  leading  flocks,  tum'd  hirelings  to  men  : 

Or,  as  the  ilately  pine  erecting  high 

Her  beauteous  branches,  (hooting  to  the  iky. 

If  ftrucken  by  the  thunderbolt  of  Jove, 

Down  falls  at  once  tlie  pride  of  all  the  grove. 

Level  with  lowed  earth  lies  the  tall  head. 

That  rcar'd  aloft,  as  to  the  clouds  was  fprcad  : 


But  c«ale,  my  Mufe,  tliy  colours  are  too  faint. 
Hide  with  a  veil  thole  griefs  that  none  can  paint : 
This  fun  is  let— but  fee  in  bright  array 
^\'hat  hofts  of  heavenly  light  recruit  the  day  ! 
I.ove  in  a  (hining  galaxy  appears 
Triumphant  ftill,  and  Grafton  leads  the  ftars  ; 
Ten  thoufand  loves  ten  thou  land  fevcral  ways 
Invade  the  lookers-on,  who  die  to  gaze, 

Knowin 


PROGRESS    OF    BEAUTY.      ms 
Knowing  ourdoomti  aa  to  the  Syivn't  voice. 
So  fwoet  '•  th'  enchantment,  tliat  our  fate  *«  our  choice. 
Who  moft  refembien  hcr»  Jut  next  be  num'ily 
Villierv  fur  wlfdoiu  us  for  beauty  fuin'U  : 
Of  a  liigh  race  chut  conquering;  licauty  biingi 
To  charm  the  world,  and  fubjefls  make  of  kings. 
With  what  delitj;ht  my  Mufc  to  Sandwich  fliei| 
Whofc  wit  is  piercing  as  Iier  fpaiklini;  eyes  i 
Ah !  how  Ihe  mounts,  and  ii>riadH  tier  aery  wio);^. 
And  tunes  lier  voice,  when  Ihe  of  Oimoud  iingi^ 
Of  radiant  Onnond,  only  Cit  to  l>u 
The  fucceflbr  of  beauteous  Oilbiy. 
Richmond  's  a  title  that  but  naiit'd  implies 
Majeilic  graces  and  vidoriou  s  t-ycb  i 
Holmes  and  St.  Albans  rich  in  charms  appear ; 
ll}ile  Venu»  is,  the  Graces  aie  K  iUlart- : 
By  Eflex,  and  fair  Kutenbcr|5,  \nc  find 
That  beauty  to  no  climate  ib  cunAn'd. 
Kupen,  of  royal  blood,  with  inudcil  ii;ncc, 
lilufhes  to  hear  the  triumphs  of  her  l\uc.. 
Carelcfs,  but  yet  (ecure  uf  cumpicii  lull, 
LuTon,  unainiing,  never  fuiL  lo  kill  ^, 
Guiklefs  of  i)ride,  to  ca()tivatc,  or  ihiuc, 
Bright  without  ait,  ihe  wound?,  without  dciign. 
]iiat  VVyndham  like  a  tyrant  tluuw-.  the  dart, 
Ai\d  takes  a  cruel  pleaiuie  in  itie  lihait  ; 
Proud  of  the  lavage  that  her  U-;iucic8  mukc. 
Delights  iuwuuiuUi  aud  kill,  f'oi  kiliiii^  Uke; 

*  I.ady  C;(»,\tr, 


I 


i4«      LANS5b6^NE»S   l^dit&fs. 

Aiferting  the  dominfitm  ^  licr  efn. 

As  hercves'ftght,  for  gtoiy,  not  for  prne. 

The  ikilful  Muie't  earTieft  care  hu  been     < 

The  pmife  of  nerer-fadirig  IMniarhi  i  '' 

The  poet*  and  hit  theme,  in  l^igfat  of  Time, 

For  ever  ywhigy  tnjby  an'endteft  prime; 

With  chaittt  lb  Biimeroat  Myra  can  ImpiiMp 

The  lover  knows  hoc  by  tvkich  dirt  he  dfet-i  '  ^ 

So  thidc  tlie  voUey^  and  the  ti'oantf  lb  fiiit»  ' 

No  fligttt  can  iave^  no  remedy  can  eare.  '1*^^^ 

Yet  dawning  in  her  infancy  of  lig^t* 

O  fee  another  Bmdeneli  heavenly  bright. 

Bom  to  fulfil  the  glories  of  Ker  litui» 

And  fix  Love's  empire  in  that  race  ^vine. 

Fau  wouM  my  Mufe  to  Sfov^el  beiid  her  fl^ 

But  turns  afloniihM  6om  the  datzlitag; light; 

I<6r  dares  attempt  io  climb  the  fieepyJH^t. 

O  Kneller !  like  thy  pi6hircs  were  my  Ibngv 
Clear  like  thy  paint,  and  like  thy  pencil  ftrong, 
Thcfe  matchlcfs  beauties  fhould  recorded  be 
Immortal  in  my  verfe,  as  io  thy  gallery  f  • 

^  St.  Evremond,  who  has  celebrated  Madam  Mauurin 
under  the  name  of  Hortenle. 

t  The  gallery  of  beauties  at  Hampton  Court,  drawn 
by  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller. 


ON 


i. 


E     H7     3 
ON       MY      LADY      HYDE, 

HAVING.  THE    SMALL-POX. 

O  C  ARCE  could  the  general  joy  for  Mohun  appear, 

^^  But  nc\V  attempts  fhow  other  dangers  aear  ; 

Beauty  's  attack'd  in  her  imperial  foit. 

Where  all  her  Loves  and  Graces  keep  their  court, 

In  her  chief  refidence  befiegM  at  laft, 

Laments  to  fee  her  faireft  fields  laid  wafle. 

On  things  immortal  all  attempts  are  vain, 
Tyrant  Difcafc,  'tis  lofs  of  time  and  pain  ; 
Glut  thy  wild  rage,  and  load  thee  with  rich  prize. 
Torn  from  her  cheeks,  her  fragrant  lips  and  eyes, 
As  much  vermilion,  as  much  luftre  take. 
As  might  a  Helen  or  a  Venus  make ; 
Like  Thetis  (he  (liall  fruftrate  tliy  vain  rape, 
And  in  variety  of  charms  efcapc. 
The  twinkling  ftars  drop  nurabcrlefs  each  nighty 
Yet  ihines  the  radiant  firuiamcnt  as  bright ; 
So  from  the  ocean  fliould  the  rivers  drain. 
Still  would  enough  to  drov.n  the  world  remain. 


TO 


TO  M      Y     R    .A, 

"  A  R  VD  and  mftde  wife  by  odicn  lbme» 
I  fled  fironi  iN^iciice  lucli  milclucfii  cmm^  . 
Sluiniiing  ibe  &z  that  kxlb  at  fi^, 
I  ibugbt  my  iafety  itt  my  flight.  ^M 

But  ah  1  in  Tain  from  fittc  we  fly  I 
For,  firfloriaftt  as  all  miift  dic»  .^ 

So 'tis  at  much  decreed  above,  '■'■*. 

That,  fiift  or  left,  we  all  muft  Jofc 

My  heart,  diat  flood  io  long  tbefiMck  ^^ 

Of  winds  and  waves,  like  fome  fiimkoclt,         '         '; 
By  one  bright  ipatt  fiom  Myia  thrownt 
Is  into  flame,  like  powFdcr,  blown. 


TO  M       y       It       A^ 

SONG. 

FOOLISH  Love,  begone^  (aid  I, 
Vain  are  thy  attempts  on  me. 
Thy  fofc  allurements  I  defy  { 
Women,  thofe  fair  diffembiers,  fly  ; 
My  heart 's  not  made  for  thcc. 

Love  heard,  and  ilrait  prepared  a  dart : 

Myra,  revenge  my  caufe,  faid  he. 
Too  fure  'twas  ihot ;  I  feel  the  fmart, 
It  i-ends  my  brain,  and  tears  my  heart : 

O  Love  I  my  coTi^>3kC»:Qr,  yity  me.  ^q 


C    X49    ] 

TO  M       Y       R      A. 

THE    SURRENDER. 

^"OW  fly,  Difcretion,  to  my  aid, 
•^^    Sec  haughty  Myra,  fair  and  bright. 
In  all  the  pomp  of  love  array  M  ; 

Ah,  bow  I  tremble  at  her  light  I 
She  comes  !  flie  comes  !  before  her  all 

Mankind  docs  proftrate  fall. 
Love,  a  defiroyer  fierce  and  young. 
Adventurous,  terrible,  and  flrong. 
Cruel  and  rafh,  delighting  ilill  to  vex. 

Sparing  nor  age  nor  fcx. 
Commands  in  chief :  well  fortify'd  he  lies. 
And  from  her  lips,  her  cheeks,  her  eyes. 
Ail  oppofition  he  defies. 
Reafon,  Love's  old  inveterate  foe. 
Scarce  ever  reconcit'd  till  now, 
Reaibn  afiiils  her  too. 
A  wife  commander  he,  for  council  fit. 
But  nice  and  coy,  nor  has  been  feen  to  fit 
In  modern  fynods,  nor  appeared  of  late 
In  courts  or  camps,  or  in  afiairs  of  flate; 

Reafon  proclaims  them  all  bis  foes. 
Who  fuch  rcfiftlcfs  charms  oppofc. 
My  very  bofom- friends  make  war 
Witliin  my  breal^,  and  in  her  intercfo  art  i 

L  3  Efteem 


^ly  wcakncfs  from  the  conqueror's  pride  ? 
Now,  now,  Dilcretion  be  my  ^ide  ! 
But  fee,  this  mighty  Archimedes  too 

Surrenders  now  j 
Prcfuming  lon^^er  to  refift, 

His  very  name 
Difcrction  muft  difclaim, 
Folly  and  Madnefs-  only  \fouId  periifl. 


TO  M       Y       R 

SONG. 

I'LL  tell  her  the  next  time,  faid  I  r 
In  vain  !  in  vain  !  for  when  I  try. 
Upon  my  timorous  tongue  the  trembling  ac 
Alas  !  a  thou  fa  nd  thoufand  fears 
Still  ovcr-awc  when  (he  appears, 
My  breath  is  ipcnt  in  fighs,  my  eyes  are  drowj 


t  o      M    Y    R    a: 

LOVING     AT     FIRST     SIGHT. 

I. 

NO  warning  of  th*  approaching  flame^ 
Swiftly  like  fuddcn  death  it  came. 
Like  travellers  by  lightning  kill'd, 
I  burnt  the  moment  I  beheld. 

IL 

In  whom  (b  many  charms  arc  plac'd. 
Is  with  a  mind  as  nobly  grac'd  ; 
The  cafe,  fo  ihining  to  behold, 
Is  fiUM  with  richeft  gems  and  gold* 

IIL 
To  what  my  eyes  admir  d  before, 
I  add  a  thoufand  gracut  more; 
And  fancy  blows  into  a  flame 
The  ijpark  that  from  her  beauty  came. 

IV. 
The  objeft  thus  improved  by  thought. 
By  my  own  image  I  am  caught : 
Pygmalion  fo,  with  fatal  art, 
Polifii'd  the  form  that  ftung  his  heart. 


L4  TO 


C   's»   3 
TO  M      y      R      A. 

I. 

'TTTHEN  wilt  thou  break,  my  (lubborn  heart? 
^^    O  Death,  how  flow  to  take  my  part  1 
Whatever  I  purfuc,  denies, 
Death,  Death  itfcif,  like  Myra  flies* 

II. 
Zx>ye  and  Defpair,  like  twins,  pofleft 
At  the  (ame  fatal  birth  my  bread  : 
No  hope  could  be,  her  fcom  was  all 
That  to  my  dellin'd  lot  could  fall. 

III. 
I  thought,  alas  !  that  Love  could  dwell 
But  in  warm  climes,  where  no  fnow  fell  • 
Like  plants,  that  kindly  heat  require, 
To  be  maintain'd  by  conftant  fire. 

IV. 
That  without  hope  'twould  die  as  foon, 
A  little  hope- --but  I  have  none. 
On  air  the  poor  Camelions  thrive, 
Deny'd  ev'n  that,  my  love  can  live. 

V. 
As  tougheft  trees  in  ftorms  arc  bred. 
And  grow  in  fpite  of  winds,  and  fpread. 
The  more  the  tempeft  tears  and  fhakcs 
My  love,  the  deeper  root  it  takes. 

I  \^  Defpair 


TO         M    V    R    A,  153 

VI. 
Defpair,  that  aconite  does  prove. 
And  certain  death  to  other's  love  ; 
That  poiibn,  never  yet  withflood. 
Does  nouriniminey  and  turns  to  food* 

VII. 
O  !  for  what  crime  is  my  torn  heart 
Condemn'd  to  fuflfer  deathlcfs  fmart? 
Like  fad  Prometheus,  thus  to  lie 
Id  endlefs  pain,  and  never  die. 

IN     PRAISE     OF     MYRA, 


'X'UNE,  tune  thy  lyre;  begin,  royMufe; 
"^    What  nymph,  what  queen,  wtiat  goddefs  wilt  thou 
chufe  ? 
\Vho£b  praifes  fing  ?  what  charmer's  name 
Tranfmit  immortal  down  to  feme  ? 
Strike,  (Irike  thy  firings ;  let  Echo  take  the  found. 
And  bear  it  far,  to  all  the  mountains  round  : 
Pindus  again  ihall  hear,  again  rejoice. 
And  Ha^mus  too,  as  when  th'  enchanting  voice 
Of  tuneful  Orpheus  charm'd  the  grove, 
Taught  oaks  to  dance,  and  made  the  cedars  move. 
II. 
Nor  Venus*  nor  Diana,  will  wx  name, 
Myra  is  Venus  and  Diana  too  ^ 
All  that  was  feign'd  of  them,  apply'd  to  her,  is  true  r 
Then  fing,  my  Mufe,  let  Myra  be  your  theme. 

As 


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As  when  the  fhephcrds  would  a  garlaad  makcy 
They  flarch  with  paias  thefragnmrmadowflioiui^ 
Plucking  but  here  and  t^ere»  and  only  take 
The  fweateft  flowMs,  rn^  iMsk  iaam  ayn|fc/y 
crown'd  i  *'  \, 

In  framing  Myn  ib  dmnely  faiTt  *  j 

.  Nature  has  takaii  cbe  laiBc>(aa«'j  ^  * 

AH  that  is  iovcLjf  iiobie»  gooit»  m^fi^  "  > ' 

Ally  beauteous  MyiB»  all  koMjoi  ^imSm*         ^' 
■IK.  ■■  ■  ^  . 

Where  Myra  is,  there  is  die  Queen  of  Loive»  <-' '     • 
Th*  Arcadian  paftiifes,  mid  ijbe  (Cyf/hmn  gnwc^ 
When  Mynt  walks,  fo  charmiog  U  her  inicn^ 
In  eTery  motion  every  grace  is  leen : 
AVhen  Myim  Mis»  ib  jaft*a  tteMfe^aA  ffrafe^.' 
8b  fweet  'aHie^e^  'tis  liiiciltelVtifc's  Ibn^:  ^ 
Place  me  on  monntvns  of  etemal-ftiow. 
Where  all  is  ice,  all  winter  winds  timtbiow ; 
Or  call  me  underneath  the  burning  line. 

Where  evcrlafting  fun  does  fliine, 
Where  all  is  fcorch'd— whatever  you  decree. 

Ye  gods  !  whatever  I  fliall  be, 
Myra  (halJ  fliil  be  lov'd,  and  Itill  ador'd  by  roe. 


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My  Lady  Hvos,  fiiting  for  her  Picture. 

^TTll  I  LE  Kncllcr  with  inimitable  :jrt 
^  ~      Attempts  that  face,  whofc  print  S  on  every  Itcait, 
The  poet  wiili  a  pencil  Icfs  confiiiM 
Shall  draw  her  virtues,  and  dclVribcher  mind, 
l/nlock  the  Ihrinc,  and  to  the  firjit  iinfoM 
Tlie  ferret  gems,  and  all  the  inward  i'old. 
To  only  j-attcrns  do  the  Mufes  nnnic 
Of  j>crfeM  heauty,  hut  of  puilrv  t*;ime  : 
A  Venus  and  a  Helen  liave  bi:en  fcen 
Both  (K'ljur'd  wives,  the  goddefs  and  the  queen  : 
In  this,  the  third,  are  aconcil'd  ar  lafl 
Thofc  jarring  attributes  of  fair  and  chaftc. 
This  dazzlin{;l>e»\ity  i^  a  lovely  cafe 
Of  Ihininj;  virtue,  fjiotltfs  as  her  face, 
With  j'races  that  attnifl,  hut  not  enihare, 
Divinely  j;oiul,   a ;  ihe  's  divinely  f.iir ; 
With  heauty  nor  afllAUd,  vain,  nor  jiroud, 
Willi  j;rcatner>  eafy,  afl'ablr,  and  good. 
Others  by  guihy  aitifice,  and  arts 
Of  promis'd  Kindncfs,  pra/:tifc  on  our  hearts, 
With  i;xpa'.taii(»n  blow  fbc  pallion  up; 
SI.e  f.iMs  the  fue  wiiliout  one  ^■.i\c  of  hoj>c  : 
Kike  the  chadc  nxion  (lie  (hincs  to  all  mankind^ 
But  to  Kndyinion  is  her  love  conhii'd. 
What  cruel  dcfiiny  on  beauty  wails, 
When  on  one  face  dejK-nd  io  many  fates  ! 
Obli;;'d  by  boiiour  U)  relieve  but  one, 
Vnh.'ippy  men  by  tiiuuiiinds  arc  uudouc* 


Melons  on  beds  of  ice  are  taught  to  bear, 
A  n<\  ft  rangers  to  the  fun,  yet  ripen  here  : 
On  frozen  ground  the  fwceteft  flowers  ari 
Unfccn  by  any  light  but  Flavians  eyes  : 
Where'er  flic  treads,  beneath  the  charmer 
The  rofe,  the  jafmine,  and  the  lilies  meet 
Where'er  (he  looks,  behold  fome  fuddcn 
Adorns  tbe  trees,  and  fru£Ufies  the  earth  : 
In  midft  of  mountains  and  unfruitful  groi 
As  rich  an  Eden  as  the  firft  is  found. 
In  this  new  paradife  die  reigns  in  ftate 
With  fovereign  pride,  difdainfui  of  a  mat< 
Like  the  firft  charmer  fair,  but  not  Co  frail 
Againft  whoTe  virtue  all  temptations  fail : 
Beneath  thofe  beams  that  fcorch  us  from  h 
Her  fnowy  bofom  ftill  unmclted  lies  : 
Love  from  her  lips  fprcads  all  his  odours  n 
But  bears  an  ice.  and  forin^s  from  frozen 


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TO  DAPHNE. 

A  Roman  and  a  Greek  our  praife  divide. 
Nor  can  we  yet  who  bell  defcrv'd  decide  : 
Behold  two  mightier  conquerors  appear,  ^ 

Some  for  your  wit,  ibme  for  your  eyes  declare. 
Debates  arifc  which  captivates  us  moft, 
And  none  can  tell  the  charm  by  which  he 's  loft. 
The  bow  and  quiver  does  Diana  bear, 
Cybcl  the  lions,  Pallas  has  the  fpcar ; 
Poets  fuch  emblems  to  their  gods  aiiign, 
Heaits  bleedmg  by  the  dart  ^xnA  pen  be  thine» 


TO        A 
VERY    LEARNED    YOUNG    LADY. 

LOVE,  like  a  tyrant  whom  no  laws  conflrain. 
Now  for  fome  ages  kept  the  world  in  pain  j  ^  J 

l^eauty  by  vaft  deliruflions  got  renown. 
And  lovers  only  by  their  rage  were  known; 
But  Delia,  more  aufpicious  to  mankind. 
Conquering  the  heart,  as  much  inftnids  the  mind; 
Bled  in  the  fate  of  her  victorious  eyes. 
Seeing,  we  love,  and  hearing,  we  grow  wife : 
So  Rome,  for  wifdom  as  for  conqueil  fam'd, 
Improv'd  with  arts  whom  flic  by  anus  had  tam'd, 

Above 


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Above  the  clouds  is  placM  this  glorious  light, 
Kothing  lies  hid  from  her  enquiring  fight  1 
Athens  and  Rome  tor  am  reftorV rejoice,  *  •' 

""  i 

.  ^. 

Long  hat  MiacmnkvgoviirDM'iK  «M  Iblnl,'  -  '  -^ 

Butnowdefcend^/cottMtiohMtMliifik^  •*•  -      -^^ 

Behold  ianelia.tfaMrhi%kins4iieetf;:  ^^*  • :     *  '    "^* 

WhomleaniedAt]«mftadorUlltlAMli;r  '-  •  ^t 

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*  THYRSIS^    AND     SE^I^FA. 

THTK.8I8. 

DELIA,  how  lotig  milft  J  de(|«iry 
And  tax  you  with  difdain,        -    - 
Still  to  my  tender  love  fevere, 
Untouch'd  when  I  complain  ? 

DELIA. 

When  men  of  equal  merit  lov|  us. 

And  do  with  equal  ardour  fue, 
Thyrfis,  you  know  but  one  can  move  us  5 
Can  I  be  yours  and  Strephon's  too  ? 
My  eyes  view  both  with  mighty  pleafure. 

Impartial  to  your  high  defert. 
To  both  alike  cfhrem  I  meafurc. 

To  QUc  ^onft  can  give  my  heart. 


THYKSIS    AND    JXZLlAu        159 

T  H  Y  R  S  I  S. 

Mvfteiious  guide  of  inclination,  . 

Tell  me,  tyrant,  why  am  I, 
With  equal  merit,  equal  paffion. 
Thus  the  vi61:im  chole  to  die  ? 

Why  am  I 
The  vi£lim  chofe  to  die  ? 

DELIA. 

On  Fnte  alone  depends  fuccels. 

And  Fancy  Reafon  over-rules, 
Or,  why  (hould  virtue  ever  mifs 

Reward,  Q)  often  given  ta  fools  f 
'*Tis  not  the  valiant  nor  the  witty, 

But  who  alone  is  bom  to  pleafe,  ^ 

Love  does  predeftinate  our  pity ; 

We  chufe  but  whom  he  firft  decrees. 


MY       LADY      HYDE. 

TTTHEN  fam'd  Apelles  fought  to  frame 

^  ^     Some  image  of  th'  Idalian  dame, 
To  fumilh  graces  for  the  piece 
He  fummon'd  all  the  nymphs  of  Greece ; 
So  many  fnortals  were  combined. 
To  (how  how  one  immortal  ihin'd. 
Had  Hyde  thus  fat  by  proxy  too, 
As  Venus  then  was  faid  to  do, 
Venus  herielf,  and  all  the  train 
Of  goddefles  had  fummon*d  been ; 

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The  painter  muft  haire  ftarch'd  the  Uet 
Tb  match  the  luftic  of  her  eyes. 

Comparing 'dieoi  while  drat  we  yicw 
The  ancient  VcnuH  and  the  aew,^ 
In  her  we  pyuj  mortals  fee, ' 
Aft  maoT  godMn  in  dwe* 

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tfNSEASOltABLS       SVUPRXZV 

FAirdI  Zeliadat  xeafeto  cbicfet  or  grieve^ 
Nor  bluih  at  joyi  that  ooly  j^mtm  gi?e,  ^' 

Who  with  bold  ejreviiirvey*d  thofii  ili«tt^tfr  chandb^  ^ 
IsfNiDiiliM,  fenngin anodier's  arms. 
With  gntij  looks  he  ticws  each  naked  part» 
Joy  feeds  his  fight,  and  envy  tears  his  heart. 
So  caught  was  Mars,  and  Mercury  aloud 
Proclaimed  his  grief»  that  he  was  not  the  god : 
So  to  be  caught  was  every  god's  defire  f 
Nor  lefs  than  Venus  can  Zelinda  fire. 
Forgive  him  then,  thou  more  than  heavenly  fair, 
forgive  his  raibncfs,  puniih'd  by  defpair. 
All  that  we  know  which  wretched  mortals  feet 
In  thofe  fad  regions  where  the  tortur*d  dwells 
Is  that  they  fee  the  raptures  of  the  blc(f, 
Aim!  view  the  joys  tliat  they  mull  never  taAev 

MYRA 


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MYRA    SINGING. 

*  I  ^  HE  Syrens,  once  deluded,  vainly  charm'd} 
-*•    TyM  to  the  mail,  Ulyflcs  fail'd  unharm'd  : 
Had  Myra's  voice  cntic'd  his  liftcning  car. 
The  Greek  had  ftopt,  and  would  have  dy'd  to  hear. 
When  Myr.1  fings,  we  fcek  tli'  inchanting  (bund. 
And  bicfs  tiic  notes,  that  can  fo  fwcetly  wound  : 
What  mufick  needs  mufl  dwell  upon  that  tongue, 
Whofe  fpcech  is  tuneful  as  another's  fong  ? 
Such  harmony,  fuch  wit,  a  face  fo  fair. 
So  many  pointed  arrows  who  can  bear  ? 
Who  from  her  wit,  or  from  her  beauty  flics, 
If  with  her  voice  flic  overtakes  him,  dies. 
Like  foldicrs  fo  in  battle  wc  fucceed. 
One  peril  'fiaping,  by  another  bleed  ; 
In  vain  the  dait  orglittciing  fword  wc  fliun, 
Condemn'd  to  perilh  by  the  flaughtcring  gun. 

MYRA  IN  HER  RIDING  HABIT. 

'1T7'  HEN  Myra  in  licr  fcx's  [rsirh  we  fee, 

^^     The  (iuccii  of  Bcautv  then  flie  fccms  to  be  j 
Now,  fair  Adonis,  in  this  male-difguifc, 
Or  Cupid,  killing  with  his  mother's  eyes  : 
No  flilc  of  empire  chang'd  by  this  remove. 
Who  fccm'd  the  Goddefs,  fccms  the  God  of  Love. 

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■pOriaken  of  m  kindly  ftan, 

•*•        Within  ntf  melancholy  gro?e 

I  wafte  my  days  and  mg^ts  in  ton,        .  > 

A  ▼i6lim  to  ungrateful  love. 
The  happy  ftiil  untimely  end : 

Deadi  flies  fipom  grief  {  or  why  (hoold  I 
^0  many  hours  in  forrow  fpend, 

WUhingy  alas !  in  vain  to  die  ?  ^ 

Ye  powers  !  take  pity  of  my  pain, 

Thisy  only  this^  is  my  defire ; 
Ah  I  take  from  Myraher  dildaiuy 

Or  let  me  withes  figh  expire. 


SONG     TO     MYRA. 

TT 7  H  Y  fhould  a  heart  fo  tender  break  ? 
^^        O  Myra  !  give  its  anguilh  eafe : 
The  ufe  of  beauty  you  miftake, 

Not  meant  to  vex,  but  pleafe. 
Thofe  lips  for  fmiliog  were  defign'd. 

That  bofom  to  be  preft, 
Your  eyes  to  languifli  and  look  kuid. 

For  amorovfs  arms  your  waite  : 
Each  thing  has  its  appointed  right 

EftablifliM  by  the  powers  above  f 
The  fun  and  ftars  give  warmth  and  lights 

The  {ail  d\&itvb\itc  love. 


E    t<i3    3. 
TO       M    Y    R    A» 

^1 A turc,  indulgent,  provident,  and  kind, 

•*'^    In  all  things  that  excel  fomc  ufe  defign'd. 

The  radiant  fun,  of  every  heavenly  light 

The  firft,  did  Myra  hot  difpute  that  right, 

Sends  from  above  ten  thoufand  bleffings  down. 

Nor  is  he  fet  fo  high  for  fhow  alone  ; 

His  beams  re\'iving  with  aufpicious  fire, 

Freely  we  all  enjoy  what  all  admire. 

The  moon  and  ftars,  thofe  faithful  guides  'jf  night. 

Are  placM  to  help,  not  entertain,   the  fight. 

Plants,  fruits,  and  flowers,  the  fertile  fields  produce^ 

Not  for  vain  ornament,  but  wholcfomc  ufe  ; 

Health  theyreftorc,  and  nouriflmient  they  give, 

We  fee  with  pleafurc,  but  we  tafte  to  live* 

Then  think  not,  Myra,  that  thy  form  was  meant 

More  to  create  dcfirc,  than  to  content  r 

Would  the  juft  gods  fo  many  charms  provide 

Only  to  gratify  a  mortal 'b  pride  ? 

Would  they  have  rais'd  thee  fo  above  thy  fcx 

Only  to  play  the  tyrant,  and  to  vex  ? 

*Tis  impious  pleafure  to  delight  in  harm. 

And  beauty  fliould  be  kind,  as  well  ab  charm. 


From  Jove  in  feathers,  harmlefs  to  the  I 
Lxda,  without  a  blu(h,  accepts  delight. 
Myra,  as  chaftc  as  Lxda,  and  more  fair 
Forgive  an  anxious  lover's  jealous  care. 
And  O  take  heed,  for,  if  fuch  tales  wer 
The  gods  may  pra£tife  thefe  deHgns  on  j 
Their  heaven  and  all  their  brightnefs  the; 
For  any  form,  that  may  to  you  admit. 
See,  how  the  wanton  bird,  at  every  glan< 
Spreads  his  gay  plumes,  and  feels  an  am 
Preft  by  tliat  hand,  he  melts  at  every  tou 
Prcft  by  that  hand,  who  would  not  melt  i 
The  Quet  n  of  Beauty  fhall  forfake  the  di 
Ilcnccfoi  th  the  parrot  be  the  bird  of  love 

TO      M    y    R    - 


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Were  all  the  curttins  drawn,  you'd  find 
Scarce  one,  perhapf»  but  who  is  kind. 

Minerva,  naked  from  above 
With  Venus,  and  the  wife  of  Jove, 
Expoiing  every  beauty  bare, 
Defcended  to  the  Trojan  heir  ; 
Yet  this  was  (he  whom  poets  name 
Goddcfs  of  Charity  and  Fame. 

Penelope,  her  lord  away. 
Gave  amorous  audiences  all  the  dny  ; 
Now  round  the  bowl  the  fuitors  fit, 
With  wine  provoking  mirth  and  wit : 
Then  down  they  take  the  ftubborn  bow ; 
Their  ftrength,  it  feems,  (he  needs  muft  know  : 
Thus  twenty  cheerful  winters  paft. 
She's  yet  immortaliz'd  for  chaftL*. 

Smile,  Myra,  then  ;  reward  my  flame. 
And  be  as  much  fccure  of  fame  : 
By  all  thofc  maichlefs  beauties  fir'd. 
By  my  own  mutchlefs  love  infpir'd, 
So  will  I  fing,  fuch  wonders  write. 
That,  when  th'  aftonifli'd  world  iliall  cite 
A  nymph  of  fpotlcfs  worth  and  fame, 
Myra  Ihall  be  th'  immortal  name, 


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TTT  IT H  Myni*s  charmty  aod  mj  cztieaie  delpair, 
^^    Long  has  my  Muft  aniaz'd  tbe  veadci^i  cur. 
My  friends  with  pity  heard  die  moaniful  ibniid» 
And  all  enqvir'd  who  gave  the  fatal  wound  { 
Th'  aftoniih'd  worid  bdield  an  endlefs  flame. 
Ne'er  to  be  quench'd,  and  knew  noc  whence  it  came  i 
So  fcatter'd  fire  from  burning  iEtna  flies. 
Yet  none  can  tell  from  whence  thofe  flames  arid*. 

My  timorous  toD^e»  ftill  trembtingtxyconfcft. 
Fearful  to  name,  would  faiii  have  had  her  guefs ; 
Slight  paffioos  with  great  cafe  we  can  unfold, 
Were  n\y  love  lefs,  my  tongue  had  been  more  bold  i 
But  who  can  litre,  and  endlefs  torments  feel  ? 
Compcll'd  by  racks,  the  moft  refolv'd  reveal 
Thofe  fecrets,  that  their  prudence  would  conceal 
My  wcqiing  Mufe,  oppreft  with  hopelcfs  vows. 
Flies  to  her  feet,  and  thus  for  mercy  bows. 

Survey  your  felF,  and  then  forgive  your  Have, 
Think  what  a  palfion  fuch  a  form  muft  have  ; 
Who  can,  unmo\-*d,  behold  that  heavenly  face, 
Thofe  radiant  eyes,  and  that  rcfiftlefs  grace  ? 
My  vows  to  Myra  all  were  meant  to  thee. 
The  praife,  the  love,  the  matchlefs  conftancy. 
'Twasthus  of  old,  when  all  th'  immortal  dames 
Were  graced  by  poets^  each  tvithfeveral  names; 

For 


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TO  THE  COUNTESS  OF  N.        2^7 
For Vennty  Cjdiem  was  invoked, 
Altan  for  Pallaty  to  Athena  fmok'd  : 
Such  names  \vere  theirs  ;  and  thou  the  mod  divine, 
Mod  lov'd  of  heavenly  beuties,  Myra  's  thine. 

MYRA     AT     AREVIEW. 

T    E  T  meaner  beauties  conquer  fingly  ilill, 
■*^  But  haughty  Myra  will  by  thoufands  kill, 
Throuuh  armed  ranks  iriumphantly  fhe  drives, 
And  with  one  glance  commands  ten  thoufand  lives: 
The  trembliniij  heroes  nor  refill  nor  fly. 
But  at  the  head  of  all  theu;  fcjuadrons  die* 


TO  MYRA. 

I. 

SO  calm  and  fo  fercne  but  now, 
Wiiat  means  this  change  on  Myra's  brow  ? 
Heraguifh  love  now  glows  and  burns, 
Then  chilU  and  Ihakes,  and  the  cold  fit  returns, 

11. 
Mock'd  with  deluding  locks  and  fmiles, 
,  When  on  her  pity  I  depend, 
My  aeiy  hope  (he  foon  beguiles. 
And  laughb,  to  fee  my  torments  never  end, 

III. 
So  up  the  fieepy  hill  with  pain 
The  weighty  ftone  is  rolTd  in  vain. 
Which  having.touch'd  the  top,  recoils. 
And  leaves  the  labourer  to  rcnc^v  his  toils. 

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^T*  Houg^tful  nights,  and  reftlds  wikingt 
-*-       O  the  paint  that  we  endure  1 
Broken  faidi,  unkind  forfaking. 

Ever  doubdngy  never  fure. 
Hopes  deceivingy  vunendcavourf. 

What  a  race  has  love  to  run  I 
Palle  protelting,  fleeting  favours^ 

Every,  every  >vay  undone. 
Still  complaining,  and  defendiog. 

Both  to  love,  yemot  agree, 
Fears  tormenting,  pafl&>n  rending, 

O  the  pangs  of  jealouiy  ! 
From  fudi  painful  ways  of  lii^ng. 

Ah  how  fweet,  could  love  be  free  ! 
Still  prefenting,  ftill  receiving. 

Fierce  immortal  ccftafy. 


TO  M        Y        R        A. 

SONG. 

TpRepar'd  to  rail,  refolvM  to  part, 
■*•        When  I  approach  the  perjur'd  maid. 
What  is  it  awes  my  timorous  heart  ? 
Why  is  my  tongue  afraid  ? 

With 


T*  O       M    Y    R    A.  169 

With  die  leaft  glance  a  little  kind, 

Such  wondrous  power  have  Myra's  charms, 
She  calms  my  doubts,  enflaves  my  mind. 

And  all  my  rage  difarms. 
Forgetful  of  her  broken  vows, 

When  gazing  on  that  form  divine, 
Her  injur'd  vaflal  trembling  bows, 

Nor  dares  her  (lave  repine. 

TO  M      y     R     A. 

THE      ENCHANTMENT. 

In  Imitation  of  thePHARMACEUTRiAof  Theocritus, 

TiT  I X,  mix  the  philtres— Quick — flic  flics,  flic  flies, 
^'•^  Deaf  to  my  call,  regard lefs  of  my  cries. 
Arc  vows  fo  vain  ?  Could  oaths  fo  feeble  prove  ? 
Ah  with  what  cafe  flic  breaks  thofe  chains  of  love  I 
Whom  Love  with  all  his  arts  had  bound  in  vain. 
Let  charms  compel,  and  magic  rites  regain. 

Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpclls  prepare  ; 

Bring  Mvra  back,  my  perjur*d  wanderer. 
Queen  of  the  night,  blight  cmprefs  of  the  ftars. 
The  friend  of  love,  afiift  a  lover's  cares  : 
And  thou,  infernal  Hecate,  be  nigh, 
At  whofe  approach  fierce  wolves  afirighted  fly. 
Dark  tombs  difclofe  their  dead,  and  hollow  cries 
Echo  from  under  ground  ;  A  rife,  arife. 

Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpclls  prepare; 

Bring  Myra  back,  my  perjured  wanderer.  A.% 


,9o       LAKSDOWNE»S    POEMS. 
As  crackling  in  the  fire  this  liurel  lies. 
So  ftmggling  in  Love's  flames  her  lover  diet  i 
Ithnrfts,  and  in  ahlazc  of  light  expiree; 
So  may  (he  burn,  but  wiHi  more  laiting  fiies^ 
Begin,  begin,  the  royftic  fpells  pn^nn  | 
Bring  Myra  back^,  my  perjurM  t^anderar* 
As  the  wax  melts  that  to  the  ftamet  I  hoUt        ■       % 
So  may  ihc  melt,  but  nerermore  grov  ooU  i  : 

riiant  and  warm  may  ftill  her  heart  remain. 
Soft  for  the  (Hint,  but  ne'er  turn  hard  again. 
Tough  iron  will  yield,  and  ftabbom  marble  ran^ 
»  And  hardeft  hearts  by  love  are  melted  dovn.    .  .. 

Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpells  prepare  i 
Bring  Myra  back,  my  psrjur'd  wanderer. 
As  with  impetuops  motion  whirl'd  apace,    - 
Tliis  ma^c  wheel  flill  moves,  yet  keeps  its  place,  , 

Ever  returning :  fo  may  ihe  come  back. 
And  never  more  th'  appointed  round  fbrfake* 
Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpells  prepare ; 
Bring  Myra  back,  my  pcrjur'd  wanderer. 
Diana,  hail  !  all  hail  !  Moft  welcome  thou. 
To  whom  th'  infernal  king  and  judges  bow  : 
O  thou  who  canft  the  powers  of  hell  perfuade. 
Now  try  thy  charms  upon  a  faithlefs  maid. 
Hark  !  the  dogs  bark  !  She  comes,  the  goddefs  comes: 
Sound,  found  aloud,  and  beat  our  brazen  drums. 
Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpells  prepare  ; 
Bring  Myra  back,  my  perjur*d  wanderer. 
How  calm 's  the  iky  !  how  undifturb'd  the  deep  I 
Nature  is  huih*d,  the  very  tempefts  deep, 

3i  The 


T    <y       M    Y    R    A.  171 

The  ditmfy  tvindi  bmthe  gently  through  the  trees, 
And  filent  on  the  beach  rqwfe  the  (cas  : 
F.ove  only  wakes  :  the  ftorm  that  tears  my  brcaft 
For  ever  rages,  and  di drafts  my  reft  : 
O  Love  !  refcntlefs  I^ve  !  tyrant  accurft ! 
4n  ilefcrts  bred,  by  cruel  tigers  nurft  ! 

Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpclls  prepare  ,- 

Bring  Myra  back,  my  pcrjur'd  wanderer. 
Tliis  riband  that  once  bound  her  lovely  waftc, 
O  that  my  arms  might  gird  her  there  as  fall ! 
bmiling  (he  gave  it,  and  I  prizM  it  more. 
Than  the  rich  zone  th*  Idalian  goddefs  wore. 
This  riband,  this  lov'd  rclick  of  the  fair. 
So  kil's'd,  and  fo  preferv'd-— Tlius,  thus  I  tear. 
O  Love  !  why  doll  thou  thus  delight  to  rend 
My  foul  with  pain  ?  Ah,  why  torment  thy  friend  I 

ficgin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpells  prepare  ; 

Bring  Myra  back,  my  pcrjur'd  wanderer. 
Thrice  liavc  I  facrific'd,  and  proUratethiice 
Ador'd  :  alTift,  yc  powers,  the  facrificc. 
\Vho-c*cr  he  is,  whom  now  the  fair  beguiles 
With  guilty  glances,  and  with  perjur'd  fmilcs, 
^lali^nant  vapours  blall  his  impious  head, 
Yc  lightning  fcorch  him,  thunder  ftrike  him  dead, 
Hon  or  of  cunfcicncc  all  his  (lumbers  break, 
Dillraft  his  rell,  as  love  keeps  me  awake ; 
If  marry'd,  may  his  wife  a  Helen  be. 
And  curftand  fcom'd,  like  Menelaus  he. 

Begin,  begin,  the  myftic  fpells  prepare ; 

Bring  My  I  a  back,  my  pcrjur'd  wanderer. 

Tb«.C^ 


171      LANSDOWNE»S    POEMS. 
Thcfe  powerful  drops  thrice  on  the  threfhold  pour, 
And  bathe  with  this  enchanted  juice  her  door) 
That  door  where  no  admittance  now  is  found. 
But  where  my  foul  is  ever  hovering  round. 
Hade,  and  obey  :  and  binding  be  the  fpcll. 
Here  ends  my  charm  :  O  Love,  fuccced  it  well : 
By  force  of  raagick  ftop  the  flying  fair, 
Bring  My ra  back,  myperjur'd  wanderer. 

Thou'rt  now  alone  ;  and  painful  is  relh^int : 
Eafe  thy  prcft  heart,  and  give  thy  forrows  vent, 
Whence  fprang,  and  how  began  thefe  griefs,  declare. 
How  much  thy  love,  how  cruel  thy  defpair. 
Ye  moon  and  ftars,  by  wlwfe  aufpicious  light 
I  haunt  thcfe  groves,  and  wafte  the  tedious  night. 

Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  heart. 

Its  killing  anguifh,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
Too  late  for  hope,  for  my  repofe  too  foon, 
I  faw,  and  lov'd  :  her  heart,  engag'd,  was  gone  : 
A  happier  man  poflcfs'd  whom  1  adore  ; 
O  1  (hould  ne'er  have  fecn,  or  feen  before. 

Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  heart, 

Its  killing  anguilh,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
What  fliall  1  do  ?  Shall  I  in  filence  bear, 
Deftroy  myfelf,  or  kill  the  ravifher  ? 
Die,  wretched  loveY,  die  ;  but  ah  beware, 
Hurt  not  the  man  who  is  belov'd  by  her. 
Wait  for  a  better  hour,  and  truft  thy  fate  : 
Thou  feek'ft  her  love,  beget  not  then  her  hate, 

Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  heart. 

Its  killing  anguilh  and  its  fecret  finart. 

My 


T    O       M    Y    R    A.  173 

My  lifctConftuniag  with  eternal  grief, 
From  herbs  and  ipellt  I  feek  a  vain  relief  1 
To  every  wift  magician  I  repair, 
In  vain  !  for  ftili  I  love,  and  I  defpair. 
Circe,  Medea,  and  the  Sibyl  books. 
Contain  not  half  th'  enchantment  of  her  looks* 
Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  hearty 
Its  killing  anguiih,  and  its  fecret  (inart. 
As  melted  gold  preferves  its  weight  the  fame, 
So  burnt  my  love,  nor  wafted  in  the  flame. 
And  now,  unable  to  fupport  the  Itrlfe, 
A  glimmering  hope  rccals  her  parting  life  ; 
My  rival  dying,  I  no  longer  grieve. 
Since  1  may  aik,  and  flic  with  honour  give. 
Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  hearty 
Its  killing  anguifli,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
W'itncfs  ye  hours,  with  what  unweary'd  care. 
From  place  to  place  I  flill  purfucd  the  fair. 
Nor  was  occaflon  to  reveal  my  Hames 
Slow  to  my  fuccour,  for  it  fwiftly  came  : 
It  came,  it  came,  that  moment  of  dc'light, 
O  gods  !  And  how  I  trembled  at  her  light ! 
Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  hc:iit. 
Its  killing  anguiih,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
Difmay'd  and  motionlefs,  confus'd,  amaz'd. 
Trembling  1  flood,  and  tcrrifyd  I  gaz'd  ; 
My  faltering  tongue  in  vain  for  utterance  try'd. 
Faint  was  my  voice,  my  thoughts  abortive  dy'd. 
Or  in  weak  founds  and  broken  accents  came 
Impcrfe6\^  as  difcouifes  in  a  dreauu. 

TclJ, 


174       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 
Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  hearty 
Its  killing  anguiih,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
Soon  fhe  divin'd  what  this  confuiion  meant, 
And  gucfs'd  with  eafethc  caufe  of  my  complaint  t 
My  tongue  emboldening  as  her  looks  were  mild. 
At  length  I  told  my  griefs — And  ftill  (he  fmiPd. 
O  Syren,  Syren,  fair  deluder,  fay 
Why  (hould  you  tempt  to  truil,  and^  then  betray  ? 
So  faithlefs  now,  why  gave  you  hopes  before  ? 
Alas!  you  fhould  have  been  lefs  kind,  or  more. 
Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  heart, 
Its  killing  anguifli,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
Secure  of  innocence,  I  feek  to  know 
From  whence  this  change,  and  my  misfortunes  grow  \ 
Rumour  is  loud,  and  every  voice  proclaims 
Her  violated  faith,  and  confcious  flames. 
Can  this  be  true  ?  Ah  flattering  mifchief,  fpeak. 
Can  you  make  vows,  and  in  a  moment  break  ? 
And  can  the  fpacelb  very  narrow  be 
Betwixt  a  woman's  oatli,  and  perjury  ? 
O  Jcaloufy  !  All  other  ills  at  fiift 
My  love  ciTay'd,  but  thou  artfure  the  word  ! 
Tell,  for  you  know  the  burthen  of  my  heart. 
Its  killing  anguifli,  and  its  fecret  fmart. 
Ungrtatcful  Myra  !  urge  me  thus  no  more, 
Mor  think  me  tame,  that  once  fo  long  I  bore  : 
Though  now  by  philtres  I  *d  avert  thy  change. 
The  philtres  failing,  poifon  ftiall  revenge  : 
Already  ftands  prepared  the  deadly  draught. 
Of  an  Aflyrian  was  the  fecret  bought  : 

Fo 


TO        M    Y    R    A.  i7| 

For  whom  that  draught  ?  Ah  feeble  rage  and  vain  ! 
With  how  fccure  a  brow  Ihe  mocks  my  pain  ? 
Thy  heart,  fond  lover,  does  thy  threSis  belie, 
Canft  thou  hurt  her,  for  whom  thou  fet  would*ft  die  f 
Nor  durft  (he  thus  thy  juft  refentmcnt  brave, 
But  that  Ihe  knows  how  much  thy  foul 's  her  flave* 
But  fee  !  Aurora  rifmg  with  the  fim 
Diflblves  my  charm,  and  frees  th'  enchanted  moon^ 
My  (pells  no  longer  bind  at  fight  of  day. 
And  young  Endymion  calls  his  love  away. 
I.ove  *s  the  reward  of  all,  on  earth,  in  heaven. 
And  for  a  plague,  to  me  alone  was  given. 
Evils  we  cannot  Ihun  we  muft  endure. 
Death  and  a  broken  heart 's  a  ready  cure. 
Cynthia  farewel,  go  reft  thy  weary  light, 
I  muft  for  ever  wake — We  *11  meet  again  at  night. 

TO  M        Y        R        A. 

THE        VISION. 

TN  lonely  walks,  diftrafted  by  dcfpair, 

-^   Shunning  mankind,  and  torn  with  killing  care. 

My  eyes  o'erHowing,  and  my  frantic  mind 

RackM  with  wild  thoughts,  fwelling  with  fighs  the  winder 

Through  paths  untrodden  day  and  night  I  rove. 

Mourning  the  fate  of  my  fuccefslefs  love.  > " 

Who  moft  defu-e  to  live  untimely  fall, 

But  when  we  beg  to  difi  Death  flies  our  call. 

•Adonis 


I 


I  call  to  heaven,  and  tell  ttie  gods  my  pain  ; 
The  gods,  averfe,  like  Myra,  to  my  prayer, 
Conlent  to  doom  whom  (he  denies  to  fpare. 
Why  do  I  feck  for  foreign  aids,  whenl 
Bear  ready  by  my  fide  the  power  to  die  ? 
Be  kcen,i  my  fword,  and  fcrve  thy  mafter  wel 
Ileal  wounds  with  wounds,  and  love  with  de; 
Strait  up  I  rofe,  and  to  my  aching  breaft, 
!My  bofom  bare,  the  pointed  blade  I  preft. 
When  lb  !  aftonifli'd  !   an  unufual  light 
PiercM  the  thick  fhade,  and  all  around  grew 
My  dazzled  eyes  a  radiant  form  behold, 
Splendid  with  light  like  beams  of  burning  go 
Eternal  rays  his  (hining  temples  grace  % 
Eternal  youth  fat  fmiling  on  his  face ; 
Trembling  I  liften,  proftrate  on  the  ground. 
His  breath  perfumes  the  grove,  and  mufic  's  in 
Ceafe,  lover,  ceafe  thy  tender  heart  to  vex 
In  fruitlefs  plaints  of  an  ungrateful  fcx  : 
In  fate's  eternal  volumes  it  is  writ 
That  women  ever  (hall  be  foes  to  wit : 


I?  J 


THE        VISION.        I7T 

With  noify  fopperies  their  hearts  a/Tail, 

Renounce  all  fenfe ;  how  fhould  thj  ibngs  prevail. 

When  I,  the  god  of  wit»  fb  alt'  could  fail } 

Remember  me ;  and  in  my  (lory  find 

Hot?  rainiy  merit  pleads  to  womankind. 

I  by  whom  all  things  ihincy  who  tune  the  fpheresy 

Create  the  day,  and  gild  the  night  with  ftars. 

Whole  yoiith  and  beauty  from  all  ages  paft 

Sprang  with  the  world,  and  with  the  world  ihall  laft :  - 

How  oft*  with  fruitlefs  tears  have  I  implor'd 

Ungrateful  nymphs  !  and,. though  a  god,  ador'd  f 

When  could  my  wit,  my  beauty,  or  my  youth, 

Move  one  hard  heart  ?  or  mov'd,  fecure  its  truth  ? 

Here  a  proud  nymph  with  painful  ileps  I  chace. 

The  winds  out-flying  in  our  nimble  race  ; 

Stay,  Daphne,  ftay — in  vain,  in  vain  I  try 

To  flop  her  ^ed,  redoubling  at  my  cry  ; 

0*er  craggy  rocks  and  rugged  hills  (he  climbs,  . 

And  teai%  on  pointed  flints  her  tender  limbs  ; 

But  caught  at  length,  juft  as  my  arms  1  fold, 

Tum*d  to  a  tree,'  (he  yet  cfcapes  my  hold. 

In  my  next  love  a  difi*erent  fate  I  find. 

Ah  I  which  is  worfc,  the  falfc  or  the  unkind  ? 

Forgetting  Daphne,  I  Coronis  chofc, 

A  kinder  nymph— too  kind  for  my  repofe. 

The  joys  1  give  but  more  inflame  her  breafl. 

She  keeps  a  private  drudge  to  quench  the  reft  j 

How,  and  with  whom,  the  very  birds  proclaim  * 

Her  black  pollution,  and  reveal  my  (liame. 

*  Difcovercd  by  a  crow. 

N  Hard 


»r»       XANSDOWITE'S    FOEM-S^. 
HM  lot  of  beauty  !  fatally  beilow'd/ 
Or  given  to  the  faife,  or  to  the  proud  ; 
By  feveral  ways  they  bring  us  equal  pain^ 
The  falie  betray  us^  and  the  proud  difiaia* 
Scom*d,  and  abus'd  f  from  Hiortal  loves  I  Sfp 
To  ietk  iBoic  tru^  in  my  own  native  &y ; 
Venus,  the  faireft  of  immortal  loves, 
Bright  as  my  beams,  and  gentle  as  her  dovety 
XVidi  glowing  eyas^  eonfefiing  hot  defiras. 
She  fummons  hc^en  and  earth  to  quench  h^r  fires ; 
Me  (he  excludes  j  and  I  in  vain  adaie 
Who  neither  god  um  man  fef iis'd  befons  t 
Vulcan,  the  "iery  monfter  of  the  ikies, 
Vukan  ike  takes,  the  God  of  Wit  denies^ 
Then  ceaie  to  murmur  at  thy  Myra's  pride, 
Whimfy,  not  reaion,  is  the  female  gwide : 
The  fate,  of  which  their  matter  does-  complain. 
Is  of  bad  omen  to  th'  infpired  train. 
What  vows  have  faii'd !     Hark  how  CaiuUus^  mourns, 
How  Ovid  weeps,  and  {lighted  Gallus  burns. 
In  melting  ftrains  fee  gentle  Waller  bleed, 
Vnmov'd  ihe  hears  what  none  unmov'd  can  read. 
And  thoo,  who  oft'  with  fuch  ambitious  clioice 
Ifaft  rais'd  to  Myra  thy  afpiring  voice, 
What  profit  thy  neglefted  zeal  repays  ? 
Ah,  what  return  ?     Ungrateful  to  thy  praife  f 
Chafege,  change  thy  ftyle,  with  mortal  rage  return 
Unjuft  difdain,  and  pride  oppofc  to  icorn ; 
Jiearch  all  the  fecrets  of  the  fair  and  young. 
And  then  proclaim,  foon  fliall  they  bribe  thy  tongue  f 

The 


T   H    «        V   r    «    I    O    N.       t7» 

The  fluurp  detra£lor  with  fuccefs  aflails. 
Sure  to  be  gentle  to  the  man  that  rails  i 
Women)  like  cowards^  tame  to  the  fevcte^ 
Are  only  fierce  when  they  difcover  fear. 

Thus  fpake  the  god  ;  and  upward  mounts  in  air. 
In  juft  rcfeptmcnt  of  his  paft  defpair* 
Provok'd  to  vengeance,  to  my  aid  I  call 
The  furies  round,  and  dip  my  pens  in  gall  j 
Not  one  fliail  *fcapc  of  all  the  cozening  fex, 
Vex*^d  Ihall  they  be  who  Co  delight  to  vet. 
In  vain  I  try,  in  vain  co  vengeance  move 
My  gentle  Mufe,  fo  us'd  to  tender  love  ; 
Such  magic  rules  my  heart,  whatever  I  write 
Turns  all  to  foft  complaint  and  amorous  flight. 
Begone,  fond  thoughts,  begone ;  be  bold,  laid  1» 
Satire 's  thy  theme— -in  vain  again  I  try. 
So  charming  Myra  to  each  fenie  appears. 
My  foul  adores,  my  rage  difTolvvs  in  tears. 
So  the  gall'd  lion,  fmarting  vith  his  wound. 
Threatens  his  foes,  and  makes  the  forcft  found  j 
With  his  ftrong  teeth  he  bites  the  bloody  dart, 
And  tears  nis  fide  with  more  provoking  fmart, 
Till,  having  fpent  his  voice  in  fruitlcfs  cries, 
He  lays  him  down,  breaks  his  proud  hcait,  and  difii« 


soNa 


[     i8o    ] 

S  O  N  G. 

TO         M    Y    R    A. 

TTERE  end  my  chains,  and  thraldom  ceafe, 
•*•-*■  If  not  in  joy,  I'  11  live  in  peace. 
Since  for  the  pleafures  of  an  hour 

We  muft  endure  an  age  of  pain, 
I  '11  he  this  abje£):  thing  no  more ; 

Love  give  me  back  my  heart  again. 

Defpair  tormented  £rft  my  hreaft. 

Now  Falfehood,  a  more  cruel  gueft, 

O,  for  the  peace  of  human-kind. 

Make  women  longer  true,  or  fooncr  kind ; 

With  juftice  or  with  mercy  reign, 

O  Love !  or  give  me  back  my  heart  again. 

DEATH. 


"P  NO U  G  H,  enough, *  my  foul  of  worldly  noife, 
•*-*     Of  airy  pomps,  and  fleeting  joys  ; 
What  does  this  bufy  world  provide  at  beft, 

But  brittle  goods  that  break  like  glafs. 
But  poifon'd  fweets,  a  troubled  feaft, 

^nd  pleafures  like  the  wipds  that  in  a  moment  pafs } 

Thy 


DEATH.  iSi 

Tby  thoughts  to  nobler  meditations  give> 
And  ftudy  how  to  die,  not  how  to  live. 
II. 
How  frail  is  beauty !  ah  how  vain 

And  how  Ihort-liv'd  thofe  glories  are. 
That  vex  our  days  and  nights  with  pain. 

And  break  our  hearts  with  care  ! 
In  dud  we  no  di(lin6^ion  fee. 
Such  Helen  is ;  fuch,  Myra,  thou  muit  be« 

III. 
How  fhort  is  life  !  why  will  vain  courtiers  toil 
And  crowd  a  vainer  monarch  for  a  (mile  ? 
What  is  that  monarch  but  a  mortal  man^ 
His  crown  a  pageant,  and  his  life  a  fpan  ? 
With  all  his  guards  and  his  dominions,  he 
Mufl  ficken  too,  and  die  as  well  as  we. 

IV. 
Thofe  boafted  names  of  conquerors  and  king* 
Arc  fwallow'dy  and  become  forgotten  things : 
One  deflinM  period  men  in  common  have. 
The  great,  the  vile;  the  coward,  and  the  brave. 
Are  food  alike  for  worms,  companions  in  the  grave. 
The  prince  and  paraiite  together  lie, 
No  fortune  can  exalt,  but  death  will  climb  as  high. 


] 


Nj  SENT 


SENT  THE    AUTHOR   INTO  THE 
COUNTRY. 

WRITTEN    BY     A     LADY. 

"ITT  H  Y,  'Granville,  is  thy  life  cwifinM  1 

^    To  ftades  ?    Thou,  whom  the  gods  d«%aM  V 
In  public,  to  do  credit  to  mankind  ?  J 

Why  deeps  the  noble  ardoiu*  of  thy  bloodt 

Which  from  thy  anceftors  fo  many  ages  paft^ 
From  Rollo  down  to  Bevil  flo\v*4, 

And  then  appear'd  again  at  laft 
In  thcc,  when  thy  vi6lonous  lance  * 
Bore  the  difputed  prize  from  all  the  youHi  of  France* 
In  the  firft  trials  that  are  made  for  fame* 

Thofc  to  whom  fate  fuccefs  denies, 
If  taking  counfel  from  their  (hame, 

They  modeftly  retreat,  are  wife  : 
But  why  ihould  you  ?  who  fliil  fucceed 
In  ^11  you  do>  whether  wkh  graceful  art  you  lead 
The  Bery  barb,  or  with  as  graceful  motion  tread 
^n  ihining  balh«  where  all  agree 
To  give  the  highefl  praife  and  the  firft  place  to  thee. 

So  lovM  and  prais'd,  whom  all  admire, 
Why,  why  fhould  you  from  courts  and  camps  retire  ? 

*  At  a  caroufal  at  Paris,  in  the  year  1689. 


tPO  WE  AWHOill  m  tm  COUNTRY- 11| 
If  Myn  1l  Udkindp  if  it  can  be 
That  aay  nylnpli  can  be  unkind  to  thee  t 

If,  pen (ive  made  by  love,  you  thus  retire, 
Awake  your  Mule,  and  ftring  your  lyre ; 
Your  tender  fong  and  y«ur  melodious  ftnim, 

Can  newr  be  addreil  in  vain, 
She  needs  muft  love,  and  we  (hall  have  you  back  agaila^ 


OCCASIONED  BY  THE  FOREGOING* 

"VTTHOE'ER  thou  art,  \vho  tempt'ft  in  fuch A  ftraln^ 

^  ^    Sweet  is  thy  Syren  fong,  but  fung  in  vain  i 
When  the  winds  rage,  and  the  loud  biUows  roar» 
What  fool  will  truft  tlte  fea,  and  quit  the  ihoie } 
Karly  and  vain  into  the  world  I  cane, 
Big  %vith  falfe  hopes,  and  ea^r  after  fame. 
Till,  looking  round  me  exe  the  race  began. 
Madmen  and  giddy  fools  were  all  that  ran : 
Reclaim*d  betioics,  I  ftx>m  the  lift  retirey 
And  thank  the  gods  who  my  retreat  infpire. 
Survey  the  world,  and  with  impartial  eyes 
Confider,  and  examine,  all  who  rift, 
Weigh  well  their  adlions  and  their  treacherous  ends. 
How  greatnefs  grows,  and  by  what  fteps  afceadSf , 
What  murders,  trcafons,  perjuries,  deceit. 
How  many  fall,  to  make  one  monder  great. 
Would  you  command,  have  fortune  in  your  power  ? 
Hug  whom  you  dabi  and  fmile  when  you  devour  < 

N4  Be 


914      LANSDOWNB'8    POftMS.    ^    .  ^ 

Be  bloody,  falfe,  flatter.  fedWmr,  aqd  &,  • 

Tun  pandtTy  padikt  panfiie,  w  4>y  i 

Such  diri^ng  aiti  maj  yqor  wifliM  pyipoft  bring^    - « 

At  leaft  a  genenl  be>  perfaapt  m  kbg« 

fortune  we  moft  uniuilj  paitial  call,  «. ' 

A  miffarcft  fiee^  idw  bidi  alike  to  al|>  ' 

But  pn  foch  tenns  at  oalj/uit  the  bfde^  .-.  ^  ^.     .  \^  . ., , ' 

Honour  denies,  and  fliune  the  fool  endsncei 

The  honeft  Shan,  who  ftanres  and  is  undone, 

Kotfoftiue,  buthis  nAue,  keepa hii9^4o""n«  •     >-    ^  ' 

£bd  CatD  bent  benetth  die  conquering  canfi^ 

He  mi^fanve  liv'd to  ^dq  newicnatcshnnri       ^    J: 

But,  onTfletcnnsdi&iniagtobegmt^  \vji 

Heperiih'dbfhisclkMGe.  aadnotiusitoit' 

Bbnour  and  life  th'nfuiperbldt.  tad  all  '  '  / ' 

That  vain' miflaken  men  good  Ibitinie  calif  \  X 

^^ituefoibids,  and  fees  beJRMtfiis  CjhBS 

An  honeft  death,-  wluch  he  accepts,  and  diet* 

O  glorious  refolution !  noble  pride ! 

More  honoured  than  the  tyrant  livM.  he  dy'd  i 

More  prais'd.  more  lov'd.  more  envy'd  in  his  doom 

Than^aeiar  trampling  on  the  rights  of  Rome*! 

The  virtuous  nettling  fear  but  life  with  Ihame. 

And  death 's  a  pleafant  road  that  leads  to  hmt» 

On  Ifones  and  fcraps  of  dogs  let  me  be  fedt 

My  limbs  uncovered,  and  expos'd  my  head 

To  bleakefl  colds,  a  kennel  be  my  bed  s 

This,  and  all  other  martyrdom,  for  thee 

Seems  glorious  all,  thrice-beauteous  Honefty! 

a  Fotrtue 


..T 


} 


yaE   AUTHOR    ON    HIMSELF.    1I5 
Fortune  and  life  dfpcnd  on  fate  alone. 
My  honour  ind  my  confcience  are  my  own. 
Ye  great  difturberii  who  in  endlels  noife. 
In  blood  and  horror,  feck  unnatural  joys  $ 
For  what  is  all  this  buille  but  to  fhun 
Thofe  thoughts  with  which  you  dare  not  be  alone  ? 
As  men  in  mifcry,  oppreft  with  care, 
Seek  in  the  rage  of  wine  to  drown  defpair. 
Let  others  fight,  and  cat  their  bread  in  blood, 
Kcgardlcfs  if  the  caufe  be  bad  or  good. 
Or  ciingc  in  courts,  depending  on  the  nods 
Of  flrutting  pigmies,  who  would  pafs  for  gods  : 
For  me,  unpra£kis'd  in  the  courtier*s  fchooly 
Who  loath  a  knave,  and  tremble  at  a  fool. 
Who  honour  generous  Wycherley  opprcft, 
PofTeft  of  little,  worthy  of  the  bell; 
Rich  in  himfelf,  in  virtue  that  outfhines 
All  but  the  fame  of  his  immortal  lines. 
More  than  the  wealthieft  lord,  who  helps  to  drain 
The  famiih'd  land,  and  rolls  in  impious  gain. 
What  can  I  hope  in  courts,  or  how  fucceed  ? 
Tigers  and  wolves  Ihall  in  the  ocean  breed. 
The  whale  and  dolphin  fatten  on  the  mead. 
And  every  element  exchange  its  kind. 
When  thriving  honcfty  in  courts  we  find. 
Happy  the  man,  of  moruls  happieft  he, 
Whofe  quiet  mind  from  vain  dcfircs  is  free  ; 
Whom  neither  hopes  deceive  nor  fears  torment. 
But  lives  at  peace  within  himfelf,  content  2 

In 


} 


iH    LA^SDOWNfi'S    POEM&; 

In  thought  or  a^  accountable  to  nOne 

But  to  himfelf  and  to  the  gods  alone. 

O  fweetnefs  of  Content  |  ieraj^ic  joy, 

That,  nothing Tvanting,  nothing  can  deHtroj  I 

Where  dwells  this  peace,  this  freedom  of  the  mind  ? 

Where,  but  in  (hades  remote  from  human  kind  { 

In  flowery  vsdes,  where  nymphs  and  ibepherds  meet^ 

But  never  comet  within  the  palace-^gate. 

^arewel  theK  cities,  courts  and  camps  farewel. 

Welcome  ye  groves,  here  let  mfc  ever  dwell ; 

From  care,  from  bufmefs,  and  mankind  remove, 

All  but  the  Mufes  and  inipiring  Love. 

Kow  fweet  the  morn,  how  gentle  is  the  night ! 

How  calm  the  evening,  and  the  noon  how  bright ! 

From  hence,  as  from  a  hill,  I  view  below 

The  crowded  world,  that  like  fome  wood  docs  fhovv. 

Where  feveral  wanderers  travel  day  and  night 

Through  feveral  paths,  and  none  are  in  the  right. 


AN        IMITATION 

OF  THE 

SECOND   CHORUS   IN    THE  SECOND   ACT 
OF    SENECA'S    THYESTES. 

^TT  HEN  will  the  gods,  propitious  to  our  prayers, 
^^     Compofe  our  faftions,  and  conclude  our  wars  > 
Ye  fons  of  Inachus,  repent  the  guilt 
Of  crowns  ufurp'd,  and  blood  of  parents  (pilt, 

1  F«r 


SENBCA'S  THYESTES  IMITATED,    ilf 
for  impious  gnttnefs  vengeance  is  in  ftone. 
Short  is  the  date  of  all  ill-gotten  power. 
<7ivc  eari  ambitious  princes,  and  be  wife; 
Liften,  and  learn  wherein  true  grcatnefs  lies ; 
Place  not  your  pride  in  roofs  that  Ihine  with  gems^ 
In  purple  robes  nor  fparkling  diadems, 
Kor  in  dominion  nor  extent  of  land  ; 
He 's  only  great  who  can  himfeif  command  ; 
Whofe  guard  is  peaceful  Innocence,  whofe  guide 
Is  faithful  Reafon ;  who  is  void  of  pride^ 
Checking  ambition,  nor  is  idly  vain 
Of  the  falfc  incenfe  of  a  popular  train  : 
Who  without  ftrife  or  envy  can  behold 
His  neighbour's  plenty,  and  his  heaps  of  goldy 
l^or  covets  other  wealth  but  what  we  find 
In  the  pofTeflions  of  a  virtuous  mind. 
F^arlefs  he  fees  who  is  with  virtue  cnnvn'd, 
The  tcmpefl  rage,  and  hears  the  thunder  found  r 
Ever  the  fame,  let  Fortune  fmile  or  frown. 
Whether  upon  tlie  fcaffuld  or  the  throne ; 
Serenely  as  he  liv'd,  refignt  his  breath, 
Meets  deftiny  half  way,  nor  ihrinks  at  deadi* 
Ye  fovereign  lords,  who  fit  like  gods  in  ibtet 
Awing  the  world,  and  bufUing  to  be  great  i 
Lords  but  in  title,  vaflals  in  t&Etf 
Whom  lull  controls,  and  wild  defires  dire6ly 
The  reins  of  empire  but  fuch  hands  difgrace. 
Where  Paifion,  a  blind  driver,  guides  *' 
What  is  this  fame,  thus  crouded  row 
The  breath  of  fools,  the  bait  of  ft 


I 


Of  battering  engines  that  dcftroy  from  fer  ? 
The  greatelt  king  and  conqueror  is  he 
Who  lord  of  his  own  appetites  can  be  r 
Bleft  with  a  power  that  nothing  can  dcftroy. 
And  all  have  equal  freedom  to  enjoy. 
Whom  worldly  luxury  and  pomps  allure, 
They  tread  on  ice,  and  find  no  footing  furc. 
Place  me,  ye  powers !  in  fome  obfcure  retreat 
O  keep  me  innocent,  make  others  great  j 
In  quiet  fhades,  content  with  rural  fports. 
Give  me  a  life  remote  from  guilty  courts. 
Where,  free  from  hopes  br  fears,  in  humble  i 
Unheard^f  I  may  live,  and  die  in  peace. 
Happy  the  m^n  who  thus,  retired  from  fight. 
Studies  himfelf,  and  feeks  no  other  light ; 
But  rooft  unhappy  he,  who  fits  on  high. 
Expos *d  to  every  tongue  and  every  eye, 
Whofe  follies,  blaz'd  about,  to  all  are  known, 
And  are  a  fecret  to  himfelf  alone  : 
Worfe  is  an  evil  fame,  much  worfe  than  none« 


[  iff  1 


C      H      L      o       £: 

CH  LOE  *s  the  vrorAer  of  acr  ^rx, 
'Tis  well  htr  hear  is  tei4'.T ' 
How  might  fuch  kllVia^  trtr.  ytr^ln. 
With  virtue  to  6tft:*d  her '. 

But  Nature,  graciojilT  ir.^ir.'it 

Nor  bent  to  vex  hut  p\tk£c  «Jt, 
Has  to  her  boundlefi  bw'jtv  join' 4 

A  bound lefs  wiil  to  eaiie  u.. 


B 


ON        THE       SAME, 

RIGHT  as  the  dar,  ar.^  I.aa  ttjt  K^^tk.^xi^^* 
Such  Chloe  u — and  coctrka  as  the* --4;.'. 


ON        THE       SAME. 


OF  injur'dfame,  and  mv/Y.r'f  fifr,r.'/\  ti/A.t'^^ 
Chloe  complains^  and  MfjsAt^j'i f  x  aj^'xVtf  , 
Tliat  free,  and  lavifh  'A  a  beaute/^s  face. 
The  faireft  and  the  fouleft  of  Ym  not,  ^ 
She 's  mine,  or  thine,  iiud  ftffA'nu/^  uy  ktA  6</m% 
Sucks  in  more  filth  than  any  f.nk  in  v/«#r., 
I  not  deny,  this,  I  have  £iid  'ru  *r!i< ; 
What  wrong !  to  give  (b  bri^.t  a  Ayrr.^  fc«r  'S «« ' 


C^»^ 


r  HO  1 


<?:  o    R   I:  N    N    jb 

rtORINNA>At14MV«ry«flift  :^ 

^^    Wat  cay  to  ef  try  If  y  I  •    -; 
EegMlcft  of  the  imJini  tnttht 

Noftftcoaip]«iaC€Oiildaia«tlHr»  '    ^ 

MuJdadwwkenr  d^fttfinrfat  .     ■ 

lAypidbaleaiidadDiaAgi.  ...^^ 

The  witty,  hmdibiM,  rich,  mi  gjMfy  .  ..  .ij 
H  fiia alike  imploriii^  .      .....:■     :.< 

9itf  MhNfy  grown  oldy  na  wopud  ngtit 

HerMofmBaodpMkreK      -  >       ' 

Wida wUHng cyct,  aad waiit€iiidr» 

Mt^^mm  ■  iirt  ijBi-  ■''■'■  'l   "i'  d^i 

....  ".-.:  ■   .    J  V* 
Bvt  Lofc  's  a  fUmmtr  flower^  duit  diea 

With  the  hrft  weather  changing  | 
The  lovir»  Hlu  ttie  fwallow^  flies  • 

From  iim  to  fun,  ftill  nuiging* 

M ynif  let  thit  eaao^  BKnrt 

Your  foolrih  heart  t»  rcafen  ; 
Touth  is  the  proper  tiaie  fpr  }ovtp 

jLtt&afi  aa  Viitue**  ftafi>B. 


OK 


on      THE       S  AU  1^ 

QO  well  Corinna  fikes  die  joy, 

^  Sfaevowsihe'ltnevtroi^becoy^ 

She  drinks  eternal  dtrau^itt  of  plcafuit  i. 
Eternal  drai^hti  will  not  fufice» 
Ah  give  me,  give  me  more»  flie  cries, 

nris  all  too  ISttk  meafure. 

Thm  wifely  (he  makes  up  for  timt 
Mif-fpent  while  youth  was  ia  itt  priuke  r 
80  travellers  who  wafte  the  day 
Caneful  and  cautious  of  their  way. 
Noting  at  length  the  letting  fun. 
They  mend  their  pace  as  night  comet  on^ 
Double  their  ipeed  to  icach  their  inn^ 
And  whip  and  fpur  through  thick  and  diiito. 


BELINDA.. 

BELINDA'S  pride 'saaamuit cheat*. 
A  fooliih  artifice  to  blind  1 
Some  honed  glance,  that  fcoma  decettt 
Does  ftiU  reveal  her  native  mind. 

With  look  demure,  and  forc'd  difdain^ 

She  idly  9&%  the  iaint ; 
yft  fee  through  this  difguKci  ai  pUw 

JU  we  dtftinguilh  paiiU» 


ru 


i9t      LANSDOlVNi:»^   POEMS. 
The  pains  flie  takes  are  vainly  meant 

To  hide  her  aoiorqus  heart, 
*Tis  lilfc  perfuming  an  ill  fcent, 

The  fmell  *s  too  ftrong  for  art. 

So  have  I  fcen  grave  fools  defign 
With  formal  looks  to  pafs  for  wife  | 

But  Nature  is  a'  light  will  fhine. 
And  break  through  all  difguife. 

C    L    A    R    I    N    D    A. 

IN  vain  a  thoufand  ilaves  have  try'd 
To  overcome  Clarinda's  pride  : 

Pity  pleading. 

Love  perfuading, 
When  Ijer  icy  heart  is  thawM, 
Honour  chides,  and  ftrait  ihe  's  aw*d. 

Foolilh  creature, 

Fallow  Nature, 
Wade  not  thus  your  prime  j 

Youth 's  a  treafure, 

Love's  a  pleafure, 
Both  deftroy*d  by  Time. 


THE 


C     '93     ] 


THE  SAME. 

CLARINDA,  widi  a  haughty  grace. 
In  fcornful  poftures  fets  her  face. 
And  looks  as  flie  were  born  alone 
To  give  us  love,  and  take  from  none. 

Though  I  adore  to  that  degree, 
Clarinda,  I  would  die  for  thee. 
If  you  're  too  proud  to  cafe  wy  pain, 
I  an}  too  proud  for  your  difdain* 


C        L        E        O        R        A. 

CLEORA  hasherwifh,  flie  weds  a  peer, 
Her  weighty  train  two  pages  fcarcc  can  bear, 
Pcrfia  and  both  the  Indies  mud  provide 
To  grace  her  pomp  and  gratify  her  pride ; 
Of  rich  brocade  a  fliining  robe  flie  wears. 
And  gems  furround  her  lovely  neck  like  ftars : 
Drawn  by  fix  greys  of  the  proud  Belgian  kind^ 
Witlt  a  long  train  of  livery  beaux  behind, 
She  charms  the  Park,  and  fets  all  hearts  on  fire> 
The  ladies'  envy,  and  the  mens'  dcfire. 
Beholding  thus,  O  happy  as  a  queen  ! 
We  cry  :  but  fhift  the  gaudy  flattering  fccne, 
View  her  at  home  in  her  domcftic  light, 
For  thfther  Ihe  muft  come,  at  leaft  at  night. 

i  O  Wliaf 


104      LANSDOWNE'S    I^OEMS. 

Vhat  has  fhc  there  ?  a  furly,  ill-bred  lord. 

That  chides,  and  fnaps  her  up  at  every  word  ; 

A  brutal  fot,  who,  while  (he  holds  his  head, 

With  drunken  61th  bedaubs  the  nuptial  bed  : 

Sick  to  the  heart,  (he  breathes  the  naufcous  fume 

Of  odious  fteams  that  poifon  all  the  room  : 

Weeping  all  night  the  trembling  creature  lies, 

And  counts  the  tedious  hours  when  fhe  may  rife  : 

But  moll  ihc  fears,  left  waking  fhe  Amu  Id  findy 

To  make  amends,  the  mooiler  would  be  kind: 

Thofc  matchlcfs  beauties,  worthy  of  a  gody 

Mui\  bear,  though  much  avcrfe,  tlic  loathfome  load. 

What  then  may  be  the  chance  that  next  enfues  ? 

Some  vile  difcafe  fre(h  reeking  from  the  (lews  : 

The  fecrct  venom,  circling  in  her  vein€. 

Works  through  her  (kin,  and  burils  in  bloating  ftains| 

Her  checks  their  frenmefs  lofe,  and  wonted  grace^ 

And  an  unufual  palenefs  fpreads  her  face ; 

Her  eyes  grow  dim,  and  her  corrupted  breath 

Tainting  her  gums,  infers  her  ivory  teeth; 

t)f  Iharp  nofturnal  anguifh  Ihe  complains, 

And,  guiltlefs  of  the  caufc,  relates  her  pains. 

I'he  confciouo  hufband,  whom  like  fymptoms  Icizc, 

C'tiargcs  on  her  the  guilt  of  their  dillafc, 

Afic(^^ing  fury,  a6ls  a  madman's  part. 

He  '11  rip  the  fatal  feertt  from  her  heart ! 

Bids  her  confcfs,  calls  her  ten  thoufand  name?. 

In  vain  fiie  kneels,  fhe  weeps,  protefts,  exclaims ; 

Scarce  with  her  life  fhe  Tcapes,  expos'd  to  fhamc^ 

In  body  tortur'd,  murder'd  in  her  fame. 

Rots  wiiYv  ^  V\\fc  ^^dultcrcfs's  name  j 


) 


ON  C    L    E    O    R    A.         195 

Abandoned  by  her  friends,  without  defence. 
And  happy  only  in  her  innocence. 

Such  is  the  vengeance  the  faft  gods^providfe 
For  thofe  who  barter  liberty  for  pride ; 
Who  impiouily  invoke  the  powers  above 
To  witnefs  to  falfe  vows  of  nvMtual  love, 
Thoufands  of  poor  Cleora's  tnsty  be  found. 
Such  hufbands  and  fuch  wretched  wives  abound* 

Ye  guardian  powers,,  the  arbiters  of  bliis^ 
Prcicrve  Clarinda  from  a  fate  like  this  : 
You  fontiM  her  fair,  not  any  grace  deny'd. 
But  gave,  alas !  a  fpark  too  much  of  pride  { 
Reform  that  failing,  and  pvotedVhcr  dill, 
O  fave  her  from  the  curie  of  chufiag  ill. 
Deem  it  not  envy,  or  a  jealous  cate. 
That  moves  thefe  wiibe8>  or  provokes  this  praycn 
Though  more  than  death  I  dread  toi  fee  thoie  channt 
Allotted  to  Tome  happier  mortal's  arms  -, 
Tormenting  thought !  yet  could  I  bear  that  paio^ 
Or  any  ill,  but  beaiing  her  complain ; 
Intent  on  her,  my  love  forgets  his  own. 
Her  fran»es  one  wiih  but  for  her  fake  alone ; 
Whomc'er  the  gods  have  deflin'd  to  prefer. 
They  cannot  make  roe  wretched,,  blelfing  ber» 


Oft  MACRO. 


—  wnicn  1,  nis  rnenci  ana  ic nam,  tni 
On  his  dark  forehead  a  falfc  friend  is  writ 
I.et  none  condemn  the  W^ht  that  fliews  a  j 
Coclcs,  whofefacc  finds  credit  for  his  hca 
Who  can  efcape  fo  fmooth  a  villain's  ait  ? 
Adorn'd  with  every  ^racc  that  can  pcrfuac 
Seeing,  wetruftj  and,  trufting,  arcbctn 
His  looks  are  fnares ;  but  Macro's  cry  bc^ 
Believe  not,  though  ten  thoufand  oaths  h 
]f  thou  'rt  deceivM,  obfcn'ing  well  this  n 
Not  Maoo  is  the  knave,  but  thou  thtfoo 
In  this  one  point  he  and  his  looks  agree. 
As  they  betray  their  mafter,  fo  did  he. 


PHY  LLI  S       DRINK 

*f  T7H I LE  Phyllis  is  drinking,  Love 
^  ^  aHiancc, 

With  forces  united  bid  refiftlcfs  defiance; 
Bv  the  touch  of  her  lips  the  wine  fparklcs 


OW  .PHTL^IS    DRINKING.      197 
By  cordiali  of  wine,  love  is  kept  from  expiring, 
And  our  mirth  it  enlmn'd  by  love  and  definng  j 
Relieving  each  other,  the  plqafurc  is  laftingi 
And  wc  never  arc  cloy.'d,  yet  arc  cvtr  a  tailing. 

Then  Phyllis  begin,  let  our  raptupes  abound,. 
And  a  kifs  and  a  glafs  be  dill  going  round  ; 
Our  joys  are  immortal  while  thus  wc  rcniove 
From  love  to  the  bottle,  from  the  bottle  to  love. 


£ 


TMPATIENT  with  defire,  at  laft 
"*■     I  vcntur'd  to  lay  forms  aiidc  : 
'Twas  I  was  modeft,  not  ihe  cliallc  1 
Cclia,  fo  gently  prcfs'd,  comply 'd# 

With  idle  awe,  an  amorous  fool, 
I  gaz'd  upon  her  eyes  with  fear ; 

Say*  Love,  how  capie  your  flave  (0  duU 
To  read  no  bcttpr  there  ? 

Thus,  to  ouviclves  the  grcatcft  foes. 
Although  the  nymph  be  well  indin'dj 

For  want  of  courage  to  ])ropore, 
By  our  own  folly  flic  's  unkind. 


O  3  FLA- 


F      L      A     VIA. 


OF  two  nlkfs  to  eiie  a  lofo-fick  muM. 
Flam  pitforifaes  doTpairt  i  uqp^,  be  kbife: 
Flanabekindi  the ranedy *•  ••  inra*  i     '"*-fi^ 

*11ttliemoftpkafiuit,  udibi^tickcftcviBs.      > 


L  O  V  K 

T  OVE  is  bi^ot  by  Fancy,  bred' 
•"  By  IgBoruice,  by  Expe^ion  ftd|     .    _     ^ 
l>eftroy*d  by  Knowlcage,  and  at  tcft'  J 

Loft  in  the  oioment 'tis  poiTcft. 


WOMEN. 

WOMEN  tocar^s  maybe  comparMt  we  play 
A  pound  -or  two  4  when  us'd,  we  throw  away ; 
Take  a  freih  pack ;  nor  is  it  worth  our  grieving. 
Who  cuts  or  ihuffles  with  our  dirty  leaving. 

FANCY. 

LOVE  is  l^  Fancy  led  about. 
From  Hope  to  Fear,  from  Joy  to  Doubt  | 
Whom  we  now  a  goddcfs  call. 
Divinely  grac'd  in  every  feature. 
Strait 't «  deform'd,  a  perjur'd  creatow : 

Lore  awl  Hate  aic  fancy  aU.  Tia 


O    N     .    F   A    N    C    Y.  199 

Tit  but  u  Ftncy  iXiall  prcfent 
Obje6b  of  grief,  or  of  content. 
That  the  lover 'tbieft,  or  dies; 

Vifions  of  mighty  pains,  or  pleafure, 
Imagin'd  want,  imagined  trcafure. 
All  in  powerful  Fancy  lies. 


LIBERALITY. 

*T» HOUGH  fafe  thou  think'ft  thy  treafure  lies, 
■*"    ConceaPd  in  chefts  from  human  eyes, 
A  fire  may  come,  and  it  may  be 
Bury*d,  my  friend,  as  far  from  thcc. 
Thy  vcfTcl  that  yon  ocean  ftems, 
Loaded  with  golden  duft  and  gems. 
Purchased  with  fo  much  pains  and  coft. 
Yet  in  a  temped  may  be  loft. 
Pimps,  whores,  and  bawds,  a  thanklefi  creu*, 
Priefts,  pick-pockets,  and  lawyers  too. 
All  help  by  levcral  ways  to  drain, 
Thanking  themfelves  for  what  they  gain. 
The  liberal  are  fccurc  alone. 
For  what  we  frankly  give,  for  ever  is  our  own. 


Written 


Wrltrcn  in  Clahtda's  Prajcr-BocL, 

T  N  T^:n,  Csnzf  2,  aj^  z^  dar 
■*-  Fcr  Qcrcy  to  :ii«  gods  \tow  pray  r 
Wliat  a.-ro^sce  on  teavci:  ro  call 
For  liar,  nrich  you  deny  ro  All ! 


TTT  H  Y  pises  my  dcu-  ?  to  Fulria,  his  yoinigbride» 
^^    Who  pcniiTe  lat,  dius  aged  Cornus  ay'd. 
A!as !  bzl  fhcy  fuch^fioos  brak  hit  red. 
The  fincgeit  thoughts  *    I  think  I  am  paficft : 
2^Iy  iymptoics  I  have  tokl  a  man  of  (kill. 
And — :f  1  v.ould— hcfays— -I  mighr — be  well: 
Taks  his  adrice,  fz.id  he,  niy  poor  dear  wife, 
I  *!i  bxiv  at  any  rate  thy  precious  life. 
Bluisinr  (zc  would  cxculc,  but  all  in  \-aiD, 
A  docicr  n-.-it  be  fcrch'd  to  eaic  her  pain. 
Hird  p:.:Vi,  llic  \:c.di  :  frcm  White's,  or  Will's,  oi 

Tcir/j, 
No  ir.irrcr  v.r*:ch,  he  's  r-r-.ir.on'd,  and  he  comes. 
The  carcf-ji  hulDaRd,  v.  i:h  a  kind  enibnce, 
Er.trc:!:^  b.i  cue  :  then  "rows,  3r:d  quits  the  place; 
F,i  l:::!:.  ^hxijr.ts  c:t'  attend  the  fair. 
Net  dcct-t  ioi  a  huiii:d  s  eye  cr  tzj, 

2  Some- 


O    N  "    F    tr    L  V    I    A.  «#l 

Something  the  dame  would  fay  ;  the  rea^  knight 
Prevents  her  fpcech— Here 's  that  fhall  ftt  yo«  right  j 
Madam,  faid  he— >- with  that  the  door's  made  dofisj 
He  gives  deliciouily  the  healing  dofe. 
Alas  !  (he  cries  ;  ah  me  !  ah  cruel  cure ! 
Did  ever  woman  yet  like  rae  endure  ! 
The  work  performed  ;  uprifing  gay  and  lights 
Old  Cornus  is  call'd  in  to  fee  the  fight. 
A  fprightly  red  vermilion's  all  her  face. 
And  her  eyes  languifh  with  unufual  grace. 
With  tears  of  joy  frefli  gufhing  from  his  eyes,    • 
O  wondrous  power  of  art !  old  Cornus  cries ; 
Amazing  change!  afionifliing  fucci^i>!  ^ 

Thrice  happy  I !  what  a  brave  man  is  this  ! 
Maids,  wives,  and  widows,  with  like  whims  poilcjR^ 
May  thus  find  certain  eafc — P^abafum  eft. 


TO  C    E    L    I    A. 

'ITyT  H  Y,  cruel  creature,  why  fo  bent 
^^      To  vex  a  tender  heart  ? 
To  gold  and  title  you  relent, 
Love  throws  in  vain  his  dart. 


Let  glittering  fools  in  courts  be  great 

For  pay  let  armies  move ; 
Beauty  (hould  have  no  other  bait 

Bu:  ^cn:lc  vows  and  love. 


If 


upon 


ft04     LANSDO|in|^'a)    POEMS. 

To  her  own  wool  the  filk  of  Afia  ioiiit» 
ABdtoh^pl^tfyfou^|^)rvd|i,J(Di|i^,^^^     .     ^  j  •» 
Sh'iyijitQ,^  not  contented  with  the  fiune 

To  lands  ranote  icaids  forth  hit  learned  Mufe, 

The  nobl^%4fcjjfe^Fir|(i^  .h  -   A 

Feaftingour jb^^fi}:n»9«|r|YMi«mw^a^i«  .     iiH   *^- 

Say,  it'tthyhoniilyroyiAj.ftlMlftKtfmiA^^^^ 

That,  by  com|>9im^.Q|Wq?b:  AU.'iiifl^Aft''       ••  •  r  ji/1 

rBK^ftcii^fi^  WKjNllfm«tt'd<^tl^a. 

between  her  Gjjii^  tjjie  ,PuM;lM;ft  of  (JRAASfMI 
and  the  Lord  CJ|»c^ Jtqil^.j;^  .,j,c  o'  ?i«  i  xl/f 

•*-    Th^Qiiee^af  ^(4y«ewU}^FrQwiic«iUbdffead^       ' 

Secure  ihe  looksp  as  cemin  none  cyi  fte 
Such  beauty  plead »  aod  not  her  captive  be* 
What  need  of  word)  with  fuch  coreaanding  eye) !         ) 
Muit  I  then  fpcak  }  Q  heaTens  I  the  f  harmer  cries ; 
O  barbarous  clime,  ivhere  beauty  bpriowt  aid 
From  eloquence,  tq  charm,  or  %p  peifuade ! 
Will  Difcord  never  leave  with  envious  Care 
To  raife debate?  But  Difeprd  governs  here.  ..  „  ■ 

To  Juno,  Palla§,  \yifdocn,  Fa^c,  and  Power, 
Long  fmce  prefcrr'd>  what  trial  needs  thfirp  more  ?         "  ^ 
Confcft  to  fight,  three  goddeffa  dei«^d 
Oa  Ida*^  Hlll^  ai^Jd  %  ^  pij^e  ^^n/b^da  .        .  & 

..  -  '  Nobly 


[     to3     } 


TO  MY   FRIEND  MR.   DRYDEN, 
ON  HIS  EXCELLENT  TRANSLATJOKS 


A   S  flo\iTers  tranijOantcd  from  a  fouthem  fkf 
*^  -^  But  hardly  bear,  or  m  ihe  raifing  di<^, 
MiiliDgtlicir  native  fun,  at  bcft  rctam 
But  a.  him  odaui^y  an^  iurvive  with  p^i^n  : 
Thuts  ancicut  ^vit,  in  modern  uumbt^rs  taiiglitf 
Wanting  the  wartnth  with  which  its  author  wrote, 
I s  a  dead  inizgCf  ^n d  ^a  jcn lei c f^  d ra u ghc  ; 
While  we  transftifc,  the  nhnblc  fyhh  flk^# 
Efcapcs  utifccn,  evaporates,  and  dici. 
A\^ho  then  to  copy  RomaQ  wit  defirc, 
IVluft  tmkate  whh  Roman  force  and  firci 
In  ck^^ance  of  ftyle  and  phrafetbe  fame. 
And  in  the  fparklmg  gtnmi  and  the  f!ame  t 
Whence  we  conclude  from  thy  trinflatcd  fong, 
So  \ui\f  fci  fmoodif  fo  fofl^  and  yet  fo  llroog, 
CeleAlal  charmer  ^  foul  cf  harmony  ! 
That  every  genius  was  revived  in  thee, 
Thy  tnimiiet  founds ,  the  dead  ar«  ra*s*d  to  Jight, 
l^ever  to  die,  and  take  to  heaven  their  HSght, 
Deckt  in  thy  vfrie,  as  clad  wjth  rayi  they  ihinc, 
Ji\[  glorify ^d,  immortat,  and  dtvinCy 

As  Britain  in  rich  fott  abounding  wide, 
f  umifh'd  for  uJe,  for  lujtury ,  and  pfide^ 
Ifet  fpreads  her  wanton  tills  oa  every  ihore  . 


to^       LANSDOWNE'S    POEM&. 

Thf  Srre  Omnipofcut  prepares  the  brand 

By  Vulcan  wrought,  and  arms  his  potent  h^-nd. 

Then  dzniing  hurb  it  hifimg  from  above, 

And  in  the  vail  nbyfs  confbond^  the  mimic  Jove* 

Pr^fumpitioiis  wretch  ?  with  mortal  art  to  dare 

Immortal  power,  and  hranre  ihe  TtHind*rcr, 

Cjfr^OpCi  prcfcrriiisr  with  difdam 
Her  dauglittr  to  the  Ncreifis,  they  complain  : 
The  daughter,  for  the  mothcr't  giiiky  ^om. 
Is  doom'd  to  be  defour'd ;  the  morhcf  's  borne 
Above  the  clouda,  where  by  immonal  li^ht 
Reversed  flje  fl)ines,  tJtpos*d  fo  hiftnan  fjght. 
And  to  a  fliameftil  pofture  i:  con&fi'd^  ( 

A^  an  cttrriat  terror  to  mankrnd. 
Did  thus  the  gods  fuch  priv.itc  nymphs  protcfV* 
Whjit  vcBgeance  might  the  Quttn  of  Love  cxpc^? 
But  grant  fuch  arbitrary  pleais  »rc  v^i?>  I 

Wav'd  let  chcm  be  J  mere  julhce  fhal  I  obtain  :  I 

Who  to  a  hufband  belter  eaA  Gum^  > 

Than  his  lov*d  wih^  the  paitner  of  lik  lied^f  -i 

Or  to  a  father's  righrla^  ftioiigercUHiD, 
Than  the  dear  yonth  in  whom  fuwivas  }m=iisamt  P    *li 
Behold  that  youth,  cbn^der  whence  hr^itagt,  • 
And  in  his  royal  veins  re^^  yoiir kii^  $ 
Immortal  Jove  upon  a  mortal  (k»        * 
Begat  his  fire :  fecond  from  Jove  ifr  He*  v- 

Wei  1  did  the  father  blindty  fight  your  ckvik, 
Folloxving  the  cry  of  liberty  and  lav^Sy 
]  f  by  thofe  laws,  for  which  he  loft  hir  life,  . 
"Y  ou  tjoA  u>^[^t$vaUt(  the  &A^a&d  mfil*  •    . 
-  Wha 


ON  THE  DUTCHESS  OF  GRAFTON.   267 
What  need  I  more  ?  'twere  treaibn  to  difpute? 
The  grant  was  royal :  that  decides  the  fuit : 
Shall  vulgar  laws  imperial  power  conftrain  } 
Kings  and  the  gods  can  never  sl&.  in  vain. 

She  finifh*d  here,  the  queen  of  every  grace, 
Difdain  vermilioning  her  heavenly  face ; 
Our  hearts  take  fire,  and  all  in  tumult  rife. 
And  one  wifh  fparkles  in  a  thoufand  eyes. 
O  might  fome  champion  finifh  thcfc  debates. 
My  fword  fhould  end  what  now  my  MuTe  relates. 
Up  ro(e  the  judge,  on  each  (rde  be ndrng  low, 
A  crafty  fmilc  accompanies  his  bow ; 
UiyfTes-like,  a  gentle  paufc  he  makes. 

Then,  raifmg  by  degrees  his  voice,  he  i^ks  r 
In  you,  my  lords,  who  judge,  and  all  that  hear, 

Methinks  I  read  your\vifljcs  for  the  fair; 

Nor  can  I  wonder }  even  I  contend 

With  fecret  pain,  unwilling  to  oficnd ; 

Unhappy,  thus  oblig'd  to  a  defence 

That  may  difpleafe  fnch  heavenly  excellence. 

Might  we  the  laws  on  any  terms  abufe. 

So  bright  an  influence  were  the  beft  excu(e. 

Let  Niobe's  juft  doom,  the  vilcdifgrace 

Of  the  Propctides  polluted  race. 

Let  death,  or  ihamc,  or  lunacy,  furprize. 

Who  dare  to  match  the  luftrc  of  her  eyes  : 

Aloud  the  fairefl  of  the  lex  complain 

Of  captives  loft,  and  loves  invok'd  in  vain  : 

At  her  appearance  all  tlieir  brightncfs  ends, 

Thpfc  ilars  of  beauty  fct  when  (he  afceods. 


«cS        LANSDOWNE'S    ^0EMS*1 

Where  LoTc  prtfic^e<»r  fiiH  may  (he  Ix^ar  die  pii 
But  rigid  law  h^i  ncitlier  cars  nov  vy^  t 
ChEirms  to  %^hi(;h  Mits  and  lltrc^jlcii  wtiuld  how» 
Mino^  and  Rhadamaiithu*i  d^jkvovv  : 
IJuftice,  by  nuthiog  biafs'd  or  iodin'd, 
'  l>eaf  to  pcH'u^ifion,  to  temptation  biuid. 
Determines  i^vithout  favour,  isnd  the  laws 
,ttt''    Overlook  the  parties  I  to  decide:  the  cauic* 
What  then  avails  it  that  »  beard kl~^  buy 
Took  a  rafh  fency  for  a  fciD^tc  toy  ? 
Th'  infulted  Argives  with  a  niimi:rous  holt 
Pdrfue  rcvernge,  and  iktk  the  Darda^n  coail : 
Though  the  gtjds  buik,  and  though  the  gods  dd 
KThofth^fry  towers  the  holtilc  Grtsik*  afc*^d, 
^or  Lave  xhtsy  till  tU«  to^vn  in  atheii  lies, 
'    And  all  the  race  of  royal  PiriHin  <\ic&. 
The  qtiteii  of  Pajihos  miiting  in  die  fmy 
RalUcis  the  troop*,  and  urges  on  the  d^y^ 
In  peribn  in  tlie  foii:motl  tiinks  ihc  Hands, 
Provokes  the<:ba|ge,  directs,  alfiftsg|.q|pamd9r 
Stem  Diomed,  advancing  high  in  ajyr 
His  fcather'd  g^yelia,  ftnkes  the  l^vcijly  fairi 
The  vaulted  ikies  with  her  loud  fhii^tt  jTflpundj 
And  high  Olympus  trembles  at  the  wc^mid. 
In  caufes  jufl  ihould  all  the  gods  qppp(c,    . 
'Twere  honed  to  difpute  i  fo  Cato  choie« 
Difmifs  that  plea,  and  what  ihall,b)oodf!{^i 
If  beauty  is  deny 'dy  ihall  birth  avaHf^      f 
Blood  and  high  deeds  in  diflant  ages^OAe^     . 

Are  ouc  forefathers  merit,  not  q^x  owOf 

■  •"'■'  *  ^ 

Mi 


ON  THE  DUTCHESS  OF  GRAFTON,  za^. 

Might  none  a  juft  poiTdfion  be  allowed, 

But  thofc  who  could  bring  defert  or  boaft  of  blood , 

What  numbers^  even  here,  might  be  condemned. 

Strip  d  and  defpoii'd  of  all,  revil'd,  contemn'd  ! 

Take  a  juft  view,  how  many  may  remark 

Who 's  now  a  lord,  his  grandfire  was  a  clerk  : 

Then,  O  beware,  nor  do  thofe  robes  deipiic. 

But  honour  that,  from  whence  your  honours  rife. 

How  dear  to  Britain  a.c  her  darling  laws  ! 

What  blood  has  flje  cot  la/ilh'd  in  their  caufe  ? 

Kings  are  the  common  ilaves  to  (laughter  led, 

Or  wander  through  the  world  to  beg  their  bread. 

Such  fatal  precedents  might  awe  the  throne 

From  lawlefs  grants  :  who  gives  what 's  not  thtir  own. 

The  gift  is  void  :  'twere  a  cheap  way  to  clear 

The  crown  accounts,  by  robbing  from  the  bar ! 

That  power  which  takes  from  me,  may  force  from  you : 

To  your  own  intercfts— you  wtre  ever  true  : 

Conlider  that :  I  plead  but  your  own  caufe : 

Give  fentence  then,  prote£^,  maintain  the  laws. 

He  fpoke.     The  princes  differ,  and  divide  ; 

Some  follow  law,  and  fome  with  beauty  fide. 

So  once  th'  apoftate  angels  brav*d  the  |H)\vct 

Whom  they  were  wont  to  worfhip  and  implore  : 

Like  impious  is  their  rage,  who  have  in  chacc 

A  new  omnipotence  in  Grafton's  face. 

Bold  Rochefter,  undaunted,  juft,  and  wife, 

AlTerts  the  goddels  with  the  charming  cyc^  : 

Beauty  her  orders,  like  th'  Almighty,  lends, 

And  Rochefter^  like  Michael,  cleaves  the  iicndb  : 

P  And 


«io       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS, 
And  O  may  Beauty  never  want  reward 
For  rhec,  her  noble  champion,  and  her  guard. 
Beauty  triumphs,  and  Law  fubmitting  lies, 
The  tyrant  tam'd,  aloud  for  mercv  cries  : 
Conqueft  can  never  fail  in  radiant  Grafton's  eyes. 


1 


TO    MY    LORD    LANSDOWNE, 

U    P   O  N       T    H  E 

BOMBARDING  AND  BURNING  THE  TOWN 
OF   GRANVILLE    IN  NORMANDY, 

nPHOUGH  built  by  gods,  confum'd  by  hoftik  flame 
■*•    Troy  bury'd  lies,  yet  lives  the  Trojan  name  ; 

And  fo  Ihall  (hine>  though  with  thefe  u'alls  were  loft 

All  the  records  thy  anceftors  could  boaft. 

For  Latium  conquer'd,  and  for  Tumus  (lain, 

^ncas  lives,  though  not  one  (lone  remain 

Where  he  arofc  :  nor  art  thou  lefs  renown'd 

For  thy  loud  triumphs  on  Hungarian  ground. 

Thofe  arms  which  for  nine  centuries  had  brav'd* 

The  wrath  of  time,  on  antic  llonc  engravM, 

Now  torn  by  mortars,  fland  yet  undefac'd 

On  nobler  trophies  by  thy  valour  rais'd  :  [ 

*  The  r.rms  of  his  family,  at  that  time  flill  remaining 
on  one  of  tlic  gates  of  the  town.  j 

Safe 


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i«.S<V. 


C    ^l^    3 

SO  N  G. 

TO  M      Y      R      A. 

I. 

Tn  H  E  happieft  mortals  once  were  we, 
**■  .  I  l,ov'd  Myra,  Myra  me ; 

Each  deiirous  of  the  bleffing, 

Nothing  wanting  but  polTclfing ; 
I  lov'd  Myra,  Myra  me. 
The  happieft  mortals  once  were  we. 

II. 
But  fince  cryel  fates  diflever. 
Torn  from  Love,  and  torn  for  ever. 

Tortures  end  me, 

Death  befriend  me ; 
Of  all  pains  the  greateft  pain 
Is  to  love — and  love  in  vain. 

IT    O  F    L    A    V    I    A. 

Her  Gardens  having  efcaped  a  Flood  that  had 
dcftroyed  all  the  Fruits  of  the  Ground  in  her 
Neighbourhood. 

WH  AT  hands  divine  have  planted  and  proteft. 
The  torrent  fpares,  and  deluges  refpeft ; 
So  when  the  waters  o'er  the  world  were  fpread. 
Covering  each  oak,  and  every  mountain's  head, 

a  The 


T   e>  !F   L    A  V    I    A.  ai^ 

The  choGa  Noah  UM  within  his  ark» 
Nor  might  the  wmM  a*envbclm  the  facced  Wk» 

The  charming  Flavia  is  no  Icfs,  we  find, 
The  favourite  of  heaven  than  of  mankind ; 
The  gods,  like  rivals,  imitate  our  care, 
And  vie  with  mortals  to  ob]ige  the  fair ; 
Thcfe  favours,  thus  beftow'd  on  her  alone, 
Arc  but  the  homage  that  they  fend  her  down. 
O  Fiavia,  may  thy  virtue  from  above 
Be  crown'd  with  bleflings  endlcfs  as  thy  love  ! 

Written  in  a  Novel,  entitled,   Les  Malheu'r9 
Dfi  l'Amour. 

TTASTE  to  Clannda,  and  reveal 
•*•-*'  Whatever  pains  poor  lovers  feel  i 
When  that  is  done,  then  tell  the  fair 
That  I  endure  much  more  for  her. 
Who'd  truly  know  Love*s  power  orfmart, 
Mud  view  fier  eyes,  and  read  my  heart, 

PROLOGUE 

TO  THE 

SHE-    GALLANTS. 

A  S  quiet  monarchs,  that  on  pe'^ceful  thrones 
^  "^  Ifi  rports  and  rcveU  lonj^  Iiad  rcij^nM  likedroocay 
Pvouzi.ig  at  length,  reflect  v.iti;  guilt  and  (hame 
That  net  one  ftroke  had  yet  Uen  given  for  fame ; 

P  J  V(«\ 


SY4     LANSDOWVB'S' POEMS. 

Wart  they  detiouiioe»  and,  to  redeem  die  pafl. 

To  boldattetliftt  and  ragged  laboun  haAe. 

Our  poet  (b  with  like  concern  nmcwn 

The  youthfol  follici  of  lut  kve-fick  Mufe  f 

To  amorous  toilt>  and  to  the  ^\eat  grawe^  • 

To  Beauty*!  (iiares,  and  to  deoeilf  q|  Love, 

Ke  ^di  fareiwcil  t  hit  ihield  and  bnoe  piepmty   ^ 

And  niouaCi  the  flage  to*  Ind  imnMial  ««n. 

^I^ce,  like  fome  monfter,  Aiflcring  none  f  efcafC^. 

Has  feiz'd  ibetown,  and  ^vatieft  fHll  her  Ifaapch 

Herei  like  a  general »  Ibe  ftnits  in  flate. 

While  crowds  in  red  and  hlue  her  qiders  w^if- 

iWre,  like  ibme  penBve  fiatefman,  walks  deonnc^ 

And  fmilesy  and  hiigs,  to  ihake  ddftraftion  font 

Now  under  high  commodea,  with  looks  tte^p  .  ^• 

Barefac'd  devouiy^  in  gaudy  coknin  deck'd  |  k 

Then,  in  a  tizardi  to  evold  .grinnce^ 

Allows  all  freedom,  but  to  fee  the  face. 

In  pulpits  and^t  bar  ihe  wears  a  gown. 

In  camps  a  fword«  in  palaces  a  crown. 

Refolv'd  to  combat  with  this  motley  beaft. 

Our  poet  comes  to  ftrike  one  ftroke  at  leaft. 

His  glafs  he  means  'not  for  this  jilt  or  beau. 

Some  features  of  you  all  he  hopes  to  Ihow, 

On  chofen  heads  nor  lets  the  thunder  fall, 

Bnrfcattershis  artillery  at -all. 

Yet  to  the  fair  he  fain  would  quarter  fliow. 

His  tender  heart  recoils  at  every  blow ; 

If  unawares  he  give  too  fmart  a  ihpoke. 

He  means  but  to  corre£l,  and  not  provoke* 

1EPI. 


EPlLoeUS    TO     THE    SAME. 

SPOKEN 

By  Mrs.  Bracegirdlb  in  Mens  Cloaths. 

T  Who  have  been  the  poet's  fpark  to-day, 

*  Will  now  become  the  champion  of  his  play. 

Know  all,  who  would  pretend  to  my  good  grace, 

I  mortally  diflike  a  damning  face. 

PIcasM  or  difpleasM,  no  matter  now  'tis  pad, 

The  firft  who  dares  be  angr}'  breathes  his  laft  : 

Who  (hall  prefume  to  doubt  my  will  and  pleafore, 

Him  I  defy  to  fend  his  weapon\s  meafure  : 

If  war  you  chufe,  and  blood  inuft  needs  be  fpilt  here, 

By  Jove,  let  me  alone  to  match  your  tilter, 

1  '11  give  you  futisfadion  if  I  can  ; 

'Sdeath^  'tis  not  the  fird  time  Tvc  kilPd  my  man. 

On  pain  of  being  polled  to  your  ibrrow, 

Faii  not,  at  four,  to  meet  mchcre  to-morrow. 


P  4  B  P  I. 


[    ii6    J 

E     P      I      L     O     O     U     E 

T    O  T    *    E 

JEWOF       VENICE. 

EACHinhitturnrthe  Poet*»  andthePkiefttf     . 
Have  view*d  the  ftag^,  but  like  falfe  proj^wu  gocftji 
The  m«n  of  te»U  ia  his  religious  lage^ 
Would  filence  poets^  and  reduce  die  ftage. 
The  poet,  raiUy  to  get  dear,  retorts 
Od  kings  the  fcandal,  and  beipatters  courts. 
Both  err :  for,  without  mindng,  to  be  plain^ 
The  guile 's  your  own  of  every  odious  fcene. 
The  prefent  time  ftill  gives  the  ftage  its  mode ; 
The  vices  that  you  pradHfe  we  explode : 
We  hold  the  glafs,  and  but  refle6(  your  ihame. 
Like  Spartans,  by  expofing,  to  reclaim. 
The  fcribler,  pinch*d  with  hunger,  writes  to  dine. 
And  to  your  genius  mud  conform  his  line; 
Not  lewd  by  choice,  but  merely  to  fubmit ; 
Would  you  encourage  fcnfe,  fenfe  would  be  writ. 

Good  plays  we  try,  which  after  the  firft  day 
Unfcen  we  a61:,  and  to  bare  benches  play  ; 
Plain  fenfe,  which  picas'd  your  fires  an  age  ago. 
Is  loft,  without  the  garniture  of  fhow. 

*  Mr.  Dryden,  in  his  prologue  to  the  Pilgrim. 
+  Mr.  Collier,  in  his  View  of  the  Stage. 

A  vaft 


} 


EPIL060R  to  THE  JEW  OF  VENICE.  %tf 
At  Taft  expence  we  liiboar  to  our  ruin. 
And  court  yoar  ftvoor  with  our  own  undoing  i ' 

A  war  of  profit  mitigates  the  evil, 
But  to  be  tax*d— and  beaten— is  the  devil. 
How  was-  the  fcene  forlorn,  and  how  defpis'd. 
When  Timon  without  mufic  moraliz'd ; 
Shakefpeare  *s  fublime  in  vain  cntic'd  the  throng 
Without  the  aid  of  Purccll's  Syren  fong ! 

In  the  fame  antique  loom  thefc  fcenes  were  wrought, 
Embcllilh'd  with  good  morals  and  juft  thought. 
True  nature  in  her  nobleft  light  you  fee, 
Ere  yet  debauched  by  modem  gallantry 
To  trifling  jefts,  and  fulfome  ribaldry  : 
What  ruft  remains  upon  the  ihining  mafs. 
Antiquity  muft  privilege  to  pafs. 
'Tis  Shakefpcare's  play,  and  if  thefe  fcenes  mifcarry. 
Let  Gormon  *  take  the  flage— or  Lady  Miry  f- 

PROLOGUE 

TO  THE 

BRITI-SH        ENCHANTERS. 

POETS  by  obfervation  find  it  true, 
*Tis  harder  much  to  pi  cafe  tlicmfclves  than  you : 
To  weave  a  plot,  to  work  and  to  refine 
A  labour'd  fcene,  to  polifti  every  line, 

*  A  famous  prize-fii^hter, 
■•|-  A  famous  ropc-daiittr. 

Judg: 


} 


149       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 
Judgment  mufl  fweat,  and  feci  a  mother's  pains  ; 
Vain  fools  !  thus  to  diburb  and  rack  their  braiiu. 
When  more  indulgent  to  the  writer  s  cale. 
You  are  too  good  to  be  fo  hard  to  plcafc  : 
No  fuch  conviiifive  pangs  it  will  require 
To  write— the  pretty  things  which  you  admire. 
Our  author  then,  to  pleafe  you  in  your  way, 
Prefents  you  now  a  bauble  of  a  piay ; 
In.gingling  rhyme,  well  fortify*d  and  ftroog. 
Me  fights  entrenched  o*er  head  and  ears  in  fong. 
If  here  and  there  fonu:  e^'il -fated  line 
Should  chance,  through  inadvertency,  to  iliine. 
Forgive  him,  beaux ;  be  nieans  you  no  oflence, 
But  begs  you,  for  the  love  of  fong  and  dance. 
To  pardon— all  the  poetry  and  fenfe. 

EPILOGUE, 

DESIGNED   FOR  THE    SAME. 

"^TT  IT  once,  like  Beauty,  without  art  or  drcfs, 

^  ^     Naked  and  unadorned,  could  find  fucccfb. 
Tin  by  fruition  novelty  deftroy'd, 
The  nymph  muft  find  new  charms  to  be  enjoy'd. 
As  by  his  equipage  the  man  you  prize. 
And  ladies  muft  have  gems  befide  their  eyes  ; 
So  fares  it  too  with  plays,  in  vain  we  write 
Unlefs  the  mufic  orthe  fhow  invite. 
Not  Hamlet  clears  the  charges  of  the  night. 
Would  you  but  fix  fome  ftandard  how  to  move, 
We  would  transform  to  any  thing  you  love  : 

Judge 


) 


6PIL0GUB  TO  SKITISH  ENCHANTERS,  itf 
Judge-onr  define  by  our  co(l  and  pains, 
Sure  'ntexpcoeCf  vnoertain  in  our  geina.  • 
liut  though  wc  fetch  from  Italy  and  France 
Our  fopperies  of  tune  and  mode  of  dance. 
Our  fturdy  Britons  fcorn  to  borrow  fenfc. 
However  to  foreign  fafhions  we  fubmit, 
Still  every  fop  prefers  his  mother-wit. 
In  only  wit  tliis  conl^ancy  is  (hown. 
For  never  \«bs  that  arrant  changeling  known. 
Who,  for  another's  fcnfc,  would  quit  his-owji. 
In  all  things  clic  to  love  of  change  inclin'd. 
Scarce  in  two  following  fcinons  can  we  find 
That  politician— but  has  chang'd  his  mind  : 
But  fure  fuch  patriots  change  not,  but  forget, 
'Tis  want  of  memory,  the  curfc  of  wit. 
Our  author  would  excufe  thefe  youthful  fcenes.. 
Begotten  at  his  entrance  in  his  teens  j 
Some  childifh  fancies  may  appro\'e  the  toy. 
Some  like  the  Mufe  the  more — for  being  a  boy ; 
And  ladies  ihould  be  pleas 'd,  though  not  content. 
To  find  fo  young  a  thing  not  impotent. 
Our  ftagc  reformers  too  he  would  difarni, 
In  charity  fo  cold,  in  zeal  fo  warm; 
And  therefore,  to  atone  for  pad  abufcs, 
Aod  gain  the  church-indulgence  for  the  Mufea, 
He  gives  his  thirds  to  charitable  ufcs* 


} 


} 


PRO^ 


?     7.     O     L     o     G     r     z 

n-n  GEN  I?.  CUE    CONQI'ZIvCa. 
X"*  r  VI    v.-T.   :  v-Tf:  ':  t  r.r-^-T.:n  fnt. 

^VTT  r-d  J  i.^C  TLi  Irr::  zi^  :.z^i.  ' 


::  L  E  L'  S 


PELEUS      AND     THETIS. 
A  M    A    S     Q^  U     E. 

THE     ARGUMENT, 

Pcleus,  in  love  with  Thetis,  by  the  afliftanccof  Proteus, 
obtains  her  favour ;  but  Jupiter  intcrpofing,  Pelcus 
in  defpair  conlulrs  Prometheus,  famous  for  his  (kill 
in  aftrology  ;  upon  whofe  prophecy,  that  the  fon  bora 
of  Thetis  fliould  prove  greater  than  his  father,  Jupiter 
defifts.  The  prophecy  was  aftenvards  verified  in  the 
birth  of  Achilles,  the  ion  of  Thetis  by  Peleus* 

PERSONS    IN    THE    MASQJUE. 

Jupiter,  |  Prometheus. 
Peleus.     I  Thetis. 

Prometheus  appears  upon  Mount  Caucafus  chained  to  t 
rock,  with  the  vulture  at  his  bread.  Pcleus  enters^ 
addrcflig  him  (elf  to  Prometheus. 

PELEUS. 

COndemn'd  on  Caucafus  to  lie, 
Still  to  be  dying,  not  to  die, 
With  certain  pain,  uncertain  of  relief 
Tnw  emblem  of  a  wretched  lover's  grief ! 


sit       LANSDOWNE'S^^   POEMS. 
To  whole  mipe£ting  eye  'tis  givea 
To  view  the  plaoetsry  xvny. 
To  penetrate  e^eniil  day,    ■        r         .r    :        - 
And  to  revolve  the  ihury  heaven  ; 
To  thee,  Prometheus^  I  complain*  . 
And  bring  a  heart  arfiiii  of  pain.  ^ 

Paom.  Prom  Jupiter  ipriog  all  our  iHoet,, 

Thetis  u  Jove's,  who  once  was  thine  { 
Tkvain,  OPeleut,  tooppofe  .  «• 

Thy  tortnm^-^-and  mine. 
Contented  with  defpair,  ...     . 

O  wretched  man  t  reiign 
Whom  you  adore,  or  eHe  prqMre  r 

For  change  of  tormenta,  great  aa  mine*. 
'Tis  vain,  O  Peleus,  to  oppoie 
Thy  torturer  and  mine. 
Pel.  In  change  of  torments^  would  be  eafe  r 

Could  you  divine  what  lovers  bear. 
Even  you,  Prometheus,  would  confefi 
There  is  no  vulture  like  Defpair. 

PfLOM.  Ceafe,  cruel  Vulture,  to  devour*. 
"Pbl,  Ceafe,  cruel  Thetis,  to  difdain. 

THETIS      EN  T  ER  »>. 

The.  Peleus,  unjuftly  you  complain. 
Prom.  Ceafe,  cruel  Vulture,  to  devour* 
Pel.  Ceafe  cruel  Thetis,  to  difdain* 
The.  Peleus,  unjullly  you  complain^ 

The  gods,  alas  !  no  refuge  find 
From  ills  refiftlefs  fates  ordain  t 

X  ftill  am  true — and  would  be  kind*  TEhq 


rWMWtWAND    THETIS.       wj 
PkL«  To'lov^  and  to  langui/h, 
'  .'        Tafigfa'^alidrTRPiDplaiiir  .   . 

How  killing 's  the  aiigui(I>r 
How  tormenting  the  pain  ! 
Suing^ 
Purfuing, 
Flying, 
Denying^ 
O  the  curie  of  difdain, 
Haw  tormenting  *s  the  pain  ? 

To  love,  &x. 
The.  Accurfed  Jealoufy, 
Thou  jaundice  in  the  lover's  eye, 
Through  which  all  obje£b  falfc  wc  fec^ 
Accurfed  Jealouiy ! 
Thy  rival,  Pelcus,  rules  the  (ky. 

Yet  I  fb  prize  thy  love, 
With  Peleus  I  would  chufe  to  die. 
Rather  than  live  with  Jove. 

JUPITER.  APPEARS   DESCENDING. 

But  ice,  the  mighty  Thunderer 's  here  j 

Tremble,  Peleus,  tremble,  fly ; 
The  ThunSerer  ?  the  mighty  Thunderer ! 

Tremble,  Peleus,  tremble,  fly. 


A  full 


224       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

A  full  Chorus  of  all  the  Voices  and  Inftruments  while 
Jupiter  is  defcending. 

CHORUS. 

But  fee,  the  mighty  Thunderer  *s  here ; 

Tremble,  Pelcus,  tremble,  fly; 
The  Thunderer !  the  mighty  Thunderer !    . 

Tremble,  Peleus,  tremble,  fly. 

[JUPITER   BEING    DESCENDED] 

JuP.  Prefumptuous  flave,  rival  to  Jove, 

How  dar'ft  thou,  mortal,  thus  defy 
A  goddefs  with  audacious  love. 

And  irritate  a  god  with  jealoufy  ? 
Prefumptuous  mortal,  hence— 
Tremble  at  omnipotence. 

Pel.  Arm'd  with  love,  and  Thetis  by, 
I  fear  no  odds 
Of  men  or  gods. 
But  Jove  himfclf  defy. 

Jove,  lay  thy  thunder  down  ; 
Arm'd  with  love,  and  Thetis  by. 

There  is  nrore  terror  in  her  frown, 
And  fiercer  lightning  in  her  eye  : 
I  fear  no  odds 
Of  men  or  gods. 
But  Jove  himftlf  defy. 

JuP. 


VEhJLVS    AND    THETIS.      1^5 
JVTm  Brinj;  melig^iogy  give  me  thunder  1 
Hafle,  yc  Cyclops^  ynth  your  forked  rodt» 

This  rebel  Love  braves  all  the  godt. 

And  every  hour  by  Love  is  made 

Some  heaven -defying  encelade. 
Bring  me  lightning,  give  me  thunder. 
Pel.  and  Thet.  Jove  may  kill,  but  ne'er  fliall  fundcr. 
J 17 p.  Bring  me  lightning,  give  me  thunder. 
Pel.  and  Thet.  Jove  may  kill,  but  ne'er  (hall  funder. 

Thet.  Thy  Jove  ftill  arm'd  with  fate 
Is  dreadful  as  thy  hate  : 

O  might  it  prove  to  me. 
So  gentle  Peleus  were  bujt  free^ 

O  ndight  it  prove  to  me 
As  fatal  as  to  loft  conftuning  StmeU  > 
Thy  love  flill  arm'd  uith  fau 
Is  dreadful  as  thy  hate. 

Prom.  Son  of  Saturn,  take  advice 

From  one,  whom  thy  fcrcre  decree 
Has  fumifh'd  Icifurc  to  grow  wife  : 

Thou  rul'ft  the  gods,  but  Pate  rules  thtc. 
Whoe'er  th'  immortal  maid  comprefling 
Shall  tafle  the  joy,  and  reap  the  bleiling, 

Thus  th*  unerring  ftars  advifc  : 
From  that  aufpicious  night  an  heir  (hall  rife^ 

Paternal  glories  to  out-iUine, 
And  be  the  grcateft  of  his  line. 


•U      LANSDOWKS'8    POEMS.- 

JUP.  Shall  then  the  fim  of  Sttim  be  i 

like  Satuniy  by  sm  impious  Ibii ! 

Juftly  th'  impartial  fatet  con^iin^ 

Dooming  that  (on  to  be  the  fire  - 

Of  foch  anotfaeribn* 

Confdout  of  iHi  Aat  I  havc'i 

My  fears  to  prudence  ibali  wMm, 
And  guilt,  that  made  me  great,  ftnUnakeiMlHftw''; ; 
'Thi  firtal  Ueffing  I  lefigtt  I 

Peleusy  take  the  maid  diTiiiex  .^.r  ^' 

Jove  con&ntii^,  ihe  b  diinet 
The^italbleffinglrefign,  V^:,.     'S 

Pel.  Heaven  had  ben  loft,  had  I  been  Jqi«t.^:  o 
There  is  no  hea^icn  like  mutiud  loiv.  :i.I\. 

■-*• 
Jup.  to  Pkom.  Anddioo,  iBtm  tMVMpRMttl 
Tis  juft  I  fet  thee  free, 
Who  giv'ft  me  libeity  I 
Arife,  and  be  thyftlf  a  Bar, 
'Til  juft  I  fct  thcc  free. 
Who  giv'ft  me  liberty, 

IThe  Vulture  drops  dead  ut  the  feet  0/  Trwnetbems^  Hi  ehauu 
fall  off,  and  be  is  home  up  to  heaven  vitb  Ji^ir,  U  < 
hud  flourifi  of  all  the  mujicj 

Pel.  Fly,  fly  to  my  arms,  to  my  arms^ 
Goddefs  of  immortal  charms ! 
To  my  arms,  to  my  arms,  fly,  fly, 

Godd^  of  tranipordog  joy  i 

6  But 


P£LBUS    AND    THETIS.     «sf 

On  thy  hee, 

r  gentle  hand  thus  piefling, 
eavenly,  heavenly  bleffing. 

O  my  foul ! 
ither,  whither  art  thou  flying  ? 
in  iweet  tumultuous  dying, 
ither,  whither  art  thou  flying, 

O  my  (bul ! 

HET.  You  tremble,  Peleus-— So  do  I : 

lay,  and  weMl  together  die. 

ortal,  and  of  race  divine, 

Ibul  (hall  take  her  flight  with  thine : 

di£blving  in  delight, 

ing  breafls,  and  iwimming  flght, 

»ring  fpeech,  and  gafping  breath, 

icoms  of  delicious  death, 

diflblving  in  delight, 

bul  is  ready  for  the  flight. 

O  my  (bul ! 
her,  whither  art  thou  flying  } 
n  fweet  tumultuous  dying, 
her,  whithef  art  thou  flying, 

O  my  (bul  I 

L.  andTHET. 


'  [  O  my  (bul,  Scc^ 


dj^  C  H  O- 


2\9      LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

CHORUS   of  all  the  Inftrumenu  and  Voices. 
Singing  and  Dancing. 

WTien  the  ftorm  is  blown  pver. 

How  blcft  is  tbe  fwain. 
Who  begins  to  difcover 

An  end  of  his  pain. 

When  the  ilonSy  &c« 

Written  under  Mrs.  Hare's  Name  upon  a 
Drinkii^g  Glaft. 

TH  E^ods  of  wine,  and  wit,  and  love»  prepare 
With  chearful  bowlt  tp  celebrate  the  falri 
Love  is  enjoin'd  to  name  his  favourj^e  toaft« 
And  Hare's  the  goddefs  that  deligjici him  moft  ; 
Phoebus  approves,  and  bids  the  trumpets  found. 
And  Bacchus,  in  a  bumper,  fends  it  round. 

Written  under  the  Dutchefi  of  Bolton*8    Nam^ 
upon  a  Drinking-Glafs. 

T   OV  E  's  keceneft  darts  are  charming  Bolton's  care, 
•■^  Which  the  bright  goddefs  poifons  with  defpair  i 
The  God  of  Wine  the  dire  effeft  forcfees. 
And  fends  the  juice  that  gives  the  lover  eaic. 

A  Latin 


C  *i9  3 


ALatzn  Iir  scftiPTioir  onaMEDAtfoT 
LEWIS    XIV. 

T^Roximus  &  (imilis  regnas  Ludovice  toiianti» 
'*'     Vim  fummam,  fumma  cum  pietate  gens  : 
Magnus  &  expanfis  alls,  fed  maximus  armisy 

Protegis  hinc  Anglos,  Teutonet  inde  ferii. 
Quin  coeant  toto  Titania  foedcra  Rhcno, 

Ilia  aquilam  tantum,  Gallia  fulmen  habet* 


Englished,  and  applied  to  the  Qjj  &  b  n* 

•Vr  EXT  to  the  Thunderer  let  Anna  Hand, 
^^    In  piety  fupremey  as  in  command, 
Fam'd  for  vi6l:Qriou8  arms  and  generous  aid. 
Young  Auftria's  refuge,  and  £erce  Bourbon*s  dread  : 
TItanian  leagues  in  vain  (hall  brave  the  Rhine, 
When  to  the  Eagle  YOU  the  Thunder  join. 


A     MORNING      HYMN. 
To  Her  Grace  the  Dutcheft  of  H  a  m  i  lt  o  n. 

A  WAKR,  bright  Hamilton,  arifc, 
-^  ^     Goddefs  of  Love,  and  of  the  Day, 
Aw:ikc,  difclofc  thy  charming  eyes, 
Ahd  Ihow  the  fun  a  brighter  ray : 

Q^$  Phoebus 


ajo       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

Phoebus  in  vain  calls  forth  the  blufhing  morn, 
fie  but  creates  the  day,  which  you  adorn. 

The  lark,  that  wont  with  warbling  throat 

Early  to  falute  the  fkies. 
Or  deeps,  or  clfe  fufpends  his  note^ 

Difclaiming  day  till  you  arife. 
Goddefs  awake,  thy  beams  display, 

Reftore  the  univerfe  to  light ; 
When  Hamilton  appears,  then  dawns  the  day. 
And  when  ihe  difappears,  begins  the  night. 

Lovers,  who  watchful  vigils  keep. 
For  lovers  never,  never  flecp ! 
Wait  for  the  rifmg  of  the  fair. 
To  offer  fongs  and  hymns  of  prayer. 

Like  Perfians  to  the  fun : 
Even  life  and  death  and  fate  are  there. 
For  in  the  rolls  of  ancient  defliny 

Long  fince  'twas  noted  down. 
The  dying  (hall  revive,  the  living  die. 

But  as  you  fmile  or  frown. 

Awake,  bright  Hamilton,  arife, 

Goddefs  of  Love,  and  of  the  day, 
Awake,  difclofe  thy  charming  eyes. 
And  fhew  the  fun  a  brighter  ray  : 
Phoebus  in  vain  calls  forth  the  blufhing  mom, 
He  but  creates  the  day,  which  you  adorn. 


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A     N         E      S      8     A     Y 

UPON 

UNNATURAL  FLIGHTS  IN  POETRY. 

A  S  when  fomc  image  of  a  charming  face, 

•^^  In  living  paint,  an  artill  tries  to  trace, 

He  carefully  confults  each  beauteous  line, 

Adjulling  to  his  obje£^  his  defign  ; 

W^c  prailc  the  piece,  and  give  the  painter  fame, 

But  as  the  bright  refcmblancc  fpcaks  the  dame. 

Poets  are  limners  of  another  kind. 

To  copy  out  ideas  in  the  mind ; 

Words  are  the  paint  by  which  their  thoughts  arc  ihown^ 

And  Nature  is  their  objcft  to  be  drawn  ; 

The  written  pi6hire  we  applaud  or  blame, 

]3ut  as  the  jull  proportions  arc  the  fame. 

Who,  driven  with  ungovernable  fire, 

Or,  void  of  art,  beyond  thefc  bounds  afpirc. 

Gigantic  forms  and  monilrous  births  alone 

Prpsiucc,  which  Nature  (liock'd  difdains  to  own. 

liy  true  rcfie6lion  I  would  fee  my  face. 

Why  brings  the  fool  a  magnifying-glafs  ? 

•*  But  poetry  in  fidlion  takes  delight, 

**  And  mounting  in  bold  figures  out  of  fight, 

**  leaves  Truth  behind  in  her  audacious  flight  t 

**  Fables  and  metaphors,  that  always  lie, 

^*  And  rafli  hyperboles  that  foars  fo  high, 

^'  And  every  ornament  of  verfe  mull  die. 

0^4  Miftake 


1)1        LANSDOWNE»S    POEMS. 

MilUke  mc  not :  no  figures  I  czcludcy 

And  but  forbid  intemperance,  not  food. 

Who  would  with  care  fome  happy  fifiion  frame. 

So  mimics  truth,  it  looks  the  very  fame. 

Not  rais'd  to  force,  or  feign'd  in  Nature's  fcom, 

Dut  meant  to  grace,  illuftrate,  and  adorn  : 

Important  truths  dill  let  your  fables  hold. 

And  moral  myftcries  with  art  unfold ; 

Ladies  and  beaux  to  pleafe,  is  all  the  talk. 

But  the  Oi?.rp  critic  will  in(lru£bion  a(k. 

As  veils  Tanfpaicnt  cover,  but  not  hide. 

Such  mctapliois  appear,  when  right  apply'd; 

W  hen  through  the  phrafewe  plainly  fee  the  fcnfe. 

Truth  with  fuch  obvious  meanings  will  difpenfe. 

The  reader  what  in  reafon  's  due  believes. 

Nor  can  wc  call  that  falfe  which  not  deceives : 

ilypcrboUb  fo  daring  and  (b  bold» 

Dil'daining  bounds,  are  yet  by  rules  control'd ; 

AiH)vc  ilu-  cloudi,  but  yet  within  our  fight, 

Tlicy  mount  with  Truth,  and  make  a  towering  flight. 

Pi  denting  tilings  impoflible  to  view, 

'{  hey  waniicr  through  incredible  to  true  : 

FAlichoudi  tlms  mix'd  like  mcrals  are  refin'd. 

And  tiuth,  lik«-  I'llvcr,  leaves  the  drols  behind. 

Thu:»  PiHiiy  has  ample  Ipacc  to  Ibar, 

>.or  ncfil^  i'.iibivlden  regions  to  explore; 

Such  var.rifs  as  liiswho  cun  with  patience  read. 

Who  th;: .  ilcluibcs  his  hero  when  he  's  dead  ? 

*•  In  heal  of  aC ti«>n  llain,  yet  icorns  to  fall, 

"  Bur  itili  inaiat.uns  the  war^  and  li^lus  at— All.** 

I  Tiie 


^ 


ON UMNATukAt  FLIGHTS  IN  POETRY,  tjj 
The  aoify  cnlTeiinp  o'^charg'cly  lets  fly. 
And  buiib,  unaimihgt  In  die  rmded  iky  $ 
Such  fnuitic  flights  are  like  a  madman't  drtam, 
And  Nature  fuffew  in  the  wild  extreme. 
The  captit'eCanibal,  oppreft  with  chaint, 
Yet  braves  his  foes,  reviles,  proYokes,  difdainsf 
Of  nature  fierce,  untameable,  and  proud. 
He  bids  defiance  to  the  gaping  croud. 
And  fpent  at  laft,  and  fpeechlefs  as  he  lies, 
With  fiery  glances  mocks  their  rage,  and  dies* 
This  is  the  utmoft  ftretch  that  Nature  can. 
And  all  beyond  is  fulibme,  fJEilfe,  and  vain. 
The  Roman  wit,  who  impioufly  divides 
His  hero  and  his  gods  to  different  fides, 
I  would  condemn,  but  that,  in  ipite  of  ftnft/, 
Th'  admiring  world  fHll  ftands  in  his  defence  t 
The  gods  permitting  traitors  to  fucceed« 
Become  not  parties  in  an  impious  deed. 
And,  by  the  tyrant's  murder,  we  may  find. 
That  Cato  and  the  gods  were  of  a  mind. 
Thus  forcing  truth  with  fuch  prepoflerous  praife, 
Our  chara£iers  we  leflen,  when  we'd  raife ; 
Like  caAles  builc  by  magic  art  in  air. 
That  vanifh  at  approach,  fuch  thoughts  appear; 
But  rais'd  on  truth  by  fome  judicious  hand. 
As  on  a  rock  tliey  fhall  for  ages  ibnd. 
Our  king  return'd,  and  banifh'd  peace  rcdor'd. 
The  Mufc  ran  mad  to  fee  her  exil'd  lord ; 
On  the  crack'd  (lage  the  Bedlam  herees  roar'd. 
And  fcarce  could  fpeak  one  reafonable  word  : 

DrjdcB 


£54     LANSDOWNE'S     POEMS. 

I>rydcn  himfelf,  to  pleafe  a  frantic  age, 

Was  forcM  to  let  his  judgment  ftoop  to  rage  } 

To  a  wild  audience  he  conform'd  his  voice, 

Comply'd  to  cufiom,  but  not  err'd  through  choice. 

Deem  then  the  people's,  not  the  writer's  fin, 

Almanfor's  rage,  and  rants  of  Maximin ; 

That  fury  fpent  in  each  elaborate  piece. 

He  vies  for  fame  with  ancient  Rome  and  Greece. 

Rofcommon  firft,  then  Mulgrave  rofe,  like  lights 

To  clear  our  darkncfs,  and  to  guide  our  flight ; 

With  fteady  judgment,  and  in  lofty  founds, 

They  gave  us  patterns,  and  they  fct  us  bounds. 

The  Stagyrite  and  Horace  laid  afide. 

Informed  by  them,  we  need  no  foreign  guide  j 

Who  feek  from  poetry  a  lading  name, 

May  from  their  leflbns  learn  the  road  to  fame ; 

But  let  the  bold  adventurer  be  fure 

That  every  line  the  teft  of  truth  endure  j 

On  this  foundation  may  the  fabric  riie 

Firm  and  unfliaken,  till  it  touch  the  Ikics. 

From  pulpits  ban i(h'd,  from"  the  courts  from  love, 

Abandon'd  Truth  (ecks  fheltcr  in  the  grove; 

Cbcrilh,  ye  Mufcs,  the  fodaken  fair, 

And  take  into  your  train  this  beauteous  wanderer. 


A    CHA- 


[    »35    J 

A 

CHARACTER  OF  MR.  WYCHERLEY*. 


f\P  all  our  modem  \v!ts,  none  fccms  to  me 


1 

Once  to  have  touch'd  upon  true  comedy^  v 

But  hafty  Shaducll,  and  flow  Wychcrley.  J 

Shadwcll's  unfiniih'd  works  do  yet  impart 
Great  proofs  of  Nature's  force,  though  none  of  Art  i 

But 

'*  This  character,  ho\vc\xr  juft  in  other  pniculars,  yet 
is  injurious  in  one  j  Mr.  Wychcrley  being  reprcfentcd 
as  a  laborious  wria*r,  which  every  man  who  has  the  Icaft 
perfonal  knowledge  of  him  can  contradict. 

Thofc  indeed  who  form  their  judgment  only  from  his 
writings,  may  be  apt  to  imagine  fo  many  admirable  re- 
flections, fuch  diverfity  of  images  and  cnaraCters,  fuch 
ftriCt  enquiries  into  nature,  fuch  clofe  obfcn'ations  on  tho 
leveral  humours,  manners,  and  affeCtions  of  all  i-nnks 
and  degrees  of  men,  and,  as  it  were,  fo  true  and  (b  per- 
fe£t  a  diiTedVion  of  humankind,  delivered  with  fo  much 
})ointcd  wit  and  force  of  exprcflfion,  could  be  no  other 
than  the  work  of  extraordinary  diligence  and  applica- 
tion :  whereas  others,  who  liave  the  happinefs  to  Ix:  ac- 
quainted with  the  author,  as  well  as  his  writitings,  are 
able  to  affirm  thefe  haj^py  performances  were  due  to  his 
infinite  genius  and  natural  penetration.  We  owe  the 
lileafurc  and  advantage  of  having  been  fo  well  entenaincd 
and  inftrucled  by  him  to  his  facility  of  doing  it  j  for,  if 
I  miftake  him  not  extremely,  had  it  been  a  trouble 
to  him  to  write,  he  \\-ouid  have  fpared  himfelf  tliat  trou- 
ble. What  he  has  performed  would  indeed  have  been 
difficult  for  another;  but  the  club  which  a  man  of 
ordinary  fuc  could  not  lift,  was  but  a  walking-Aick  for 
Uercuks.  Mr. 


«36       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

But  VVychcrlcy  cams  hard  what  e'er  he  gains. 
He  wants  no  judgment,  and  he  fpares  no  pains,  &c. 
Lord  Rochefter**  Poems. 

Mr.  Wycherley,  in  his  writings,  has  been  theibarpeft 
fatyrift  of  nis  time ;  but,  in  his  nature,  he  has  all  the 
foftnefs  of  the  tendereft  difpolitions :  in  his  writings  he  is 
feverc,  bold,  undertaking :  in  his  nature,  gentle,  modeii, 
inoflfenfive  :  he  makes  ufe  of  his  (atire  as  a  man  truly 
brave  of  his  courage,  only  upon  public  occafions  and  hr 
pu bl ic  good .  He  cumpamonates  the  wounds  he  i s  under 
a  neceinty  to  probe,  or,  like  a  good-natur'd  conqueror, 
grieves  at  the  occaiions  tliat  provoke  him  to  make  fudi 
navock. 

There  arcwhoobjcft  to  his  verfiBcarion :  but  a  diamond 
is  not  Icfs  a  diamond  for  not  being  poliihed.  Verfifica- 
tion  is  in  poetry  what  colouring  is  in  painting,  a  beauti- 
ful ornament:  but  if  the  proportions  are  juft,  the 
poflure  true,  the  Bgure  bold,  and  die  reiemblance  ac- 
cording to  nature,  thoueh  the  colours  fhould  happen  to 
be  rough,  or  carelcfsly  kid  on,  yet  may  the  piecrlc  of 
incftimablc  value :  wliercas  the  tinell  and  the  nicclt 
colourini:;  art  can  invent,  is  but  labour  in  vain,  wheie 
the  reft  is  wanting.  Our  prefcnt  writers  indeed,  for  iIjc 
moft  part,  fecm  to  lay  the  whole  ftrels  of  their  enHt-a- 
vnurs  upon  the  harmony  of  words ;  but  then,  liU 
eunuchs,  they  facrificc  their  manhood  for  a  voice,  asid 
reduce  our  poetry  to  be  like  cclio,  nothing  bur  found. 

In  Mr.  VVychcrlcy,  every  tliinj;  is  iiialculiue  :  his 
Mufe  is  not  led  forth  as  to  a  review,  but  as  to  a  battle; 
not  adorned  for  parade,  but  execution  :  iie  would  be 
tried  by  the  (harpnels  of  his  blade,  and  not  by  ihf  iintiy: 
like  your  heroes  of  antiquity,  he  charges  in  iron,  -s-'l 
feems  to  dcfpife  all  ornament  but  intiinfic  merit  ;  ai:il 
like  thole  heroes  has  therefore  added  another  name  to 
his  own,  and  by  the  unanimous  confent  of  hi«:  corciu* 
poraries,  is  diflinguiihed  by  the  jull  appell.iiion  *.'! 
Manly  Wychcrlcy .  L  a  n  l^  u  o  \\  n  i: . 


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prcfcntcd  to  the  QJJ  £  £  N,  .    . 

THE 
MUSE'S    LAST   DYING  SONG. 

A   Mufe  expiring,  who»  with  earlieft  voice, 
■^^  Made  kings  and  queens,  and  beauty's  charms  her 

choice ; 
Now  o^  her  death-bed,  this  lad  homage  pays, 
O  Queen !  to  thee:  accept  her  dying  lays. 
So,  at  th*  approach  of  Death,  the  cygnet  tries 
To  wfirbie  one  note  more — and  finging  dies. 
Hail,  mighty  Queen  !  whofe  powerful  fmile  alone 
Commands  fubjeftion,  and  (ecures  the  throne  : 
Contending  parties,  and  plebeian  rage. 
Had  puzzled  loyalty  for  half  an  age  : 
Conquering  our  hearts,  you  end  the  long  difpute, 
All,  who  have  eyes,  confefs  you  abfolute. 
To  Tory  do6brines,  even  Whigs  refign. 
And  in  your  perfon  own  a  right  divine. 
Thus  fang  the  Mufe,  in  her  lail  moments  fir'd 
With  Carolina's  praife-— and  then  expir'd. 


Writtei 


^  ^     To  Ibmc  bright  goddefs  we  c 
Minervay  wiOoni;   Juno,  grace; 
And  Venus  furniihes  the  face  : 
In  royal  Anne's  bright  form  is  feen 
What  comprehends  them  all — The 


I 


I  T    H-  E 

BRITISH  ENCHANTERS: 

O     R, 
NO    MAGIC     LIKE    LOVE. 

A 

DRAMATIC        POEM. 


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ADVERTISEMENT 
TO    THE     READER^ 

UPON  th«  fcparacion  of  thchcniic«,  when  mufical 
pcrfoitnanccs  were  confined  to  one  theatre,  and 
dramatic  to  the  other,  it  became  ncccf&ry  to  lengthen 
the  repred'ntation  of  the  cnfuing  Poem  tvith  fcveral 
altccatioDS  and  additions,  and  fome  eotire  new  fccnes, 
to  (ill  up  the  fpaces  occafioncd  by  the  neceflity  of 
leaving  out  the  xnixtiue  of  muiical  entertainment. 


DRAMATIS        PERSON  iE. 

MEN. 

CsLius,  King  of  Britain,  Father  to  Oriana. 

Cons  t  an  tiu  s,  Emperor  of  Rome,  in  love  with  Oriana. 

AMADiSy.a  famous  Knight- Adventurer,  in  love  vrith 

Oriana,  and  beloved  by  her. 
Flq&kstan,  Companion  to  Aroadis,  in  love  with 

Coriianda* 
Lucius,  a  Roman. 
A&CALAUS,  an  Enchanter,  enemy  to  Amadis. 

WOMEN, 

Arcabon,  an  Enchantrefs,  Sifler  to  Arcalauc. 

Oriana. 

corisanda. 

Urganda,  a  good  Enchantrefs. 

Delia,  her  Attendant. 

Officers  and  Guards  attending  Celius ;  Romans  attend- 
ing Condantius ;  Ladies  attending  Oriana;  Attendants 
to  the  feveral  Enchanters ;  Knights  and  Ladies 
Captives  j  Singers  and  Dancers. 

The   S  C  E  N  E    in    BRITAIN, 


THE 

BRITISH   ENCHANTERS*. 

ACT     I.  SCENE     I. 

The  curtan  rifis  to  a  flwrifi  of  all  forts  of  hud  mujie.  The 
fcene  is  a  grove  heautiffd  -with  fountainsy  ftatueSt  &c» 
Urganda  is  difcovered  as  in  the  midft  offome  ceremony  of 
enchantment.    Thunder  during  the  mufie, 

'  VRGANDA,   DELIA,   AND  ATTENDANTS. 
U  R  G  A  N  D  A. 

QOUND9  found,  ye  winds,  the  rended  clouds  divide, 
^  Fright  back  the  prieft,  and  fave  a  trembling  bride ; 
AiFift  an  injured  lover's  faithful  love  : 
An  injur'd  lover's  caufe  is  worthy  Jove. 

DELIA. 

Succefbful  is  our  charm  :  the  temple  ihakes. 

The  altar  nods,  th'  aftoniih'd  prieft  foriakes 

The  hallow'd  flirinc,  ftprts  from  the  bridegroom's  fidcf 

Breaks  off  the  ritts,  and  leaves  the  knot  untyM. 

[Thunder  again  and  miiftc.  Vrganda  vfalks  down  the  fcene ^ 
'waving,  her  inchanted  rod  during  the  follormng  incantation, 

*  Sec  the  Prologue,  p.  217. 

R  2  yc 


S44      LAKSCOWKE'^    POEMS. 
Te  IWcct  muficiaiif  of  llie  fty^ 
Hitlier,  hither,  iy,  flj* 
Afi4  with  cnchabtiog  nctet  all  nia^  die  fupplj* 
Sotmi  the  tnimpcc,  loodi  the  lut^ 
Strike  the  lyre,  and  tune  the  ittte  ^ 
In  harmony, 
CeleiBal  harmooy* 
All  magic  charms  aic  found  t 
Soand  the  truropcty  Ibund. 

A  Single  Voice. 
Jaibn  thui  to  Otpheut  faid^ 
Take  thy  harp,  gnd  melt  the  maid  i 
Vowi  are  vain,  with  muTic  imm  hcr» 
Play,  my  friend,  and  cliarm  the  charmer* 
Hark!  hark!  'tit  Oi^ut plays. 
The  cedars  dance,  the  grove  obeys. 

Hark  I  hark  again  \ 
Mtdcu  melts  like  Profcrpine. 

l.iftcning  (he  turns :  how  foft,  (he  cries  ? 
How  i'wect  {  ah  how  fweet  each  firing  replies, 

Till  on  t\\e  warbling  note  (he  dies. 
Ah  liow  fweet,  and  how  divine  ! 

O I  'tis  a  pleafure 

Beyond  mcafure, 

Take  the  trcafurc^ 
Gr^ki  'tis  thine. 


CHORUS. 


THS   VliinSH    ENCHANTERS.     «4S 
•C    H    O    R   U    S. 

Soaiid  fSttt  uuiujjku  toudi  At  lute* 
Strike  the  lyre,  and  tune  tke  flute  i 
In  haitnon^y 

Celcftial  harmony, 
All  magic  charms  are  found ; 

Sound  the  trumpet,  found. 

Fixil  Dance  of  Sutuet. 
A  Single  Voice. 
\Vhc«  with  adoring  looks  we  gaio 
On  bright  Oriana'^  heavenly  face, 
In  every  glance>  and  every  grace. 
What  is  that  we  foe 

But  harmony ; 
Cclcftial  harmony! 
Our  raviOi'd  hearts  leap  up  to  meet 
The  mufic  of  her  eyes,  and  dance  around  her  |eet4 

U  RO  AND  A. 

Tliis  care  for  Amadis,  ye  gods,  approre. 
For  what 's  a  foldicr's  recompence  but  love  f 
When  forcM  from  Britain,  call'd  to  difhmcwar, 
(lis  vanquifh'd  heart  remained  a  captive  here; 
Oriana's  eyes  that  glorious  conqueft  made^ 
Nor  was  his  love  ungratefully  repaid. 

DELIA. 
By  Arcabon,  like  hoftile  Juno,  crofti 
Aad  like  j£ncas  drivco  from  cooft  IB  coaft^ 

Rj  The 


i4f     LANSDOWNE'S    POSMS. 

The  wandering  hero  would  return  too  late, 
Charg'd  by  Oriana  with  the  crimes  of  fate  s 
Who,  anxious  of  negleft,  fufpe^ting  change, 
Confults  her  pride,  and  inediutes  revenge. 
U  RGANDA. 

Jufl  in  the  moment  when  lefentment  fires, 
A  charming  rival  tempts,  a  rugged  king  requires ; 
Love  yields  at  laft,  thus  combated  by  pride. 
And  ihe  fubmits  to  be  the  Roman's  biide. 

DELIA. 

Bid  not  your  art,  with  timely  aids,  provide, 
Oriana  were  his  wife,  and  not  his  bride. 

U  UGANDA. 

Tn  ancient  times,  ere  chivalry  was  known, 
The  infant  world  with  monfters  overgrown. 
Centaurs  and  giants,  nurd  with  human  blood. 
And  dire  magicians,  an  infernal  brood, 
Vex'd  men  and  gods ;  but  mod  the  fair  complain 
Of  Violated  loves,  and  lovers  flain. 
To  (heifer  innocence,  and  injur'd  right. 
The  nations  all  clc£l  fome  patron-knight, 
Sworn  to  be  true  to  Love,  and  flaves  to  Fame, 
And  make  a  valiant  chief  enrol  his  name  ; 
By  fhining  marks  diflinguifli'd  they  appear. 
And  various  ofders  to  various  cnfigns  bear. 
Bound  by  ftrift  oaths,  to  fcrve  the  brighteft  eyes. 
Not  more  they  ft  rive  for  glory  than  the  prize  ; 
While,  to  invite  the  toil,  the  faircll  dame 
Of  Britain}  is  the  boldell  champion's  claim. 

DELIA. 


TH».Ji»KWafB  ENCHANTERS.    14? 

•     DELIA. 

Of  all  who  la  ikntmfitjof  fame  delight, 
-Bimve  Amadis  it  ownM  the  hardieft  knight. . 
Nor  Thefeus,  nor  Alcides,  ventured  more,  "l 

Nor  he  fo  fam'd,  who,  bath'd  in  monftcr's  gore.        .  > 
Upon  his  crefted  helm  the  trampled  dragon  boie.         J 

U  &G  AND  A. 
O  mighty  Amadis  I  what  thanks  are  due 
To  thy  viftorious  fword,  that  Ardan  flew  ! 
Ardan,  that  black  enchanter,  whofe  dire  art* 
Enflav'd  our  knights,  and  broke  our  virgins  hearts. 
Met  fpcar  to  fpear,  thy  great  delivering  hand 
Slew  the  defiroyer,  and  redeemed  the  land; 
Far  from  thy  bread  all  care  and  grief  removet 
Oriana  's  thine,  by  conqueil  as  by  love. 

DELIA. 

The  haughty  Arcabon,  of  Ardan's  blood. 
And  Arcalaus,  foes  alike  to  good, 
Gluttons  in  murder,  wanton  to  deflroy. 
Their  fatal  arts  as  impioufly  employ : 
Heirs  to  their  brother's  hatred,  and  fwora  fbet 
To  Amadis,  their  magic  they  bppofe 
Againflhis  love  and  life. 

U  &  G  A  N  D  A. 

With  equal  care. 
Their  vengeance  to  prevent,  we  now  prepare. 
Behold  the  time,  when  tender  Love  (hall  be 
Nor  vext  with  doubt,  nor  preft  with  tyranny. 
The  love-iick  hero  ihall  from  camps  remove, 
To  reap  reward  :  the  hero 's  pay  is  love. 

R4  The 


The  tsflu  of  glory  ptiiiM  iMBttd  liaid» 
But  oh!  bowbWi,  hawhntth^bm'wmm4t 


tff>»tTAKTIUi|  0&I4KA»  VOUSANSO. 

•  c  0  n  •  t  A )¥  T.«:u v.. . .       -  ^,    ,,, 
torm  GOfifiiltnicllm,  mw  nimk^tiiktH    .  ^ 

Guttleft  oftliaii^trt  fimikp4«#iAMJ|b^  ^,^, . 
Mycply<NM«»!ftomj«ivlQi%itfilwi      « 

My  future  hope,  andwbeiiihemnia^  myteb* 

0&1ANJU 

If  finom  my  looks  your  ictftcnce  yon  would  heaiji 
Behold  a«d  he  mihruded  to  defpair. 

con*  TAHITI-US. 

Loft  in  a  labyrinth  Of  doubts  and  joys. 

Whom  now  her  fkiles  Fevtv'd^  her  fcOm  dcftrc^sf 

She  will,  and  ihe  tvill  xm,  ihe  grants,  denies^ 

Confentsy  retra^,  advaaces,  luid  ihca  Hies, 

Approving  and  rejediing  in  a  bfeath, 

Now  proffering  mercy,  bow  j^reTentiag  death- 1 

Thus  hoping,  thus  desiring,  never  fuie^ 

How  various  ore  the  «>dBcats  I«idttre  ! .. 

Cnid 


"THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    t4f 

^nieleilate  of  doubt!  ah!  Princefg,  try 
Once  to  reiblve,  or  let  me  live,  or  die. 

O  &  I  A  N  A. 

Ceafe,  prince^  the  anger  of  the  gods  to  movet 

'Tis  now  become  a  ciYme  to  mention  love  j 

Our  holy  men,  interpreting  the  voice 

Of  heaven  in  wrath,  forewarn  th'  ill-omen' d  choice* 

CONSTANTIUS. 

Strange  rules  forconilancy  yourpneftsde\'ife, 
If  love  an'l  hate  mull  vary  with  your  fiiies. 
From  fuch  vik  fcrvitud*  fct  Reafon  free  j 
The  gods  in  every  circumftance  agree } 
To  fuit  our  union,  pointing  out  to  me. 
In  this  right  handy  the  fceptre  that  they  place 
For  me  to  hold,  \yas  meant  for  you  to  grace. 
Thou  bcft  and  faired  of  tlw  beauteous  kind. 
Accept  that  empire  which  the  gods  dcAgn^d, 
,   And  be  the  charming  mlflrcis  of  mankind. 
Ambition,  Love,  Avhatcwr  can  in^irc 
A  mutual  flame,  glory,  and  young  defirc. 
To  guide  and  to  adorn  the  deftin'd  choice  confpire. 
If  greatncfs  then  with  beauty  may  compare, 
•(And  Aire  the  gwat  are  formed  but  for  the  fair) 
Then  'tis  mod  plain,  that  all  the  gods  decree 
That  I  was  bom  for  you,  and  you  for  me* 

C  O  ft  I  S  A  N  D  A . 

Nuptials  of  form,  of  intereft,  or  of  (late, 
Thofe  feeds  of  prido,  are  fruitful  in  debate ; 
Let  happy  men  for  generous  Love  dcclafe, 
And  chafe  the  needy  virgin^  chafle  and  fair  ! 


1 

) 
) 


} 


i^     LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 
Let  women  to  fuperior  fortune  born. 
For  naked  virtue  all  temptations  fcom. 
The  charm 's  immortal  to  a  gallant  mind. 
If  gratitude  cement  whom  Love  has  join'd. 
And  Providence,  not  niggardly,  but  wife, 
Here  lavifhly  beflows,  and  there  denie*. 
That  by  each  other's  virtue  wemay  rife  : 
Weak  the  bare  tie  of  man  and  wife  we  find  ; 
But  friend  and  bencfa6tor  always  bind. 

Enter  King  Celius  with  a  Guard  of  Britons. 

C  E  L  I  U  S. 

Our  pricfts  recover,  'twas  a  holy  cheat, 
Lead  back  the  bride,  the  ceremonies  wait. 

o  R  I  A  N  A. 
What  heaven  forbids— 

CELIUS. 

*Twas  ignorance  of  my  will. 
Our  priefts  have  better  learnt :  what  now  is  ill, 
Can,  when  I  pleafe,  be  good  j  and  none  fhall  dare 
Preach  or  expound,  but  what  their  king  would  hear. 
"Bit  they  interpret  let  them  mark  my  nod, 
My  voice  their  thunder,  tliis  right  arm  tlieir  god. 
Prince,  take  your  bride. 

o  R  I  A  N  A. 
'Twcrc  impious  now  to  fuffer  him  my  hand. 

[Refuftng  to  Conflantius,  -who  offers  to  take  her  band. 

C£  LIUS. 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    ±$t 

'       C  E  L  I  U  8. 

How  dar'fl  thou  difbbey,  when  I  command  ? 
Mind,  mind  her  not,  nor  be  difhirb'd  at  tears, 

[Tp  Cottjhniius. 
A  counterfeited  qaaim  of  bridal  fears  i 
All  feign'd  and  falie  ;  while  her  defires  are  more 
A  real  fire,  but  a  diflembled  (bower  : 
You'd  fee,  could  you  her  inward  motions  watch> 
Feigning  delay,  ihe  wiihes  for  difpatch ; 
Into  a  woman's  meaning  would  you  look. 
Then  read  her  backward,  like  a.  wizard's  book. 
On  to  the  temple  lead— 

O  R  I  A  N  A. 

Obedience  is  your  due,  which  I  muft  payj 
But  as  a  lover  1  command  you— Stay. 

[Again  rejeBing  his  hand. 
Obeying  him,  I  '11  be  obey*d  by  you. 

CONSTANTIUS. 

Nor  faints  to  heaven  with  more  fubmilfion  bow : 
1  have  no  will  but  what  your  eyes  ordain  : 
Deflin'd  to  love,  as  they  are  doom'd  to  reign; 

C  E  L  I  U  S.         [AJide.'] 
Into  what  hands,  ye  gods  !  have  you  re{ign*d 
Your  world  ?  Are  thefe  the  matters  of  mankind  ? 
Thefe  fupple  Romans  teach  our  women  fcom, 
I  thank  you,  gods,  that  I  'm  a  Briton  born. 
Agree  thefe  trifles  in  a  ihort  debate  ? 
Woman  [To  herJ]  no  more  of  this,  but  follow  ihait : 
And  you  [To  bim.}  be  quick,  I  am  not  us'd  to  wait. 

[Exit  CeUus. 
[OriaM 


\ 


ftSt       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

[Orianaflands  filetit  and  weeping  a-whiU*  ConfiaMtius  looksi^cH^ 
cerned*    After  ajkort  fauje  Onana/peaks^ 

O  &  I  A  N  A. 

Your  ftara  and  mine  have  chofen  you,  to  prove 
The  noblcft  way  how  generous  men  ihould  love  i 
All  boaft  their  flames,  but  yet  no  woman  found 
A  paflion,  where  felMove  was  jmx  the  ground* 
Now  we're  ador'd,  and  the  next  hour  difpleaicy 
At  fidl  your  cure,  and  after,  your  diieafe  : 
Slaves  we  are  made,  by  falie  pretences  caught; 
The  Briton  in  my  foul  difdains  the  thought. 

CONSTANTIui. 

So  much,  fo  tenderly,  your  Have  adores. 
He  has  no  thought  of  happincfs  but  yours. 

o  R  I  A  N  A.  \ 

Vows  may  be  fcign'd,  nor  ftiall  mere  \vords  prevail,] 
I  muft  have  pfoofs  j  but  proofs  that  cannot  fail. 
By  arms,  by  honour,  and  by  all  that  *8  dear 
To  heroes,  or  expecting  lovers,  fwcar. 

CONSTANTIUS. 

Needs  there  an  oath }  and  can  Oriana  fay, 
Thus  1  command,  and  doubt  if  I  '11  obey  ? 

ORIANA. 

Then  to  be  ihort,  and  put  you  out  of  pain. 
Leave  mc,  and  never  fee  my  face  again. 
Start  not,  nor  look  furpriz'd,  nor  paufing  fiand. 
Be  your  obedience  brief,  as  my  command, 

CONSTANTIUS. 

Your  ftrangc  command  you  give  with  fuch  an  air. 
Well  may  I  paufc,  who  tremble  but  to  hear. 

Love 


} 


THB  WkrmU  enchanters.    253 
Love  it  a  plut  of  the  moft  tender  kind, 
That  ihrittkt  aad  ihakcs  with  evety  ruffling  wind ; 
Such  words  in  jell,  fcarce  can  my  heart  fupport. 
In  pity,  ah !  forbear  fuch  cruel  fport. 

o  R  I  A  N  A. 
Our  fenous  fetes  no  hours  for  mirth  allow. 
And  one  fliort  truth  is  all  my  refuge  now. 
Prepare  then,  prince,  to  hear  a  fecret  told. 
That  fliame  would  fhun,  and  blufhing  I  unfo!d| 
But  dangers  preiling,  cowards  will  grow  bold  ^ 
Knpwthcn,  I  love— 

CONSTANTIU8. 
Can  you  command  defpair,  yet  love  confefs ; 
And  curie  with  the  iame  breath  with  which  you  bleft  } 

O  &  I  A  N  A. 

Miftake  me  not— That  I  do  love,  is  true ; 
But  flatter  not  yourielf,  it  is  not  you. 

CONSTANTIU8. 

Forbid  it,  gods  \  Strike  any  where  but  there  : 

I^t  but  thofe  frowns,  and  that  diidainful  air. 

Be  the  accuitom*d  nicencfs  of  the  fair ; 

Then  I  might  hope,  that  time,  aiiiduout  Ifyve, 

Vows,  tears,  and  prayers,  fuch  coynefs  might  remove  s 

But  if  engaged— Recal  the  fatal  breath 

That  fpoke  the  word— the  found  is  inftant  death. 

o  R  I  A  ^r  A. 
Too  late  to  be  recall'd,  or  to  deny, 
I  own  the  fatal  truth ;  if  one  muft  die, 
You  are  the  judge ;  fay,  is  it  you,  or  I  ? 

6  Snier 


} 


) 


>|4 


LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 


Enter  hallily  a  Briton* 


BRITON. 

The  king  Is  much  difpleas'd  at  this  delay. 

CONS  T  A  NTI  Ua« 

And  let  him  wait,  while  'tis  my  will  to  ftay. 

«-  O  R  I  A  N  A, 

Btar  back  a  gentler  anlwer— We'll  obey. 

C  O  N  S  T  A  N  T  I  U  8. 

Hence  every  found  that 's  cither  foft  or  kind  j 

0  for  a  war  like  that  within  my  mind  : 
Yes,  by  the  gods  !  1  could  to  atoms  jtear, 
Cpnfound  mankind,  and  all  the  world— but  her. 
Say,  flatterer,  fay,  ah !  fair  deluder,  fpeak, 
Anfwer  me  this,  ere  yet  my  heart  does  break  j 
Since  thus  engag'd,  you  never  could  intend 
Your  love,  why  was  I  flattered  with  your  hand? 

O  R  I  A  N  A . 

To  what  a  father  and  a  king  thinks  fit, 
A  daughter  and  a  fubjeft  mufl  fubmit. 
Think  not  from  tyranny  that  love  can  grow ; 

1  am  a  Have,  and  you  have  made  me  fo. 
Thofe  chains  that  duty  have  put  on,  remove  ; 
Slaves  may  obey,  but  they  can  never  love. 

CONSTANTIUS. 

Cruel  Oriana,  much  you  wrong'd  my  flame, 
To  think  that  I  could  lay  fb  harfh  a  claim. 
Love  is  a  fubjcdl  to  himlelf  alone. 
And  knows  no  other  empire  thaabis  own ; 


No 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    155 

No  ties  can  bind,  that  from  conftraint  ariie. 
Where  either  *s  forc'd,  all  obligation  dies : 
Curft  be  the  man,  who  ufes  other  art 
But  only  love,  to  captivate  a  heart. 

0  fatal  law  !  requiring  to  refign 

The  obje£^  lov'd  ;  or  hated,  keep  her  mine.  ' 

O  R  I  A  N  A* 

Accufe  me  not  of  hate ;  with  equal  eyes 

1  judge  your  merit,  and  your  virtue  prize ; 
Friendfhip,  eileem  be  yours  :  Bereft  before 
Of  all  my  love,  what  can  I  offer  more  ! 
Your  rivaVs  image  in  your  worth  I  view. 
And  what  I  lov*d  in  him,  efteem  in  you ; 

Had  I  ur  complaint  been  firft,  it, might  have  mov'dj 
He  then  had  been  efleem'd,  and  you  belov'd : 
Then  blame  not  me,  fince  nothing  bars  your  fate. 
But  that  you  pleaded  laft,  and  came  too  late. 

[Confiantius  ftand$  in  a  thoughtful poftttre, 

CORISANDA. 

Thus  merit  *s  ufclefs ;  fortune  holds  the  fcale. 
And  ftill  tlirows  in  die  weight  that  muft  prevail  | 
Your  rival  is  not  of  more  charms  pofleft, 
A  grain  of  better  luck  has  made  him  ble(L 

CONSTANTIUS* 

To  love,  and  have  the  power  to  pofiefi. 
And  yet  refign,  can  flefli  and  blood  do  this  } 
)h  ill  nature,  erring  from  her  firft  command, 
Self-prefervation,  fall  by  her  own  hand  ? 
By  her  own  a£b,  the  fprings  of  life  deftroy. 
The  principles,  and  being  of  her  joy  ? 

3  Senfual 


Scnfttl  ittd  bdc^-Can  NaCiM  tim  I90MM 
Bkffingt  6bmn'dp  by  oufiag  whottiwlsvir' 
FoOeffing,  fbeistoftt  iCTWwingii 
Where  dicii*!  the  doubt »  ]Ma»  dai^ 
Honour,  and Lbvct'  yctyreii,  I#kegr,  . 
Vniac-«'cr  joiff«radl  ciil  dinOr^if  ««yp 
ToflMune,  tocliatiu,  orloacirtuAgiBfo^ 
Ijcadoa,  ttapiC|nf  gi^dci,  tduMfomiam 

Love 't  m  igabbk  foj^  hdam  ymm  oMp 

Olory  ftftU  mdie  MMiidt  wiA  Fhni  a  mr  t 
HoMar*ttbeiiobkft«hgcc,  pvfiwlintpiH 
A»d  iccompencoidie  loft  «f  kNtiMifaMi. 
mtiU  ^nlMh  «d»  yoor  kMt  pnhnulvp 
Tctdifaioeiio 


Tynuuic  Honour  i  wteuneodecaaftikoB 
E'er  make  my  he«it»  by  flattciiag  my  brow  ^ 
Vdn  rue  of  £une  !  uslefe  the  conqucft  prove 
In  fcarch  of  betoty,  to  coodnde  in  love. 
Frail  hope  of  aidi !  for  time  or  chance  to  grm 
That  love,  which  Cpitc  of  cruelly  can  live  ! 
From  your  difilaiuy  fince  so  relief  i  find, 
I  muft  love  abient,  whom  I  love  uokind ; 
Though  (eas  divide  us,  and  tfacwgh  roountUM  party 
That  fatal  form  will  everhauat  myJKart* 
O  !  dire  reverfe  of  hope,  tharl  eadure^ 
From  fure  poUeffioo,  to  defpair  as  fure ! 
Farewel,  Oriana ;  yet,  crs  I  remove. 
Can  ^*ouid\>&  out  tear  tobloediag  love^ 

il 


THSAIjltStBflSNCHANTERS.    157 
Ah  aoy  take  beed^  turfy  turn  thoTe  eyes  away. 
The  charm  y^  ft|^^gnj(  ihaU  for  orer  flajr. 

Pnncefs  rejoice,  for  y^ur aext  news  ihall  be, 
Cundancius  dies  to  fet  Qdana  free. 

l^Extunt  feveratly: 

ACT       IL  SCENE       L 

SCENE.    A  thick-wooded  Foreft. 
Enter  Arcabon  learning  i^enfLve,  and  Arc  ALA us« 

A  R  c  A  B  o  N. 
*^r  O  warning  of  th*  approaching  ftame^ 
-^-^    Swiftly  like  fudden  death  it  came  ; 
IJkc  travellers  by  lightning  kill'd, 
J  burnt  the  moment  I  Ixiheid* 

in  wkom  fo  many  charms  are  plac'd^ 
I^  with  a  mind  as  uobly  grac'd ; 
The  cafe,  ib  fliining  to  Uphold, 
Is  till'd  with  lichcil  gems  and  gold. 

To  what  my  eyes  admir'd  before, 
I  add  a  tlioufand  graces  more. 
And  Fancy  blows  into  a  flame 
The  Ipark  that  from  hi^»  beauty  came. 

The  objefl  thus  improvM  by  thought. 
By  my  own  imsgc  I  am  caught. 
Pygmalion  fo,  with  fatal  art, 
Puiilh'd  the  form  that  (lung  1.1s  heart« 

^  AR  C  A* 


jgS        LANSDOWNE'S    POEMSp 

A  R  C  A  L  A  U  S* 
Bnthantrtfs  fay,  wHence  fu^h  replies  as  tliefe  ? 
Tbou  a»ifwer*ft  Love,  I  fpeak  *>F  A  mad  is* 

ji  R  c  A  1  OH, 
Swiftly  he  paf^i  and  as  in  fpon  purftic^ 
The  favage  herdj  and  hunted  round  iht  wood  ; 

Tigers  and  wolves  la  Tarn  his  fbrokc  withj^tid«' 
Cut  down*  like  poppies,  by  the  reaper *$  hand  j 
Ltke  M^ir^  he  look*d,  as  terrible  and  ftrong, 
Like  Jove  fliafeliic,  like  Apollo  joung^  j 
With  ail  their  attributes  divinely  graced. 
And  furr  their  thunder  in  his  arm  was  placed,, 

AJl  C  A  L  AC  S. 

Who  pa£i*d  }  ^bo  looVd  ? 

^^  A  R  C  A  5  O  K. 

IPPF  Ah  !  there  's  the  fatal  woand. 

That  tears  my  heart -ftrings^^ — Bnt  he  fliall  be  foun^  i 
Yes*  ye  Infernal s,  if  there  's  power  in  art, 
My  arms  (hall  hold  him,  as  he  gr^fps  my  heart. 
hhsll  If  who  can  draw  down  the  moon^  and  keep 
The  ilars  con&n'd,  enchant  the  boifterous  deep. 
Bid  Boreas  halt,  m&ke  hills  and  forefts  movCj 
£hail  I  be  baffled  by  ihis  triflcr,  Love  ? 

ARCAI.AU  5- 

Suipend  ibofe  follies,  and  let  rage  furmount, 
A  brother^s  death  requires  a  fhrid  account  j 
To-day,  to-day,  perhaps  this  very  hour. 
This  moment j  now,  the  murJcrcr  *b  in  our  povver. 


THE   BRITISH   ENCHANTERS.    159 
Leave  Love  in  cottagers  and  cells  to  reign. 
With  nymphs  obfcurc^  and  with  the  iowly^  fwain. 
Who  waitt  their  days  and  Ilrcngtli  in  fuch  ihort  j^ys. 
Arc  fools,  that  bartcj  prtciou*  Jifg  for  toys* 

A  R  G  A  B  o  N. 
They  *rc  fook  wh©pfcairh\¥iyr  waik  our  days  and  ftrtngtU; 
What  h  a  lift:  whfifc  unly  chann  h  len^h  ? 
Giv'c  ttxc  a  life  tl^ai  's  Ihort  ajid  vving'd  wiih  jovi 
A  life  of  iovet  vvhofe  minutes  never  cloy  1 
What  is  an  age  in  dull  renown  drudg'd  o'er  ? 
On^  little  fingle  hour  of  kvt  h  more. 

Aji  Attendant  enters  ha^ilj,  and  wiufpers  AacAtAUfi, 

A  EC  AL  Atr  fi. 

See  it  perform*d— and  thou  fhak  be. 
Dire  inflfumtni  of  hclt,  a  god  to  me* 

[Exit  Atfendum* 
He  comes,  he  comes »  jufl  readj  to  be  cauglit. 
Here  Ardau  fell^  heie  on  thi^  fat^J  f)>ol 
Our  brother  dy*d ;  here  f  ov'd  ihat  precious  gore. 
The  purple  blood,  thit  criei  fc  bud  for  m^re  t 
Think  on  that  imager,  fee  him  oit  ihe  giound^ 
His  life  and  fame  both  bury'd  in  iinc  wo  kind « 
Tliink  on  the  murderer,  with  infulting  pride 
Tearing  the  weapon  from  hb  bleeding  fide^ 
Oh  ttunk 

A  K  C  A  S  O  N, 

What  need  ihefe  bloody  images  to  move  ? 
Revenge  I  wiiU-^ajid  would  feeut^  my  lofe« 


i6o      LANSDOWNE»S    POEMS* 
Why  (hould  I  of  a  frailty  (harocful  be, 
From  which  no  mortal  yet  was  ever  free  ? 
Not  fierce  Mcdca»  roiftrefs  of  our  art» 
Nor  Circe  nor  Calypfo  'fcap'd  the  fmart. 
If  liell  has  power,  both  paffions  I  will  pleafe^ 
My  anger  and  my  love  HmXI  both  have  eafe. 
Lead  on,  magician,  make  revenge  fecure. 
My  hand 's  as  ready,  and  iball  £hike  as  £ure. 

Oriana  and  Co  ri  sand  a  appear  entering  iiom  ^ 
lower  part  of  the  Scene. 

ORIANA, 

Thrice  happy  they,  who  thus  in  woods  and  grovoc* 
From  courts  retir'd,  poffefs  their  peaceful  love&* 
Of  royal  maids  how  wretched  is  the  fate,  . 
Born  .only  to  be  viftims  of  the  ftatc ; 
Our  hopes,  ourwilhes,  .all  our  paflions,  ty*d 
For  public  ufe,  the  (laves  of  others'  pride. 
Here  let  .us  wait.th'  event,  on  which  alone 
Depends  my  peace,  I  tremble  till  'tis  known* 

CORI  SAN  DA, 

So  generous  this  emperor's  love  does  feem, 
^TwQuld  julUfy  a  change,  to  change  for  him. 

[Flourijb  of  mufte,  tas  in  the  Forejf^ 
OR   I  A  N  A. 

•Oft'  we  have  heard  fuch  airy  founds  as  thefe. 
Which,  in  foft  jnufic  murmuring  through  the  trees, 
^alutf  us  as  we  paCs.-- « 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS,    td 

COR  I  3  A  N  D  A* 

The  air  wc  breathe  Cute  h  inchantcd  air. 

[Tbty  lifter,  Mini  ahnl  &i  futfra(J, 

Enter  fcvcnl  of  Aucalvus's  Magician^  reprcfcuring 
Siicphcrdii  and  Shcphcrdcllcs,  ^ngtng  anil  d^QQiig* 

A      S  H  £  F  a  E  R  D  £  S  S, 

Paflciw,  ye  nyrapb*  and  Ihcphcrds  alU 

Come  celtfbrate  this  fcflival. 
And  merrily  fmg,  and  Iport,  and  play^ 
For  *tis  Orbna-'s  nuptial  day. 

Ts  Orlatta,^  Queen  of  Brlmnt  and  of  Love,, 
B«  happy  a»  the  blcfl  above  -, 
A  joyful  day  is  In  thy  povvcr, 
Seistej  O  fcizG  the  fniiling  hour* 
Graces  ^um be rlcfs  attend  thee. 
The  gcjdi  as  many  blcrffing*  fend  thfc  i 
Be  liappy  aj  the  bkfl  above, 
Qncen  &f  BucaiTj,  and  of  Lo^^ 

[EjTAf*;,  Affw/  fit 

e   H   O   R   w    s. 

Follow,  ye  cyniphs,  ^c- 

O   M   t   hH  Am 

FtcpoAcrous  nuptiali,  chat  lUl  every  breafl 
Wkh  joy,  but  only  he  t*i  who  ihQmli  be  bfr  '^ 

C  O  R  I  S  A  N  D  A* 

Syrt  fame  ma^a^a  keep*  ht#  irvf  b  hrre  j 
F|iiiGifi;rtdrr^  there  may  be  dangc;  ac^. 


26t       LANSt>OWUE'S    POEMS. 

O  tl  I  A  N  A. 

What  danger  in  fuch  gentle  notes  can  be  ? 
.Thoti  fiiend  to  Love,  thrice-powerful  Harmony^ 
I'll  follow  thee — Play  on— 
Mufic  's  die  balm  of  love,  it  charms  defpair, 
Sufpends  the  fmart>  and  foftens  every  care, 

lExeuiit,  following  the  mufic. 

Arcalaus  enters^  with  an  Attendant,  obiervingtbem. 

ARCALAU8. 
Finifh  the  reft,  and  then  be  free  as  air : 
My  eyes  ne'er  yet  beheld  a  form  fo  fair. 
Happy  beyond  my  wifh,  I  go  to  prove 
At  once  the  joys  of  fweet  revenge  and  love. 

[Exeunt^  folktmng. 

Enter  Amadis  and  Florestan. 

A  M   A  D  I   6. 
Miftake  me  not— No,  Amadis  fhall  die 
If  fhe  is  pleas'd,  but  not  diflurb  her  joy, 
Nice  honour  ftill  engages  to  requite 
Falfe  miftreffes,  and  proud,  with  flight  for  (Hght. 
But  if,  like  mine,  the  llubbora  heart  retain 
A  wilful  tendernefs,  the  brave  muft  feign. 
In  private  grieve,  but  with  a  carelefs  fcorn 
In  public  feem  to  triumph,  not  to  mourn. 

FLORESTAN. 

Hard  is  the  talk  in  love  or  grief  to  feign  5 
When  paffion  is  fiAcere,  it  will  complaia : 

Doubts 


T8K,|&i(rX«H  ENCHANTERS.    163 
Doubti  dut  fronTinnour  rofe  you  (hould  fufpend, 
Fnmi  evil  toDg;Qe•4ld^t  vittuB  cui  dft&ad? 

In  love,  who  injuret  by- »  raih  difbully 
Is  the  aggrcfToo  ^^^  ^^^  &rft  unjufl. 

A  MA  D  I  S. 

If  fhc  is  true,  why  all  this  nuptial  noife 

Still  echoing  as  we  pafs  her  guilty  joys  > 

Who  to  a  woman  trufis  his  peace  of  mind  9 

Truils  a  frail  bark,  with  a  tcmpeftuous  wind. 

"pius  to  UlyflTcs,  on  the  Stygian  coaft 

His  fate  enquiring,  fpake  Atrides'  ghoft  : 

Of  all  the  plagues  with  which  the  world  is  curftv 

Of  every  ill,  a  woman  is  the  word : 

Truft  not  a  woman.— Well  migjit  he  advifc, 

Who  pcrifli'd  by  his  wife's  adulteries. 

FLORE  STAN. 

Thus  in  defpair,  what  mod  we  love  we  wrong. 
Not  heaven  efcapes  the  impious  acheiii's  tongue. 

A  M  A  D  I  S, 

Enticing  crocodiles,  whpfe  tears  are  death ; 
Syrens,  that  murder  with  enchanting  breatli : 
Like  Egypt's  temples,  dazzling  to  tlie  (ight» 
Pompouily  deck'd,  all  gaudy,  gay,  and  brig|ht  t 
With  glittering  gold  and  fpiu-kling  gems  they  fliinc. 
But  apes  and  monkeys  are  the  gods  within. 

FLORE8TAN. 
My  love  attends  with  p^in,  while  you  purfuc 
Tliis  angry  theme :  I  liave  a  miftrcfs  too  .* 
The  f^ultlcfs  form  no  fecret  ilains  difgrace, 
A  beauteous  mind  unblcmifli'd  as  l\cr  face, 

S  4  Not 


1 


9M      LAKSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

Not  pHDCed  md  adom'd  to  rmnnA  fin, 
Wiitouc  all  godckfi,  all  divioe  within. 
By  Truth  mamtainiiig  wbat  by  Lofc  ilie  got. 
A  bcareii  withiMit  a  cloody  a  Ibn  without  a  4>oe. 

A  M  A  D  1  S. 
Forgifc  the  TJfiaai  of  my  framic  bnm  ; 
Far  from  the  ma  I  lofc  be  all  (uch  pais ; 
By  the  inuBortal  gods  I  IWcar,  my  fncnd. 
The  fatee  to  me  no  greater  joy  ccnxld  iend. 
Than  that  your  labowi  meet  aproQpeiooa  end  i 
After  fe  many  glonoaa  toth,  that  you 
HaTe  ii— d  a  miftxcis  beautif ol  and  true.  j 

OntMKA  and  Cokisanda  widioHU 

•  tlANA  and   COKISANDAa 
Help,  help,  oh  *  heavens,  he^— 

A1CA91S. 
What  cries  aie  thefe  ? 

FLOS  E  S  TAir. 

It  (eem'd  the  call  of  wamen  in  difhfefs. 

Of  lavage  bcafls  and  okq  a  monftrous  brood 

Poflels  this  bnd — 

OftlANA   and   COKXSANDA* 

Help,  help 

A  II  A  D  I  S. 

Again  the  cry  's  rjDcw*d. 

I>raw  both  our  fwordsy  and  fly  with  ^peed  to  fave ; 

Th'  oppreft  have  a  fiwe  refuge  in  the  brave. 

^Exeart  drarwing  their  fworh, 
[Cricna  and  CorifaKia  cnfs  tit  fi^gty  futfucd  by  a  Party 
kiloKgittg  to  JircAL^i, 

OEIANAf 


THltf^MntlSH  ENCHAI9TERS.    tl$ 

-  '1 oniitA'aad  eoKMAKDiu 

Hdp,  hd^.  ••  —^*^"' 

PARTY. 
Purfue^  purfue. 

[Florefian  crqffei  the  Jtagt^  folhunng  the  furfuit. 

Arcalaus  enten  fighting,    and  retreiting  before 

A  MAMS. 

AKCALAU8. 
Forbcir,  rafh  mortal,  give  thy  phrenfy  o'er. 
For  know  thou  tempt*fl  a  more  than  mortal  powrer. 

A  M  A   D  I  8. 
Think  not  my  fword  (hall  give  the  lead  reprieve, 
*Twerc  cruelty  to  let  fuch  monflcn  live. 
[Ftoreflati  re-enters    retreating    bejore    another  fatty,  is 
feizedf  dijarmed^  and  carried  of, 
.    AI:CALAUS» 

Yet  paufe,  and  be  advis'd ;   avoid  thy  fate ; 
Witliout  thy  life  my  vengeance  is  compleat  ^ 
Behold  thy  friend  borne  to  eternal  chains. 
Remember  Ardan  now,  and  count  thy  gains. 

A  M  A  D  I  8* 
E.ike  Ardan's  be  thy  fate,  unpity'd  fall, 
Thus  I  Ml  at  once  levenge,  and  free  them  all. 
[Fight  again;  Arcalaus  Jlill  recreating  till  ef  the  ftage.    In* 
firuments  of  horror  are  heard  tinder  ground^  and  in  the  air. 
Monften  and  Damons  rife  from  under  tie  ftage^  'whitfi 
others  fl;^  down  from  above,  croffing  to  and  fro  in  tonfufton: 
elajhlng  of  f-words  behind  thefcene's :  thunder  and  Bghtning, 
during  vfhlch  time  the  fta^e  is  darkened.    On  the  fudden  a 
'fourijt  of  all  the  muftc  fucceedu  the  Jky  clears,  and  th^^ 


t66       LAlfSPOWNE*S    FOEMS. 

Jcne  chengesU  d  flaftat  fnffeB;  Amt£i  tppesrs  leanag 
n  Ins  fwordf  /krromtded  hy  Shefherdi  ami  Sbepbcrdeffes^ 
vb§  -with  fimis^  ^mfic^  rnddrnKts^  ferftrm  the  folkw'iwg 
tnchantmcMt. 

A      SHEPHS&D. 

Lovct  creator  Lovcb  >PpBUs 
Attend,  andhouri 
Appear. 

A     SHEPHSKDESt, 

Love,  creator  Love, 

Parent  of  heaven  and  eaith. 
Delight  of  gods  above. 

To  thee  all  Nature  owes  her  birth. 
Lore,  creator  Love. 

CHORUS. 

Appear,  appear, 
Attend  and  hear. 
Appear. 

SHEPHERD. 

All  that  in  ambient  air  does  move. 
Or  teems  on  fertile  fields  below. 

Or  fparkles  in  the  fkies  above, 
Or  does  in  rolling  waters  flow. 
Spring  from  the  feeds  that  thou  dofl  (ow, 
Love,  creator  Love. 

CHO'. 


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C  »H    O    R  U    Sv 

Appear,  appear. 
Attend  and  hear, 
Appear. 

SHEPHERDESS.^ 

W'hcn  Love  is  away, 
Or  is  not  ours, 

How  dull  is  the  day, 
How  flow  the  hours ! 
When  Love  is  away,  there 's  no  delight  t  1 

How  dull  is  the  day. 

When  Love  is  away  1 

How  dull  is  the  day, 

How  (low  the  hours. 
But  wing'd  with  Love,  how  fwift  it  the  flight  I 

CHORUS. 
Better  in  love  a  (lave  to  be. 
Than  with  ^c  wideft  empires  free. 

Symphony  for  Difcori. 

ODE     FOR     DISCORD. 

When  Love 's  away,  then  Difcord  reigns  : 

The  Furids  he  unchaini. 

Bids  .£olas  unbind 

The  Norhern  Wind, 

That  lettered  lay  in  caves. 

And  root  op  tiMS;  and  plough  the  plain9. 


^t48        LANSl>OWNE'S    POEMfe 
Old  Ocean  frets  and  raves. 
From  their  deep  roots  the  rocks  he  tears^ 
Whole  deluges  lets  fly. 
That  dafh  againft  the  Iky, 
And  feem  to  drown  the  ilars. 
Th'  afTaulted  clouds  return  the  fhock. 

Blue  lightning  finge  the  waves^ 
And  thunder  rends  the  rock. 
Then  Jotc  ufurps  his  facer's  crown^ 

IndrufUng  mortals  to  afpire  : 
The  father  Avould  dcflrgy  the  Ton, 
The  Ton  dethrones  the  fire. 
The  TitanSf  to  regain  their  rights- 
Prepare  ta  try  a  fecond  fight, 
Brtareus'  arms  his  hundred  hand^. 
And  marches  forth  the  bold*  gigantic  bands» 
Pelion  upon  OflTa  thrown, 
Steep  Olympus  they  invade, 

Gods  and  giants  tumble  down. 
And  Mars  is  foil'd  by  Encclade. 
Horror,  confufion,  vengeful  ire, 
Daggers,  poifon,  fword,  and  fire,.' 
To  execute  the  deftin'd  wrath  confpire  : 
The  Furies  loie  thchr  fnaky  rods. 
And  laih  both  men  and  gods. 

Chorus  of  Inftrumental  MuUc  for  Difcord. 

SYMPHOU^Y    FOR    LOVE. 


SHEPHERD- 

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THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    ^^ 

S  H  E  PHE  R  DE  6  8« 

But  when  Love'inds  Difcord  ceafc,' 
The  jarring  feeds  unite  in  peace ; 

O  the  pleafure  paft  exprefling  J  • 

All  is  py,  and  all  is  ble^fing. 
Hail  to  Love,  and -welcome  Joyt 
Hail  to  the  delicious  boy  f 
In  Cyprus  firft  the  god  was  known  5 

Then  coaiting  to  the  mat n,  ; : 

In  Britany  iie  fix'd  hit  reign. 
And  in  Oriana's  eyes  h»  throne.  ^'   ." 

C      HO      R  '  U      S. 

Hail  to  Love,  and  wdcome  Joy,  ' 

"•    Hail  to  the  delicious  boy! 
See  the  Sun  from  Love  returning, 
Love  *s  the  flame  in  which  he  's  burning* 

Sec  the  Zephyrs  Icifiing  clofc) 
•On  Flora's  bread  their  wings  repo(e, 
Hail  to  Love  !  the  foftcft  pleafure  5 
Love  und  Beauty  reign  for  ever. 

DANCE. 

Dance  of  Shepherds  and  Shepfaerdeflei* 

SHEPUEKDESS   TO   AMADI9b 

Now,  mortal,  prepare, 

l**or  thy  fate  is  at  hand ; 
Now^  mortal^  prepare 
And  furrender. 

For 


%90       LANSDOWNE'S     PO£MS« 

For  Love  ihali  nn&i. 

Whom  no  gqwcx  can  withfiitndy 
Who  rules  from  the  ikies 

To  the  center. 
Now,  mortal,  prcjxire. 

For  thy  fate  is  at  hand ; 
Now,  mortal,  prepare 
And  fiirrender. 
lOr'uma  rlfes  enchataed,  reppfimg  9n  n  M  of  f nun.    Ama£i 
feeing  ber,  throws  away  his  fvmrd^  md  oprs  tormuto  her, 
hut  is  fazed  in  the  fam  h^^mt, 

A  M  A  D  X  S. 

I  '11  break  thrOngh  all  enchantment  to  thole  arms^ 
I  am  all  love,  and  thou  all  over  charms. 

IHere  be  is  feized  :  Oriana  wdus  and  rifes* 

O  R  I  A  N  A. 

In  what  enchanted  regions  am  I  loft  ? 
Am  I  alive  ?  or  wander  here  a  ghoft  N 
Art  thou  too  dead  ? 

A  M  A  D  I  s. 
Wherc-e'er  you  aix-,  the  realms  of  blifs  muft  be ; 
I  fee  my  goddefs,  and  'tis  heaven  to  fee  ! 
Stand  off— and  give  rac  way-— 
o  R  LA  N  A. 
No— keei^him  there, 

Th*  ungrateful  traitor,  let  him  not  come  near  : 
Convey  the  wretch  where  Sifyphus  atones 
For  crimes  enormouB,  and  where  Tityus  groans; 
With  robbers  and  with  murderers  let  him  prove 
Immortal  pains— for  he  has  murdered  Love. 

AMADl  5« 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS,    iff 

A  M  A  D  I  fi. 

Have  I  done  this  ? 

ORXANAfc 

Bgie  and  perSdipus  la^i^ 
Let  me  be  .heard,  and  anfwer  if  you  c^a* 
Was  it  your  love,  wbea  trembling  by  your  Bdo 
I  wept,  and  I  tmplor'dy  and  almeil  dy'd. 
Urging  your  fiay — Was  it  your  lp>v«  tliat  bore 
Your  faithlei«  veflcl  Aom  the  Britiih  ihorti 
What  iaid  I  qpc,  upon  the  fatal  sight, 
When  you  avow'd  your  meditated' fli|^  ? 
Was  it  your  love  that  proin|>tBd  ypu  to  part. 
To  leave  me  dytag».:aad  to  bccak my  heart? 
See  whom  you  fled,  inhuman  and  iagrate. 
Repent  your  folly,  but  repent  too  late. 

AMADIS. 
Miftaken  princefs  !     By  the  ftars  above. 
The  powers  below,  and  that  inomoitftl  Jore, 

Unwilling  and  compelVd 

ORIANA* 

Unwilling  and  compell'd !  Vain,  vain  pretenceik 
For  bafc  negle£k  and  cold  indi£krence. 
Was  it  your  love,  when  by  thofe  fiars  above. 
Thole  powers  below,  and  that  immortal  Jove, 
You  vow'(^  before  the  firft  revolving  moon 
You  would  retum-.'-Did  you  return  ?  The  fun 
Thrice  round  the  circled  globe  was  feen  to  move. 
You  neither  came  nor  fent — Was  this  your  love  P 

AMADL8. 
Thrice  has  that  fun  beheld  me  on  your  coaft. 
By  tcmpefts  beateui  ^d  in  ihipwrecks  loft. 

O&IANAt* 


afft      LANSDOWNE'S    FORMS. 

O  KIAN  A.r 

And  yet  you  chofe  thofe  perils  of  the  fea,' 
Of  rocks  and  dorms,  or  aay  thing;  but  me. 
The  raging  oceax^'fifid  the  winter  wind. 
Touched  at  my  paffion,  with  my  wiihes  join'd  j 
No  image,'  1>ut  of  certain  fate,  appeard^ 
Lefs  I  your  abfence  than  your  danger  fcar'd ; 
In  vain  they  threaten'd,  and  I  fued  in  vain. 
More  deaf  than  florms,  more  crtiel  than  the  main. 
No  prayer  nor  gentle  meitage  oould  prevail. 
To  wait  a  calmer  Iky  or  fofter  gale ; 
You  brav'd  the  danger,  and  defpH'd  the  love, 
Nor  death  could  fright,  nor  tendemefs  could  move. 

A  M  A  D  i  S. 

Of  our  paf^  lives,  .the  pieafure  and  the  pain, 
Fix'd  in  my  foul  for  ever  ihall  remain  ; 
Rccal  more  gently  my  unhappy  ftatc, 
And  charge  my  crime,  not  on  my  choice,  but  fate  ; 
In  mortal  breaft,  fure  Honour  never  wag'd 
So  dire  a  war,  nor  Love  more  fiercely  rag'd  : 
You  faw  my  torment,  and  you  knew  my  heart ; 
'Twas  infamy  to  Hay,  'twas  death  to  part. 

OR  I  A  N  A. 
In  vain  you'd  cover  with  the  third  of  fame, 
And  Honour's  call,  an  odious  traitor's  name  r 
Could  Honour  fuch  vile  perfidy  approve  ? 
Is  it  no  honour  to  be  true  to  love  > 
O  Vcnu«  !  parent  of  the  Trojan  race. 
In  Britain  too  fomc  remnants  found  a  place; 

From 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS,     ayj 

From  Brute  defccnding  in  a  line  direft , 
Within  thefe  veins  thy  favourite  blood  refped? 
Mother  of  Love,  by  men  and  gods  rever'd, 
Confirm  thefe  vows,  and  let  this  prayer  be  heard. 
The  Briton  to  the  Gaul  henceforth  (hall  bear 
Immortal  hatred  and  eternal  war,- 
No  league  nor  commerce  let  the  nations  know^ 
But  feeds  of  everlafting  difcord  grow ; 
With  fire  and  fvvord  the-faithlefs  race  purfue. 
This  vengeance  to  my  injured  love  is  due  ? 
Rife  from  our  afties  fon>e  avenging  hand, 
To  curb  their  tyratnts,  and  invade  their  land, 
Waves  fight  with  waves,  and  ihores  with  (hores  engage. 
And  let  our  fons  inherit  the  fame  rage. 
AMADi  S. 

Might  I  be  heasd  one  word  in  my  defence — 

O  R  I  A  N  A. 
No,  not  a  word.     What  fpecious  ForcM  pretence 
Would  you  invent  to^ild  a  weak  defence? 
To  faHc  £neas,  when  *twas  given  by  fate 
To  tread  the  paths  of  Death,  and  view  the  Stygian  ftate, 
FoHaken  Dido  was  the  firft  that  flood 
To  ftrike  his  eye,  her  bofom  bath*d  in  blood 
Frefh  from  her  wQund :  pale  horror  and  affright 
Seiz*d  the  falfe  min,  confounded  at  the  (ight, 
Trembling  he  gaz*d,  and  fome  faint  words  he  fpfoke> 
Some  tears  he  ihed,  which,  with  difdainful  loqk, 
Vnmov'd  (he  heard  and  faw,  nor  heeded  more 
Than  the  firm  rock  when  faithlefs  tempefts  roar. 

T  With. 


874        LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

With  one  laft  glance  his  felfchood  (he  upbraids. 
Then  fullenly  retires,  and  feeks  eternal  (hades. 
Lead  me,  O  lead  me,  where  the  bleeding  queen 
With  juft  reproaches  loads  perfidious  men. 
Banifh'd  from  joy,  from  empire,  and  from  light. 
In  death  involve  me,  and  in  endlefs  night. 
But  keep— that  odious  objeft — from  my  fight. 

Enter  A  B.C  AL  AU  s. 


} 


ARCALAUS. 

With  her  laft  words  Ihe  fign'd  his  dying  breath ; 
Convey  him  ftrait  to  tortures  and  to  death. 

A  M  A  D  I  s. 
Let  me  not  perifk  whh  a  traitor's  name  ! 
Naked,  unarm'd,  and  fingle  as  I  am, 
Loofe  this  right  hand,  I  challenge  all  thy  odds 
Of  heaven  or  hell,  of  demons  or  of  gods. 

ARCA  L  AU  S. 

Hence  to  his  fate  the  valiant  boafter  bear. 

[They  force  him  off. 
For  him,  let  our  infernal  priefts  prepare 
Their  knives,  their  cords,  and  altars-— But  for  her 
Soft  beds,  and  flow'ry  banks,  and  fragrant  bowers, 
Mufic  and  fongs,  and  all  thofe  melting  powers 
With  which  love  fteals  on  hearts,  and  tunes  the  mind 

To  tendernefs  and  yielding 

Superior  charms  enchant  us  to  be  kind. 

lExeuttt, 


ACT 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    17s 


ACT      IIL 


SCENE 


L 


A1.CALAUS  and  A  RCA  BON  meeting. 


A  RCA  LAVS, 

'^TTElcomz  as  afttT  cJaikntTi  chcarful  I'tght^ 
^  *      Or  tQ  tilt:  wi^ary  wafitlercr  downy  night : 
Smile,  Cm'ilt,  O  Aicabon,  fur  ever  fmilc, 
And  with  thy  gaydt  looks  rt^^ard  my  toil : 
TliTit  fulkn  air  but  ill  becomes  thct  novv^ 
Sec* ft  thou  nat  glaricus  cocKjuell  on  my  brow  ? 
Aniiidisp   Amadis— — 

A  &  O  A  B  O  N* 
Dcad^  or  in  chains !  B^  quick  m  thy  reply. 

ARCALAUS, 

Hl*  lives,  tnv  Arcflbon,  but  lives  ro  «Jte, 
The  gnawing  vakurf ,  and  the  rdlltfi  wlieel, 
ShiiU  be  dt: light  10  wJiAt  the  wretch  fhall  fed, 

A  R  C  A  B  D  N, 

Goddcf*  of  dire  revtagt*  Erinnys  rifcp 
With pkakirc  gmce  thy  lips,  with  joy  thy  eye*  | 
Smile  like  the  Queeij  of  f.Ovfj  and  itrip  iht  rocki 
Ofpe&rU^nd  gumri,  rodetk  thy  jetry  Icigks, 
With  chciirfut  lunes  difguif«  thy  hcUmv  throat. 
And  emulate  the  hrk  and  linnet's  notx^^ 
J^et  Eovy'i  kli  icjoicr^  Dcf^^air  be  gay. 
For  Ka^t  and  Muider  fJiall  tiiamph  to-day, 

Ta  ABCi 


276        LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS*^ 

ARCALAUS. 
Ariie,  O  Ardan,  from  the  hollow  womb 
Of  earth,  arife,  burft  from  thy  brazen  comb. 
Bear  witnefs  to  the  vengeance  we  prepare. 
Rejoice,  and  reft  for  ever  void  of  care. 

A  R  C  A  B  O  N* 

Pluto  arife,  infernal  king  rcleafe 

Thy  torturM  ilaves,  and  let  thedamn'd  have  peace. 

But  double  all  their  pains  on  Amadis. 

ARCALAUS. 
Mourn  all  ye  heavens,  above  yon  azure  plain 
Let  Grief  abound,  and  Lamentation  reign. 
The  Thunderer  with  tears  bedew  his  fky, 
For  Amadis,  his  champion,  's  doom'd  to  die. 

A  R  C  A  B  O  N. 

Death  be  my  care  :  for,  to  corapleat  his  woe. 
The  (lave  (hall  perilh  by  a  woman's  blow ; 
Thus  each  by  turns  fliaJl  his  dire  vow  fulfil : 
' Twas  thine  «to  conquer,  and  'tis  mine  to  kill. 

ARCALAUS. 
So  look'd  Medea,  when  her  rival  bride, 
Upon  her  nupfial  day,  confuming  dy'd  : 
O  never  more  let  love  difguife  a  face. 
By  rage  adorn'd  with  fuch  triumphant  grace. 

A  R  C  A  B  O  N-, 
In  fwcet  revenge  inferior  joys  arc  loft, 
And  Love  lies  Ihipwrcck'd  on  .the  ftormy  coaft; 
Rage  rules  all  other  paflions  in  my  breaft^ 
And,  fwelling  like  a  torrent,  drowns  the  reft. 

Should 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    277 

Should  ihh  c^rl!  wretch >  whom  moft  my  foti!  abhor  1, 
Prove  tfie  dt^ar  man  whom  moft  my  fuui  aJorts^ 
Love  ihotild  in  vain  defend  htm  with  his  dart. 
Through  all  his  chatma  I  *d  ftab  Uim  10  the  hcirtt 

SCENE 

Enter  CoNSTAI«TfUs,  C&LlUi,  LtlCIUS  a  Roinatl, 
and  a  Guard  of  Britons. 


C  O  N  S  T  A  N  T  I  U  S* 

Rtfus'd  a  fafcj^ard,  menacM  and  coafin'd  ! 
Do  royal  guefis  no  better  uikge  find  ? 
Art  thefethc  cuftoms  of  chc  Bndfh  court  ! 
Here  only  then  let  bcalts,  not  men,    refoit* 
Thi  i  trcatme  d  t ,  Bi  ito  n »   from  another  man-  -  - 

C  E  L  I  U  i. 

Iiii  my  will,  and  help  it  m  you  can, 

Frt^m  contra £t'i  fij^n'd,  and  articles  agreed, 

With  Britiih  f^ith  it  fiiits  pjot  to  rcecdt: : 

How  may  the  world  interpret  fucb  ntgkil. 

And  00  her  bcauiy,  or  her  lame,  refltft  } 

Roman,  confidcr  well  what  Loorfe  yon  run> 

Rcfolv€  to  be  it»y  prifbnt^r  or  my  fon- 

If  this  foundi  rude,  then  know,  i^t  Britons  flight 

The  fupplc  art*  that  foreigners  delight, 

Kor  itand  on  form^  la  vindicate  our  right* 


m 


.,  1 


278     LANSDOWNE'S     POEMS. 

L  ITCItf  8. 
Happy  extremity?  Now,  prince,  thcbleft, 
Cf  all  you  love,  and  all  you  wifh  polTeft ; 
No  ccnfure  you  incur,  conflrain'd  to  chuie, 
PolTeft  at  once  of  pleafure  and  excufe. 

CONST  ANTIUS, 

If  for  myfclf  alone  I  would  pofTefs, 

'Twcrc  fcnfual  joy,  and  brutal  happinefs : 

When  moft  we  love,  embracing  and  embrac'd. 

The  particle  fublime  of  blifs  is  plac'd 

In  raptures  that  we  feel  the  ravifh'd  charmer  tafte. 

Oriana,  no— though  certain  death  it  be, 

I  '11  keep  my  word— I  *11  die,  or  fet  thee  free. 

Hade,  Lucius,  hade,  found  loud  our  trumpets,  call 

Our  guard  to  arms,  though  few,  they  *rc  Romans  all, 

Now  tremble,  favage  king  ;    a  Roman  hand 

Shall  ne'er  be  bound,  that  can  a  fword  command. 

\_A5  they  go  off,  re-enter  Celius  hajtily,  attended  as  before, 
C  E  L  lU  S. 
Not  to  be  found  !   (lie  muft,  fhe  (hall  be  found — 
Difpcifc  our  parties,  fearch  our  kingdoms  round  : 
Follow  Con ftantius,,ieize  him,  torture,  kill. 
Traitor !  what  vengeance  I  can  have,  I  will: 
Well  have  thy  gods,  O  Rome,  fecur'd  thy  peace. 
Planted  behind  fo  many  lands  and  feas, 
Or  thou  (hould'ft  feel  me,  city,  in  thy  fall. 
More  dreadful  than  the  Samnite  or  the  Gaul; 
But  to  fupp^y  and  recompenfe  this,  want, 
Hear,  O  ye  guarc^ans  of  our  i(le,  and  grant 

1  That 


"    That- 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    17^ 

That  wrath  may  vik,  and  ftrifc:  WiwmaL  come 

Betwixt  the  gods  of  Britain  and  of  Rome,  fExif^ 

{Thefime  changet  U  afient  oftomh  attd  dan^tttiis  ;   f^^^i  «i'** 

Tifom^n  chained  m  r^ws  ^ppt^fytt  U  (scb  Othn  i  in  thtfr^ftt  flf 

ih  ccptivu  Fkrifflan  and  Cmfanh^    A  ptard  pf  d^mcHi* 

Piiti/itive  mttfiik. 

To  be  futi^  by  a  CaptiTe  ICiAg. 

Look  down  yc  powers  ^  l^ok  downi 

And  call  a  pkyingeyc 

Upon  a  monarch's  mifcty. 
Look  down,  lookdtnvti, 
T  who  but  now,  on  iliront*  of  gold. 
Gave  law&  to  kingdoms  uncontrol'd. 

To  umpire  borni 

From  empire  torn, 

A  n' I  etched  iljivtii 

A  wretched  (hve. 
Am  now  of  {Uvc$  tbt:  fcoru* 

Aks  >  the  rmlies  of  fortune  prove 
At  Tariiiblc  as  v^oaian**  bvc. 

Look  ttown,  yc  powers,  look  down. 
And  call  a  pitying  ey£ 
Upon  a  monartb'i  mifcry. 
Look  down,  look  down, 
•Avenge  aflVontcd  mjijtftyt 
pAvt'tigy,  avenge,  avcn^^c, 
A£n>ut^  m^]c%. 

T4  By 


2«o       LANSDOWNE'3     POERTS^ 
By  a  CaptiTC  Lover. 

The  happicft  mortals  once  were  we, 

1  lov'd  Myra,  Myra  me  ; 

Each  deGrous  of  the  blefling, 
Nothing  wanting  but  pofieiiing  ^ 

I  Iov*d  Myra,  Myra  me, 

The  happieft  mortals  once  wer«  we.. 

But  iince  cruel  fates  diffever, 

Torn  from  love,  and  torn,  for  ever,. 
«  Tortures  end  me, 

Death  befriend  me  : 

Of  air  pains,  the  greatcft  pain 

Is  to  love,  and  love  in  vain. 

By  a  Captive  Libertine. 
I. 

Plague  us  not  with  idle  ftories. 
Whining  loves,  and  fenfelefs  glories,. 
What  are  lovers,  what  are  kings. 
What  at  bcllbut  flavi{h  things  ! 

IL 
Free  I  liv'd  as  Nature  made  me. 
Love  nor  Beauty  durf!  invade  me. 
No  rebellious  Have  bretray'd  me. 
Free  I  liv'd  as  Nature  made  me. 

III. 
Each  by  turns,  as  fenfe  infpir'd  me, 
Bacchus,  Ceres,  Venus,  fir*dme; 
I  alone  have  loft  true  pleafure. 
Freedom  is  the  only  treafure. 


ChoniJ 


THE    BRITISH    ENCHANTERS.      mH 


Chorus  of  Daemons^  exprcfllug  Horror  3nd  Defpairi. 

Cealci  ye  (laves,  your  fruitlcfs  grieving i 
No,  no. 
The  powers  below 
No  pity  know% 
CeaJt^  yc  (laves,  your  fmitlds  grieving  t 
No,  no. 
The  powers  below 
No  pity  know  J 
Ccafe,  f€  flaves,  you rfr«itlefs  grieving, 
[S'LoR,  to  Cor,]  Ta  tafte  of  pam,  and  yet  to  ga*c  on 

thee» 
To  meet,  and  jct  to  moum,  but  ilJ  ajfrec 

tWeil  tnay  the  brave  contend,  the  wift  conrfivtj 
111  vam  againd  their  ilars  the  deftm'd  iirivc, 

com  ]  S  A  N  D  A. 

So  to  th'  appointed  grove,  the  feat  her*  d  pair 
Fly  chirping  on,  onwatchfuJ  of  the  fnair, 
Purfuing  love,  and  wing' cf  with  amofous  thoughfj, 
The  wanton  coyplein  one  toil  aie  caught, 
In  the  lame  cage  in  mournful  notes  complain. 
Of  the  fame  fate,  and  curie  perfidious  men , 

C  A  P  T  I  V  E  8i 

O  heavens,  ial<e  pity  of  oiir  pami j 
Let  death  give  freedom  fmm  our  chains, 
Ifi^rlfi  fffinjirumestf  fffb^FFHr.    E/tifr  Ar^ahtl  'milk  aiap 
git  m  ktr  tgaS^  4fitsiid'kj  m/im^^irin* 


■•! 


a«»       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

A&CABO  N. 

Tour  vows  have  reach'd  the  gods ;  your  chains  anil 

breath 
Have  the  fame  date — 
Prepare  for  freedom,  for  I  bring  you  death. 
He  who  fo  oft*  has  'fcap^d  th'  afTauhs  of  hell, 
Whom  yet  nofpellt  could  bind^  no  force  could  queU» 
By  whom  fo  many  bold  enchanters  fell  j 
Amadis,  Amadis,  this  joyful  day. 
Your  guardian  deity  himfelf  *s  our  prey. 
From  all  their. dungeons  let  our  captives  comey 
I4k  rpefbtors  of  their  hero's  doom. 
[Otb<r  dungeons  open,  and  difcover  more  captives  in  chmns, 
COKISANDA. 

On  me,  on  me,  let  every  vengeance  fall. 
Make  me  the  vi^m  to  atone  for  all. 

FLOR  ESTAN. 
Rather  on  mc  let  all  your  fury  bend. 
But  fave,  O  fave  raymiftrefs  and  my  friend. 

A  R  c  A  B  o  N. 
As  foon  the  lionefs  fhali  llarve,  to  fpare 
Her  prey-— Behold  the  facrifice  appear. 
\^A  traverfe  is  dra-jju^   difcovering  Amadis  in  chains,     Arcabon 

advancing  haji'ily  toftah  bim,ftarts  andfiops. 
Thou  dy'rt— what  ftrange  and  what  refiftlcfs  charms, 
Witli  fccrct  force,  arrefts  my  lifted  arm  ? 
What  art  thou,  who  with  more  than  magic  art 
Doft  make  my  hand  unfaithful  to  my  hean  ? 

AMADIS. 


THE  BRirrSH  EK CHANTERS,    »«| 

One  who,  dlfdainio^  mercy,  Jucs  lo die  j 
I  alk  ,  tjtii  life,  for  life  were  cruelty. 
Of  all  the  ^iTctchcti,  fcarch  the  wurM  around, 
A  more  unhappy  ne%*er  can  be  fotrfjd, 
Lctloolcthy  rage,  like  an  avenging  goc!. 
Fain  would  my  foul  encumherM  caft  her  loatJ* 

AS  c  A  B  o  3^\ 

In  ei^cry  featun&of  that  chamiing  facc^ 
The  dear  cncfianter  of  my  foul  I  trac^ ; 

My  brother  *  had  my  father  loo  been  killM  j 
Nay,  my  whole  race,  his  btood  Ihould  not  be  fpill'd. 
The  tjds  of  nature  do  hut  weakly  move, 
The  ftrongcfl  tic  of  liaturc,  is  in  Im-e, 

A  M  A  D  15, 

O  Flore fi an  ♦  I  fee  thofe  eJiajn*  i^ith  fliame, 

Whkh  I  could  not  prevent* —O  Ham  to  fame  * 

O  honour  loft  for  ever  !  Thefcus  fell. 

But  Hcrcule?  rematri*d  unconquer'd  fill  I, 

And  frrcd  his  friends— -What  man  t^uld  dOf  I  did. 

Nor  was  I  ovcrpower'd,  but  bciray'd* 

O  my  lov*d  friend  !  with  better  grarc  we  flood 

In  arms  lepellmg  deaih,  wading  in  blood 

To  victories  J  the  manly  Vtmhs.  that  trod 

Firm  and  eru£t,  beneath  a  irebb  load 

Of  ponderous  mailf  Hicft  Ihamcful  kondidifdain!, 

Aad  Jinks  beneath  th*  inglonout  'v^  eight  of  chains • 


al4       LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

FLOEESTAN. 

Where  ihall  the  brave  and  good  for  refuge  run. 

When  to  be  virtuous  is  to  be  undone  } 

Sure  Jupiter 't  depos'd,  fbme  giant  rules 

An  impious  world,  contrfv*d  for  knaves  and  fools* 

AR  CABON* 
He  (poke,  and  every  accent  to  my  heart 
Gave  a  freih  wound,  and  was  another  dart : 
He  weeps — but  reddens  at  the  tears  that  fall— i 
Is  it  for  thefe  ?  Be  quick,  and  free  *em  all. 

ITbrows  away  ben  ^fiS^' 
Let  every  captive  be  released  from  chains  : 
How  is  it  that  I  love,  if  he  complains  > 
Hence  every  grief,  end  every  anxious  care,. 
Mix  with  the  feas  and  winds,  raife  tempefts  there : 
Strike  all  your  firings,  to  joyful  meafure  move, 
And  every  voice  found  liberty  and  love. 
[Floufijb  -ef  all  the  muftck.    The  captives  are  Jet  at  Rierty.   Ar- 
cabon  frees  Amadis  herjelf. 

SONG. 

Liberty  !  Liberty  ! 
Ah  how  fweet  is  Liberty  ! 
Arm,  arm,  the  generous  Britons  cry. 
Let  us  live  free,  or  let  us  die, 
Trumpets  foundinjr,  banners  flying. 
Braving  tyrants,  chains  defying  j 
Arm-,  ami,  the  generous  Britons  cry, 
Let  us  live  free,  or  let  u«  die. 

Liberty  !  Liberty  ! 

.^ju>tbcr 


THE   BRITISH  ENCHANTERS,     ^%^ 
Another  Voice* 

Happy  iflc,  all  joys  pofleillng. 

Clinic  rcicmbliisg  hcav<:n  above* 
Frcctirim  His  that  crowas  thy  blcfliogi 

Land  of  Libeny  aad  Love  I 
When  the  nymphs,  to  cure  coixipUinbg, 

Set  the^rftlves  and  lovers  free^ 
In  the  blclBog  of  obtaining. 

Ah  f  how  {wmit  i^  Libert)'  t 

Fifth  Dance  of  Captives* 
t0&£STA^  and  CoKfSAKDA  run  imo  €achothcr*i 


fLORfiSTAir« 
I  ihb  enchanring  circle  let  iDe« 

For  ever  and  for  ever  bound  with  thee* 
L  c  o  R  t  s  A  N  n  a; 

fLife  of  my  life,  and  tharmcr  of  my  heart. 

From  thcfe  embrace*  let  u*  never  part, 

FLORESTAH. 
Never,  O  never-— In  Jbmc  fafc  retreat. 
Far  from  the  noifc  and  tumult  of  the  gr^at, 
Secure  and  happy  on  each  other's  breaft. 
Within  each  other's  arms  we'll  ever  reft  • 
Thofe  eyes  fiiall  make  my  days  fercne  and  brigKt, 
Tliefc  armsr  ^^£  cbcJing  round  me^  bl«fs  ehe  night. 


AECABOW 


in 

1 


»S&      tA^SDOWKK'S    POEMS. 

A&CABON  advances  With  Amadis,  die  reft  fton^i  In 
n^  Ilc>ws4  bovYii^g  as  they  adv^ace, 

•  r  A  R  C  A  B  O  tf , 

When  rage  like  mine  ma.kes  fiich  a  fuddcn  paufc, 

Mtthinks  *twere  eafy  to  divine  th«  Cdiife  ; 
Soldiers,  ihoogli  rough,  may  in  a  ladj's  face 
The  fccrct  meaning  of  her  blufbea  tr^cc. 
When  fliort-brtatii'd  fighi,  aad  catching  gUnces,  fent 
From  dying  eyes,  reveal  the  kind  int«;nr. 
.  All  day  in  Wat*s  rude  ha^^ards  take  delight. 
But  Love  and  gentler  plea  fa  res  rule  the  night, 

A  M  A  D  I  S, 

Tlie  lord?  cf  hvc^  who  all  our  lots  decree. 
Have  dciim*d  Fame  no  other  joy  for  mc^ 
My  fullen  ^ri  in  Ehat  one  circle  move, 
*  The  happy  only  are  ordaia'd  for  love, 

A  R  C  A  B  O  N. 

The  fhirs  that  you  reproach  my  art  can  force, 
I  can  d'lrtGt  them  to  a  kinder  ceur&. 
What  conquered  nations,  driven  from  the  field. 
Can  pieafe  your  pride  like  tender  maids  that  yield  ? 
What  found  fo  fweet  or  raviihing»  ca&  ^ove 
Like  the  foft  whiiper  of  confe&ting  love  > 
What  fpoiJs  of  Fame,  what  trophies,  have  die 
Of  Love,  triumphant  in  a  virgin's  arms  > 
Freely  as  Nature  made  the  treafbre  miiia. 
And  boldly  ride  all,  each  gem  is  thine  s 
Unguarded  fee  the  maiden  cafket  ftand. 
Glad  f>f  tbs  ^h,  to  court  the  robbei's  hand  i 

Honoor 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    iIt 

Hoaour  hh  wontcti  watEb  no  longer  keeps  p 
gcizc  quicklji  foldieff  while  tht^  dragon  ili;ep». 

A  M  A  D  I  B» 
Enchanting  arc  your  lonka,  kT#  magic  Vki 
In  your  niyftcrious  ai  t  thiin  in  jour  eyes  j 
Such  melting  language  cLiirns  a  foft  return^ 
Pity  the  hopci^rs  Icive  with  which  I  born  i 
Faft  buuntl  already,  and  nat  free  to  chufc, 
I  prize  the  bkffiDg  which  I  muft  refuic* 

ARCAEQft, 

ThoU  formal  lovtn  be  for  ever  curA, 

Who  fctti:r*d  free- bora  love  with  honour  fu  I!* 

[Tumag  art^riif  a^dt. 
Who  through  fantafljc  laws  arc  Vircui;*i  fyoh. 
And  againft  Naiure  will  be  Aavc*  to  rules. 
Mew  cold  he  flaJidi,  unkindlin^  at  my  charms  t 

[Q^firvittg  Mm^ 
Thou  rock  of  lee,  1  It  melt  ihee  in  my  armi,. 

Your  captive  friends  have  freedom  fiom  this  hour^ 

Rcjoiee  for  themp  bttt  for  thy  ft  If  much  more : 

Sublimer  blc/Iing*  arc  rcf€rv*d  for  thoj, 

Whom  Glory  calli  to  be  poflTefK^d  *if  mc. 

The  (hipwrtck'd  Greeks,  cail  on  ^sea'i  Jliorr, 

With  trcmhling  Ocp  the  duUoua  coaft  cipforc  ; 

Who  firft  arrive  I  unworthy  of  regard. 

In  vain  Iiim«.'tit,  uupity'd  and  unheard  ; 

But  when  Ulyflesp  with  maJcKk  micn» 

ApproiLch^d  die  tliroac  where  iai  tli'  Eucha&crer^  Queen, 

rku4 


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^tr    LANSDOWNE^S    POEMS. 

PleasM  with  a  prefence  that  invades  her  diamrsy 
She  takes  the  bold  adventurer  in  her  arms. 
Up  to  her  bed  (he  leads  the  conqueror  on, 
■Where  he  enjoys  the  Daughter  ef  the  Sun. 

\%he  leads  Amadis  out,  Fhreftan  und  Corifanda  go  offtogether^ 
locking  hack  -with  concern  after  Amadis,  The  remainittg 
Captives  exprefs  their  joy  for  fiherty  -with  Jongs  and  dances^ 
ifitb  -which  the  aB^oncludes, 

C   H  o   R  t;   s. 
I. 

To  Fortune  give  immortal  praife, 
Fortune  depofes,  and  can  raife ; 
Fortune  the  captives  chains  does  break. 
And  brings  defpairing  exiles  back ; 
•    "However  low  this  hour  we  fall, 
One  lucky  moment  may  mend  all. 

II. 
'Tis  Fortune  governs  all  below  : 
The  Statefman's  wiles,  the  Gamefter's  throw. 
The  Soldier's  fame,  the  Merchant's  gains, 
The  Lover's  joy,  the  Prifoner's  chains. 
Are  but  as  Fortune  Ihall  beftow  ; 
^Tis  Fortune  governs  all  below. 

Sixth  Danc6  of  Captives  to  the  Chorus. 

lExetint: 

ACT 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHAKTEHS.     zt^ 


ACT      IV. 


SCENE      1, 


SCENE,     A   Grove,   Jtc. 


Enter  Arcabojc  and   AfiCALAUi 


A  It  C  A  B  O  \% 

TT  I  ^  firft  c3icyG:»  I  to  fontis  aUow'd, 
^  ^  And  dotfn'd  them  policy  before  the  fimvd ; 
But  wherv  nWe,  if)  fhadcb  where  lovers  hit!e, 
D^ath !  hull !  and  fyrtcs  f  then  to  be  ^^ny'd  f 

A  I  C  A  L  A  tJ  f . 
Of  women  tvnLtjts  Hh  the  copimoa  doom, 
Hiich  t^ughillv  (cu  out  in  Ittu^^^  '^  blooitif 
Tilif  Ute  repenting,  to  redeem  the  paHt 
y^H  turn  iib*tidqt?*d  profiitiitcs  3it  kfi* 

A»  C  A  f!  o  v» 
Who  bate  tltclarci,  i*  fua  of  bate  jignffi  ' 
Ra'4e  bt'g';ti  r^^'c»  difdaiti  provokcj  djltlaiu  - 
Whft  vvbjt  ak%,  (Jioutd  lovt  Jrfi  tqiwl  pr*/V€  ? 
Why  i*  not  \iivc  jcturn'd  with  mutual  lave  > 

A  R  C  A  t  A  V  t. 
BttfTings  wh^n  cheap  or  tcrtJiin  n t  dcfiftfi'i 
1  lom  fure  pulicilion  what  dtfirc  can  iMt  * 
Love,  like  ambition,  Am  ui  *th  rnjoy'd, 
By  Doubt  ptovQk'di  by  Ccjtaiinty  dtHmrM. 

A  K  c  A  ji  a  ^'* 
To  ^ov^crn  love,  al»n  I  what  Monutt  cia  t 
Ykt  'tis  an  i^^  provtoca  ta  a  meis. 


A90        LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 
Why  am  I  then  of  hope  abandon  *d  quite  ? 
There  is  a  cure-— I  'd  aik  it— if  1  might. 
Forgive  me,  brother,  if  I  pry  too  far ; 
I*vc  learnt— my  rival  is  your  prifoner  here : 
If  that  be  true— 

ARCALAUS. 

What  thence  would  you  infer? 

A  R  C  A  B  O  N. 

What  but  her  death— When  Amadis  is  free. 
From  hopes  of  her,  there  may  be  hope  for  me. 

ARCALAUS. 

Thou  cloud  to  his  bright  Juno ;  fcol,  fliall  he 
Who  has  lov'd  her  ever  descend  to  thee  ? 

ARC  A  B  O  N« 

Much  vainer  fool  art  thou  ;  where  aie  thofc  charmj 
That  are  to  tempt  a  princcfs  to  thy  arms  ? 
Thou  Vulcan  to  Oriana's  Mars. 

ARCALAUS. 

But  yet, 
Tliis  Vulcan  has  that  Mars  within  his  net. 
Your  counfcl  comes  too  late,  for  'tis  decreed. 
To  make.ihe  woman  fure,  the  man  Ihall  bleed. 

[Ea//  Arcalausfu 
A  R  C-A  D  O  N, 
Fii  ft  pcrifli  thoH  ;  -earth,  air,  and  fcas,  and  Iky, 
Confounded  in  one  heap  of  chaos  lie; 
And  evciy  other  living  creature  die  ! 
I  burn,  I  burn,  the  ftorm  that 's  in  my  mind 
Kindles  my  heart,  like  fires  provok'd  by  wind  i 
I.ove  and  rcfentrocnt,  wilhcs  and  difdain. 
Blow  all  at  once,  like  winds  that  plough  the  main. 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS,    s^n 


Fttrics*  Alc£1t),  aid  my  juft  t](r%n ; 
But  if  J  avcr^*  to  mercy,  you  decline 
The  pious  raik,  alTirt  mc,  powers  divine  : 
Juft  goda,  and  thoti  tl5eirkiDg»  impunal  Jove^ 
Strike  whom  you  plcafci  but  fa^c  tljc  man  I  love, 


} 


[BjiiK 


m. 


The  ^CENE  fhan%e%  is  d  fk^ftnt  ^^ien^     Oti/irts  fiitlmg  | 
I      tfi  a  hvttf  ttt  tf}f  Iifwn  part   f>f  the  fient^  HJfcphj*^  U  fifl 

ihej  &Av<init  flifwlj  towards  th  Jta^i  in  mtftr  Jtfietwfe^  hH  | 

[  A  R  C  A  L  A  U  9. 

or  ffcedtam  lo^t  u^iiutlly  yau  coiDpUin* 
Btirii  to  command  wheiis-c'cr  you  come^  voti  reign ; 
No  fetccn.  Iietc  voii  wcsir,  but  fUliL**^  bindp 
And  not  ^  piHbi),  but  sin  cmjtire  {tnd* 

O  R  [  A  K  A, 

Dearh  I  e?:pe^^  atid  I  clcfua  it  too. 
|Tis  all  the  mercy  to  bu  wlili'tj  from  you. 

bdie  Ti^  ro  be  ffce  :  Oh  kt  mu  fttul 
A  fptedy  death;  that  frcctlcim  wgtild  be  kinil, 
A  Jl  C  A  L  A  r  i, 
oo  cruel  to  GifpeS  futh  ilU  wcru  meimt, 
et-e  is  no  dtrath  but  wlmt  }'c>ur  eyCi  iircr*;^i 
O  nwy  they  fieiiiat  thofe  a i  biter*  m  f^x^t 
Immtyrtal,  as  the  love^  Th.\t  they  crv*:Ate, 
Wc  kiiiJW  the  eaufc  of  this  ^>iqHM>eroiu  gurf, 
And  «'c  (hould  pity  v^^crc  ibcrt;  narclkf  * 
One  lo^ir  toftt  b:ive  you  nrn  mllHtmi  mon'  * 
Otn  you  coiTf|i lain  of  want»  ^vhom  lU  4doK  i 


} 


ao2        LANSDOWNE*S    POEMS. 

All  hearts  are  yours,  even  mine,  that,  fierce  and  free. 
Ranging  at  large,  difdaiaM  captivity  j 
Caught  by  your  charms,  the  favage  trembling  lies. 
And  proibate  in  his  chain  for  mercy  dies. 

O  R  I  A  K  A. 

Refpcfl  is  limited  to  power  alone, 

Beauty  diftreft,  like  kings  from  empire  thrown. 

Each  infblcnt  invades,  rcgardlcfs  of  a  frown. 

How  art  thou  chang'd,  ah  wretched  princcfs !  now. 

When  every  flavcthat  loves  dares  tell  thee  fo. 

A  R  C  A  L  A  U  8. 
If  I  do  love,  the  fault  is  in  your  eyes. 
Blame  them  that  wound,  and  not  the  flave  that  dies  : 
if  we  may  love,  then  fure  we  may  declare  ; 
If  we  may  not,  ah  why  arc  you  fo  fair  ? 
Who  can  behold  thofc  lips,  that  neck,  this  waifl", 
That  form  divine*,  and  not  be  mad  to  tafte  ? 

O  R  I  A  N  A. 
PJuck  out  tliefc  eyes,  icvtnge  thee  on  my  face, 
Tear  off  my  cheeks,  and  root  up  every  grace, 
Disfiguie,  kill  me,  kill  me  inftantlv, 
Tiiu^  may'lt  thou  free  thyfclf  at  once,  and  me. 

ARCALAU  S. 
Such  ftrangc  commands  *t\vcrc  impious  to  obcv, 
1  would  revenge  mylclf  a  gentler  way. 
fTiihes  her  ly  the  hand^  jhe  fnatchcs  it  away  difJainfuI/y,  he 

turns  Jurl'ily  upon  her. 
Sonic  hope  there  is  that  you  may  change  your  mind ; 
Madam,  you  lia\c  not  always  been  unkind. 

O  R  I  A  N  Ar 


THE  BRITISH  EKCHANTERfe.    i^f 

^  Oa  i  A  N  A- 

S*ime  \diiirlwind  bear  me  from  this  odjous  place, 
Eartti  open  wide*  and  bury  my  di%i3Cc ; 
Snve  nic,  ye  power  s»  from  vloknce  i\nd  iKam^p 
Afiilt  my  %inue,  and  pi'ou£l  my  feme* 

« •-  A  u  c  A  L  A  u  s- 

Love  with  fubmiflion  firil  bcgiii^  in  cnurit:^ 

But,  uliten  rhBt  Fails »  a  Aire  refer vc  ts  force  j 

The  nrcefl  ^lamcB,  who  (>iir  embraces  Hiun^ 

Walt  only  a  pretence,  and  force  U  one  t 

She  who  ibrnu^b  frailty  yklJs,  difliooour  gains, 

Eut  llie  thrtt  '\  foi  cM,  her  innocence  i^tains  - 

Debtors  aud  fimve^  for  favouis  Hvcy  bcftow. 

Invading*  wc  arc  free  znd  nothing  ovve. 

Kti  ties  of  love  or  gmtitudc  conflrain. 

But  as  we  like,  we  leave,  or  come  agaia* 

It  thall  be  fo—  l^P^* 

Since  Ji>ftcr  ^rgumefit^bavc  prtJV*d  in  vimi 

FNjrtc  is  dWlaft,  reilft  It  tf  you  ciin, 

[SsUn  krr,  pe  j7f*^jW  ^ad  brtah  fr^)n  him* 

o  R  i  A  K  A* 
Help,   lielpt  ye  gmJs  ! 

A  R  C  A  I.  A  ir  S* 

Who  with  fuch  courage  can  refift  dc&rc» 
With  whi»t  a  na^  fhell  love  when  Ripturc*  fire  ! 
EchoM  in  el  ai/i*  your  ViioquiiH'd  mbioii  hei, 
Ajidt  if  for  uotbing  but  thi^  jcomi  be  dieit 
■I'    


ftH      LANSDOWNE*S    POfeMS. 

[AmaiU  faft  hound  in  chains.  Oriana  and  Amadis  ai  Jight 
§f  each  other  ft  art  and  look  amazed.  Arcalaus  advances  t» 
ftah  bittL  Arcahon  in  the  inftant  enters,  fnzes  Oriana^ 
bo'ding  a  dagger  at  her  hreaft,  Arcalaus  wiib'bolds  hil 
How, 

A  H  C  A  B  O  N. 

Strike  boldly  murderer^  ftrikehim  to  the  ground. 

While  thus  my  dagger  anfwers  every  wound  j 

Drink  deep  the  blood  from  the  moft  mortal  part, 

I'll  do  thee  reafon  in  Oriana^s  heart. 

By  what  new  magic  is  thy  vengeance  charm'd  ? 

Trembles  thy  hand  before  a  man  unarmed  ? 

When  by  Oriana*s  death  debarrM  of  blifs^ 

Then  triumph  in  the  fote  of  Amadis. 

ORIANA. 

Strike,  my  deliverer,  'tis  a  friendly  ftroke; 
I  fhun  thee  not,  but  rather  would  provoke  : 
Death  to  the  wretched  is  an  end  of  care, 
But  yet  methinks  I  might  that  vi£lim  fpare. 

[Pointing  to  Amadis^ 
AMADIS, 

Burft,  burft  thefe  fetters,  that  like  Perfeus  I 
Ivlay  to  the  fuccour  of  the  charmf  r  fly ; 
My  foul  till  now  no  dangers  could  affright, 
But  trembles,  like  a  coward's,  at  this  fight. 

A  R  c  A  B  o  N. 
So  paflionatci  But  I  '11  revenge  it  here. 

ARCALAUS. 

Hold,  Fury,  or  I  flrikc  as  home  j  forbear. 

[Sh 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    295 

[  She  offering  at  Oriat:a,  h  offers  at  Aniadisy  both  with-bold 

their  hlow. 
Had  I  enjoy'd— A  curle^on  the  reprieve  ! 
Thou  might'il  have  ftruck,  and  had  the  lover's  leave, 

Tnimpet»  found ,    enter  haftily  Urganda,  with  a 
nomerous  Train  of  Attendants. 


U  R  G  A  N  D  A. 

To  arms,  to  arms,  ye  fpirits  of  the  airj 
Ye  guardians  of  the  brave,  and  of  the  fair, 
Leave  your  bright  manlions,  and  in  arms  appear. 


1 


[Thunder,  trumpet s,  kettle- drums ^  and  ether  tvarrtke  injiru' 
ments.  Spirits  defcend  in  clouds^  foms  continue  in  the  air, 
/f hying  upon  injiruments  of  -war.  Others  remain  ranged  cs 
for  bmttle.  Others  defcend  upon  the  fage,  and  draiu  up  in 
order  of  battle  by  Amadis^  ivbcm  Vrganda  frees,  prefenting 
him  luitb  a  fivord,  Arcahon  and  Arcalaus  look  aftonipcd,. 
and  retire  to  the  oppofite  fide  of  the  Jiage.  Oriana  goes  over 
to  Vrganda, 

A  R  C  A  B  O  N« 

Fly  quick,  ye  Daemons,  from  your  black  abodas, 

And  try  another  combat  with  the  gods ; 

Blue  fires  and  pellilcntial  fumes  arifc, 

And  flaming  fountains  fpout  againft  the  fkics"; 

From  their  broad  roots  thefe  oaks  and  cedars  tear, 

Bum  like  my  love,  and  rage  like  my  dcfpair. 

U  4  ITrumpeU 


49B      LANSDOWNE»S    PO&MS. 

[Trt'Ttrffets  founJ  on  Jircalon's  Jide,  -which  are  anfwered  on 
Vrgandas.  The  grove  appears  in  an  it\ftant  all  in  a  fiatne. 
Fountains  from  helow  tojl  up  fre  as  in  /pouts ;  a  rain  of 
fire  from  above.  The  Jky  darkened  the  while.  Thunder 
snd  lightning,    Dxmons  range  thetr/ches   on  the  ftage  by 

'  Arcalaus;  ether  dxmons  face  Vrganda's  fpirits  in  the  air, 
Arcalaus  advances  before  his  party  -with  his  fivord  dralvn  t9 
Amadis, 

ARCALAUS. 

Let  heaven  and  bell  ftand  neuter,  wliile  wc  try, 
On  equal  terms,  which  of  us  two  fhall  die. 

[Arcalaus  and  Amadis  engage  at  the  head  of  their  parties .' 
a  fight  at  the  fame  time  in  the  air^  and  upon  the  ftage  e 
martial  mufic  the  tuhile,  mixed  -with  inftruments  of  horror : 
thunder  and  Ughining.  The  dxmotis  are  overcome  ;  Ar^ 
calakS  falls,  • 

AMADIS* 
Thou  might'ft  have  learnt  more  policy  from  hell, 
Than  tempt  the  fword  by  which  thy  brother  fell. 

\To  Arciilaus  falling, 
XT  R  G  AN  D  A. 
Sound  tunes  of  triumph,  all  ye  winds,  and  bear 
Your  notes  aloft,  that  heaven  and  earth  may  hear; 
And  thou,  O  Sun,  fnine  out  fcrene  and  gay, 
And  bright,  as  when  the  giants  loft  the  day. 

"[The  Jky  clears,  and  tunes  of  triumph  rcfiund  from  all  parts 
of  the  theatre.  Amadis  approaches  Oriana,  bo-wing  refpc'tf* 
fully,     Arcahon  tie  -while  Jiands  Julie n  and  olfervifig. 

A  M  A  D  I  Sb 


} 
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THE  BRITISH  E>*CHANTERS.    tft 

A  M  A  D  I  S. 

%VTitlc  Amadi^  Oriana't  love  {^otrdl* 

Scrure  of  empire  in  that  bcautocKit  bvcattt 

Not  Jove,  the  king  <if  gcid«,  hk«  Ait«»cl«ft  wn  btifi. 

o  1  I  A  If  Jl» 
While  to  Oriina  Aimdtt  «rii»  tmci 

Ktir  wandering  flames  to  dlliant  clillifltct  dftw, 
Ko  hcai'cn,  but  oniy  lave^  die  pla«'<i  On' ana  Itocw* 

A  M  A  O  I  I* 

Til  at  beavcn  of  lovr,  aUi  t    iit  nun^  no  mnrcf 

Braving  ihof^  powers  by  Mfhain  (lut  fidkh  f^QUp 
She  m  Conffantius  wauld  thoft:  thaitn*  rvfii^t 
If  oadis  could  biiitl,  that  fliourj  be  only  mine, 
t)  R   I  A   K  4* 

With  a  feign *d  wifehood  jx>t*'d  evade  y^iir  fAft 
Of  gitltr*  and  ux  2  fender  fAiclifal  hf;iu  : 
While  by  futh  wayt  you'd  hide  a  totiJciaui  flamc^ 
The  only  virtue  you  have  Uft  ti  Skimc« 

iTifmlug  difddinfuti^  fnm  htm* 
A  M  A  t>  I  ip 
But  jhould  ihh  mjur'd  vafiTal  y(*u  irjr^ 
Pjove  true,  *h  what  rttum  mi^^ht  be  tLxpcfJ  » 

O  It  I  A    }4  A« 

Thought  bmtt  ConfliottuN*  chnfm»»  ^with  i^very  art. 
That  can  eat  Ice  a  tender  virgin'*  lirjiit. 
Whether  fhc  (hhiti  for  glory  m  ddighr. 
To  tempt  amhitioiit  or  cachant  t!ir  h^ht  | 
Were  Atnadlt  reft  or 'd  to  my  eilccmi 
I  would  rcje£t  a  deky  tor  him* 


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111  La 


URGAKDA. 

Adjourn  thele  murmurs  of  unquiet  Iov< 
And  from  this  fcenc  of  rage  and  fate  re; 
Thy  empire,  Arcabon,  concludes  this  1 
Short  i»  the  date  of  all  flagitious  power 
Spar'd  be  thy  life,  that  thou  may*ft  livi 
The  torments  of  the  damn*d  in  thy  dfefj 
'Where  Zephyrs  only  breathe  in  myrtle  : 
There  will  I  lead  you  to  debate  your  lb 
[Urganda  takes  Oriana*s  bandf  leading  her 
is  foffomng,  Arcabon  takes  him  by  the  robi 
ARCABON. 

WHat,  not  one  look  !  nbt  one  difTembli 
To  thank  me  for  your  life  !  or  to  beguil 
Defpair  ?  Cold  and  ungrateful  as  thou  a 
Hence  from  my  (ight  for  ever,  and  my  h 
[Lets  go  her  hold  -with  ai 
Back,  foldler,  to  the  camp,  thy  proper 


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THE  BRITISH  ENCHAN'TERS,     tff 

Oh  flay ^  come  back— Horror  and  hcli !  1  bum  I 

rage  t  I  rave  !  I  die  l-**Rctunij  return* 

rt!rnal  mcks  my  tonufd  borom  tear, 

u  It  urea  With  mdlcfs  pang!>  arc  gnawing  diere^ 
Fury !  difirraftion  !  I  am  all  dcfpair. 
Burning  ivkh  love,  may 'ft  thou  ne'eraiTti  at  blifsf 
But  thunder  fltake  thy  limbs,  and  Hghtning  blaA  thy  kifp| 
While  pak,  aghaft,  a  fpcdlre  I  ftand  by^ 
PkiisM  at  che  terrors  that  dithaft  thy  joy  t 

(ague  of  my  life !  thy  want  of  jiowcr  Jhall  be 
ciirfe  to  her,  worle  than  thy  fcorn  to  me* 

CHORUS. 

The  battle  \  tlonc. 

Our  wars*  arc  over. 
The  battle's  dpnet 
Let  laurels  crown 
The  heads  that  rugged  fleel  did  cover* 
Let  myrtles  too 

Bring  peace  for  ever. 
Let  mynles  too 
Adorn  tlie  brow 
That  bent  beneath  the  %varlikc  b^ver< 
Let  kiffes,  embraces t 

Dying  eyei,  and  kind  gtanccii 
Let  kiflcs,  embraces. 
And  tender  carelTcs, 
Give  vvaimth  to  our  amomus  irancei« 

Let 


|oo      LAKSDOWNE'S    POEjNJS. 
Let  trumpets  and  tymbals, 
Lct^tabalb  and  cvml^b, 
Let  drums  and  hautboys  give  overf 
But  let  flutes 
And  let  lutes 
Our  pailions  exrite 
^    To  gentler  dcliglity 
And  every  Mars  be  a  lover. 

ACT     V.         SCENE      L 

^  C  E  N  E,    Urganda's   Bower  of    Clifs ;    being  a 
Rcprc  fen  ration  of  Woods  tock-Park. 

Enter  Oriana  and  Amadis. 

OR  [ANA. 

TN  mv  eOeem  he  well  tlefcrves  a  part, 

-*-   He  iharcs  my  praifc,  but  you  have  all  ray  heart: 

When  equal  virtues  in  the  fcalcs  are  try'd, 

And  julticc  ai^ainft  neither  can  decide, 

Wh.en  jucli^incnt  thus  perplex'd  iV.Ipends  the  choice. 

Fancy  muft  fptak,  and  give  the  calHng  voice  : 

Much  to  his  love,  much  to  his  merit 's  due. 

But  powerful  mcli nation  is  for  you. 

A  M  A  D  I  S. 
Thou  haft  no  equal,  a  llipericr  ray 
Vnrival'd  as  the  light  that  rules  the  day. 
Should  fame  iblicit  me  with  all  her  charms, 
Kw  blooming  laurels,  nor  vidorious  arms. 

Should 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS. 

Sliould  purLh&fi:  bui  a  grain  of  the  dtlight, 
A  nioincni  JVgm  ilw^  raptures  gf  thi*  nights 
0  It  t  A  N  A.. 

^VnoDg  not  my  virtue,  to  rupjKjIl-  that  I 
Cao  iinmi  to  lovcj  whf*t  duty  muft  lieny  r 
A  fatbcr^s  will  i»  waothigi  and  iny  Ur«a(l 
h  ruTJ  by  i<lory*  though  by  Iq\&  pofTvft: 
Rat  ho  than  be  another' ^,  I  wouU  iiii:» 
Kai  c^n  be  yoursj  till  tluty  cari  comply* 

A  M  A  r*  I  s, 

CuHt  julc«  f  that  thiii  the  uoblclt  Invcs  engage* 
To  Halt  theptcviili  hutiiourji  of  old  age  ' 
Think  not  the  lawfulntjf^  of  love  confidi 
In  parent*  wilb,  or  m  the  ff^rrns  of  piicHs  > 
Sucii  Eirt  but  liecni'd  ntpcsj  ihat  vengeance  dmw 
Fmm  iitav'ng  J;o\ve*tT  appravM  by  human  Uw. 
Marriage  ilic  !iappkH  W^nd  tjf  love  maglu  be. 
If  hatids  were  only  joui'd  \^  lien  b^rarLii  a|;rt:c. 

Enter  UacAKDA  and  Corns ANDAt  FtoRESTAN  3»oA 

Attcwddiia* 


t7  R  a  A  N  n  A« 

I  jere  faithful  lovurs  tti  fafe  joys  rcmovi?* 
Tlic  fijft  itucat  of  Glory  and  of  Ldvc. 
])y  fate  j?icpar*d^  to  crown  the  liappy  houn 
Of  mighty  kings,  and  faiTHJUi  cotiqycran* : 
The  Bower  of  lllifs  'tis  oUrd,  and  is  the  time 
WUidi  tnyrtd*  0iall  he rt after  Bitnhctm  name, 
DihciouB  feat  I  ordain 'd  a  fwci:!  tceci^ 
Vqk  tjicej  and  (m  a  fmuic  Amadi*. 


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^2       LANSDOWNE'S  POEMS 
Here,  Amadit ,  let  all  your  fufferings  end ; 
Before  I  brought  a  miftrefs,  now  a  friend. 
The  greateil  bleffings  that  the  gods  can  fend. 

[Prefeming  Fkreflau. 
A  M  A  D  I  8. 
X>  Floreibin  !  there  wanted  but  this  more. 
This  ftriA  embrace,  to  make  my  joys  run  o*er : 
The  fight  of  thee  does  fuch  vail  tranfports  breed. 
That  fcarce  the  ecflafies  of  love  exceed, 

FlORESTAN, 

If  beyond  Love  or  Glory  is  a  tafte 

Of  pleafure,  it  is  fare  in  FriendHiip  placM. 

O  R  I  A  N  A* 

MyCorifandatoo! 

Kot  Floreftan  could  fly  with  greater  hafte 

To  take  thee  in  his  arms  :  O  welcome  to  my  bieaft. 

As  to  the  Iovcr*s— 

CO  RIS  A  N  DA. 

O  joy  com  pleat ! 

Bleft  day  ! 

Wherein  fo  many  friends  and  lovers  meet. 

FLOR  E  S  T  AN. 
The  dorm  blown  over,  fo  the  wanton  doves, 
Shake  from  their  plumes  the  rain,  and  fcek  the  groves 
Pair  their  glad  mates,  and  coo  eternal  loves. 

A  M  A  D  I  S. 
O  Floreftan  !  bleft  as  thou  doft  defcrvc. 
To  thee  the  fates  are  kind,  without  refervc. 
My  joys  arc  not  fo  full ;  though  Love  would  yield. 
Fierce  Honour  (lands  his  ground,  and  keeps  the  field, 
5  Kr.turr 


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BIEIITISH  ENCHAT^TERS-        ^pi 

Nature  withirii  fediic'd,  in  vain  "bcfriendi, 
Whik*  Honour,  with  his  guard  of  Pride,  defeii£<: 
O  Nature  frail,  and  faulty  in  thy  frame, 
Ft3m<:nttng  wifliesj  Honour  muft  coodcmn  i 
Of  O  !  too  rigid  Honour  thus  10  bind> 
When  Nature  prompts,  ind  wbco.  Defire  bkindt 

Enter    Arcabon    cotidufKng  Cokstantkm,   her 
GaiTncnts  loofcand  Hair  diCievcl'd,  feemitig  frantick. 

ATt  c  ATiOU* 
This,  Roman,  t^  the  place  :  'trs  magic  ground^ 
Hid  by  enchantment,  by  enchanTment  found- 
Behold  them  at  our  view  diJTolvM  in  fear  j 
Two  a^rmic^,  arc  two  lovers  in  defpair* 
Proceed,  be  bold,  and  fcommg  to  entreat* 
Think  all  her  flrugghngs  feJgo*d,  her  cries  deceiiM 
Not  creeping  like  a  cur  thm  fevina  ro  pic&fb, 
Ni  r  whine,  nor  bcg;^ — but  like  a  Iton  firiy.c  ; 
Kilj  him,  and  ravtih  her:  for  ib  would  I, 
Were  I  ii  man  I  or  rather  let  both  die. 
The  rape  may  pleafc— 
Each  was  difdain^d  ,-  to  equal  ra^  reflpi 
Tliy  licart,  and  kt  it  burn  and  bbzc  hke  mme. 
'Tis  fwcct  ro  love  j  but  when  with  fcorn  wc  meet, 
Rcccngie  fuf plies  the  loft,  wirh  joy*  aa  grtiif* 
I J  ihftrini  fftfifMditfrtfffif/  Jrawu  tj  dr,ij^KS,  ia:§  which  fit  <jp- 

iftsaf  the  filkwlt!^  Bwts: 
Up  to  tlv  ct hi! rial  beav^ens  where  gmU  re^de, 
LfO  1  tltus  I  fly  to  thunder  on  thy  iide, 
\ThuHitr.    Tbt  thiimf  timtnti  m  rite  mr,   and  van^a  Vfkt^ 

iff* 


304        LANSDOWNE'S    POEMS. 

CONSTANTIUS. 

Fly  where  thou  wilt,  but  not  to  blcft  abodes, 
For  know,  wherf-c'er  thou  art,  there  are-^io  gods, 

^Approaches  Oriana^  Ivwiu^  reJ'peHfuU^ 
I  come  not  here  an  obje^l  to  affright, 
Or  to  moleft,  but  add  to  your  delight. 
Behold  a  prince  expiring  in  your  view, 
Whoi<i  life  *8  a  burthen  to  himfclf  and  you. 
Fate  and  the  king  all  other  means  deny 
To  fet  you  free,  but  that  Conftantius  die  : 
A  Roman  arm  had  play'd  a  Roman's  part. 
But  *tis  prevented  by  my  breaking  heart  ; 
1  thank  you,  gods,  nor  think  my  doom  Icverc, 
Refigning  life,  on  any  terms,  for  her. 

u  n  o  A  N  D  A. 
Wha^  cruel  dcftiny  on  beauty  waits. 
When  (in  one  face  depend  (o  many  fates  ! 
Confia'd  by  l.onour  to  relieve  but  one, 
Unb.appy  men  by  thoul:uvJ.s  arc  uiulune. 

CONG    T   A   N    T   I   U    S. 

Make  room,  yc  Decii,  \\ hofcilcvotcd  breath    . 
Secur'd  yc.i'.r  country's  happlnefs  by  death  ; 
1  come  a  liciifice  no  lei's  renown'd, 
The  caufc  as  glorious,  and  as  Cure  the  wound. 

[Kfiei'Is  ct  Oriaiia's  feet,  Jhefic?}!i  eonccrned' 

Oh  Love  !  with  all  thy  fweets  let  her  be  blcft, 
Thy  reign  be  gentle  in  t!»at  beauteous  brcaft. 
Though  thy  malignant  beams,  with  deadly  force, 
Have  i'corch'd  my  joys,  and  in  their  baneful  courf 
Withci'd  each  plant,  and  dry'd  up  every  fourcc; 

3  Ah ! 


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THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS.    305 

Ah  f  ro  Oiiana  fhine  lefs  fatal  bngJit, 
Cherifli  her  lieart,  and  nouriJ}i  her  dc fight, 
Mcftrain  each  cruel  mBuQncc  that  dcfti  oys^ 
^kfe  alt  her  days,  antl  ripen  all  her  jay^i 

[j^jWijrffr  addrt'ffirig  to  Ccttprntiuim 
A  M  A  O  I  5+ 

iV>iere  fortune  tjs*d  to  fmik  upon  deficit, 
Love  had  been  yours  j  to  die,  Iwd  bccti  iti\'  pan  : 
Thus  fa t€f  divides  the  pri2.e  i  though  beauts  *s  mint*, 

(Yet  fame,  our  other  iniflref^,  is  mare  thine. 

tfdain  not,  Lraltaat  prince,  2  rivfilSpiaife,  1 

hom  your  hi^h  woit!i  has  humbEcd  ro  coufi;li  r 

In  ev^  tlung,  but  l^t^Ci  lie  merits  [ct^*  *^ 

CONSTAN  TI  CSp 

rt  thou  rhat  n^^al  then  ?  O  killing  (liame  ? 
And  hiR  he  vicw*d  me  thus,  fo  vvcuk,  fo  tauic? 

Like  afcom'd  captive  ptcflratc  at  his  ftde, 
To  grace  his  triuiDph,  and  delight  hU  pndc  ? 
O  *ii$  too  iDueh  ?  and  nature  in  difdktn  T 

Turns'back  from  dcat!i,  and  firing  cirry  vein,  f 

Reddens  with  ra^j  and  kindles  life  again.  ^ 

Be  firm,  my  foul,  quick  fruni  thii*  fccnc  rcmovet 
Or  madncfs  elfe  may  be  too  ftrowj;  fut  love. 

Drswi  a  dagger^    trnd  Jiaads  t:tii*ifH   Amadn  xjiuI  Drh^a^ 
facing  AmaSu 

[pent  as  I  am,  and  weary 'd  ^vith  the  welgiiE 
Of  buiEhening  tifc-"-!  could  reverfcitiy  f;itc, 
Thui  pUnicd,  {land  thy  trcrlaitifig  bai^ 


^06       LANSDOWNE'S    PCfiMS. 

[Seizing  Amad'is,  holditig  the  dagger  at  bis  thnatt  Amad^ 

ftruggles  for  bis /word. 
But  for  Oriana's  fake  *tis  better  here. 
[Looking  back  upon  Oriana^  ftahs  hin:felf\  all  run  tofufport  bim. 
O  R  I  A  ^f  A. 

Live,  generous  prince ;  fuch  virtue  ne'er  &ould  die. 

CONSTANTI  US. 

I  *ve  liv'd  enough,  of  all  I  wifh  poffeft, 
If,  dying,  I  may  leave  Oriana  blefl : 

Nor  can. I  now  recall  my  fate 

Th*  invader  has  too  fure  a  footing  found, 

He  fpreads  his  troops,  and  covering  all  around^ 

He  marches  unoppos'd  :  In  every  vein 

Fevers  aflault,  and  phrenfics  burn  my  brain. 

The  laft  warm  drop  forfakes  my  bleeding  heart  =r 

Oh  Love  !  how  fure  a  murderer  thou  art  I  C^^"- 

ORIANA. 

There  breaks  the  nobleft  heart  that  ever  burn'd 
In  flames  of  love,  for  ever  to  be  mourn'd. 

A  M  A  D  I  s. 

Lavifh  to  him,  you  wrong  an  equal  flame  j 
Had  he  been  lov'd,  my  heart  had  done  the  fame. 

FLORESTAN. 
Oh  emperor,  all  ages  ihall  agree. 
Such,  but  more  happy,  (hould  all  lovers  be. 

U  R  G  A  N  D  A. 
Ivio  lover  now  throughout  the  world  remains 
But  Amadis,  deierving  of  your  chains. 
Remove  that  mournful  objed\  from  the  fight* 

ICarry  offthcbedf. 
Ere 


THE  BRITISH  Et^JCHANTERS, 
Em  yon'  bright  beam  ii  fiiadow'd  o'er  with  night, 
The  ftubbern  king  (IM  Uctnfc  your  delight ; 
The  torch,  already  bright  with  nuptial  fire. 
Shall  bring  you  to  the  bridegroom  you  defire  j 
And  honour,  that  Co  long  hA^  kept  in  doubt. 
Be  better  plcas'd  to  yield,  than  to  hold  out* 

iBtft  aA  murulnrntnt  &f  miifick  4snd  iiiaanp 

To  h  /nng. 
Make  room  For  the  eombat,  make  rooirit 

Sound  the  trumpet  and  drum^ 
A  fairer  than  Yen  us  preparefl 
To  encounter  a  prater  than  Mars- 
Make  r&om  for  the  combat,  make  room, 

Sound  the  trumpet  and  drum. 
The  godi  of  dcHre  t^ke  part  in  the  fray. 
And  Love  ^tslike  Jove,  to  decide  the  great  dfty. 
For  the  honour  of  Britain 

This  duel  \%  fought  * 
Give  the  word  to  begin. 
Let  ch€  combamnt^  in ; 
The  challenger  entera  all  gloriouj  i 
Buc  Love  ha&  decreed. 
Though  Beauty  may. bleed, 
Yet  Beauty  jhall  ft  ill  b€  vlflorious^ 

CHORUS. 
Make  room  for  iht  combat p  make  roomt 
Sound  the  trttmpet  and  drum  i 
A  fairer  than  Venu*  prepnits 
Tirenc(Htfiter  a  gteater  than  Matli 


SONG. 

Help!  help!  di' unpredis'd  eooqucror  criet s 
He  fainttf  be  MU,  help»  help  !  Ah  me !  bcrdtes.      ^ 
Gently  (be  tries  to  raile  hit  hea^,  *,- 

Aod  woepty  alat !  to  fiqd  him  dead. 

Sound,  (bund  a  chaige,  'tis  war  againt 

Again  he  fights,  ajgsun  is  ikun  i 

Again*  again,  help,  help!  flie cries,. 

He  £unts,'  he  falls,  help,  help :  Ah  me !  he  diet. 

Another.-  .  ..,..'' 

Happy  pair» 
Free  rrooi  care^ . 
Enjoy  the  bleffing 
Of  fweet  pofleffing 
,-  Free  from  care, 
Happy  pair. 

Love  inviting. 
Souls  uniting, 

Defiring, 

Expiring, 
Enjoy  the  bleffing 
Of  fweet  pofleffing 

Free  from  car?, 

Happy  pair. 

Chorus   Singing  and  Dancing. 

Be  true,  all  ye  lovers,  whate*er  you  endHre ; 
Though  cruel  the  pain  is,  how  fweet  is  the  cure ! 

So 


THE   BRITISH   ENCHANTERS.     109 

So  <3iviiie  is  the  blefiing^ 

In  the  hour  of  pofleiTing, 

That  one  moment's  obtaining 

Pays  an  age  of  coriiplainiag- 
Be  true*  all  ye  lovers,  vvhace*er  you  endure; 
Though  cmcl  the  pain  is,  how  fwe^t  h  the  cure  ! 

[Here  eater  iieo  partki  fr9m  the  ^pp^ftte  fidti  of  the  theatre^ 
Wtfli  ItiHces  itt  thtir  h^ndr,  marcUn^  fu  a  -ufarftki  mufan 
9/  trumpi/s^  &£.  Then  ran  a  ttltt  and^  kinnif^  hrcken  sr 
^alitei  ihelr  lartces^  firm  iiveri  c$mhMs  with  fwofd  attd 
luckier.  The  ($tfftit;rsti  d^nce  m  mfofure,  ejeprefm^  tkiir 
pf  fir  videry* 

CHORUS   to  the  Dance, 

Atnadis  Is  the  huio's  glory* 
Of  cndlcfs  fame  a  Uilin[^  ftory : 
Amadis  h  the  hero's  glory « 

Oriana  is  the  qyceu  of  plcafare, 
A  light  of  love,  to  flimt  for  ei'er  : 
Oriana  h  the  queoi  of  picafurc. 

[Tht  intenm/rment  f^n£ ludfs  with  v^rietj  ^ffiffgt  and  dmctti 
afier  v/hkh  tht  cempattj  rife  sad  €^me  fir-w4rd» 

A^MAD  It.* 
So  PhcEbut  moutiti  triuniEihaiil  tn  die  Ikteip 
The  clouds  dirpeHcy  and  gloomy  hoiror  Aicf  1 
DarkneG  givc^  place  to  the  vtdorioui  lights 
And  all  an>und  If  ga/i  and  all  aroyn^  it  blight. 


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Oar  prtfent  jojt  are  fweetBr  lor  paft  jMUMyn 
To  heaven  md  loveby  fiiflBnng  w^  I 

UXOAiHOAi* 
Prophetic  f wy  nUf  «ithi»  aqr  braafl^ . 
Aod  a  at  Myhwt  iHmpthe  i 
Full  of  his  god|  pfocbumt  the  diflant  doom . 
GIf  king!  iynborn^  and.  nations  yet  to  cqme  i . 
My  lahouring  oind  fb  ftnIgg^s  tounfcil^y 
On  Britiih  gnnind»  a  future  agj:  of  gs^A  |. 
But  1^  ibcxeduloas  jbu  hcap—bchold.^ 

IHire  it  fcewe  refrefitiis  the  ^ttn^  snd  ttS  fb  hhoH^  rf 
her  Majejtfs  rmgn. 

High  on  a  thnme  appears  the  martial  qveei, . 

With  grace  fublime,  and  ^aiii  imperial  miei^ 

Surveying  roimd  her  with  impartial  eyes, 

Whom  to  prote£l;,  or  whon^  ihe  fhall  chaftife. 

In  every  line  of  that  au^icious  fsice 

Soft  Mercy  fmilas,  adorn'd  with,  every  grace. 

So  angels  look,  and.  io«  wbea  heaven  decrees^ 

They  fcourge  the  world  to  piety  and  peace. 

*  Emprefs  and  conqueror,  hail !     Thee,  fates  ordaiQ 

O'er  all  the  willing  world  fole  arbitrefs  to  reign  : 

To  no  one  people  are  thy  laws  confin'd, 

Great-Britain's  queen,  but  guardian  of  mankind* 

Sure  hope  of  all  who  dire  oppreffion  bear, 

For  all  th'  oppreft  become  thy  inftant  caie. 

Nations  of  conquefl  proud,  thou  tam'ft,  to  fines 

Denouncing  war,  prefenting  liberty ; 

L      .  The 


THE  BRITISH  ENCHANTERS,    ^tt 

The  viftoi'  to  the  vanquiJh'd  yields  a  piiz^c. 
For  in  thy  trivsmph  their  redemption  lies ; 
Freedom  and  peace  for  raviJli*d  fame  you  give^ 
tuvadc  to  blefs,  aod  conquer  to  relieve. 
So  the  fun  fcorcliei  and  revives  by  tunss. 
Requiting  with  rich  metali  where  he  bums. 

-Taught  by  this  great  example  tfi  be  juft. 
Succeeding  Wings  ih^W  well  fulfill  their  trtii^i 
Difcord  and  %var  and  tyr^nriy  fhall  eeafef 
And  jarring  nations  be  compel rd  to  peace  ; 
Prince^)  and  Aiite«^  like  fubjefls,  Jhall  agree 
To  truil  bcr  power,  fafe  in  her  piety. 

If  curious  to  infpe£t  the  book  of  fatCi 
You^d  farther  Jeani  the  dcftin^d  time  and  dare 
Of  Bfitaiu's  glory,  know^  this  royal  dame 
From  Siu^irt's  race  fb^l  riJc^  Anna  ihali  be  bcr  name* 


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COHTENTS 

O     P 

LANSDOWNE'S     POEMS. 

f\^  the  Earl  of  Peterborough's  happy  Negotiation 
^^  of  the  Marriage  between  his  Ivoyal  Highncft 

and  the  Princefs  Mary  d'Eftc  of  Modena     Page  isj 
Spoken  by  the  Author,  being  then  bat  Twelve 

Years  of  Age,  to  her  Royal  Hl^hncfs  the  DutcheTs 

of  York,  at  Trinity -Col  lege  in  Cambridge  laf 

To  the  King,  in  the  Firft  Year  of  his  Majefty'*  Reign  129 
To  the  King  ijd 

To  the  King  ibid, 

Mr.  Waller  to  the  Author,  on  his  foregoing  Vcrfc* 

to  the  King  i)f 

To  Mr.  Waller  ibid. 

To  the  immortal  Memory  of  Mr.  Waller,  upon 

his  Death  ijA 

On  the  Queen's  Picture,  given  in  Exchange  for 


another 

"V* 

On  the  Qi«cen 

UJ 

Love 

ikd. 

The  Progrcfs  of  Beauty 

'^ 

On  my  Lady  Hyde,  having  the  SmalUPoS 

f*-? 

To  Myra 

ta 

To  Myra.     Song 

JnuK 

To  Myra.     The  Surrender 

9^ 

To  Myra.     Song 

»r^ 

Y 

'iH 

314            CONTENTS. 

To  Myra.    Loving  at  Firft  Sight 

Page  151 

TCoMyra. 

15* 

In  Praife  of  Myra 

155 

My  Lady  Hyde,  fitting  for  her  Piaure 

IS5 

Written  in  a  Garden  in  the  Nortk 

156 

To  Daphne 

.  \^'^ 

To  fa  very  learned  young  Lady 

ibid. 

Thyrfis  and  Delia 

158 

My  Lady  Hyde 

«59 

An  Apology  for  an  Unfeaibnable  Surprize 

x6o 

Myra  Singing 

i6z 

Myra  in  her  Riding  Habit 

ibid. 

Song  to  Myra 

i6» 

Son^  to  Myra 

ibid. 

To  Myra  ' 

265 

Myra's  Parrot 

164 

To  Myra 

ibid. 

The  Difcovcry.    To  the  Countcfs  of  N 

166 

Myra  at  a  Review 

167 

To  Myra 

ibid. 

To  Myra 

16S 

To  Myra.     Song 

ibid. 

To  Myra.     The  Enchantment.     In  Imitation  of 

the  Pharmaceutria  of  Theocritus 

169 

To  Myra.     The  Vifion. 

17$ 

Song.    To  Myra 

iSo 

Death 

ibid. 

Sent  the  Author  into  the  Country.  Written  by  a  Lady  1 8  z 
Occafioned  by  the  foregoing  1 83 

An  Imitation  of  the  Second  Chorus  in  the  Second 
Ail  of  Seneca's  Thyefiea  i84 


^^F          CONTENTS. 

!'S 

C!*lae 

Pnge  1B9 

On  the  fstne 

ibid. 

On  tIjc  fame 

ibid. 

HCunnnA 

190 

BnOn  ii)c  (dxt\& 

I9t 

^vBdfnda 

iUd. 

^^lafinrfa 

1<?1 

T]\c  fiime 

19J 

ibid. 

19& 

Phjilis  Dt inking 

ibid. 

CtVm 

IV7 

Flavia 

19S 

_1qvc 

ibid. 

^VWomcn 

iU4. 

i       Fancy 

Ibid. 

Liberality 

m 

aoo 

ibid. 

To  Cilia 

301 

Ctlia  Smg'mg 

A  01 

To  my  Fi  icftd  Mr.  Drydcn^  on  bis  exctUcnt  Ti-anf-           | 

K     lations 

^tJpn  lii^anng,  in  th«  Houfe  of  l^rdip  of  a 

betvkccn  ber  Gr^ec  the  Dutchcfs  of  Gmfton  aiid            | 

i^   the  Lord  Chief  Juftice 

£C4     ■ 

^k~o  my  Lord  Lapfda^ne*  upon  die  bombarding  and            1 

W-  buroing  the  Town  of  Gi^uviilt  in  Normandy         s  io    | 

HTo  my  Friend  Dr.  Gaitfij  ic  iiitt  ^iekncli 

'III 

6ojig«    ToMyra             J^^^^^^^ 

^^M 

3i6  CONTENTS. 

To  Flavia.     Her  Gardens  having  efcaped  a  Flood 

that  had  deftroycd  all  the  Fruits  of  the  Ground 

in  her  Neighbourhood  Page  212 

Written  in  a  Novel,  entitled,  Les  Malheurs  de 

1*  Amour  21  j 

Prologue  to  the  She-Gallants  ibid. 

Epilogue  to  the  fame.  Spoken  by  Mrs.  Bracegirdle 

in  Mens  Cloaths  215 

Hpiloguc  to  the  Jew  of  Venice  216 

Prologue  to  the  Britilh  Enchanters  217 

Epilogue  defign'd  for  the  fame  ,  2  x  S 

Prologue  to  Mr.  Higgons*s  excellent  Tragedy,  called 

The  Generous  Conqueror  220 

Pelcus  and  Thetis.     A  Mafquc  221 

Written  under  Mrs.  Hare's  Name  upon  a  Drinking- 

Glafs  228 

Written  under  the  Dutch^fs  of  Bolton's  Name  upon 

a  Drinking-Glafs  ibid. 

A  Latin  Infcription  on  a  Medal  for  Lewis  XIV.       229 
Engliflicd,  and  applied  to  the  Queen  ibid. 

A  Morning  Hymn.     To  her  Grace  the  Dutchefs 

of  Hamilton  ibid. 

An  EfTay  upon  Unnatural  Flights  in  Poetry  231 

A  Chara6i:er  of  Mr.  Wycherley  235 

Vcrfcs  written  in  a  Leaf  of  the  Author's  Poems,  pre- 

fcnted  to  the  Queen.  The  Mufe*s  laft  Dying  Song  23  7 
Written  in  a  Leaf  of  the  fame  Poems,  prcfented  to 
^  the  Princefs  Royal  23  8 

The  Britilh  Enchanters  :  or,  No  Magic  like  Love. 

A  Dramatic  Poem  259 

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