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 ENGLISH POETRY. 
 
 BjEDW. BYSSHE, Gent. 
 
 Tie Fifth Edition, 
 
 VOL II. 
 
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 LIGHT. 
 
 WHEN Goddefs! thou lift'ft up thy waken'd Head 
 Out of the Morning's purple Bed, 
 
 Thy Choir of Birds about thee play. 
 And all the joyfull >5^orld falutes the rifing Day. 
 All the World's Brav'ry that delights our Eyes, 
 
 Is but thy fev'ral Liveries. 
 
 Thou the rich Dye on them beftow'ft ! 
 Thy nimble Pencil paints this Landskip as thou go'ft* . 
 A crimfon Garment in the Rofe thou wear'lt, 
 
 A Crown of ft'udded Gold thou bear'ft. 
 
 The Virgin Lillies in their White, ^ 
 Are clad but with the Lawn of almoft naked LightJ 
 The Violet, Spring's little Infant, ftands -- 
 
 Girt in thy purple Swadling-bands : 
 
 On the fair Tulip thou doft doat. 
 Thou cloath'ft it with a gay and party-colour 'd Coat." 
 But the vaft Ocean of unbounded Day 
 
 In the Empyrean Heav*!! does ftayj 
 • Thy Rivers, Lakes, and Springs below, 
 
 Rom thence took firft their Rife,thither at laftmuftfloW.Cooy^v 
 Hail holy Light! Offspring of Heaven, fiift-born, > 
 
 Or of th'Eternal Go-eternal Beam : 
 Bright Effluence of bright Effence inaeate! 
 Or hear'ft thou rather puie etherial Stream, 
 Whofe Fountain who mall tell ? Before the Sun, 
 Before the Heav'ns thou weri^ and at the Voice , :> 
 
 Of God, as with a Mantle didft invefl i 
 
 The rifing World of Waters dark and deep. 
 Won from the void and formlefs Infinite: 
 Thee I revifit now with bolder Wing, 
 Efcap'd the Sfjgian Pool, tho' long detain'd 
 In that obfcure Sojourn j while in my Flight 
 Thro' utter, and thro' middle Darknefs born. 
 With other Notes than to th' Orphean Lyre 
 I fung of Chaos and Eternal Night ; * 
 
 Taught by the heav'nly Mufe to venture down 
 The dark Defcent, and up to re-afcend. 
 Thro' hard and rare : Thee I revifit fafe. 
 And feel thy fov'reigu vital liampj but ilOU 
 
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 Revifit'ft not thefe Eyes, that roll in vain 
 
 To find thy pieicing Ray, and find no Dawn : 
 
 So thick a Drop Serene has quench'd their Orbs, 
 
 Or dim SufFufion veil'J. Yet not the more 
 
 Ceafe I to wander where the Mufes haunt, 
 
 ClearSpring, or fhady Grove, or funny Hill, 
 
 Smit with the Love of facred Song: But chief 
 
 Thee, Smi^ and the flowry Brooks beneath. 
 
 That wafh thy hallow'd Feet, and warbling flo^^ 
 
 Nightly 1 vifit : Nor fometimes forget 
 
 Thofe other Two, equal'd with me in Fate, 
 
 So were I equal'd with them in Renown, 
 
 Blind Thamyris, and blind M£o?ildes, 
 
 And Phtneas and TireJiaSy Prophets old : 
 
 Then feed on Thoughts that voluntary move 
 
 Harmoniotis Numbers, as the wakefiil Bird 
 
 Sings darkling, and in fhadieft Covert hid 
 
 Tunes her nodurnal Note. Thus with the Year 
 
 Seafons return, but not to me returns 
 
 D-iy, or the fvveet Approach of Ev'n and Morn, 
 
 Or Sight of vernal Bloom, or Summer's Rofe, 
 
 Or Flocks, or Herds, or human Face divine : 
 
 But Cloud inftead, and ever-during Dark 
 
 Surrounds me ; from the chearful ways of Man 
 
 Cut off, and for the Book of Knowledge fair 
 
 Prefented with a univerfal Blank 
 
 Of Nature's Works to me expung'd and ras'd : 
 
 And Wifdom at one Entrance quite fhut out. 
 
 So much the rather, thou Celeftial Light, 
 
 Shine inward, and the Mind thro' all Jier PowVs 
 
 Irradiate ; there plant Eyes, all Mift from thence 
 
 Purge and difperfe, that I may fee and tell 
 
 Of things invifible to mortal Sight. Milton, Spoken of himfeJf^ 
 
 LIGHTNING. See Greatnefs, Sicknefs, Singing, 
 Necromancer, Storm, Thunder. 
 
 Qiiick Lightning flies when heavy Clouds rufh on. 
 And ftiikes like Steel and Flint, or Stone and Stone 
 For then fmall Sparks appear, and fcatter'd Light 
 Breaks fwiftly forth, and wakes the fleepy Night 
 The Night amaz'd begins to hafte away, 
 /As if thofe Fires were Beams of coming Day. Cre^ Luc, 
 
 As when fome dreadful Thunder-clap is nigh. 
 The winged Fire flioots fwiftly thro' the Sky, 
 
 Strikes, 
 
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 Strikes iind confumes e'er fcarce it does appeai-. 
 And by the fuddeii 111 prevents the Fear, Bryd, Ind, Emp, 
 
 As when tempeftuous Storms o'erfpread the Skies, 
 In whofe dark Bowels in-born Thunder lies ; 
 The watiy Vapours numberlefs, confpire 
 To (mother and opprefs th' imprifon'd Fire ; 
 Which, thus coUefted, gathers greater Force, 
 Breaks out in flames, and with impetuous Courfe 
 From the Clouds gaping Womb in. Lightning flies, 
 Flafhing in ruddy Streaks along the Skies. Hac, 
 
 The difmal Lightnings all around. 
 Some flying thro the Air, fome runm'ng on the Ground, 
 Some fwimming o'er the Water's face, 
 Fili'd with bright Horrour ev'iy Place. CowU 
 
 The Clouds, 
 Jaftling, or pufh'd by Winds, rude m their Shock, 
 Tine the flant Lightning, whofe thwart Flame driven down. 
 Kindles the gummy Bark of Firr, or Pine. Milt, 
 
 As where the Lightning mns along the Ground, 
 No Husbandry can heal the blafting Wound ; 
 Nor bladed Grafs nor bearded Corn fiicceed. 
 But Scales of Scurf, and Putrefaftion breed. Ury. Hindoo' Pant* 
 
 Like Lightning's fatal Flafh, 
 Which by deftruftive Thunder is purfu'd, 
 Blafting thofe Fields on which it fliin'd before. Koch* Valent, 
 
 As when a pointed Flame of Lightning ^i^s^ 
 With mighty Noife exploded from the Skies ; 
 The ruddy Terrour with refiftlefs Strokes 
 Invades the Mountain Pines, and Forefl: Oaks ; 
 Wide Lanes a-crofs the Woods, and ghaftly Tracks, 
 Where-e'er it goes, the {\vift Deftru(flion makes. Blac, 
 
 LION. See Creation, Enjoyment, Frown, Jov, 
 Paradife, Retreat, Revenge, Twilight. 
 
 Thus as a hungry Lion, who beholds 
 A gamefom Goat, that frisks about the Folds ; 
 Or beamy Stag, that grazes on the Plain ; 
 He runs, he roars, he fhakes his rifing Mane, 
 He gi'ins, he opens wide his greedy Jaws ; 
 The Prey lies panting underneath his Paws : 
 He fills his famifh'd Maw, his Mouth mns o'er 
 With unchew'd Morfels, while he churns the Gore. Dryd, Virg. 
 
 The famifh'd Lion thus, with Hunger bold, 
 0*er-leaps the Fences of the nightly Fold j 
 
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 Ard teni's the peaceful Flocks: With filenr Awe 
 Trembling they li?, and pant beneath his Paw. Dryd. Virg» 
 
 So when the gen'rous Lion has in fight 
 His equal Match, he rouzes for the Fight ; 
 But when his Foe lies proftrate on the Plain, 
 He Oieaths his Paws, uncuds his angry Mane ; 
 And pleas'd with bloodlefs Honours of the Dav, (P.iKth* 
 
 Walks over, and difdains th' inglorious Prey. ' Dryd, Hind* Qp^ 
 
 As when the Swains the Lybian Lion chafe, 
 He makes a four Retreat, nor mends his Pace j 
 But a' the pointed lav'lin pierce his Side, 
 The Lordly Beaft returns with double Pride : 
 He wrenches out the Steel, he roars. for Pain, 
 His Sides he lafhes, and ercds his Mane. 
 His Lye-balb flafh with Fire, 
 Thro his wide Noftrils Clouds of Smoke expire. Dryd. F/V^i 
 
 Thus as a Lion, when he fpies from far 
 A Bull that feems to meditate the War, 
 Bending his Neck, and fpuriiing back the Sand ; 
 Runs roaring downward from his hilly Stand, 
 To rufli from high on his unequal Foe. J>r,yd, Virg* 
 
 Like a Lion, 
 Who long has reign'd the Terrour of the Woods, 
 And dar'd the boldeft Huntfmen to the Combat \ 
 Till caught at length within fome hidden Snare, 
 With foaming Jaws he bites the Toils that hold him ; 
 And roars, and rolls his fiery Eyes in vain : (Amb* Stepm. 
 
 While the furrounding Swains wound him at pleafure. Rovje 
 LOOKS, or Mein, See Beauty, Eyes. 
 
 The King arofe with awefiil Grace, ' (Pal, CT* ^rc. 
 
 Deep Thought was in his Breaft, and Counfel in his Face. Dryd. 
 
 Deep on his Front engraven. 
 Deliberation fate, and publick Care, 
 And Princely Counfel in his Face yet fhone. Milt» 
 
 Big made he was, and tall ; his Port was fierce ; 
 Erecl his Countenance : Manly Majefty 
 Sate in his Front, and darted from his Eyes, 
 Commanding all he view'd. Dryd. Oedip* 
 
 His aweful Prefence did the Croud furprize. 
 Nor durft the raOi Spedators meet his Eyes ; 
 Eves that confefs'd him born for Kingly Sway, 
 So fierce they flafh'd intolerable Day. Dryd. Pal O* Arc* 
 
 The Trojan Chief appear'd in open fight, 
 Augull in Vifage, and ferenely bright ; 
 
 His 
 
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 His Mother Goddefs, with her Hands Divine, 
 Hnd fbrm'd his curling Locks, and made his Temples [hine ; 
 Had giv'n his rolling Eyes a fparkling Grace, 
 And breath'd a youthful Vigour on his Face j 
 Like polifh'd Iv'iy, beauteous to behold. 
 Or Parian Marble, "vvhen enchas'd with Gold. Br'^d^ Virg, 
 
 Amid the Prefs appears the beauteous Boy ; 
 His lovely Face unarm'd, his Head was bare. 
 In Ringlets o*er his Shoulders hung his Hair ; 
 His Forehead circled with a Diadem. 
 DiftinguiQi'd from the Croud, he fhines a Gem, 
 Enchased in Gold ; or polifh'd Iv'iy, fet 
 Amidft the meaner Foil of fable jet. Dry:!, Virg, 
 
 Thro his youthful Face, 
 Wrath checks the Beauty, and Qieds manly Grace ; 
 Both in his Looks fo join'd, that they might move 
 Fear ev'n in Friends, and from an En*my Love. 
 Hot as ripe Noon, fweet as the blooming Day. Co'jl'K 
 
 What's he, who with contraded Brow, 
 And fuUen Port, glooms downward wim nis Eyes ; 
 At once regardlefs of his Chains or Liberty ? 
 He fhuns my Kindnefs ; 
 And with a haughty Mein and ftei-n Civility, 
 Dumbly declines all Office ; If he fpeak, 
 'Tis fcaice above a Word ; as he were born 
 Alone to do, and did difdain to talk. 
 At leaft to talk where he muft not commznA*Cong,Mourn,Brlde, 
 
 That gloomy Outfide, like a rufty Cheft, 
 Contains the mining Treafure of a Soul 
 Refolv'd and brave. Vryd, Don Seb, 
 
 He looks fecure of Death : Supeiiour Greatnefs \ 
 Like Jove^ when he made Fate, and faid. Thou art 
 The Slave of my Creation. 
 He looks as Man was made, with Face ered. 
 That fcorns his brittle Corps, and feems afham'd 
 He's not all Spirit : His Eyes with a dumb Pride, 
 Accufing Fortune that he fell not warm. 
 Yet now diidains to live. Dryd, Don Seh, 
 
 By his warlike Port, 
 His fierce Demeanour, and erefted Look, 
 He's of no vulgar Note. Dryd. All ftr Lovt, 
 
 Methinksyou breathe ' 
 Another Soul ; your Looks are more divine ; 
 You fpeak a Hero, and you move a God. Dryd, All for Uve, 
 
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 Care fate on his faded Cheek ; but under Brows 
 Of dauntlefs Courage, and confid^rate Pride, 
 Waiting Revenge. Cruel his Eye, but caft 
 Signs of Remorfe and Pafilon. Milt. 
 
 His grave Rebuke, 
 Severe in youthful Beauty, added Grace 
 
 Invincible. -Af/7/. 
 
 LOVE. See Abfence, Enjoymenr. 
 Love, the moft gen'rous Paffion of the Mind, 
 The fofteft Refuge Innocence can find : 
 The fafe Direftor of unguided Youth, 
 Fraught with kind Wifhes, and fecur'd by Truth : 
 The^Cordial Drop Heav'n in our Cup has thrown. 
 To make the naufeous Draught of Life go down ; 
 On which one only Blefling God might raife, 
 In Lands of Atheifts, Subfidies of Praife : 
 For none did e'er fo dull and ftupid prove. 
 But felt a God, and blefs'd his Pow'r in Love. Roch, 
 
 Love rais'd his noble Thoughts to brave Atchievements : 
 For Love's the Steel that ftrikes upon the Flint; 
 Gives Coldnefs Heat, exerts the hidden Flame, (Love Trhm, 
 And fpreads the Sparkles round to warm the V^orld. Dry^. 
 
 Love that does all that's noble here below. Vryd* Von Seb* 
 
 For Love's not always of a vicious kind. 
 But oft to viituous Afts inflames the Mind : 
 Awakes the fleepy Vigour of the Soul ; 
 And, brufhing o'er, adds Motion to the Pool. 
 Love, ftudious how to pleafe, improves our Parts 
 With polifh'd Manners, and adorns with Arts. 
 Love firft invented Verfe, and form'd the Rhyme, 
 The Motion meafur'd, harmoniz'd the Chime : 
 To lib'ral Arts enlarg'd the Narrow-foul'd, 
 Sofien'd the Fierce, and made the Coward bold. Dry.C'jm*'C^Iph» 
 
 Ye niac^ard Gods ! ye make our Lives too long : 
 Ye fill 'em with Difeafes, Wants, and Woes, 
 And only dafh 'em with a little Love ; 
 Sprinkled by fits, and with a fparing Hand. Dry^. Amphit. 
 
 Life without Love is Load, and Time ftands ftill ; 
 What we refufe to him, to Death we give ; 
 And then, then only, when we love, we live. Cong.Mourn.Bride. 
 
 Love's an heroick Pallion, which can find 
 Ko room in any bafe degenerate Mind : 
 It kindles all the Soul with Honour's Fire, 
 To make the Lover worthy his Defire, Dryd,Conq. ofGran.p, 2. 
 
 Love 
 
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 Love if not Sin, but where 'tis finfiil Love : 
 Mine is a Flame fo holy and fo clear. 
 That the white Taper leaves no Soot behind. 
 No Smoke of Luft. Bry^I. Don Seh» 
 
 What art thou, Love, thou great myfterious Thing ? 
 ■prom what hid Stock does thy ftrange Nature fpring ? 
 'Tis thou that mov*ft the World thro eveiy part. 
 And hold'ft the vaft Frame faft, that nothing ftart 
 From the due Place and Office firft ordain'd : 
 By thee were all things made, and are fuftain'd. Cowl 
 
 The PowV of Love, 
 In Earth, and Seas, and Air, and Heav'n above. 
 Rules unrefifted with an aweful Nod ; 
 By daily Miracles declar'd a God : 
 He blinds the Wife, gives Eye-fight to the Blind ; 
 And molds and ftamps anew the Lover's Mind, Br'j* PaUo'Arc, 
 
 No Law is made for Love : 
 Law is to things which to free Choice relate ; 
 Love is not m our Choice, but in our Fate. 
 Laws are but pofitive *, Love's Pow'r we fee 
 Is Nature's Sandion, and her fiiil Decree. 
 Each Day we break the Bond of human Laws 
 For Love, and vindicate the coniimon Caufe. 
 Laws for Defence of Civil Rights are plac'd ; 
 Love throws the Fences down, and makes a gen'ral Wafte. 
 Maids, Widows, Wives, without diftindion fall ; (^Pal.cs'Afc, 
 The fweeping Deluge, Love, comes on, and covers all. Bryd, 
 
 In Hell, and Earth, and Seas, and Heav'n above. 
 Love conquers all ; and we muft yield to Love. Bryd, Virg. 
 
 For Love the Senfe of Right and Wrong confounds : 
 Strong Love and proud Ambition have no bounds. Dryd, 
 
 The Faults of Love by Love ai-e juftified ; 
 With unrefifted Might the Monarch reigns. 
 He raifes Mountains, and he levels Plains. Dryd,Sig.^ Guifu 
 
 Kings fight for Kingdoms, Madmen for Applaufe, 
 But Love for Love alone, that crowns the Lover's Caufe. Dryd. 
 
 (PaLo* Jirc. 
 
 Love gives Efteem, and then he gives Defert ; 
 He either finds Equality, or makes it ; 
 Like Death, he knows no Difference in Degrees, 
 But plains and levels all. Dryd, Mar, Alamode, 
 
 By Heaven, I'll tell her boldly that 'tis fhe ; 
 Why fhould fhe afham'd, or angry be. 
 To be belov'd by me ? 
 
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 The Gods may 0t their Altars o'er. 
 
 They'll fmoke but feldom any more, 
 If none but happy Men muft them adore. 
 The Lightning which tall Oaks oppofe in vain,; 
 
 To ftrike fometimes does not difdain 
 
 The humble Furzes of the Plain. 
 
 She being fo high, and I fo low. 
 
 Her Pow'r by this does greater fliow. 
 Who at fuch diftnnce gives fo fure a Blow, 
 if there be Man who thinks himfelf fo high 
 
 As to pretend E<]uality, 
 
 He deferves her lefs than I ; . 
 
 For he would cheat for his Relief, 
 
 And one would give with leffer Grief 
 T*an undeferving Beggar than a Thief. CcwL 
 
 I knew 'twas Madnefs to declare this Truth, 
 And yet 'twere Bafenefs to deny my Love. 
 Tis true, my Hopes are vanifhfng as Clouds, 
 Lighter than Childrens Bubbles blown by Winds : 
 >ly Merit's but the rafh Refult ©f Chance, 
 My Birth unequal : All the Stars ngriinfl me ; 
 Pow'r, PromJfe, Choice, the Living and the Dead j 
 Mankind my Foes, and only Love to friend me ; 
 But fuch a Love, kept at fuch aweful diftance, 
 A.> what it loudly dares to tell, a Rival 
 Shall fear to whifper there. Queens may be lov'd, 
 And fo may Gods, elfe why are Altars rais'd ? 
 Why fhines the Sun, but that he may be view'd ? 
 But oh ! when he's too bright, if then we gaze, 
 *ris but to weep, and clofe our Eyes in Daiknefs. Dryd»S^an^ry, 
 
 Love various Minds does varioufly infpke, 
 He ftirs in gentle Natures gentle Fires, 
 Like that of Incenfe on the Altars laid ; 
 But racing Flames tempeftuous Souls invade i 
 A Fire which ev'r\' windy Paflion blows, 
 V»''ith Pride it mounts, and with Revenge it glows. Dr»Tyr,Love, 
 
 So like the Chances are of Love and Wai;, 
 That they alone in this diflinguifh'd are ; 
 In Love the Vi(^ors from the Vanquifh'd fly ; 
 They fly that wound, and they purfue that die. J^^all, 
 
 The Fate of Love is fuch. 
 That ftill it fees too little or too much. T^ryd, Jnd. Emp, 
 
 The Proverb holds. That to be wife and love. 
 Is hardly granted to the Gods above. 
 
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 A gen'ral Doom on all Mankind is pafs'd. 
 And all are Fools and Lovers firft or laft. 
 This both by others and my felf 1 know, 
 Por 1 have fei-v'd their Sovereign long ago ; 
 Oft have been caught within the winding Train 
 Of female Snares, and felt the Lover's Pain ; 
 And learn'd how fai* the God can human Hearts conftram. Dry. 
 
 {Pal, ^ Arc, ^ 
 
 Love is the pleafant Frenzy of the Mind ; 
 And frantick Men in their mad Adions fliow 
 A Happinefs that none but Madmen know. Dryd, 
 
 Love is that Madnefs which all Lovers have; 
 But yet 'tis fweet and pleafing fo to rave : 
 'Tis an Enchantment where the Reafon's bound. 
 But Paradife is in th' enchanted Ground ; 
 A Palace void of Envy, Cares and Strife, 
 Where gentle Hours delude fo much of Life. 
 To take thofe Charms away, and fet me fi-ee^ 
 Is but to fend me into Mifery ; 
 
 And Prudence, of whofe Cure you fo much boalt, (Gran^ 
 
 Reftores the Pains which that fweet Folly loft. Dryd, Cono^, of 
 
 I have no Reafon left that can allift me. 
 And none would have. My Love's a noble Madnefs, 
 Which ihews the Caufe deferves it. Mod'rate Sorrow 
 Fits vulgar Love, and for a vulgar Man ; 
 But I have lov'd with fuch tranfcendent PnlTion, 
 I foar'd at fii-ft quite out of Reafon's View, 
 And now am loft above it. Dry^* M for Love. 
 
 In Love what ufe of Prudence can there be ? 
 More peifeft I, and yet more pow'rful fhe !. 
 One Look of hers my Refolution breaks ; 
 Reafon it felf turns Folly when (he fpeaks ; 
 And aw'd by her whom it was made to fway. 
 Flatters her Pow'r, and does its own betray. Dryd, State of Inn, 
 
 Does the mute Sacrifice upbraid the Prieft ? 
 He knows him not the Executioner. 
 Oh ! Ihe has deck'd his Ruin with her Love ; 
 Led him in o;olden Bands to gaudy Slaughter, „ ^ ^ 
 
 And made Perdition pleafmg. Vryd, All for Love. 
 
 >J^itnefs ye Powers 1 
 How much I fuffev'd, and how much 1 ftrove : 
 But mighty Love, who Pmdence does defpife. 
 For Reafon fhewM me Jndamoras Eyes ; 
 
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 What would you more ? my Crime I fadly view, 
 Acknowledg, am afham'd, and yet pui'fue. Dr^jd, Auren, 
 
 For Love does human Policy defpife. 
 And laughs at all the Counfels of the Wife. D^Av, Circe* 
 
 For Lovers Hearts are not their own Hearts, 
 
 Nor Lights, nor Lungs, and fo-forth, downwards. Hud, 
 Falling in LOVE. 
 
 I came, I jfaw, and was undone ! 
 Lightning did thro my Bones and Marrow mn ; 
 
 A pointed Pain pierc'd deep my Heart, 
 A fwift cold Trembling feiz'd on ev'iy Part ; 
 
 My Head turn'd round, nor could it bear 
 
 The Poifon that was enter'd there. CowU 
 
 A Change fo {l\'ift what Heart did ever feel ! 
 It mfh'd upon me like a mighty Stream, 
 And bore me in a moment far from Shore ! 
 I've lov'd away my felf in one fhort Hour ; 
 Already I am gone an Age of Padion. 
 Was it his Youth, his Valour, or Succefs ? 
 Thefe might perhaps be found in other Men : 
 *Twas that Refped, that aweful Homage paid me ; 
 That feaful Love which trembled in his Eyes, 
 And with a filent Eaithquake fhook his Soul. 
 But when he fpoke, what tender Words he faid ? 
 So fbftly, that like Flakes of feather'd Snow, 
 They melted as they fell. Dryd, Span* Fry* 
 
 Thus anxious Fears already feiz'd the Queen ; 
 She fed within her Veins a Flame unfeen : 
 The Hero's Valour, Afts, and Birth infpire 
 Her Soul with Love, and fan the fecret Fire., 
 His Words, his Looks, imprinted in her Heart, 
 Improve the Paflion, and increafe the Smart. Vryd, Virg» 
 
 I am not what I was, fince Yefterday ; 
 My Food forfakes me, and my needful Reft : 
 I pine, 1 languifh, love to be alone. 
 Think much, fpeak little, and in fpeaking figh : 
 When 1 fee Torrifmond^ I am unquiet ; 
 And when I fee him not, I am in pain. 
 They brought a Paper to me to be fign'd ; 
 Thinking on him, I quite forgot my Name, 
 And writ, for Leonora^ Torrifmond, 
 I went to bed, and to my felf 1 thought 
 That 1 would think on Torrifmond no more ; 
 Then (hut my Eyes, but could not fhut out him. 
 
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 I turned, and tryM each Corner of my Bed 
 
 To find if Sleep was there, but Sleep v{as loft. 
 
 Fev'rini for want of Reft, I rofe, and walk d 
 
 And by the MoonOiine to the Windows went 5 
 
 There thinking to exclude him from my Thoughts, 
 
 1 caft my Eyes upon the neighb ring Fields, 
 
 And eV 1 was aware figh d to my felt, j^,^^^sparuTry. 
 
 There fought my Tornfmond. ^H^* ^E'*'^ ^'^^r- 
 
 1 4 pleasM and pained fince fii-ft her Eyes I faw. 
 As I were ftung with fome Tarantula : 
 Ai-ms and the dufty field 1 lefs admire. 
 And foften ftrangely in fome new Mire ; 
 Honour burns in me not fo fiercely bright 
 But pale as Pires when mafter'd by the Light. 
 Ev'n while I fpeak and look, I change yet more^ 
 And now am nothing that 1 was before. 
 I 'm numbM and fix'd, and fcarce my Eye-baUs move^^ 
 I fear it is the Lethargy of Love ! 
 'Tis he ! I feel him now in ev ry Part; 
 Like a new Lord he vaunts about my Heart; 
 
 Surveys in State ^^^^^^f ""^ J>ryd.Con^ of Gran. 
 
 And now 1 m all o er Love \ -^ j l 
 
 He'd got a Hurt 
 
 On th' Infide, of a deadly fort. 
 
 By Cupd made, who took his Stand 
 
 Upon a Widow's Jointure-Land ; 
 
 Drew home his Bow, and aiming right^ 
 
 Let fly an Ai-row at the Knight ; 
 
 The Shaft againft a Rib did glance. 
 
 And gall'd him in the Purtenance. *^ ' 
 
 ^ O Love ! O cm-fed Boy! 
 
 Where art thou that torment'ft me thus unfeen^ 
 And rageft with thy Eires Within my Brealt, 
 With idle Purpofe to inflame her Heart, 
 Which is as inaccefllble and cold ^ 
 As the proud Tops of thofe afpmng Hills, ^ 
 
 Whofe Heads are wrapt in everlafting bnoWj, 
 Tho the hot Sun roll o'er 'em ev'r)' Day : 
 And as his Beams, which only fhine above, ^ 
 Scorch and confume in Regions round below , 
 So Love, which throws fuch Brightnefs thro her Eyes,. 
 Leaves her cold Heart, and burns me at her Feet. 
 My Tyrant, but her A^tt'ring Slave thou an, - 
 
 AGIO 7 round her lovely Pace, aTirewithinmyHeait. C^^;^^ 
 
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 That proud Dame for whom his Soul 
 
 Was burnt in's Belly to a Coal, 
 
 Us'd iiim Co like a bafe Rafcallion, 
 
 That old Pyg- (what d'y' call him) tnaliorty 
 
 That cut his xMiftrefs out of Stone, 
 
 Had not fo hard a hearted one. Hui* 
 
 LOVE and OLD AGE. 
 Love, like a Shadow, while Youth fhines, is fhown ; 
 But in 014 Age's Darknefs there is none. How, D»of term* 
 
 Mine was an Age when Love might be excus'd ; 
 When kindly Warmth, and when my fpringing Youth 
 Made it a Debt to Nature : Youi's in your declining Age J 
 When no more Heat was left but what you forc'd. 
 When all the Sap was needful for the Trunk \ 
 When it went down, then you conftrain'd the Courfe, 
 7\nd robb'd from Nature to fupply Defire ; 
 Oh 'tis mere Dotage in you. I>ryd,All for Love* 
 
 The Bloom of Beauty other Years demands. 
 Nor will be gather'd W'ith fuch wither'd Hands ; 
 You importune us with a falfe Defire, 
 Which fparkles out, and makes no folid Fire. 
 This Impudence of Age, whence can it fpring ? 
 All you expe(fV, and yet you nothing bring ; 
 Eager to ask, when you are pafl a Grant ; 
 Nice in providing what you cannot want : 
 Have Confcience ; give not her you love this Pain ; 
 Sollicit not your felf and her in vain ; 
 All other Debts may Compenfation find. 
 But Love is flrift, and will be paid in kind. Dryd, Auren, 
 
 You cannot love, nor Pleafiu'e take nor give y 
 But Life begin when 'tis too late to live ; 
 On a tir'd Courfer you purfue Delight ; 
 
 Let flip your Morning, and fet out at Night. Dryd* Auren* 
 
 PROTESTATIONS ^/ LOVE. 
 While on Septimius' panting Breafl, 
 
 Meaning nothing lefs than Reft, 
 
 Acme lean'd her loving Head, 
 
 Thus the pleas'd Septimius faid ; 
 
 \i> arireft Acme I If 1 be 
 
 Once alive^ — '^ love not thee, 
 
 With a Pairioii fn. ul -e 
 
 All that e'er was calleu -^ove. 
 
 In a Lybian Defart may 
 
 1 become fome Lion's Prey : 
 
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 Let him, Acme! let him tear 
 My Breaift, when Acme is not there, 
 Acmsj inflamM with what he faid, 
 Rear'd her gently-bending Head ; 
 And her purple Mouth with Joy 
 Stretching to the delicious Boy, 
 Twice (and twice could fcarce fufEce) 
 She kifs'd his diainken rolling Eyes ; 
 My little Life ! my All ! faid fhe. 
 So may we ever Servants be 
 To this bleft God, and ne'er retain 
 Our hated Liberty again : 
 So may thy Paflion laft for me. 
 As I a Pamon have for thee ; 
 Greater and fiercer much than caa 
 Be conceiv'd by thee, a Man. 
 Into my Marrow it is gone, 
 Pix'd and fettled in tlie Bone ; 
 It reigns not only in my Heart, 
 But runs like Life thro ev'iy Part, Cowl* Cat 
 
 Madam, 1 do as is my Duty, 
 Honour the Shadow of yom- Shoe-de. Hud* 
 
 For your Love does lie 
 As near and as nigh 
 Unto my Heart within. 
 As my Eye to my Nofe, 
 My Leg to my Hofe, 
 
 Or my Flefh unto my Skin. Shak, Locrin* 
 
 My Love's fo violent, fo ftrong, fo fui-e. 
 As neither Age can change, nor Art can cure. Dryd* Virg<, 
 
 All conflant Lovers fhall in future Ages 
 Approve their Tmth by Troilus : When their Verfe, 
 Full of Proteft, and Oath, and big Compare, 
 Want Similes ; as Turtles to their Mates, 
 As true as flowing Tides are to the Moon, 
 Eaith to the Center, Iron to Adamant : 
 At laft, when Truth is tir'd with Repetition, 
 As tme as Troilus fhall crown the Verfe, 
 And fandify the Numbers. 
 
 Prophet may you be ! 
 If I am fake, or fwerve from Truth and Love J 
 When Time is old, and has forgot it felf 
 In all things elfe, let it remember me j 
 And after all Comparifons of Falftiood, 
 
 To 
 
C 278 ) 
 
 To ftab the Heart of Perjury in Maids, 
 
 Let it be faid, asfalfe as Crejjida, Shak\&I>ryd,TroiLO'Cref. 
 
 Go bid the Needle his dear North forfake. 
 To which with trembling Rev'rence it does bend ; 
 Go bid the Stones a Journey upward make ; 
 Go bid th' ambitious Flame no more afcend ; 
 And when thefe falfe to their old Motions provcj 
 Then will I ceafe thee, thee alone, to love. 
 Quoth he, to bid me not to love, 
 
 Is to forbid my Pulfe to move ; 
 
 My Beard to grow, my Ears to prick up. 
 
 Or, when 1 'm in a Fit, to hickup : 
 
 Command me to pifs out the Moon, 
 
 And 'twill as eafily be done. 
 That I do love you, O all you Hoft of Heav'n 
 Be wimefs ! That you are dear to me ! 
 Dearer than Day to one whom Sight muft leave. 
 Dearer than Life to one who fears to die ; 
 
 CowU 
 
 Hud^ 
 
 O thou bright Pow'r be judg, whom we adore ! 
 Be witnefs of my Truth ! be witnefs of my Love ! 
 
 If all my Heart and Soul be'n't thine. 
 May thy dear Body ne'er be mine. 
 
 O my Monimia. I to my Soul thou'rt dear 
 As Honour to my Name *, dear as the Light 
 To Eyes but juft reftor'd, and heal'd of Blindnefs. 
 
 O dearer than the vital Air I breathe ! 
 
 O fhe is dearer to my Soul, than Reft 
 To weary Pilgrims, or to Mifers Gold ! 
 To great Men Pow'r, or wealthy Cities Piide. 
 
 Dear as the vital Warmth that feeds my Life ; 
 Dear as thefe Eyes that weep in Fondnefs o'er thee. 
 
 Let me hafte to tell thee 
 What and how dear Monefes has been to me : 
 What has he not been ! All the Names of Love, 
 Brothers or Fathers, Husbands, all aire poor ; 
 Monefes is my felf ; in my fond Heait, 
 Ev'n in my vital Blood he lives and reigns : 
 The laft dear Objed of my parting Soul 
 Will be Monefes ; the laft Breath that lingers 
 Within my panting Breaft, fhall figh Monefes. 
 
 Perdition catch my Soul, but I do love thee ; 
 And when 1 love thee not. Chaos is come again. 
 
 My Love's fo true, 
 That 1 can neither hide it where it is. 
 
 Lee Mithrid',, 
 CowU 
 
 Otw. Orph, 
 Dryd, Virg, 
 
 Otw, Orph» 
 Oiw, Orph, 
 
 Rowe TamerU 
 Shak, OtheL 
 
 Nor 
 
( 279 ) 
 Nor fhew it where 'us not. Bryd, All for Love, 
 
 Quoth he, my Faith as Adamantine, 
 
 As Chains of Deftiny I'll maintain j 
 
 Tme as Apollo ever fpoke. 
 
 Or Oracle from Heart of Oak. 
 
 Then Ihine upon me but benignly. 
 
 With that one and that other Pigfheye ; 
 
 The Sun and Day fhall fooner pait. 
 
 Than Loye or you fhake off my Heart. Hud, 
 
 How I have lov*d, 
 Witnefs ye Days, and Nights, and all your Hours, 
 That danc*d away with Down upon your Feet, 
 As all your Bus'nefs were to count my Paflion. 
 One Day pafsM by, and nothing faw but Love ; 
 Another came, and ftill 'twas only Love ; 
 The Suns were weary'd out with looking on. 
 And I untir'd with loving. 
 I (aw you ev'iy Day, and all the Day ; 
 And ev'iy Day was ftill but as the firft. 
 So eager was I ftill to fee you more. I>ryd, All for Love* 
 
 'Tis ftie, fhe only, that can make me bleft ; 
 Empire and Wealth, and all fhe brings befide. 
 Are but the Train and Trappings of her Lo^e. Bryd, Span, Try, 
 
 Oh ftie's all Softnefs ! 
 All melting mild, and calm as a rock'd Infant ; 
 Nor can you wake her into Cries : By Heav'n 
 She is the Child of Love, and fhe was born in Smiles. Lee Alex, 
 
 And is it giv'n me thus to touch thy Hand, 
 And fold thy Body in my longing Arms ; 
 To gaze upon thy Eyes, my happier Stars ; 
 To tafte thy Lips, and thy dear balmy Breath ? 
 While ev'17 Sigh comes forth fo fraught with Sweets, 
 'Tis Incenfe to be ofFer'd to a God. Lee Alex, 
 
 The vernal Bloom and Fragrancy of Spices, 
 Wafted by gentle Winds, are not like thee. 
 From thee, as from the Cyprian Queen of Love, 
 Ambrofial Odours flow ; My ev'ry Faculty (^Amb,Stepm, 
 
 Is charm'd by thee, and drinks immortal Pleafure. Kowe 
 
 By Heav'n, my Edithy 
 Thy Mother fed on Rofes when fhe bred thee ! 
 The Sweetnefs of th' Arabian Wind ftill blowing 
 Upon the Treafures of Peifumes and Spices, 
 In all their Pride and Pleafures call thee Miftreft. IBeau, Rollo, 
 
 Sweet 
 
C 2So ) 
 
 Sweet as the mfy Mom flie breaks upon me ; 
 And Sorrow, like the Night's unwholfom Shade, 
 Gives way before the golden Dawn fhe brings. Rowe TatnerU 
 
 Not the Spring's Mouth, nor Breath of Jeflamin, 
 Nor Vi'iets Infant-fweets, nor opening Buds, 
 Are half fo fweet as Alexander's Breaft » 
 From ev'ry Pore of him a Perfume falls ; 
 He kifles fofter than a Southern Wind, "^ 
 
 Curls like a Vine, and touches like a God ! 
 Then he will talk ! good Gods ! how he will talk I 
 Ev'n when the Joy he figh'd for is pofTefs'd, 
 Ev'n then he fpeaks fuch words, and looks fuch things^ 
 Vows with fo much Paffion, fwears with fo much Grace^ 
 That 'tis a kind of Heav'n to be deluded by him» 
 If I but mention him, the Tears will fall ; 
 Sure there is not a Letter in his Name, 
 But is a Charm to melt a Woman's Eyes. Lee Alex* 
 
 My Lord, my Love, my Refuge, 
 Happy my Eyes when they behold thy Face i 
 My heavy Heart will leave its doleful Beating 
 At fight of thee, and bound with fprightful Joy. Otw* Ven, Pre/l 
 
 Does fhe not come like Wifdom, or good Fortune, 
 Replete with Bleflingy, giving Wealth and Honour ? 
 The Dowry which fhe brings is Peace and Pleafure ; 
 And everlafling Joy is in her Arms. Rowe Fair ?en* 
 
 Oh! file's the Pride and Glory of the World ! 
 Without her, all the reft is worthlefs Drofs \ 
 Life a bafe Slav'ry •, Empire but a Mock ; 
 And Love, the Soul of all, a bitter Curfe. ^ Roch» VaUnU 
 
 If Love be Treafure, we'll be wondrous rich : 
 I have {o much, my Heart will furely break with't : 
 Vows can't exprefs it. When I would declare 
 How great's my Joy, 1 'm diunb with the big Thought : 
 I fwell, and figli, and labour with my Longing. 
 Oh lead me to fome Defart wide and wild. 
 Barren as our Misfortunes, where my Soul 
 May have its Vent ! where 1 may tell aloud. 
 To the high Heav'ns and ev'17 lift'ning Planet, 
 With what a boundlefs Stock my Bofom's fraught ; 
 Where 1 may throw my eager Arms about thee. 
 Give loofe to Love with KifTes, kindling Joy, 
 And let off all the Fire that's in my Heart. Otw. Ven. Pref. 
 
 'Tis now that I begin to live again,^ . 
 Since I behold my Aurengz.de appear | 
 
(28l ) 
 
 His Knme alone affordea me Relief; 
 
 Repeated as a Charm to eafe my Grief. 
 
 I that lovM Name, did as fome God invoke. 
 
 And printed Kiffes on it as I fpoke. B^d, Auren. 
 
 Lavinia ! Oh there's Mufick in the Name, 
 Tliat foft'ning me to Infant Tendernefs, Otw. 
 
 Makes my Heart fpring like the fii-ft Leaps of Life. {Cau Mar • 
 
 Oh Pierre ! wert thou but (he \ 
 How I could pull thee down into my Heait, 
 Gaze on thee till my Eye-ftrings crack'd with Love, 
 Till all my Sinews, with its Pire extended, 
 PixM me upon the Rack of ardent Longing ; 
 Then fwellin?, fighing, raging to be bleft, ^ ,, „ /» 
 
 Come, like a panting Turtle, to thy Breaft. Otv:. Yen, Pref. 
 
 Hold off, and let me run into his Aims ! 
 My Deareft ! my all Love, my Lord, my King, 
 Thou ftialt not die, if that the Soul and Body 
 Of thy Statira can reftore thy Life! 
 Give me thy wonted Kindnefs ! bend me, break me 
 With tiiy Embraces. . UcAUX. 
 
 Love mounts and rolls about my ftormy Mind, 
 Like Fire that's borne by a tempeftuous Wind ; 
 Oh ! 1 could ftifle you with eager Hafte, 
 Devour your Kiffes with my hungi7 Tafte ; 
 Rufli on you, eat you, wander o'er each Parr, 
 Raving with Pleafure, fnatch you to my Heart ; 
 Then hold you off and gaze ! then with new R^e 
 Invade you, till my confcious Limbs prefage 
 Torrents of Toy, which all their Banks o'erflow 5 „ , . ^^^^ 
 So loft, fo bieft as 1 but then could know ! ^ rir'^jA. Auren. 
 
 The God of Love empties his golden Quiver, 
 Shoots ev'iy Grain of her into my Heart ! 
 She's all mine ! by Heaven ! I feel her here. 
 Panting and warm ! the Deareft ! Oh Statira / X.^^ ^^^' 
 
 Semandra Ihall be mine ! ev'n all Semandra / 
 The Thought is Extafy I Thefe Arms fhall hold her 
 Faft to my throbbing Breaft, thefe ravifh'd Eyes 
 Gaze till they*re blind with looking on her BluOies ! 
 Thefe ftrfling Lips ftiall fmother all her Smiles, 
 And follow her with fuch Purfuit of Kiffes, , ^ ^/* 
 
 That ev'n our Souls fhall lofe themfelves in Pleafures. (Mithnd, 
 Who fhould be lov'd but you ? 
 So lov'd, that ev'n my Crown and felf are vile 
 
 When you are by. 
 
 Come 
 
C 282 ) 
 
 Come to my Arms, and be thy Karffs Angel ; Lee Duke 
 
 Shine thro my Cares, and make my Crown fit e^Cy, (of Guifi 
 
 Give, ye Gods, give to your Boy, your C£far, 
 This Rattle of a Globe to play withal. 
 This gew-gaw World, and put him cheaply off ; 
 I'll not be pleas'd with lefs than Cleopatra, Dryd* All for Love, 
 
 Gallop apace, ye fieiy-footed Steeds, 
 Tow'rds Phoebus Lodging ; fuch a Charioteer 
 As Phaeton would lafii you to the Weft, 
 And bring in cloudy Night immediately. 
 Spread thy clofe Curtains, Love-performing Night, 
 Thou fober-fuited Matron, all irt Black, 
 That jealous Eyes may wink, and Romeo 
 Leap to thefe Arms untalk'd of, and unfeen. 
 Oh ! give me Komeo^ and when he fhall die. 
 Take him, and cut him out in little Stars ; 
 And he will make the Face of Heav'n fo fine. 
 That all the World will be in love with Night, 
 And pay no Worfhip to the gaudy Sun. Shak* Row^O'JmU 
 
 But Oh ! there wants, to crown my Happinefs, 
 Life of my Empire, Treafure of ray Soul, 
 Guide of my Days, and Goddefs of my Nights ! 
 My dear Statira / Oh that heav'nly Beam ! 
 Warmth of my Brain, and Eire of my Heart ! 
 Had fhe but fhot to fee me, had fhe met me. 
 By this time I had been among the Gods 5 
 If any Extafy can make a Height, 
 Or any Rapture hurl us to the Heav'ns. Lee Alex* 
 
 Oh thou'rt my Soul it felf. Wealth, Friendfhip, Honour ! 
 All prefent Joys, and Eai'neft of all futui'e. 
 Are fumm'd in thee ! Methinks when in thy Arms 
 Thus leaning on thy Breaft, one Ivlinute's more 
 Than a long thoufand Years of vulgar Hours. Otw. Ven* Pref, 
 
 She reigns more ftilly in my SouLthan ever. 
 She garifons my Breaft, and mans againft me 
 Ev'n my own Rebel Thoughts with thoufand Graces, 
 Ten thou(and Charms, and new-difcover*d Beauties : 
 Oh hadft thou (^Qtn her when Die lately blefs'd me. 
 What Tears, what Looks, what Languiftiii^s fhe darted ! 
 Love bath*d himfelf in the diftilling Mm ; 
 And Oh ! the fubtle G^d has made his Entrance 
 Quite thro my Heart ! He fhouts and triumphs there. 
 And all his €17 is Death or Bellamira / 
 
 Oh 
 
( 283 ) 
 Oh Expeftation bums me ! Heart ! how ftie inflames me ! 
 Let*s talk no mote of War ! for now my Theme's all Love ! 
 The War, like Winter, vanifhes ; 'tis gone, 
 And Bellamira^ with eternal Spring, 
 Drefs'd in blue Heav'ns, and breathing vernal Sweets, 
 Drops, like a Cherubim, in Spoils before me. 
 Thus to a glorious Coaft, thro Tempefts hurl'd. 
 We (ail, like him who foi^ht the Indian World : 
 'Tis more, 'tis Paradife I go to prove, 
 And Bellamira is the Land of Love ! 
 I have her in my View, and hark, fhe talks. 
 And fee, about like the fii-ft Maid fhe walks ; 
 Fair as the Day, when firft the World began. 
 And I am doom'd to be the happy Man ! Lee CAf,Borgi 
 
 The God of Love once more has fliot his Fires 
 Into my Soul, and my whole Heart receives him ; 
 Almeyda now returns with all her Charms : 
 I feel her as fhe glides along my Veins, 
 And dances in my Blood. So when Mahomet 
 Had long been hammering, in his lonely Cell, 
 Some dull, infipid, tedious Paradife, 
 A brisk Arabian Girl came tripping by : 
 Faffing, fhe cafl at him a fldelong Glance, 
 And look'd behind in hopes to be purfu'd ; 
 He took the Hint, embrac'd the flying Fair, 
 And having found his Heav'n, he hx'd it there. Dry d, Don Seh, 
 
 O the killing Joy ! 
 O Extafy ! my Heait will burfl my Breafi:, 
 To leap into thy Bofom ! But, by Heav'n, 
 This Night I will revenge me of thy Beauties^ 
 For the dear Rack I have this Day endur'd ! 
 For all the Sighs and Tears that 1 have fpent, 
 I'll have fo many thoufand burning Loves ; 
 So fwell thy Lips, fo fill me with thy Sweetnefs, 
 Thou fhalt not fleep, nor clofe thy wand'ring Eyes 5 
 The fmiling Hours fhall all be lov*d away. 
 We'll furfeit all the Night, and languifh all the D^ 
 
 Where am I ? Surely Paradife is round me ; 
 Sweets planted by the Hand of Heav'n grow here. 
 And ev'ry Senfe is full of thy Perfeftion ! 
 To hear thee fpeak might calm a Mad-man*s Frenzy, 
 Till by Attention he forgot his Sorrows : 
 But to behold thy Eyes, th' amazing Beauties, 
 Wou'd make him rage again with Love, as I do : 
 
 To 
 
 Lee Alex, 
 
C 284 ) 
 TotOuclithee'sHeav'ii, but to enjoy thee. Oh' 
 Thou Nature's whole Peifedion in oL Piece r 
 Sure framing thee, Heav'n took unufual Care ' 1 
 
 As Its own Beauty it defign'd thee fair, ' ( 
 
 And form d thee by the beft-lov'd Angel there. Otw. OrpS 
 Who can behold fuch Beaut)' and he (Ilem ? ^^ 
 
 Befire firft taught us V^ords : Man when created. 
 At ftrft, alone long wander'd up and down, 
 forlorn and filent as his VafTal Beaft : ' 
 
 But when a Heav'n-born Maid like you appeared, 
 Str nge paffion fill'd his Eyes, and i'd hi Heart, 
 Unloos d h,s Tongue, and his fii^ Talk was U>ye Otw. Orp 
 Love m your funny Eyesdoes basking play; ^ ^ 
 
 Love walks the pleafant Mazes of youi-Hair' 
 Love does on both your Lips for ever fti'ay, ' 
 And fows and reaps a thoufand KifTes there. Ou'A 
 
 The Sun iliall now no more difpenfe 
 
 His own, but your bright Influence : 
 
 1 11 carve your Name on Barks of Trees, 
 
 With True Love's Knots and Plouriihes, 
 
 That fhall infufe eternal Spring, 
 
 And everlafting Flourifhing : 
 
 Drink ev'iy Letter on't in. Stumi 
 
 And make ft brisk Champaign become : 
 
 Where-e'eryou ti-ead, yoiu: Foot /hallfei 
 
 The Primrofe and the Violet: 
 
 ';^^ Spices, Perfumes, and fweet Pouder^; 
 
 Shall borrovir from your Breath their OdoiW. 
 
 Nature her Charter lliall renew. 
 
 And take all Lives of Things from you ; 
 
 The World depend upon your Eye, 
 
 And when you frown upon it, die : 
 
 Only our Loves fliall Ml furvive. 
 
 New Worlds and Natiu-es to outlive : 
 
 And like to Heralds Moons, remain' 
 
 All Crefcent, without Change or Wanci Hnd. 
 
 Hold, hold, quoth flie, no more of this 3 
 
 Sir Knight, you take your Aim amifs ; 
 
 For you will find it a hard Chapter, 
 
 To catch me with poetick Rapture : 
 
 In which youfMaftery of Ait 
 
 Does /hew it felf, and not your Heart : 
 
 Nor will yon raife, in mine, Combuftion, 
 
 By dint of high hcroick Fuftian. 
 
 $hc 
 
She that with Poetry is won. 
 Is but a Desk to write upon : 
 And what Men fay of her, they mean 
 No more than that on which they lean. 
 Some with Arabian Spices ftrive 
 T' embalm her cruelly alive. 
 Her Mouth's compar'd t'an Oyfter's, with 
 A Row of Pearls in% 'ftead of Teeth 5 
 Others make Pofies of her Cheeks, 
 Where red and whiteft Colours mix ; 
 In which the Lilly and the Rofe, 
 For Indian Lake and Cerufe goes. 
 The Sun and Moon, by her bright Eyeff 
 Eclipsed and darken'd in the Skies, 
 Are but black Patches which llie wears. 
 Cut into Suns, and Moons, and Stars ; 
 By which Aftrologers, as well 
 ^ As thofe in Heav'n above, can tell 
 
 What ftraiige Events they do forefliow 
 Unto her Under- World below. 
 Her Voice the Mufick of the Spheres, 
 So loud it deafens mortal Ears : 
 As wife Philofophers have thought. 
 And that's the Caufe we hear it not* 
 This has been done by fome, who thofe 
 Th' ador'd in Rhyme, would kick inProfe; 
 And m thofe Garters would have hung. 
 Of which melodioufly they fung. Hud% 
 
 Why fo pale and wan, fond Lover ! 
 
 .Prithee why ^o pale ? 
 Will, when looking ill can't move her, 
 
 Looking ill prevail? 
 Why fo dull and mute, young Sinner ! 
 
 Prithee why fo mute? 
 Will, when ipeaking well can't win her. 
 
 Saying nothing do't ? 
 Quit, quit for lliame, this will not move. 
 
 This cannot take her ; 
 If of her felf fhe will not love, 
 Kothii^ can make her : 
 
 The Devil take her. SuckK 
 
 Tell me tl\en the Reafon, why 
 Loys from Hearts in love does fly? 
 
 Why 
 
C 286 ) 
 
 Why the Bird will build a Neft, 
 
 Where he ne'er intends to reft ? 
 Love^ like other little Boys, 
 
 Cries for Hearts, as they for Toys ; 
 
 Which, when gain'd in childifti Play, 
 
 Wantonly are thi'own away. 
 
 Still on Wing, or on his Knees, 
 
 Love does nothing by degrees ; 
 
 Bafely flying when moft priz'dj 
 
 Meanly fawning when defpis'd. 
 
 Flattering or infulting ever. 
 
 Generous and grateful never : 
 
 All his Joys are fleeting Dreams, 
 
 All his Woes fevere Extremes. l^och. 
 
 Oh Love ! how are thy precious fweetefl: Minutes 
 Thus ever crofs'd, thus vex'd with Difappointments ! 
 Now Pride, now Ficklenefs, fantaftick Quarrels, ^ 
 
 And fuUen Coldnefs, give us Pain by turns ; 
 Malicious meddling Chance is ever bufy 
 To bring us Fears, Difquiets, and Delays ; 
 And ev'n at laft, when after all our w^iiting. 
 Eager we think to fnatch our dear-bought Blife, 
 Ambition calls us to its fudden Cares ; 
 And Honoui- ftern, impatient of Neglecl, 
 Commands us to forget our Eafe and Pleallires y 
 As if we had been made for nought but Toil, 
 And Love were not the Bufinefs of oiu* Lives. Rowe Vlyjf^ 
 
 Ah ! cruel Heav'n, that made no Cure for Love ! 
 Love has no Bounds in Pleafure or in Pain. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 What prieftly Rites, alas! what pious Art, 
 What Vows avail, to cure a bleeding Heart ? 
 A gentle Fire flie feeds within her Veins, 
 Where the foft God fecure in filence reigns ; 
 Sick with Defire, and feeking him flie loves. 
 From Street to Street the raging Vido roves : 
 So when the watchful Shepherd, from the Blind, 
 Wounds with a random Shaft the carelefs Hind ; 
 r)iftra<5led with her Pain, flie flies the Woods, 
 Bounds o'er the Lawn, and feeks the.filent Floods, 
 With fruitlefs Care ; for ftill the fatal Dart 
 Sticks in her Side, and rankles in her Heart. Dr'jd* Virg* 
 
 Anger in hafty Words or Blows 
 It felf difcharges on our Foes \ 
 
 And 
 
C 287 ) 
 
 And Sorrow too finds fome Relief 
 
 In Tears, which wait upon our Grief; 
 
 So ev'iy Paffion, but fond Love, 
 
 Unto its own Redrefs does move : 
 
 But that alone the Wretch inclines 
 
 To what prevents his own Defigns ; 
 
 Makes him lament, and figh, and weep, 
 
 Difbrder'd, tremble, fawn, and creep ; 
 
 Poftures which render him defpis'd, . " 
 
 Where he endeavours to be priz'd. Wall. 
 
 But I muft rouze my felf, and give a ftop 
 To all thofe Ills by headlong Paffion caus'd : 
 In Minds refolv*d weak Love \s put to flight. 
 And only conquers when we dare not fight. 
 But we indulge our Haniis, and while he gains 
 An Entrance, pleafe our felves into our Pains. Dr^d, Sec* Lcvgm 
 
 Rouze to the Combat, 
 And thou art fure to conquer : Wars fhall reftore thee, 
 The Sound of Arms (hall wake thy martial Ai'dour, 
 And cure this am'rous Sicknefs of thy Soul, 
 B^n by Sloth, and nurs'd by too much Eafe. 
 The idle God of Love fupinely dreams 
 Amidft inglorious Shades of purling Su'eams ; 
 In rofy Fetters and fantaftick Chains 
 He hinds deluded Maids and fimple Swains ; 
 With foft Enjoyments woos them to foi^ec 
 The hardy Toils and Labours of the Great. 
 But if the warlike Trumpet's loud Alarms, 
 To virtuous Ads excite and manly Arms ; 
 The Coward Boy avows his abjed Fear, 
 On filken Wings (ublime he cuts the Air, 
 Scar'd at the noble Noife, and Thunder of the War. Rowe{ 
 
 (JCamerL 
 Away then, feeble God, 
 I banifh thee my Bofom : Hence, I fay. 
 Be gone ; or I will tear the Stiings that hold thee. 
 And flab thee in my Heart. The Wars come on ; 
 By Heav'n I'll drown thy laughing Deity 
 In Blood, and drive thee with my brandifli'd Sword. Lee Mithrid, 
 
 Yes ! I will fhake this Cupid fi'om my Arms, 
 If all the Rages of the Earth can fright him 5 
 Drown him in the deep Bowl of Hercules 5 
 Make the World drunk, and then like JEolus, 
 y^hen he gave Paflage to the fti'uggling Winds, 
 
C 2S8 ) 
 
 I'll ftick my Speer into the reeling Globe, 
 To let it blood ^ fet Babylon in a blaze, (Lee Alex* 
 
 And drive this God of Fbmes with more confuming lire. j 
 
 LOYALTY, See Subje^:, J 
 
 "For Loyalty is iiill the fame. 
 Whether it win or lofe the Game ; ^ 
 
 True as the Dial to the Sun, j 
 
 Altho it be not (hin'd upon. i 
 
 But True and Faithful 's fure to lofe, t 
 
 Which way foever the Game goes; -^ 
 
 And whether Parties lofe or win. 
 Is always nick'd, or elfe hedg'd in,: 
 While Pow'r ufurp'd, like ftoln Delight, ' j 
 
 1$ more bewitching than the right ; ^ 
 
 And when the Times begin to alter, <| 
 
 None rife fo high as from the Halter, Hud» : 
 
 The Faith of moft with Fortune does declinCj 
 Duty*s but Fear, and Confcience but Defign. Hozv, 
 
 Let Fools the Name of Loyalty divide ; 
 
 Wife Men and Gods are on the ftrongeft Side. SeJL Ant, ^'Cleop, \ 
 
 For whom (hould we efteem above \ 
 
 The Men whom Gods do love ? CoivU \ 
 
 The Laws of Friendfhip we our felves create, I 
 
 And 'tis but fimple Villany to break 'em : i 
 
 But Faith to Princes broke is Sacrilege, 
 
 An Injuiy to the Gods ; and that loft Wretch, ' 
 
 Whofe Breaft is poifon'd with fo vile a Pui'pofe, 
 Tears Thunder down from Heav'n on his own Head, : 
 
 And leaves a Curfe to his Pofterity. Koch, ValenU 
 
 LUST. J 
 
 As Virtue never will be mov'd, , ^ 
 
 Tho Leudnefs court it in a fhape of Heav'n ; 
 So Luft, tho to a radiant Angel join'd. 
 
 Will feat it felf in a celeftial Bed, j 
 
 And prey on Garbage. Shah HamU | 
 
 To a Lady flaying on the "LUTE, 
 The trembling Strings about her Fingers croud, j 
 
 And tell their Joy for ev'ry Kifs aloud : 
 Small Force there needs to make them tremble (6 ; 
 Touch'd by that Hand, who wou'd not tremble too ? \ 
 
 Here Love takes ftand, and while fhe charms the Ear, 
 Empties his Quiver on the lift'ning Deer ; 
 Muiick fo foftens and difarms the Mind, 
 
 That not one Arrow does Refiftance find : 1 
 
 Thus 
 
( 289 ) I 
 Thus the fair Tyrant celebrates the Prize, ^ ; 
 
 And afts her felf the Triumph of her Eyes. ] 
 
 So Nero once with Harp m Hand fui'vey'd ] 
 
 His flaming il<7W^, and as that burn'd he play M. Wall, ; 
 
 To burning Rome when fi-antick Nero play'd, *^ 
 
 Had he but heard thy Lute, he foon had found I 
 
 His Rage eluded, and his Crime aton'd ; -\ 
 
 Thine, like Amphioris Hand, had rais'd the Stone, '\ 
 And from Deftrudion call'd a fairer Town : 
 
 Malice to Mufick had been forc'd to yield, j 
 Nor could he bui-n fo fail as thou could'ft build. Pr'toro 
 
 . LYRE. \ 
 B Awake, awake, my Lyre, 
 
 And tell thy filent Matter's humble Tale, j 
 
 In Sounds that may prevail ; j 
 
 Sounds that gentle Thoughts infpire : | 
 
 Tho fo exalted Ihe, j 
 
 And I fo lowly be, | 
 
 Tell her fuch different Notes make all thy Harmony. i 
 
 Hai'k how the Strings awake, 1 
 
 And tho the moving Hand approach not near, ^ 
 
 Themfelves with aweftil Fear 
 
 A kind of numerous Trembling make ; j 
 Now all thy Forces trj'. 
 
 Now all thy Charms apply ; j 
 
 Revenge upon her Ear the Conquefts of her Eye. , 
 
 Weak Lyre, tliy Virtue fure | 
 
 Is ufelefs here, fince thou art only found ' | 
 
 To cure, but not to wound. 
 And fhe to wound, but not to cure. 
 
 Too weak too wilt thou prove | 
 
 My Paflion to remove : j 
 
 iWiyfick to other Ills, thou'rt Nourifhment to Love. \ 
 
 Sleep ! fleep again, my Lyre ; ■ 
 
 For thou canft never tell my humble Tale 
 
 In Soimds that will prevail, ' 
 
 Nor gentle Thoughts in her infpire : \ 
 All thy vain Mirth lay by. 
 
 Bid thy Strings lilent lie, ^ j 
 
 Sleep, fleep again, my Lyre, and let thy Mafter die. Cowl ^ 
 
 MAD. I 
 
 Now fee th^^t noble and moft fov'reign Reafon, j 
 
 Like fweet Bels jangled out of Tune and harfli j j 
 
 >I Mai ; 
 
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 Mad as the Seas and Winds, when both contend 
 V^'hich is the mightier. 
 
 She hems, and beats her Breaft, 
 Spurns envioufly at Straws ; fpeaks things in Doubt, 
 That carry but half Senfe : 
 Yet her unfhap'd Ufe of Speech does move 
 Tlie Hearers to Colleftion : They aim at it. 
 And her Words up-fit to their own Thoughts ; 
 Whicli as her Winks, and Nods, and Geftures yield them, 
 Indeed would make one think there would be Thoughts ; 
 Tiio notbmg fuit, yet much, unhappily. Shak, HamU 
 
 Behold her lying in her Cell, 
 Her unregarded Locks 
 Matted like Turies TrefTes j her poor Limbs 
 Chain'd to the Ground ; and 'ftead of thofe Delights, 
 Which happy Lovers tafte, her Keeper's Snipes, 
 A Bed of Straw, and a coarfe wooden Difh 
 Of wretched Suftenance. Otu\ Orp^ 
 
 Obferve the Gallantly of her Diftraftion : 
 Hark how fhe mouths the Heav'ns, arid mates the Gods ; 
 Her blazing Eyes darting the wand'ring Stars, 
 While with her thund'ring Voice flie threatens high. 
 And ev'ry Accent twangs with finarting Sorrow. Lee Oedip* 
 
 He raves ; His Words are loofe 
 As Heaps of Sand, and fcatt'ring wide from Senfe. 
 So high he's mounted in his airy Throne, 
 That now the Wind is got into his Head, 
 And turns liis Brains to Frenzy. Dryi. Span* Fry* 
 
 Wild 
 As a robb*d Tigrefs bounding o'er the Woods. Lee Oedip* 
 
 Wild as Winds, 
 That (weep the Defarts of our moving Plains. Bryd. Don Seh 
 
 There is a Pleafure fure in being mad, 
 Which none but Madmen know. Dryd, Span. Fry* 
 
 Madmen ought not to be mad. 
 But who can help their Frenzy ? Bryd, Span. Fry, 
 
 A Woman ! If you love my Peace of Mind, 
 Name not a Woman to me : But to think 
 Of Woman were enough to taint my Brains 
 Till they ferment to Madnefs. A Woman is the thing 
 1 would forget, and blot from my Remembrance. Ofw* OrpK 
 
 To my charm'd Ears no more of Woman tell \ 
 Name not a Woman, and 1 fhali be well ; 
 
 Like 
 
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 C 291 ) 
 
 Like a poor Lunatick that makes his Moan, 
 And for a while beguiles his Lookers on ; 
 He reafons well, his Eyes their Wildnefs lofe. 
 He vows the Keepers his wrongM Senfe abufe : 
 But if you hit the Caufe that hurt his Brain, 
 Then his Teeth gnafh, he foams, he (hakes his Chain, 
 His Eye-balls roll, and he is mad again. Lee C^f, Borg, 
 
 TOM-A-BEDLAM. 
 I have bethought my felf 
 To take the bafeft and the pooreft Shape, 
 That ever Penuiy in Contempt of Man, 
 Brought near to Beaft. My Pace I'll grime with Eilth, 
 Blanket my Loins, put all my Hair in Knots 5 
 And with prefented Nakednefs out-face 
 The Winds and Perfecutions of the Sky. 
 The Country gives me Proof and Prefident 
 Of Bedlam Beggars, who with roaiing Voices 
 Smke into their niunm'd aad mortif)''d Arms 
 Pins, wooden Pricks, Nails, Sprigs of Rofemarj^ ; 
 And with this horrible Objed from low Farms, 
 Poor pelting Villages, Sheep-cotes, and Mills, 
 Sometimes with lunatick Bans, fometimes with Pray'rs, 
 Inforce their Chai'ity. Shak, K, Lear, 
 
 M A N. See Babe, Creation, Philofophy. 
 Time was when we w^re fowM, and juft began 
 Prom fome few fruitful Drops, the Promife of a Man : 
 Then Nature's Hand (fermented as it was) 
 Moulded to Shape the foft coagulated Mafs j 
 And when the little Man was fully form'd. 
 The breathlefs Embryo with a Spirit warm'd ; 
 But when the Mother's Throws begin to come, 
 The Creature pent within the narrow Room, 
 Breaks his blind Prifon, pufhing to repaii* 
 His ftifled Breath, and draw the living Air ; 
 Caft on the Margin of the >5^orld he lies 
 A helplefs Babe, but by Inllind he cries ; 
 He next eflays to walk, but downwards prefs'd. 
 On four Feet imitates his Brother-Beaft : 
 By flow Degrees he gathers from the Ground 
 His Legs, and to the Rolling-Chair is bound : 
 Then walks alone •, a Horfemannow become. 
 He rides a Stick, and uravels round the Room. 
 In time he vaults among his youthful Peers, 
 Strong-bon'd, and ftrungwidi Nerves, in Pride of Years. 
 
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 He runs with Mettle his firft merry Stage, 
 JSlaintains the next, abated of his Rage, 
 Eut manages his Strength, and fpares his Age : 
 Heavy the third, and ftifF, he finks apace. 
 And tho 'tis Down-hill all, but creeps along the RacCi 
 Now faplefs on the Verge of Death he ftands. 
 Contemplating his former Feet and Hands j 
 And, Ai/'/o-like, his flacken'd Sinews fees. 
 And wither'd Arms, once fit to cope with HercttleSy 
 Unable now to fhake, much lefs to tear the Trees. 
 
 Thus ev'n our Bodies daily Change receive, 
 Some Part of what was theirs before, they leave ; 
 Nor are To-day what Yefterday they were. 
 Nor the whole Same To-morrow will appear. Dr'jd* Ovid, 
 
 So Man, at firft a Drop, dilates with Heat ; 
 Then form'd, the litde Heart begins to beat ; 
 Secret he feeds, unknowing in the Cell, 
 At length, for hatching ripe, he breaks the Shell, 
 And ftruggles into Breath, and cries for Aid, 
 Then helplefs in his Mothar's Lap is laid : 
 He creeps, he walks, and iflliing into Man, 
 Grudges their Life from whence his own began : 
 Retchlefs of Laws, affeds to rule alone. 
 Anxious to reign, and reftlefs on the Throne. 
 Fiiil: vegetive, then feels, and reafons laft. 
 Rich of three Souls, and lives all three to wafte : 
 Some thus, but thoufands more in Flow'r of Age, 
 For few arrive to run the latter Stage. Dryd, PaU O' ArC 
 
 Man is but Man, inconftant ftill and various. 
 There's no To-morrov/ in him like To-day ; 
 Perhaps the Atoms rolling in his Brain, 
 Make him think honeftly this prefent Hour ^ 
 The next, a Swarm of bafe ungrateful Thoughts 
 May mount aloft. 
 
 Who would truft Chance, fince all Men have the Seeds 
 Of Good or 111, which fhouldwork upward firft? Dryd,Cleom, 
 
 Men are but Children of a larger Growth, 
 Our Appentes as apt to change as theirs. 
 And full as craving too, and full as vain : 
 And yet the Soul, Hiut up in her dark Room, 
 Viewing fo clear abroad, at home kts nothing ; 
 Put like a Mole in Earth, bufy and blind, 
 Works all her Folly up, and cafts it outward 
 i u the World's open View. J^^d. All for Love^ 
 
 Ah! 
 
C 293 ) 
 Ah ! what is M^in when his own Wifh prevails ! 
 How nifh, how fwiftto plunge himfelf in HI I 
 Proud of his Pow'r, and boundlefs in his Will ! D>-}'^. 
 
 With what unequal Tempers are we fram'd ! 
 One Day the Soul, fupine with Eafe and lullnefs^ 
 Revels fecure, and fondly tells her felf. 
 The Hour of Evil can return no more : 
 The next, the Spirits pall'd, and fick of Riot, 
 Turn all to Difcord, and we hate our Beings ; 
 Curfe the pad: Joy, and think it Folly all. 
 And Bitternefs and Anguifh. Rowe Fair Pt??,. ■ 
 
 Mankind one Day ferene and free appear, ., 
 The next they're cloudy, fullen, and fevere» - 
 New Paflions new Opinions ftill excite. 
 And what they Hke at Noon, defpife at Night. 
 They gain with Labour what they quit with Eafe^ 
 And Health for want of Change becomes Difeafe. 
 Religion's bright Authority they dare. 
 And yet are Slaves to fuperftitious Fear. 
 They counfel others, but themfelves deceive. 
 And tho they're cozen'd ftill, they ftill believe. G.5r» . 
 
 Mankind upon each others Ruin rife, 
 Cowards maintain the Bravej. and Fools the \^"iCq, Hi,iv,Veft.Vlro 
 
 Mankind each others Stories ftill repeat,.. 
 And Man to Man is a fucceeding Cheat. Hoiv, D, of Lerm, 
 
 >5^ere 1 [who to my Coft already am 
 One of thofe ftrange prodigious Creatures Man]J 
 A Spirit free to cbufe for my own Share % 
 
 What Cafe of Flefh and Blood I'd pleafe to wear ; > 
 
 rd be a Dog, a Monkey, or a Bear 5 ^^ 
 
 Or any thing but that vain Animal, 
 Who is fo proud of being rational. 
 The Senfes are too grofs, and he'll contrive 
 A fixth to contradid the other five : 
 And before ceitain Inftind ^ill prefer 
 Reafon, which fifty times for one does en*. 
 Reafon, an Ignis Fatuus in the Mind, 
 Which leaving Light of Nature, Senfe, behind, 
 Pathlefs, and dang'rous wandring Ways it takes. 
 Thro Errors fenny Bogs, and thorny Brakes : 
 While the mifguided Follow'r climbs with Pain 
 Mountains of Whimfeys heap'd in his own Brain ; 
 Stumbling fi-om Thought to Thought, falls headlong down 
 Jnt;o Doubt's boundlefs Sea, where like to drown, 
 
 N 3 Books 
 
C 294 ) 
 
 Books bear him up a while, and make him try 
 
 To fwim with Bladders of Philofophy, 
 
 In hopes ftill to o'ertake th' efcaping Light j 
 
 Till fpent, it leaves him to eternal Night. 
 
 Huddled in Dirt the reas'ning Engine lies, 
 
 Who was fo proud, Co witty, and fo wife : 
 
 Pride drew him in, as Cheats their Bubbles catch, 
 
 And made him venture to be made a Wretch ; 
 
 His Wifdom did his Happinefs deftroy ; 
 
 Aiming to know that World he fhould enjoy. 
 
 And Wit was his vain frivolous Pretence 
 
 Of pleafing others at his own Expence : 
 
 For Wits are treated juft like common Whores, 
 
 Pirft they're enjoy 'd, and then kick'd out of Doors* 
 
 Wom.en and Men of Wit are dang'rous Tools, 
 
 And ever fatal to admiring Fools. 
 
 Thoie Creatures are the wifeft who attain 
 
 Ey fareft Means the Ends at which they aim ; 
 
 it' therefore Jozuler finds and kills his Hare 
 
 Petrer than Aleers fapplies Committee-Chair, 
 
 Tho one's a Statefman, th'other but a Hound, 
 
 jo-wler in Juftice would be wifer found. 
 
 Birds feed on Birds, Beafts on each other prey, 
 
 rut lavage 2vlan alone does Man betray ] 
 
 Prefi'd by Neceflity, they kill for Food ; 
 
 Man undoes Man to do himfelf no Good. 
 
 Wirh Teeth and Claws, by Nature arm'd, they hunt 
 
 Nature's Allowance to fupply their Want : 
 
 But Man with Smiles, Embraces, Friendfhips, Praife, 
 
 ITnhimianly his Fellow's Life betrays ; 
 
 W'ith voluntaiy Pains works his Diftrefs, 
 
 Not thro Necedity, but Wantonnefs. 
 
 For Hunger or for Love they fight and tear, 
 
 While wretched Man is ftill in Arms for Fear : 
 
 For Fear he arms, and is of Arms afraid \ 
 
 By Fear to Fear fucceflively betray'd : 
 
 Bafe Fear, the Source whence his beft Paflion came. 
 
 His boafted Honour and his dear-bought Fame. 
 
 The Good he ads, the 111 he does endure, 
 
 'Tis all for Fear, to make himfelf fecure ; 
 
 Merely for Safety after Fame we thirft. 
 
 For all Men would be Cowards if they durft. 
 
 And Honefty's againft all common Senfe ; 
 
 Men mufl be Knaves, 'tis in dieir own Defence : 
 
 Mankiiid*si 
 
( 290 
 
 Mankind's difhonefl: ; if you think it fair 
 Among known Cheats to play upon the Squai-^ 
 You'll be undone : 
 
 Nor can weak Truth your Reputation fave. 
 The Knaves will all agree to call you Knave : 
 . Long fhall he live infulted o'er, opprefs'd. 
 Who dares be lefs a Villain than the reft. Roch, 
 
 MARRIAGE. See Husband, "^{[q. 
 To the nuptial Bower 
 I led her blufhing like the Morn; all Heav'n, 
 And happy Conftellations on that Hour 
 Shed their feledeft Influence ; The Earth 
 Gave Sign of Granulation, and each Hill : 
 Joycus the Birds : Frefli Gales and gentle Airs 
 Whifper'd it to the Woods ; and from their Wings 
 rlung Rofe, flung Odours from the fpicy Shmb ; 
 Difpcrting till the am'rous Bird of Night 
 Sung Spouuii, and bid hafte the Evening-Star 
 On his Hill-top to light the bridal Lamp. Milt, 
 
 And Venus blefs'd with nuptial Blifs the long laborious Night. 
 Eros and Anteros on either Side, 
 One fir'd the Bridegroom, and one warm'd the Bride ; 
 
 And Hymen from above 
 Shower'd on the Bed the whole Idalian Grower Dryd.PaL^Arc, 
 
 Hail wedded Love ! myfterious Law ! tine Source 
 Of human Offspring ! fole Propriety 
 In Paradife, of all things common elTe ! 
 By thee adult'rous Luft was driv'n from Man 
 Among the beftial Herds to range •, by thee 
 Founded in Reafon, loyal, juft, and pure, 
 Relations dear, and all the Charities 
 Of Father, Son, and Brother firft were known \ 
 Perpetual Fountain of domeftick Sweets ! 
 Here Love his golden Shafts employs, here lights 
 His conftant Lamp, and waves his Purple Wings ; 
 Here reigns and revels ; not in the bought Smile 
 Of Harlots, lovelefs, joylefs, unindear'd, 
 Cafual Fruition ; nor in Court- Amours, 
 Mix'd Dance, or wanton Mask, or Midnight Ball, 
 Or Serenade, which the ftai*v'd Lover fings 
 To his proud Fair, beft quitted with Difdain. Alilf, 
 
 When fix'd to one. Love fafe at Anchor rides. 
 And dares the Fuiy of the Wind and Tides j 
 
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( 296 ) 
 Eiit lofing once that Hold, to the wide Ocean borne, 
 it drives away at Will,to ev'17 Wave a Scorn. Bryd, T<^r*Love, 
 All Women would be of one Piece, 
 
 The virtuous Matron and the Mifs j 
 
 The Nymphs of chafte Dianas Train, 
 
 The fame with thofe in Lukener's-Lane ; 
 
 But for the Diff'rence Marriage makes 
 
 'Twlxt Wives and Ladies of the Lakes, Hud* 
 
 Marriage, thou Curfe of Love, and Snare of Life ! 
 That i^rit debas'd a Miftrefs to a Wife ! 
 Love like a Scene at diftance fhould appear. 
 Put Marriage views the grofs-daub'd Landskip near. 
 Love's naufeous Cure ! thou cloy'ft whom thou fhould'ft pleafe. 
 And when thou cur 'ft, then thou art theDifeafe. 
 When Hearts are loofe, thy Chain our Bodies ties ; (J3ran, 
 Love couples Friends, but Marriage Enemies. Dry^« Concj^, of 
 And Wedlock without LovCj fome fay, 
 
 Is but a Lock without a Key ; 
 
 It is a kind of Rape to marry 
 
 One that neglefts or cares not for ye ; 
 
 For what does make it Ravifhment, 
 
 Eiu being 'gainft the Mind's Confent ? Hud* 
 
 A Slavery beyond enduring, 
 
 But that 'tis of our own procuring : 
 
 As Spiders never feek the Fly, 
 
 .But leave him of himfelf t'apply ; 
 
 So Men are by themfelves be tray 'd 
 
 To quit the Freedom they enjoy'd. 
 
 And run their Necks into a Noofe, 
 
 They'd break 'em after to break loofe. Hud* 
 
 With gaudy Plumes and jingling Bells made proud, 
 The youthful Beaft fets forth and neighs aloud : 
 A Morning-Sun his tinfell'd Harnefs gilds. 
 And the fii-ft Stage a down-hill Green-fword yields. 
 But Oh ! 
 
 What rugged Ways attend the Noon of Life,^ 
 Our Sun declines ; and with what anxious Strife, 
 What Pain we tug that galling Load a Wife ? 
 All Coui'fers the firft Heat with Vigour mn, 
 But 'tis with Whip and Spur the Race is won. Cong. Old, Batch, 
 Marriage is but a Beaft, fome fay. 
 
 That carries double in foul Way j 
 
 Therefore 'tis not to be admir'd. 
 
 It (hould fo fuddenly be tii-'d. ■^«^- 
 
 For 
 
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C 297 ) 
 lor after Mati-imony's over. 
 He that holds out but half a Lover, 
 Deferves for every Minute moije 
 
 Than half a Year of Love before, • Hud, 
 
 Fondnefsis mil th' EfFed of new Delight; 
 Marriage is but the Pleafure of a Day ; 
 The Metal's bafe, the Gilding worn away. J^ryd. Auren, 
 
 Marriage at beft is but a Vow, 
 Which all Men either break or bow. Hu.U 
 
 Lord of your felf , uncumber'd with a Wife t 
 Where for a Year, a Month, perhaps a Night, 
 Long Penitence fucceeds a [hort Delight. 
 Minds are fo hardly match'd, that ev'n the hrit, 
 Tho pair'd by Heav'n, in Paradife, were cui's d V 
 For Man and Woman, tho in one they gcow^. 
 Yet, firft or laft, return again to two : 
 He to God's Image, fiie to his was made ; ^ m • 
 
 So fai-ther from the Fount the Su'eam at random Itray dv 
 How could he ftand ^ when, put to double Pam, 
 He muft a weaker- than himfelf fuftam ? 
 Each might have ftood perhaps, but each alone 5. 
 Two Wreftlers help to pull each other down. 
 Not that my Verfe would blemifh all the Fair, ^ 
 
 But yet, if Tome be bad, 'tis Wifdom to beware •, ^ r 
 
 And better ihun the Bait, thaa ftruggle in the Snare. Dry. « > 
 
 I would not wed her :. 
 No ' were Qie all Defire could wifn, as fair 
 As would the vaineft of her Sex be thought. 
 With Wealth beyond what Woman's Pride could wafte, - 
 She fhould not cheat me of my Freedom. Marry ! 
 When 1 am old, and weai7 of the World, , 
 Imaygrow defperate, nth,, n-'^ 
 
 And take a Wife to mortify withal. unv..Kj;, .. 
 
 Marriage to Maids Is like a War to Meo, 
 The Battle caufes Fear, but the fweet Hopes 
 Of winnina at the laft ftiU draws them in.- Lee ML^^ruu. 
 
 MARS. 
 TheGodof War, whofeunrefiftedSway, ._ 
 
 The Labours andEvcnts of Arms, obey. ^H^ ' *-'^" 
 
 Thus on the Banks of Hehms' freezing' Flood, 
 The God of Battels, in his angry Mood, 
 Clafhing his Sword againft his brazen Shield, ^ ^ 
 Letsloofe the Reins, and fcours along die Fieiu-. 
 
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 Before the Wind his fieiy Courfers fly, 
 
 Groans the fad Earth, refounds tlie rattling Sky, 
 
 Wrath, TerrouKy Treafon, Tujnttlt, and Defpair^ 
 
 Dire Faces and deform'd, furround the Car, 
 
 Friends of the God, and FoUow'rs of the War. Dryd* Virg 
 
 Strong God of Arms ! whofe Iron Sceptre Iways 
 The freezing North, and Hyperborean Seas, 
 And Scythian Colds, and Thracias wintry Coaft, 
 Where ftand thy Steeds, and thou art honoured moft : 
 There moft ; but every where thy Pow'r h known, 
 The Fortune of the Fight is all thy own : 
 Terrour is thine, and wild Amazement flung 
 From out thy Chariot, withers ev'n the Sti'ong : 
 And Difarray, and fhameful Rout enfue. 
 And Force is added to the fainting Crew. 
 Venus, the publick Care of all above. 
 Thy ftubborn Heart has foften'd into Love : 
 Kow by her Blandifhments and pow'rful Charms, 
 >X^hen yielded, fhe lay curling in thy Arms ; 
 Fv'n by thy Shame, if Shame it may be call'd. 
 When Vulcan had thee in his Net inthrall'd 5 
 (Oh envy'd Ignominy ! Sweet Difgrace ! 
 When ev'ry God that faw thee, wifb'd thy place !) 
 ;By thofe dear Pleafures, aid my Ai-ms in Fight, 
 And make me conquer in my Patron's Right. 
 For I am young, a Novice in the Trade, 
 The Fool of Love, unpradis'd to perfuade ; 
 And want the foothing .^rts that catch the Fair ; 
 JBut caught my felf, lie ilrnggling in the Snare. 
 Nought can my Strength avail, unlefs by thee 
 Endu'd with Force, 1 gain the Vidory. 
 Acknowledg'd as thou art, accept my Pray'r, 
 If ought 1 have atchiev'd deferve thy Care ; 
 If to my utmoft pow'r, with Sword and Shield, 
 1 dar'd the Death, unknowing how to yield ; 
 And falling in my Rank, ftill kept the Field, 
 i o be the Morrow's Sweat and Labour mine. 
 The Palm and Honour of the Conqueft thine. 
 Then (hall the War, and ftern Debate, and Strife 
 Immortal, be the Bus'nefs of my Life; 
 And in thy Fane, the dufty Spoil among, 
 High on the burnifli'd Roof^ my Banner fhall be hung, 
 Rank'd with my Champions Bucklers ; and below. 
 With Arms levers'dj tli'Atchievements of my foe, 
 
 " And 
 
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C 299 ) 
 
 And while thefe Limbs the vital Spirit feeds. 
 While Day to Night, and Night to Day fucceeds. 
 Thy fmoking Altar Ihall be fat with Food 
 Of Incenfe, and the grateful Stream of Blood : 
 Biu-nt-OfF'rings Morn and Evening Hiall be thine. 
 And Fires eternal in thy Temple lliine : 
 This Bufh of yellow Beard, this Length of Hair, 
 Which from my Birth inviolate I bear, 
 Guiltlefs of Steel, and from the Razor free. 
 Shall fall a plenteous Crop, refei-v'd for thee. Dryd, Paho^Arc, 
 Temple of MARS, 
 In the Dome of mighty Mars the Red, 
 With different F^res all the Sides were fpread : 
 This Temple, lefs in Form, with equal Grace, 
 Was imitative of the firft in Thrace, 
 For that cold Region was the lov'd Abode, 
 And fov^'eign Manfion of the Warriour-God. 
 The Landfcape was a Foreft wide and bare. 
 Where neither Beaft nor Human Kind repair. 
 The Fowl that fcent afar, the Borders fly. 
 And fhun the bitter Blaft, and wheel about the ^ky. 
 A Cake of Scurf lies baking on the Ground, 
 And prickly Stubs inftead of Trees are found ; 
 Or Woods with Knots and Knares, deform'd and old ; 
 Headlefs the moft, and hideous to behold. 
 A ratt'ling Tempeft thro the Branches went. 
 That ftript them bare, and one fole way they bent. 
 Heav'n froze above fevere, the Clouds congeal. 
 And through the cryftal Vault appear 'd the ftanding Hail, 
 Such was the Face without, a Mountain ftood, 
 Threatning from high, and ovei'look'd the Wood : 
 Beneath the lowring Brow, and on a Bent, 
 The Temple ftood of Mars Armipotent. 
 The Frame of burnlfh'd Steel, that caft a Glare 
 From far, and feem'd to thaw the freezing Air, 
 A ftreight long Enti-y to the Temple led, 
 Blind with high Walls, and Hori-our over-head ; 
 Thence ifTu d fuch a Blaft, and hollow Roar, 
 As threaten'd from the Hinge to heave the Door. 
 In, thro that Door a northern Lig'it there fhone, 
 'Twas all it had, for Windows there were none. 
 The Gate was Adamant ; eternal Frame ! 
 Which hew'd by Mars himfelf, from Indian Quarries came. 
 
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( 300 ) 
 The Labour of a God 1 and all along 
 Tough Iron Plates were clench'd, to make It ftroi^. 
 A Tun about was every Pillar there, 
 A polifh'd Mirrour fhone not half To clear. 
 There faw I how the fecret Felon wrought. 
 And Treafon lab'ring in the Traitor's Thought, 
 And Midwife Time the ripen'd Plot to Murder brought. 
 There the red Anger dar'd the pallid lear \ 
 l^ext ftood Hypocrij'y, with holy Leer, 
 Soft-fmiling, and demui'ely looking down 5 
 But hid the Dagger underneath the Gown. 
 Th' affalilnating Wife, the Houfhold-Hend, 
 And, far the blackeft there, the Traitor-Friend. 
 On th'other fide there ftood DeJiru6lion bare, 
 llnpunifh'd Rapine^ and a Wafte of War. 
 Conteft^ with fliarpen'd Knives in Cloyfters drawn, 
 And all w^ith Blood befmeai''d the holy Lawn. 
 Loud Menaces were heard, and foul Difgrace, 
 And bawling Infamy in Language bafe. 
 Till Senfe was loft in Sound, and Silence fled the Place. 
 The Slayer of himfelf yet faw I there. 
 The Gore congeal'd was clotter'd in his Hair ; 
 With Eyes half clos'd, and gaping Mouth he lay. 
 And grim, as when he breath'd his fullen Soul away. 
 In midft of all the Dome, Misfortune fate. 
 And gloomy Vifcontent^ and fell Debate : 
 And Aladnefs laughing in his ireful Mood ; 
 And arm'd Complaint on Theft, and Cries of Blood. 
 There was the mui'der'd Corps in Covert laid. 
 And vi'lent Death in thoufand Shapes difplay'd. 
 The City to the Soldiers Rage refign'd ; 
 Succefsleft Wars, and Poverty behind. 
 Ships burnt in Fight, or forc'd on rocky Shores, 
 And the rafh Hunter ftrangled by the Boars. 
 The new-born Babe by Nurfes over-laid. 
 And the Cook caught within the raging Fire he made. 
 All Ills of i\^^r^'s"Natui-e ; Flame, and Steel ; 
 The gafping Charioteer beneath the Wheel 
 Of his own Car ; the ruin'd Houfe that falls. 
 And intercepts her Lord betwixt the Walls : 
 The whole Diviiion that to Mars pertains. 
 All Trades of Death that deal in Steel for Gains, 
 Were there ; the Butcher, Armourer, and Smith 
 \i'\\Q forges fharpeft d Fauchions or the Scythe ; 
 
 } 
 
 The 
 
( 3.01 ) 
 The fcarlet Conqueji on a Tow'r wa^ plac'cf. 
 With Shouts and Soldiers Acclamations grae'd. n 
 
 There faw I Mars's Ides, the Capitol, 
 The Seer in vain foretelling C&far^s Fall j 
 The laft Triumvirs, and the Wars they move. 
 And Anthony who loft the World for Love. 
 Thefe, and a thoufand more the Pane adorn. 
 Their Fates were painted e'er the Men were born. 
 All copy'd from the Heav'ns, and mling Force 
 Of the red Star, in his revolving Goarfe. 
 The Form of Mars high on a Chaiiot ftood, (Arc^ 
 
 All fheath'd in. Arms, and gruffly look'd the God. Dryd, Pal. o* 
 MAT, 
 
 For thee, fweet Month, the Groves green Liv'ries wear3 
 If not the fii-ft, the faii'eft of the Year. 
 For thee the Graces lead the dancing Hours ; 
 And Natui'e's ready Pencil paints the Flow'rs : 
 When thy fhort Reign is paft, the fev'rilh Sun (& Arc* 
 
 The fultiy Tropick fears, and moves more flowly on. Dry d* Pal. 
 
 Sprightly May commands our Youth to keep 
 The Vigils of her Night, and breaks their fluggard Sleep ; 
 Each gentle Breaft with kindly Warmth fhe moves, {Arc. 
 
 Inlpires new Flames, revives extinguifh'd Loves. Dryd, PaU zy 
 Golden MEAN. See Greatnefs* > 
 
 Superfluous Pomp and Wealth I not defire. 
 But what Content and Decency require. Bar* Juv* 
 
 Pleafui'es abroad the Sport of Nature yields ; 
 Her living Fountains and her fmiling Fields ; 
 And then at home what pleafure is't to fee 
 A little, cleanly, chearful Family ! 
 Wliich if a chafte Wife crown, no lefs in her. 
 Than Fortune, I the golden Mean prefer. 
 Too noble, nor too wife fhe fHould not be. 
 No nor too rich, too fair, too fond of me. 
 Thus let my Life Aide fllently away. 
 With Sleep all Night, and Quiet all the Day. Cowl. Mart* 
 
 Let Woods and Rivers be 
 My quiet, tho inglorious Deftiny : 
 
 In Life's cool Vale let my low Scene be laid. Cowl. Virg. 
 
 Much will always wanting be 
 To him who much defires ; 
 Thi'ice happy he. 
 To whom the wife Indulgency of Heav'n 
 With fpai-ing Hand but ji2l enoi^h has given 1 CowU Hor. 
 
 He 
 
C 302 ) 
 
 He does not Palaces nor Manners crave, / 
 
 Would be no Lord, but lefs a Lord would have: 
 The Ground he owns, if he his own can call, 
 He quai'rels not with Heav*n, becaufe *tis fmall. 
 Let gay and toilfom Greatnefs others pleafe, 
 He loves of homely Littlenefs the Eafe. Cowl, Marti 
 
 Plain was his Couch, and only rich his Mind 5 
 Contentedly he flept, as cheaply as hedin'd. C9ng,Juv* 
 
 His calm and harmlefs Life, 
 Free from th* Alarms of Fear and Storms of Strife, 
 Does with fubftantial BlefTednefs abound. 
 And the foft Wings of Peace cover him round. CowU Virg, 
 
 Their Wealth was the Contempt of it ; which more 
 They valu'd, than rich Fools the fhining Ore. CowU 
 
 A filent Life he led ; 
 Kor pompous Cares, nor Palaces he knew. 
 But wifely from th' infedious World withdrew. Dryd, Virg, 
 He's no fmall Prince, who eveiy day 
 Thus to himfelf can fay : 
 Kow will I fleep, now eat, now fit, now walk. 
 Now meditate alone, now with Acquaintance talk ^ 
 
 This will 1 do, here will I ftay : 
 Or if my Fancy calteth me away. 
 My Mmi and 1 will prefently go ride. 
 
 For we have nothmg to provide. 
 If thou but a Ihort Journy take. 
 As if thy laft thou wert to make, 
 Bus'nefs muft be difpatch'd e'er thou muft go 5 
 
 Nor canft thou ftir, unlefs there be 
 A hundred Hoi-fe and Men to wait on thee, 
 
 AnA many a Mule, and many a Cart, 
 What an unwieldy Man thou art ! 
 The Rhodian Colojfus fo 
 
 A Journy too might go. CowK 
 
 If thou be wife, no glorious Fortune chufe. 
 Which 'tis but vain to keep, yet Grief to lofe : 
 For when we place ev'n Trifles in the Heart, 
 With Trifles too unwillingly we part. 
 An humble Roof, plain Bed, and homely Board, 
 More clear untainted Pleafures do afford, 
 Than all the Tumult of vain Greatnefs brings 
 To Kings, or to the Favourites of Kings. Cowl, Hor* 
 
 Then might I live by my own fui'ly Rules, 
 Not forc'd to worfhip Knaves, or flatter Fools ; 
 
 And 
 
C 303 ) 
 
 And thus fecur*ci of Eafe by fhunmng Strife, (^Juvl 
 
 WithPleafure would I fail down the fwift Stremtl of Life. Har* 
 Since Wealth and Pow*r too weak we find 
 To quell the Tumults of the Mind ; 
 Or ftom the Monarch's Roofs of State, 
 Prive thence the Cares that round him wait : 
 Happy the Man with Little Wefs*dj 
 Of what his Father left, po(Iefs*d ; 
 No bafe Defires corrupt his Head, 
 Ko Peai'S difturb him in his Bed, 
 Thy Poition is a wealthy Stock, 
 A fertile Glebe, a fruitful Plock, 
 Horfes and Chariots for thy Eafe, 
 Rich Robes to deck, and make thee pleafe : 
 Tor me, a little Cell I chufe. 
 Pit for my Mind, fit for my Mufe ; 
 Which foft Content does befl adorn. 
 Shunning the Knaves and Fools I fcorn. Otw. Hor^ 
 MELANCHOLY. See Grief. 
 A fudden Damp has feiz'd my Spirits, 
 And like a heavy Weight 
 Hangs on their aftive Springs. Dryd* D. of Culfe* 
 
 A kind of Weight hangs heavy on my Heart, 
 My flagging Soul flies under her own Pitch, 
 Like Fowl in Air too damp, and lags along 
 As if (he were a Body m a Body, 
 And not a mounting Subftance, made of Fire. 
 My Senfes too are dull and fhipify'd. 
 Their Edge rebated : Sure fome ill Approaches, 
 And fome kind Spirit knocks foftly at my Breafl 
 To tell me Fate's at hand, Dryi. Cleom't 
 
 Some unborn Sorrow, ripe in Fortune's Womb, 
 Now coming tow'rds me, grieves my inmoft SouL Shak, Rich»2» 
 
 Sure fome ill Fate's upon me : 
 Diftnift and Heavinefs fit round my Heart, 
 And Apprehenfion fhocks my tim'rous Soul. Otw, Or^h* 
 
 This Melancholy flatters, but immansyou ; 
 What is it elfe but Penuiy of Soul ? 
 A lazy Froft, a Numnefs of the Mind, 
 That locks up all the Vigour to attempt. 
 By barely crying, 'Tis impoflible ! Dryd* Cleom* 
 
 It makes a Toy prefs with prodigious Weight, 
 
 And Avells a Mole-hill to a Mountain's height, 
 
 For 
 
C 304 > 
 
 For melancholy Men He down and groan^ 
 Prefs'd with the Burden of themfelves alone. 
 Crufh'd with fantaftick Mountains they defpair. 
 Their Heads are grown vafl: Globes too big to bear; 
 A litde Spark becomes a raging Flame, 
 And each weak Blaft a Storm too fierce to tame. 
 So peevifh is the quarrelfom Difeafe, 
 No profperous Fortune can procure it Eafe. 
 Some abfent Happinefs they ftill purfue, 
 
 Diflike the prefent Good, and long for new; Blac*^ 
 
 MEMORY. 
 Things which offend when prefent, and affright, 
 In Memoiy well painted, move Delight. Cowh 
 
 Remember thee ! 
 I, thou poor Ghoft ! while Memory holds a Seat- 
 In this diftrafted Globe. Remember thee ! 
 Yes, from the Table of my Memoiy 
 I'll wipe away all trivial fond Records, 
 All Saws of Books, all Forms, all Preflures paft. 
 That Youth and Obfervation copy'd there ; 
 And thy Commandment all alone fhall live 
 .Within the Book and Volume of my Brain, 
 Unmix'd with bafer Matter. Shak, HamL. 
 
 Something like 
 That Voice methinks I fhould have fomewhere heard. 
 But Floods of Woes have huriy'd it far off. 
 Beyond my Ken of Soul. DrycU 'Pon Seh* 
 
 A confus'd Repoit 
 Pafs'd thro my Ears ; 
 But full of Huriy, like a morning Dream, 
 It vanilh'd in the Bufinefs of the Day. Dryd, Oedip, 
 
 'Tis loft ; 
 Like what we think can never fhun Remembrance, 
 Yet of a fudden's 2,one beyond the Clouds. Lee Oedi^*. 
 
 MERCHANT. 5^^ Mony. 
 So when the Merchant fees his Veffel loft, 
 Tho richly freighted from a foreign Coaft, 
 Gladly for Life the Treafure he v/ould give. 
 And only wifhes to efcape and live : 
 Gold and his Gains no more employ his Mind, 
 But driving o'er the Billows with the Wind, {Tair Pen. 
 
 Cleaves to one faithful Plank, and leaves the reft behind. Kcwe^ 
 
 I, in my private Baik already wreck'd, **' 
 Like a poor Merchant driv'n on unknown Land, 
 
 That 
 
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 That had by chance pack'd up his deareft Treafui'e 
 In one rich Casket, and fav'd only that ; 
 Since I muft wander fui'ther on the Shore, 
 Thus hug my little, but my precious Store, 
 Refolv'd to fcorn, and truft my Pate no more. Otw, 
 When Merchants break, o'erthrown 
 Like Ninepins, they ftrike others down. Hud, 
 
 ME RCURY. 
 
 Hermes obeys ; with golden Pinions binds 
 His flying Feet, and moimts the Weftern Winds. 
 But fii'ft he grafps within his aweful Hand, 
 The Mark of fov'reign Pow'r, his magick Wand : 
 With this he draws the Ghofts from hollow Graves, 
 With this he drives them down to Stygian Waves 5 
 "With this he feals in Sleep the wakeful Sight, 
 And Eyes, tho clos'd in Death, reflores to Light. 
 Thus armM, the God begins his airy Race, 
 And drives the racking Clouds along the liquid Space J 
 Now fees the Top of Atlas as he Rl&s^ 
 Where, pois'd upon his Wings, the God defcends. 
 Then, reded thus, he from the towering Height 
 Plung'd downward with precipitated Flight 5 
 Lights on the Seas, and skims along the Flood. 
 As Water-Fowl, who feek their fifhy Food, 
 Lefs and yet lefs to diftant profpe<ft fhow. 
 By tiu-ns they dance aloft and dive below : 
 Like thefe the Steemge of his Wings he plies. 
 And near the Surface of the Waters flies ; 
 Till having pafs'd the Seas, and crofs'd the Sand?, 
 He clos'd his Wings, and flioop'd on Lybian Lands. Dryd,Vtrg* 
 
 The Herald of the Gods : 
 His Hat adorn'd with Wings difclos'd the God, 
 And in his Hand he bore the Sleep-compelling Rod. 
 Such as he feem'd, when at his Sirens Command 
 On Argus' Head he laid the fnaky Wand. Dryd* PaL & Arc* 
 MERCY. See Jufliice. 
 
 Offspring Divine ! in Heav*n the moft beloved. 
 By whom ev'n Fate unchangeable \s mov'd ; 
 Her Looks fo moving, fuch celeftial Grace, 
 So mild and f^-eet an Aii* dwells on her Face ; 
 So tender and engaging all her Charms, 
 That oft th* Almighty's Fury fhe difarms : 
 Her Language melts Omnipotence, arrefts 
 His Hand, and thence the vengeftd Lightning wrefts. tlac. 
 
 To 
 
C 306. > 
 
 To Threats the ftubborn Sinner oft is hard, 
 Wrap*d in his Crimes againft the Storm prepared ; \ 
 
 But when the milder Beams of Mercy play, ' 
 
 He melts, and throws his cumb'rous Cloke away. 
 Lightning and Thunder, Heav'n's Artillery, 
 As Harbingers, before th' Almighty fly : 
 Thofe but proclaim his Stile, and difappear ; 
 The ftiller Sound fucceeds, and God is there. Dryd* 
 
 Heav'n has but 
 Our Sorrow for our Sins, and then delights 
 To pardon erring Man. Sweet Mercy feems 
 Its dariing Attribute, which limits Juftice ; -^ 
 
 As if there were Degrees in Infinite, 
 And Infinite would rather want Perfedion, 
 Than punifh to Extent. Dryd. All for Love, 
 
 Curfe on th* unpard'ning Prince, whom Tears can draw 
 To no Remorfe ; who lailes by Lions Law ; 
 And, deaf to Pray'rs, by no SubmifTion bow'd. 
 Rends all alike, the Penitent and Proud Dryd* Pah O* Arc* 
 
 But Kings too tame, are defpicably good. Dryd* 
 
 Por Goodnefs in excefs may be a Sin, 
 Juflice muft tame whom Mercy cannot win. HaU 
 
 Ev'n Heav'n is weary'd with repeated Crimes, 
 Till Lightning flafhes round to guard the Throne, 
 And the curb'd Thunder grumbles to begone, Dry*D,ofGmfe* 
 METALS. 
 
 Now thofe profounder Pvegions they explore, 
 Where Metals ripen in vaft Cakes of Ore ; I 
 
 Here, fullen to the Sight, at large is fpread 
 The dull unwieldy Mafs of lumpifh Lead. 
 There glimm'ring in their dawning Beds are feett. 
 The more afpiring Seeds of fprightly Tin. 
 The Copper fparkles next in ruddy Streaks, 
 And in the Gloom betrays its glowing Cheeks. 
 The Silver then, with bright and bui'nifh'd Grace, 
 Youth, and a blooming Luflre in its Face, 
 To th' Arms of thofe more yielding Metals flies. 
 And in the Folds of theii' Embraces lies. 
 So clofe they cling, fo ftubbornly retire. 
 Their Love's more vi'lent than the Chvmift's Fire. Car* 
 
 MILKY-WAY. 
 
 A Way there is in Heav'n*s expanded Plain, 
 
 Which, when the Skies are clear, is feen below. 
 
 And Mortals by the Name of Milky know ; 
 
 ' The 
 
( 307 ) 
 
 The Ground-work is of Stars, thro which the Road 
 
 Lies open to the Thunderer's Abode. Dryd, Ovid* 
 
 A broad and ample Road, whofe Duft is Gold, 
 And Pavement Stars, as Stais to us appear 
 Seen in the Galaxy, that Milky- Way, 
 
 Like to a circling Zone, powder'd with Stars. Mtlti 
 
 MISER. See Content. 
 Like a Mifer 'midft his Store, 
 Who grafps and grafps till he can hold no more j 
 And when his Strength is wanting to his Mind, 
 Looks back and fighs on what he left behind. Dryd. Tyr, Love* 
 
 At Midnight thus th'Ufurer fteals untrack'd, 
 ^o make a Vifit to his hoaitded Gold, 
 And feaft his Eyes upon the fhining Mammon. Otw. Orph* 
 
 Slaves, who ne'er knew Mercy ; 
 Sour, unrelenting, Mony-loving Villains, 
 Who laugh at human Natiu-e and Forgivenefs, 
 And are, Uke Fiends, the Fadors for Defti'udion. Rowe I air Pen. 
 
 MISTRESS. 
 ' Beware the dang'rous Beauty of the Wanton, 
 Shun their Enticements : Ruin, like a Vultui'e, 
 Waits on their Conquefts ; Falfhood too's their Bus*nef8| 
 They put falfe Beauty off to all the World, 
 llCc falfe Endearments to the Fools that love diem ; 
 And when they marry, to their filly Husbands 
 The^^ Wm^ falfe Virtue, broken Fame and Fortune. Otw. Or^h* 
 
 You bear the fpecious Title of a Wife, 
 To guild your Caufe, and draw the pitying World 
 To favour it : The World contemns poor me \ 
 For I have loft my Honoui*, loft my Fame, 
 And ftain'd the Glory of my royal Houfe ; 
 And all to bear the branded Name of Miftrefs. 
 
 [Spoken- hy Cleopana.] Dryd, All for Love* 
 For now the World is grown fo waiy. 
 That few of eidier Sex dare mai'ry j 
 But rather truft on tick t' Amours, 
 The Crofs and Pile for better or worfe : 
 A Mode that is held honoui-able. 
 As well as French and fafhionable. H««» 
 
 MISTS. See Clouds, Fog. 
 Ye Mifts and Exhalations that now rife 
 From Hill or fteaming Lake, dusky, and grey, 
 Till the Sun paint your fleecy Skirts widi Gold ; 
 
 Either 
 
C 30S ) 
 
 Either to deck with Clouds th' uncolour'd Sky, 
 Or wet the thirfty Earth whh falling Show'rs. Mlttm 
 
 MO NY. 5^^ Gold. 
 Mony being the common Scale 
 Of things by Meafure, Weight, and Tale ; 
 In all th' Affairs of Church and State, 
 Is both the Ballance and the Weight. Hud» 
 
 For Mony is the only Pow'r 
 That all Mankind falls down before. Hud» 
 
 Men venture Necks to gain a Fortune : 
 The Soldier does it ev'ry day, 
 (Eight to the Week) for Sixpence Pay : 
 Your Pettifoggers damn their Souls, 
 To Ihare with Knaves in cheating Fools ; 
 And Merchants venturing thro the Main, 
 Slight Pirates, Rocks, and Horns, for Gain. , Hud, 
 
 This Mony has a Pow*r above 
 The Stars and Fates to manage Love ; - 
 Whofe AiTows, learned Poets hokl. 
 That never fail, are tipp'd with Gold, Hud* 
 
 And tho Love's all the World's Pretence, 1 
 
 Mony's the mythologick Senfe ^ ' 
 
 The real Subftance of the Shadow, 
 Which all Addrefs and Courtfliip's made to. Hfid* 
 
 For Mony 'tis, that is the great I 
 
 Provocative to am'rous Heat ; 
 'Tis Beauty always in the Flow'r, 
 That buds and bloflbms at Fourfcore ; 
 'Tis Virtue, Wit, and Worth, and aU 
 That Men divine and facred call : 
 For what's the Worth of any thing, 
 But fo much Mony as 'twill bring ? lind* 
 
 Hence 'tis, no Lover has the Pow*r 
 T' enforce a defperate Amour, 
 Like him that has two Strings to's Bow, 
 And burns for Love and Mony too ; 
 For then he's brave and refolute, 
 Difdains to render in his Suit ; 
 ][ias all his Flames and Raptures double. 
 And hangs or drowns with half the trouble. Hnd, 
 
 And to be plain, 'tis not your Perfon 
 My Stomach's fet fo fharp and fierce on j 
 But 'tis your better Part, your Riches,, 
 That my enamoured Heart bewitdies. H«^. 
 
( 3<>9 ) 
 Tor Mony, like the Swords of Kings, 
 Is the laft Reafon of all things. j^^^ 
 
 MOON. See Blufli, Creation, Hell. 
 He fmooth'd the rough-caft Moon's imperfea: Mold, 
 And comb'd her beamy Locks with facred Gold : 
 Be thou, faid he, Qiieen of the mournful Nighu 
 , And, as he fpoke, ftie rofe clad o*er in Light, 
 iWith thoufand Stars attending on her Train* 
 , I With her they rife, with her they fet again« CowU 
 
 I The Moon 
 
 Rifing in clouded Majefty, at length 
 CJnvdl'd her peerlefs Light ; 
 I She o'er the Dark her lilver Mande threw. 
 And m her pale Dominion check'd the Night. Mllt^ 
 
 Nor equal Light th' unequal Moon adorns. 
 Or in her wexing, or her waning Horns ; 
 For ev*ry Day fhe wanes, her Pace is lefs 5 
 But gadi'ring into Globe, fhe fattens at Increafe. Dryd^ Ovid, 
 The Queen of Night, whofe vaft Command 
 Rules all the Sea, and half the Land ; 
 And over nioift and crazy Brains, 
 In high Spiing-Tides at Midnight reigns, Hud» 
 
 MORNING. See Blufh, 
 'Twas ebbing Darknefs, pail the Noon of Night, 
 [And Phofphor on the Confines of the Light, 
 jPromis'd the Sun, e'er Day began to fpring : 
 |The tuneful Lark began to ftretch her Wing, {Pal, O* Arc, 
 jAnd flick'ring on her Neft, made fhort EfTays to fing. Dr'jd, 
 
 Now Morn her ro{y Steps in th' orient Clime 
 I Advancing, fow'd the Earth with eallern Pearl. Milti 
 
 The rof)^-finger'd Morn appears, / 
 
 And from her Mantle fhakes her Tears ; 
 1 The Sun arifing. Mortals chears, 
 
 I And drives the rifing Mifts away. 
 
 In promife of a glorious Day. Dry^. Alh. & Alhan, 
 Dim Night her fhadowy Cloud withdraws ; tlie Morn, 
 Wak'd by the circling Hours, with rofy Hand 
 Unbarr'd the Gates of Light. Milt. 
 
 Now the fair Morn fmiles with a purple Ray, 
 Clearing before the Sun the eaftern Way ; 
 Whofe radiant Train pours from the Gates of Light, 
 And the new Day does to new Toils invite. JB/^f. 
 
 And now went forth the Morn array'd in Gold, 
 And from before her vanifh'd gloomy Night, 
 
 Shot 
 
(310) 
 
 Shot through with orient Beams. MUtJi 
 
 Aurora had but newly chasM the Night, 
 And purpled o*er theSky with blufhing Light. T^ryd.PaLo'ArcA 
 
 'Twas juft the time when the new Ebb of Night 
 Did the moift World unveil to human Sight. CowU: 
 
 And now a Glance from mild Aurora's Eyes 
 Shoots thro the cr)'ftal Kingdoms of the Skies ; 
 The favage Kind in Eorefts ceafe to roam. 
 And Sots, o'er-charg'd widi naufeous Loads, reel home : 
 Light's chearful Smiles o'er th' azure Wafte are fpread. 
 And Mifs from Inns o' Court bolts out unpaid. Car» 
 
 Mean while, to re-falute the World with facred Light 
 Leucothoe wak'd, and with frefh Dews embalm'd 
 The Earth. And now the fmiling Morn begins 
 Her rofy Progrefs. Milu 
 
 The morning Laik, the Meflenger of Day, 
 Saluted in her Song the Morning grey ; 
 And fbon the Sun arofe with Beams fo bright. 
 That all th' Horizon laugh'd to fee the joyous Sight. 
 He with his tepid Rays the Rofe renews, (jO* Arc» 
 
 And licks the dropping Leaves, and dries the Dews. Dr^d, PaU 
 
 Now rofe the ruddy Morn from Thhon's Bed, 
 And with the Dawn of Day the Skies o'erfpread. 
 Nor long the Sun his daily Courfe with-held. 
 But added Colours to the World reVeal'd. J)ryd, Vlrg^ 
 
 At length gay Morn (miles in the Eaftern Sky | 
 From robbing filent Graves the Sextons fly ; 
 The rifing Mifts skud o'er the dewy Lawns, 
 The Chanter at his early Mattins yawns : 
 The Vi'lets ope their Buds, Cowflips their Bells, 
 And Progne her Complaint of Tereus tells. Carn 
 
 The Sun had long fince in the Lap 
 Of Thetis taken out his Nap ; 
 And, like a Lobfter boil'd, the Morn 
 From Black to Red began to tiu'n. Hud, 
 
 Aurora on Etefian Breezes borne. 
 With blufhing Lips breathes out the fprightly Morn.' 
 Each Flow'r in Dew their fhort-liv'd Empire weeps. 
 And Cynthia with her lov'd Endymion fleeps. Car, 
 
 Now had Aurora on the Pace of Night ; 
 
 Pour'd from her golden Urn frefh Streams of Light, 
 That fin'd and clear'd the Air ; while down to Hell 
 The fhady Dregs precipitated fell. ^^^^* 
 
 Ajid 
 
C3II) 
 
 And now the rlfing Morn with rofy Light, 
 Adorns the Skies, and puts the Stars to flight. Dryd, Vtrg. 
 
 The Morn enfuing from the Mountain's Height, 
 Had fcarcely fpread the Skies with rofy Light 5 
 Th' etherial Courfers, bounding from the Sea, 
 From out their flaming Noftrils breath*d the Day. Vf^d, Vtrg, 
 
 Behold, the Morn, in ruflet Mantle clad, 
 Walks o'er the Dew of yon high Eaftern WL Shak,:Eiom,ir'3uU 
 
 Behold what Su'eaks 
 Of Light embroider all the cloudy Eaft. 
 Night's Tapers are burnt out, and jocund Day 
 Upon the Mountain-tops fits gaily dr efs'd. 
 While all the Birds bring Mufick to his Levee. Shak,Rom,^ Jtih 
 
 Prom Amber Shroudy I fee the Morning rife. 
 Her rofy Hand begins to paint the Skies : 
 And now the City Emmets leave their Hive, 
 And roufing Hinds to chearful Labour drive. 
 High Cliffs and Rocks are pleafing Objeds now. 
 And Nature fmiles upon the Moimtain's Brow \ 
 The joyful Birds falute the Sun's Approach, 
 The Sun too laughs, and mounts his gaudy Coach ; 
 While from his Car the dropping Gems diftil ; (Paris* 
 
 And all the Eaith and all the Heav'ns do fmile. Lee MaJJ'acre of 
 
 It is methinks a Morning full of Fate ; 
 It rifes flowly, as her fuUen Care 
 Had all the Weights of Sleep and Death hung on it. 
 She is not rofy-finger'd, but fwoU'n black j 
 Her Face is like a Water turn'd to Blood ; 
 And her fick Head is bound about with Clouds, 
 
 As if fhe threaten'd Night e'er Noon of Day, ^oh* Catiline* 
 The Morning rifes black, the low'ring Sun 
 
 Drives heavily his fable Chariot on : 
 
 The Face of Day now blufhes fcarlet-deep. tee AUx* 
 
 Wifh'd Morning's come ; and now upon the Plains 
 
 And diflant Mountains, where they feed their Flocks, 
 
 The happy Shepherds leave their homely Huts, 
 
 And with their Pipes proclaim the new-born Day. 
 
 The lufly Swain comes with his well-fiU'd Scrip 
 
 Of healthful Viands, which, when Hunger calls. 
 
 With much Content and Appetite he eats ; 
 
 To follow in the Field his daily Toil, 
 
 And drefs the grateful Glebe that yields him FruitSu 
 
 The Beafls that under the warm Hedges flept, 
 
 And weather'd out the cold bleak Night, ai'e up j 
 
 And 
 
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 And looking tow'rds the neighb'ring Paftures, tslCe 
 
 Their Voice, and biddieir Fellow-brutes Good-mori'OW : 
 
 The cheerful Birds too on the Tops of Trees 
 
 Aflemble all in Choirs, and with their Notes 
 
 Salute, and welcome up the rifing Sun. Otw, Or/, 
 
 Parent of Day ! whofe beauteous Beams of Light 
 
 Spring from the darkfom Womb of Night, 
 
 And 'midft their native Horrors fhow 
 
 Like Gems adorning of the Negro's Brow. 
 
 Not Heav'ns fair Bow can equal thee. 
 
 In all its gaudy Drapeiy : 
 
 Thou fii-ft EfTay of Light, and Pledg of Day, 
 
 Rival of Shade ! Eternal Spring of Light ! 
 
 From thy bright unexhaufted Womb, 
 
 The beauteous Race of Days and Seafons come. 
 
 Thy Beauty Ages cannot wrong. 
 
 But 'fpite of Time thou'rt ever young. 
 
 Thou art alone Heav'n's modeft Virgin-Light^ 
 
 Whofe Face a Veil of Blufhes hides from human Sight. 
 
 At thy Approach, Nature erefts her Head \ 
 
 The fmiling Univerfe is glad ; 
 
 The drowfy Earth and Seas awake. 
 
 And from thy Beams new Life and Vigoui* take. 
 
 When thy more chearful Rays appear, 
 
 Ev*n Guilt and Women ceafe to fear : 
 
 Horror, Defpair, and all the Sons of Night, 
 
 Retire before thy Beams, and take their hafty Flight. 
 
 Thou rifeft in the fragrant Eaft, 
 
 Like the fair Phoenix from her balmy Heft ; 
 
 But yet thy fading Glories foon decay, 
 
 Thine's but a momentary Stay ; 
 
 Too foon thou'it ravifh'd from our Sight, 
 
 Borne down the Stream of Day, and ovei-whelm'd with Light : 
 
 Thy Beams to thy own Ruinhafte, 
 
 They're fmm'd too exquidte to laft ; 
 
 Thine is a glorious, but a fhort-liv'd State ; 
 
 Pity fo fair a Birth fhould yield fo foon to Fate. Tald, 
 
 MO RPHEU S, 
 
 Somnusy the droufy God, 
 
 Excited Morpheus from the fleepy Croud : 
 
 Morpheus, of all his numerous Train, exprefs'd 
 
 The Shape of Man, and imitated beft 
 
 The Walk, the Words, the Gefture could fupply. 
 
 The Habit miaiid, and the Mein bely ; 
 
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 Pbys well, but all his A<flion is confin'd. 
 
 Extending not beyond our human Kind. 
 
 Another Birds, and Benfts, and Dragons ape^. 
 
 And dreadful Images and Monfter-lhapes : 
 
 This Demon, Icelos^ in Heav'ns high Hall 
 
 The Gods have nam'd \ but Men Phobetor call. 
 
 A Third is Phantafus, vvhofe Adions roll 
 
 On meaner Thoughts, and things devoid of Soul : 
 
 Earth, Fruits, and Flow'rs he reprefents in Dreams, 
 
 And folid Rocks unmov'd, and running Streams ; 
 
 Thefe three to Kings and Chiefs their Scenes difplay. 
 
 The reft before th' ignoble Commons play. Dryd. Ovid, 
 
 Still when the golden Sun withdraws his Beams, 
 And droufy Night invades the weary World, 
 Forth Ri&s the God of Dreams, fantaftick Morpheus ; 
 Ten thoufand mimick Fancies fleet around him. 
 Subtle as Air, and various in their ]>Iatures : 
 Each has ten thoufand thoufand difF'vent Forms, 
 In which they dance confus'd before the Sleeper ; 
 While the vain God laughs to behold what Pain 
 Imaginaiy Evils give Mankind. Ro'J^^e Ulyjf* 
 
 T O-xM O R R O W. See Drinking. 
 Seek not to know To-morrow's Doom, 
 That is not ours which is to come ! 
 The prefent Moment's all oui- Store, 
 The next fhould Fleav'n allow, 
 Then tliis will be no more : 
 So all our Life is but one inftant Now. 
 Look on each Day you've paft 
 To be a mighty Treafure won ; 
 And lay each Minute out in hafte. 
 We're fui'e to live too faft. 
 
 And cannot live too foon. Con^. Hor, 
 
 To-Morrow and her Works defy, 
 
 Lay hold upon the prefent Hour, 
 And fnatch the Pleafures pafling by. 
 
 To put them out of Fortune's PowV ; 
 Nor Love, nor Love's Delights difdain, 
 Whate'er thou get'ft To-Day is Gain. Dryd, Hor. 
 
 We are not fure To-morrow will be ours ; 
 Wars have, like Lo\^, their favourable Hours : 
 Let us ufe all ; for if we lofe one Day, 
 The white one Ivi the Croud may flip away. Dryi. T'yrn Loie. 
 
 O , Happy 
 
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 Happy the Man, and happy he alone. 
 He who can call To-Day his own ! 
 He, who fecure within, can fay, 
 To-Morrow do thy worft, for I have liv*d To-Day. 
 
 Be fair, or foul, or rain, or fhine, 
 The Joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of Fate are mine : 
 Nor Heav'n it-felf upon the paft has Pow*r, CHor, 
 
 But what ha^ been, has been, and I have had my Hour. Vr'^d* 
 The hoar)' Fool, who many Days 
 
 Has ftruggl'd with continued Sorrow, 
 Renews his Hopes, and blindly lays " 
 
 The defp'rate Bett upon To-Morrow : 
 To-Morrow comes, 'tis Noon, *tis Night, 
 
 This Day like all the former fled. 
 Yet on he iirns to feek Delight 
 
 To-Morrow, till To-Night he's dead. Prlor^ 
 
 Learn 
 The Bounds of Good and ivil to difcern. 
 tlnhappy he who does this Work adjourn. 
 And till To-Morrow would the Seai'ch delay ; 
 His lazy Morrow will be like To-Day. 
 
 Yefterday was once To-Morrow : 
 Tl\at Yefterday is gon^, and nothing gain'd. 
 And all thy fiuitlefs Days will thus be drain'd j 
 For thou haft more To-Mon'ows yet to ask. 
 And wilt be ever to begin thy Task ; 
 Thou like the hindmoft Chariot-wheels art curft, 
 Srill to be near, but ne'er to reach the fii-ft. Dfjd, Perf 
 
 Our Yefterday's To-morrow now is gone. 
 And ftill a new To-morrow does come on \ 
 We by To-morroW'S draw up all our Store, 
 *rili the exhaufted Well can yield no more. Cowl. Perf. 
 
 To morrow I will live, the Fool does fay, 
 T-o-Day it felf 's too late •, th« Wife liv'd Yefterday. CowlMart. 
 
 Life for Delays and Doubts no Time does give ; 
 None e\^r yet made too much Hafte to live. Cowl, Mart, 
 
 MOUNTAINS. See Atlas, Creation, Parting, 
 
 Tenerijf, Vefuvius. 
 His proud Heart the aliy Mountain hides 
 Among the ClouJs *, his Shoulders and his Sides 
 A fhadv Mantle clothes ; his curled Brows 
 Frown on the gentle Stream, which calmly flows : 
 While Winds and Storms his lofty Forehead beat. 
 The common Fate of all the hii^h and great. Venh* 
 
 As 
 
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 As Alpine Hlfls, which o'er the Cbuds arKe, 
 And rear their Heads amidft contiguous Skies, 
 Enjoy ferene, unintermpted Day, 
 And floating Tempefts all beneath fui-vey : 
 Their lofty Peaks no threat'ning Meteors wear. 
 Nor pond'rous Fogs, which cloud infenour Air : 
 The ftedfaft Heaps the raging Winds defy. 
 So deep they fix their Roots, and raife their Heads (b high, BUc 
 
 Nigh the dull Shore a (hapelefs Mountain ftood. 
 That with a dreadful Frown (lu-vey'd the Flood ; 
 Its fearful Brow no lively Greens put on ; 
 No frisking Goats bound o'er the ridgy Stone. Gar, 
 
 Ridges of high contiguous Hills arife. 
 Divide the Clouds, and penen'ate the Skies. Blac, 
 
 Like Erixy or like Athos great he fhows. 
 Or Father Appenine, when white with Snows, 
 His Head drvine, obfcure in Clouds he hides. 
 And fhakes the founding Forefl on his Sides. Dfyd, Vir'r, 
 
 As when a Fragment from a Mountain torn, 
 By raging Tempefts, or by Torrents born^ ; 
 Or fapp'd by Time, or loofen'd from the Roots, 
 Prone thro the Void, the rocky Ruin fhoots, 
 Rollii^ from Crag to Crag, from Steep to Steep; 
 Down fink at once the Shepherds and their Sheep ; 
 Involv'd alike, they rufh to nether Ground ; (Dryd. Virff. 
 
 Stunn'd with the Shock they falljand flunnM from Earth rebound. 
 
 Not with lefs Ruin than the Baian Mole, 
 Rais'd on the Seas the Surges to controul. 
 At once comes tumbling down the rocky WaU j 
 Prone to the Deep the Stones disjointed fall 
 Off the vafl Pile : The fcatter'd Ocean 9i{ts, (virg. ^ 
 
 Black Sands, difcoloui-'d Froth, and mingled Mud anTe. Dt\cL 
 MURRAIN. 
 Here from the vicious Air, and fickly Skies, 
 A Plague did on the dumb Creation rife. 
 During th 'autumnal Heats th'Infedion grew. 
 Tame Cattel, and the Beafts of Nature flew : 
 Pois'ning the flanding Lakes, and Pools impui'e. 
 Nor was the foodful Grafs in Fields feaire : 
 Strange Death ! For when the thirfty Fire had drunk 
 Their vital Blood, and their dry Nerves were flnrunk ; 
 When the contracted Limbs were cramp'd, e'en then 
 A waterifh Humour fwell'd, and ooz'd agen j 
 
 O 2 Con- 
 
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 Converting Into Bane the kindly Juice, 
 Ordaia'd by Nature for a better VCe, 
 The Vidim Ox, that was for Altars prefs'd, 
 Trimm'd with white Ribbands, and with Garlands drefs'^. 
 Sunk of himfelf, without the God's Command, 
 Preventing the flow Sacrificer's Hand ; 
 Or, by the holy Butcher if he fell, 
 Th' infpeded Entrails could no Fates foretel : 
 Nor, laid on Altars, did pure Flames arife. 
 But Clouds of fmould'ring Smoak forbad the Sacrifice. 
 Scarcely the Knife was redden'd with his Gore, 
 Or the black Poifon ftain'd the fandy Floor. 
 The thriven Calves in Meads their Food forfake. 
 And render their fweet Souls before the plenteous Rack : 
 The fawning Dog runs mad ; The wheafing Swine 
 With Coughs is choak'd, and labours from the Ciiine. 
 The Vidor Horfe, forgetful of his Food, 
 The Palm renounces, and abhors the Flood ; ' 
 
 Ke paws the Ground, and on his hanging Ears "1 
 
 A doubtful Sweat in clammy Drops appears, S 
 
 Parch'd is his Hide, and rugged are his Hairs, J 
 
 Such are the Symptoms of the young Difeafe ; | 
 
 But in Time'tProcefs, when his Pains increafe, 1 
 
 He rolls his mournful Eyes, he deeply groans, | 
 
 With patient SobDings, and with manly Moans : 
 He heaves for Breath, which, from his Lungs fupply'd. 
 And fetch'd from far, diftends his Inb'ring Side ; 
 To his rough Palate his dry Tongue fucceeds. 
 And ropy Gore he from his Noftrils bleeds. 
 Fir'd into Rage, at length he grinds his Teeth 
 h\ his ownFleQi, and feeds approaching Death. 
 The Steer, who to the Yoke was bred to bow 
 (Studious of Tillage and the crooked Plow) 
 Falls down and dies *, and dying fpews a Flood 
 Of foamy Madnefs mix'd with clotted Blood. 
 The Clown, v/ho, curfing Providence, repines. 
 His mournful Fellow from the Team disjoins •, 
 W ith many a Groan forfakes his fruitlefs Care, 
 And in th'unfinifh'd Furrow leaves the Share. 
 The pining Steer, no Shades of lofty Woods, 
 Nor flow'ry Meads can eafe, nor chryftal Floods 
 PvoU'd from the Rocks : His flabby Flanks decreafe. 
 His Eyes are fettled in a ftupid Peace ; 
 
 His 
 
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 His Bulk too weighty for his Thighs is grown. 
 And his imweildy Neck hangs drooping down. 
 The nightly Vv^olf that round th' Enclofure proU'd, 
 To leap the Fence, now plots not on the Fold, 
 Tam'd with a fnarper Pain. The fearful Doe, 
 And flying Stag, amidft the Greyhounds go ; 
 And round the Dwellings roam of Man, their fiercer Foe. 
 The fcaly Nations of the Sea profound, 
 Like fhipwreck'd Carcafts, are driven a'^round ; 
 And mighty Phoc&^ never feen before 
 In Oiallow Sn-eams, are ftranded on the Shore. 
 The Viper dead within her Hole is found ; 
 Defencelefs was the Shelter of the Ground. 
 The Water-Snake, whom Fifh and Paddocks fed, 
 With ftaring Scales lies poifon'd in iiis Bed. 
 To Birds their native Heav'ns contagious prove. 
 From Clouds they fall, and leave their Souls above. 
 The Rivers, and their Banks, and Hills around 
 With Lowings, and with dying Bleats refoimd : 
 At length, Fate ftrikes a univerfal Blow, 
 To Death at once whole Herds of Cartel go : 
 Sheep, Oxen, Horfes fall j and, heap'd on high. 
 The differing Species in Confufion lie. Vr}(l^ 
 
 From pois'nous Stars a mortal Influence came, 
 (The mingled Malice of their Flame) 
 A skilful Angel did th' Ingredients take, ^ 
 
 And with juft Hands the fad Compofure make •, ^ 
 
 And over all the Land did a fiill Vial fliake ; j 
 
 Thirft, Giddinefs, Faintnefs, and putrid Heats, 
 
 And pining Pains, and fhiv'ring Sweats, 
 On all the Cattel, all the Beaflis did fall : 
 The laboring Ox drops down before the Plow 5 
 And the crown'd Vidims, to the Altar led. 
 
 Sink, and prevent the lifted Blow. 
 The gen'rous Hoife from the full Manger turns his Head, 
 Docs his lov'd Floods, and Paftures fcorn. 
 Hates the fhrill Tmmpet and the Horn, 
 Nor can his lifelefs Nofl:rils pleafe. 
 With the once ravifliing Smell of all his dappled Miftrefles. 
 
 The fl:arving Sheep refufe to feed. 
 They bleat their innocent Souls out into Air ; 
 The faithful Do2;s lie gafping by them there ; 
 Th'aftonilh'd Shepherd weeps, and breaks his tuneRil Reed. 
 
 O 3 MUSE. 
 
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 MUSE. 
 
 G05 the rich Chariot inftantly prepare ; 
 
 The Queen, myMufe, will take the Aiti 
 Unruly Fancy witli ftrong Judgment ti'ace. 
 
 Put in the nimble-footed Wity 
 Smooth-pac'd Eloquence join with it : 
 Sound Memory with young Invention place, 
 
 Harnsfs all the winged Race ; 
 
 Let the Poftilion Nature mount. 
 
 The Coachman Art be fet ; 
 And let the airy Footmen, running all befide. 
 
 Make a long Row of goodly Pride. 
 Tigures, Conceits, Raptures and Sentences, 
 
 In a well -worded Drefs ; 
 And innocent Loves, and pleafant Truths, and artful Lye^i 
 
 In all their gaudy Liveries. 
 Mount, glorious Queen ! thy trav'Uing Throne, 
 And bid put on; 
 
 For long, tho chearful is the way. 
 And Life, alas ! allows but one ill Winter's Day : 
 Where never Foot of Man, nor Hoof of Beaft 
 Tlie PafTage prefs'd ; 
 
 Where never Fifli did fly. 
 And with fhort filver Wings cut the low liquid Sky $ 
 
 Where Bird, with painted Oar, did ne'er 
 
 Row thro the tracklefs Ocean of the Air. 
 Where never yet did piy 
 
 The bufy Morning's curious Eye, 
 The Wheels of thy bold Coach pafs quick and free, 
 And all's an open Road to thee : 
 Whatever God did fay. 
 Is all thy plain and fhiooth uninterrupted way. 
 Nay, e'en beyond his Works thy Voyages are known. 
 Thou haft Ten thoufand Worlds too of thy own. 
 Thou fpeak'ft, great Queen, in the fame Stile as he ', 
 And a new World leaps forth when thou %'ft, Let it h» 
 Thou fathom'ft the deep Gulph of Ages paft. 
 
 And canft pluck up with eafe 
 
 The Years which thoudoft pleafe ; 
 Like fhipwreck'd Treafures, by rude Tempefts caft 
 
 Long fince into the Sea, 
 Brought up again to Light and publick Ufe by thee. 
 
 Nor 
 
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 Nor doft thou only dive Co low ; 
 But fly, 
 With an unweary'd Wing, the other way as high : 
 
 Where Fates among the Stars do grow, 
 There into the clofe Nefts of Time doft peep. 
 
 And there with piercing Eye, 
 Thro the firm Shell, and the thick White doft fpy 
 
 Times to come a forming lie, 
 Clofe in their facred Secundine afleep ; 
 
 Till hatched by the Sun's vital Heat, 
 Which o*er them yet does brooding fit, 
 
 They Life and Motion get : 
 And ripe at laft with vigorous Might 
 Break thro the Shell, and- take their everlafting Flight. 
 And fure we may 
 The fame too of the Prefent fay. 
 If Paft and Future Times do thee obey : 
 
 Thou ftop'ft this Cunenr, and doft make 
 The runniqg River fettle, like a Lake ; 
 Thy certain Hand holds faft this flipp'iy Snake. 
 The Fruit which does fo quickly wafte. 
 Men fcarce can fee it, much lefs tafte. 
 Thou comfiteft in Sweets to make it laft.. 
 This Ihining Piece of Ice, 
 Which melts fo Coon away. 
 With the Sun's Ray ; 
 Thy Verfe does folidate and cryftallize^ 
 Till it a lafting Mirrour be ; 
 
 Nay, thy immortal Rhyme 
 Makes this one fhort Point of Time 
 To fill up half the Orb of round Eternity. Cowh 
 
 Invocations of the Mufes* 
 Now e'er we venture to unfold 
 Atchievements fo refolv'd and bold^ 
 "We fhould, as learned Poets ufe. 
 Invoke th' Aftlftance of fome Mufe : 
 "We think 'tis no great matter which j 
 They're all alike ; yet we Ihall pitch 
 On one that fits our purpofe moft. 
 Whom therefore thus we doaccoft. Hnd. 
 
 Queen of all harmonious Things ! 
 Dancing Words, and fpeakii^ Strings ; 
 What God, what Hero wilt thou fing ? 
 What happy Man to equal Glories bring ? 
 
 O 4 Begin, 
 
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 Begin, begin thy noble Choice ; P'md, 
 
 And let the Hills around refled the Image of thy Voice. {CovA. 
 
 Now, Erato^ thy Poet's Mind infpire. 
 And fill his Soul with thy celeftial Fire. Dry^. Virg, 
 
 And now the mighty Labour is begun, 
 Ye Mufes, open all your Helicon ; 
 
 For well you know, and can record alone, {^^'irg» 
 
 What Fame to future Times conveys but darkly down. Br'fd. 
 
 Ye Mufes, ever fair, and ever young, 
 Ail.ft my Numbers, and infpire my Song : 
 For you 'in finging martial Fath excel ; 
 You beft remember, and alone can tell. Bryd. Vtrg, 
 
 Defcend from Heav^i, Urania / by that Name 
 If rightly thou art call'd, whofe Voice divine 
 FoH'wing, above tWolympian Hill 1 foar ; 
 Above the Flight of Pegafean Wing : 
 The Meaning, not the Name I call \ for thou 
 iTor of the Mufes Nine, nor on the Top 
 Of old Olympus dweU'ft ^ but heav'nly-born, « " 
 
 Before the Hills appeared, or Fountains flowed, 
 T'hou with eternal Wifdom didft converfe ; 
 V*^ ifdom, thy Sifter ; and with her didft pI.Ty 
 In Frefence of th' Almighty Father, pleas'd 
 With thy celeftial Song : Up-led by thee 
 into the Heav'n of Heav'ns I have prefum'd. 
 An earthly Gueft, and drawn EmpyreahAir, 
 Thy Temp'ring : With like Safety guided down. 
 Return me to my native Element : 
 Left from this ftying Steed unrein'd (as once 
 Bellerophon, tho from a lower Clime) 
 Difmounted, on tWAleian Field I fall, 
 EiToneous, there to wander, and forlorn. 
 Half yet remains unfung, but narrower bound 
 Within the vifible diurnal Sphere ; 
 Standing on Earth, not wrapt above the Pole, 
 More fafe I fing with moital Voice, unchanged 
 To hoarfe or mute ; tho fall'n on evil Days, 
 On evil Days tho fall'n and evil Tongues ; 
 In Darknefs, and with Dangers compafs'd round, 
 And Solitude : Yet not alone, while thou 
 Vifit'ft my Slumbers nightly, or when Morn 
 Purples the Eaft ; ftill govern thou my Song, 
 Urania^ and fit Audience find, tho few '. 
 
 dBut di'ive far off the barb'rous Diftbnance 
 
 Of. 
 
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 Of Bacchus and his Kevellers, the Race 
 Of that wild Rout that tore the Thracian Bard 
 In Rhodope ; where Woods and Rocks had Ears 
 To Rapture, till the favage Clamour drown'd 
 Both Harp and Voice ; nor could the Mufe defend 
 Her Son. So fail not thou, who thee implores ; 
 Por thou art heav'nly, fhe an empty Dream. Milt, 
 
 Thou that with Ale or viler Liquors, 
 
 Didft infpire Withers, Pryn, and Vickars^ 
 
 And force them, tho it were in fpite 
 
 Of Nature and their Stars, to write 5 
 
 Who, as we find in fullen Writs, 
 
 And crofs-grain'd Works of modern Wits, 
 
 With Vanity, Opinion, Want, 
 
 The Wonder of the Ignorant, 
 
 The Praifes of the Author, pen'd 
 
 B'himfelf, or Wit-infliring Friend, 
 
 The Itch of Pifture in the Front, 
 
 With Bays, and wicked Rhyme upon't \ - 
 
 All that is left o'th' forked Hill, 
 
 To make Men fcribble without Skill ; 
 
 Canft make a Poet fpite of Fate, 
 
 And teach all People to tranflate 5 
 
 Tho out of Languages in which 
 
 They underftand no Part of Speech ; 
 
 Afliil me but this once I implore. 
 
 And I fhall trouble thee no more. Hud» 
 
 M U S I C K. See Lute, Lyre, Poetry, Singing, 
 Tell me, O Mufe ! (for thou, or none, canft tell) 
 The myftick Pow'rs, that in bleft Numbers dwell. 
 At firft a various unform'd Hint we find 
 Rife in fome Godlike Poet's fertile Mind, 
 Till all the Parts and Words their places take 5 
 And with jufl: Marches Verfe and Mufick make. 
 Such was God's Poem, this World's new Eflay ; 
 So wild and rude in its firft Draught it lay ; 
 Th' ungovern'd Parts no Correfpondence knew. 
 And artlefs War from thwarting Motions grew. 
 Till they to Number and fix'd Rules were brought 
 By the eternal Mind's poetick Thought : 
 Water and Air he for the Tenour chofe, 
 Eaith made the Bafe, the Treble Flame arofe : 
 To th' aftive Moon a quick bvjsk Stroke he gave. 
 To SatPirn's Su'inii a Touch more foft and grave 
 
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 O , " The 
 
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 1 he Motions ftreight, and round, and fwift, and flow. 
 And iliortj and long, were mix'd and woven fo. 
 Did in fuch anful Figures frnoothly fall. 
 As made this decent meafur*d Dance of All. 
 And this is Mufick. CowU 
 
 From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony, 
 ' This univerfal Frame began : 
 From Harmony to Harmony 
 
 Thro all the Compafs of the Notes it ran. 
 The Diapafon clofing full in Man. Dryd, 
 
 But Man may juftly tuneful Strains admire. 
 
 His Soul is MuHck, and his Breaft a Lyre : 
 
 A Lyre, which while its various Notes agree. 
 
 Enjoys the Sweet of its own Harmony. 
 
 In us rough Hatred with foft Love is join'd, J> 
 
 And fprightly Hope with grov'ling Fear combin'd, S 
 
 To form the Parts of our harmonious Mind. j 
 
 What raviflies the Soul, what charms the Ear, 
 
 Is Mufick, tho a various Drefs it wear. 
 
 Beauty is Mufick too, tho in difguife ; 7 
 
 Too fine to toi^li the Ear, it flrikes the Eyes, ^ 
 
 And thro 'em to the Soul the filent Stroke conveys. j 
 
 'Ti$ Mufick Heavenly, fuch as in a Sphere 
 
 We only can admire, but cannot hear. 
 
 Nor is the Pow'r of |^umbers lefs below, 
 
 By them all Humours yield, all Paffions bow. 
 
 And ilubborn Crouds are chang'd, yet know not how* 
 
 Let other Arts in fenflefs Matter reign, 
 
 Mimick in Brafs, or with mix'd Juices Itain ; 
 
 Mufick, the mighty Artift, Man, can rule, 
 
 As long as it has Numbers, he a Soul, 
 
 As much as Man can thofe mean Arts controul. 
 If Mufick be the Food of Love, play on ; 
 
 That Strain again : It had a dying Fall : 
 
 Oh ! it came o'er my Ear like a fweet Sound, 
 
 That breathes upon a Bank of Violets, 
 
 Stealing and giving Odour. Shak, Twelfth Night* 
 
 Mufick has Charms to footh a favage Breafl, 
 
 To foften Rocks, and bend a knotty Oak : 
 
 .I've read that things inanimate have mov'd. 
 And, as with living Souls, have been infbrm'd 
 
 By magick Niunbers, and perfuafive Sound. Cong% Mourn^Brldtt 
 Let there be Mufick, let the Mafler touch 
 
 The fprightly String, and foftly-breathing Flute j 
 
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 Till Harmony rouze ev'iy gentle Paflion! 
 Teach the cold Maid to lofe her Fears in Love, 
 And the fierce Youdi to languifli at her feet. 
 Begin ! Ev'n Age it felf is cheer*d with Mufick, 
 It wakes a glad Remembrance of our Youth, 
 Calls back paft Joys, and warms us into Tranfport. Rcwe Fair Pen, 
 'Twas at the Royal Feaft for Perjia won. 
 By Ph'tlip*s warlike Son ; 
 Aloft, in aweflil State, 
 The God-like Hero fate 
 On his Imperial Throne. 
 His valiant Peers were plac'd around. 
 Their Brows with Rofes and with Myitles bound, 
 (So fhould Defert in Arms be crown'd) 
 The lovely Thais by his fide 
 Sate like a blooming eaftern Bride, 
 In Flow'r of Youth, and Beauty's Pride, 
 Happy, happy, happy Pair, 
 None but the Brave deferves the Fair, 
 Timotheus plac'd on high 
 Amid the tuneful Quire, 
 With flying Fingers touch'd the Lyre \ 
 The trembling Notes afcend the Sky, 
 And heav*nly Joy infpire. 
 The Song began from Jave, 
 Who left his blifsful Seats above, 
 (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Lovej) 
 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : 
 Sublime on radiant Spires he rode. 
 When he to fair Olympia prefs'd. 
 And while he fought her fnowy Breaft ^ 
 Then round her (lender 'JJ'afte he curl'd. 
 And ftamp'd an Image of himfelf, a Sov'reign of the WurU. 
 The lift'ning Croud admire the lofty Sound, 
 A prefent Deity, they fliout around, 
 A prefent Deity the vaulted Roofs rebound. 
 With ravifh'd Ears 
 The Monarch hears, 
 Aflumes the God, 
 Aifeds to nod. 
 And Teems to fhake the Spheres. 
 The Praife of Bacchus then the fweet Muf clan fving, 
 Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young. 
 
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 The Jolly God in Triumph eomes *j 
 Sound the Tmmpets, beat the Drums. 
 
 Flufh'd with a purple Grace, 
 , He fhews his honeft Face. 
 Now give the Hautboys Breath ; he comes ! he comes I 
 Bacchus ever fair and young. 
 Drinking Joys did firft ordain ; 
 Bacchus* Bleflings are a Treafure, 
 Drinking is the Soldier's Pleafure ; 
 
 Rich the Treafure, 
 
 Sweet the Pleafure, 
 r Sweet is Pleafure after Pain. 
 
 Sooth'd with the Sound, the King grew vain, 
 Fought all his Battels o'er again. 
 And thrice he routed all his Foes, and thrice he flew the Slain. 
 The Mafter faw the Madnefs rife. 
 His glowing Cheeks, his ardent Eyes ; 
 And while he Heav'n and Earth defy'd, 
 Chang'd his Hand, and check'd his Piide : 
 
 He chofe a mournful Mufe 
 
 Soft Pity to infufe ; 
 He fung Darius great and good. 
 
 By too fevere a Fate 
 
 Fall'n, fairn, fallen, fall'n, 
 
 Fall'n from his high Eftate, 
 
 And welt'ring in his Blood ; 
 Deferted at his utmoft Need 
 By thofe his former Bounty fed : 
 On the bare Earth expos'd he lies. 
 With not a Friend to clofe his Eyes. 
 With down-caft Looks the joylefs Vidor fate, 
 Revolving in his alter'd Soul 
 
 The various Turns of Chance below. 
 And now and then a Sigh fhe ftole, 
 
 And Tears began to flow. 
 The mighty Mafter fmil'd to fee 
 That Love was in the next degree ; 
 'Twas but a kindred Sound to move, 
 For Pity melts the Soul to Love. 
 Softly fweet, in Lydian Meafures, 
 Soon he footh'd his Soul to Pleafures : 
 War, he fung, is Toil and Trouble, 
 Honour but an empty Bubble ; 
 Never ending, ftill beginning 5 
 
 Fighting 
 
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 righting ftill, and ftill deftroyiiig * 
 If the World be worth thy winning. 
 Think, O think it worth enjoying ! 
 Lovely Thais fits befide thee ; 
 Take the Good the Gods provide thee. 
 The Many vend the Skies with loud Applaufe^ 
 So Love was crown'd, but Mufick won the Caufe. 
 The Prince, unable to conceal his Pain, 
 Gaz'd on the Fair 
 Who caused his C^re, 
 And figh'd and look'd, figh'd and look'd, 
 Sigh'd and look'd, and figh'd again. 
 At length with Love and Wine at once opprefs'd. 
 The vanquifh'd Vidor funk upon her Breaft, 
 Now ftrike the golden Lyre again, 
 A louder yet, and yet a louder Strain ; 
 Break his Bands of Sleep afunder. 
 And rouze him like a rattling Peal of Thunder* 
 Hark, hark, the horrid Sound 
 Has rais'd up his Head ; 
 As awak'd from the Dead, 
 Andamaz'd, he ftares round. 
 Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus cries. 
 See the Juries arife ! 
 See the Snakes that they rear. 
 How they hifs m their Hair, 
 And the Sparkles that flafh from their Eyes ! 
 Behold a ghaftly Band, 
 Each a Torch in his Hand ! 
 Thefe ai-e Grecian Ghofts that in Battel were, flain. 
 And unbury'd remain 
 Inglorious on the Plain ; 
 Give the Vengeance due 
 To the valiant Crew ; 
 Behold how they tofs their Torches on high. 
 
 How they point to the Perfmn Abodes, 
 And glitt'ring Temples of their hoftile Gods. 
 
 The Princes applaud with a furious Joy, 
 And the King feiz'd a Plambeau with Zeal to deftroy : 
 Thais led the way, 
 To light him to his Prey ; 
 And like another Helen, fir'd another Troy, 
 Thus long ago. 
 E'er heaving Bellows learn'd to blovi^, 
 
 "^ While 
 
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 While Organs yet were mute ; 
 Timotheus to his breathing Flute, 
 And founding Lyre, 
 Could (well the Soul to Rage, or kindle foft Defire. Dryd* 
 
 Thus David's Lyre did Saul^s wild Rage controul, 
 And tune the harfh Diforders of his Soul. 
 His Sheep would fcorn their Food to hear his Lay, 
 And favage Beafts (land by as tame as they. 
 Rivers whofe Waves roU'd down aloud before. 
 Mute as their Fifh, wou'd liften tow'rds the Shore. CowU 
 
 The Groves rejoicM the ThracianVerCQ to hear, 
 In vain did Nature bid them ftay : 
 When Orpheus had his Song begun, 
 They call'd their wond'ring Roots away. 
 And bade them filent to him run. Cowl, 
 
 For Orpheus' Lute could foften Steel and Stone, 
 Make Tygers tame, and huge Leviathans 
 Foi-fake unfounded Deeps, and dance on Sands. Shak, The two 
 
 (Gent, of Verona. 
 Th* unhappy Husband, Husband now no more, 7 
 
 Bid on his tuneful Harp his Lofs deplore, > 
 
 And fought his mournful Mind with Mufick to reftorc. ^ 
 
 On thee, dear ^i^t^ in Defarts all alone, f 
 
 He call'd, figh'd, fung : His Griefs with Day begun, > 
 
 Nor were they finifh'd with the fetting Sun. 3 
 
 Ev'n to the dark Dominions of the Night 
 He took his way, thro Forefts void of Light ; 
 And dar'd amidft the trembling Ghofts to fing. 
 And ftood before th* inexorable King. 
 Th* infernal Manfions nodding feem to dance ; 
 The gaping three-mouth*d Dog forgets to fnarl. 
 The Juries hearken, and their Snakes uncuil ; 
 Ixion feems no more his Pains to feel. 
 
 But leans attentive on his (landing Wheel. Dry^. V'trg, 
 
 M Y K K H A, 
 Mean while (*) the mif begotten Infant grows. 
 And ripe for Birth, diftends with deadly Throws 
 The fwelling Rind, with unavailing Strife, 
 To leave the wooden Womb, and pufhes into Life. 
 The Mother-Tree, as li opprefs'd with Pain, 
 Writhes here and there to break the Bark in vain ; 
 
 (*) The Poets feign that Myrrha was got -with Child hy her 
 lathery and delivered after Jhe uas (hanged into a Tree, 
 
 And, 
 
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 And, like a laboring Woman, would have pray'd. 
 But wants a Voice to call Lucina's Aid. 
 The bending Bole fends out a hollow Sound, 
 And trickling Tears fall thick upon the Ground. 
 The mild Lucina came uncall'd, and ftood 
 Befide the ftruggling Boughs, and heard the groaning Wood 5 
 Then reach'd her Midwife-Hand to fpeed the Throws, 
 And fpoke the powerful Spells that Babes to Birth difdofe. 
 The Bark divides, the living Load to free, 
 And fafe delivers the convulfive Tree. Dryi, Ovidn 
 
 N A T U R E ^77^ A R T. See Painting. 
 Let Art ufe Method and good Husbandry : 
 Art lives on Nature^s Alms, is weak and poor ; 
 Nature her felf has unexhaufted Store ; 
 Wallows in Wealth, and runs a turning Maze, 
 That no vulgar Eye can trace : 
 Art inftead of mounting high. 
 About her humble Food does hov'ring fly ; 
 Like the ignoble Crow, Rapine and Noife does love \ 
 While Nature, like the facred Bird of Jove, 
 Kow bears loud Thunder, and anon with filent Joy, 
 
 The beauteous Phrygian Boy : 
 Defeats the ftrong, o'er-takes the flying Prey ; 
 And fomerimes basks irt th' open Flames of Day, 
 And fometimes too he fhrouds 
 
 His foaring Wings among the Clouds. CowU 
 
 N E CRO xMAN C E R. See Witch. 
 Him have I feen (on Ijier's Banks he ftood. 
 Where laft we wintered) bind the headlong Flood 
 In fudden Ice ; and where moft Iwift it flows. 
 In ci7ftal Nets the wondring Fifties clofe : 
 Then, with a Moment's Thaw, the Stream enlarge. 
 And frcim the Mefti the twinkling- Guefts difcharge. 
 In a deep Vale, or near fome ruined Wall, 
 He would the Ghofts of flaughter'd Soldiers call \ 
 Who flow to wounded Bodies did repair, 
 And loth to enter, fliiver'd in the Air ; 
 Thefe his dread Wand did to ftiort Life compel. 
 And forced the Fates of Battels to foretel. 
 In a lone Tent, all hung with Black, 1 faw 
 Where in a Square he did a Circle dmw : 
 Four Angels, made by that Circumference, 
 Bore holy Words infcrib'd of jjiyftick Senfe : 
 
 When 
 
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 When firfl: a hollow Wind began toMow, 
 
 The Sky grew black, and belly'd down more low ; 
 
 Around the Field did nimble Lightning play, 
 
 Which ofFer'd us by fits, and fnatch'd the Day. 
 
 'Midft this was heard the fhrill. and tender Cry 
 
 Of well-pleas'd Ghofts, which in the Storm did fly 5 
 
 Danc'd to and fro, and skim'd along the Ground, 
 
 Till to the magick Circle they were bound. Dryd. Tyr, Lcvc 
 
 Ey my rough Magick I have oft bedim'd 
 The Noon-tide Sun, call'd forth the mutinous Winds ; 
 And 'twixt the green Sea and the azur'd Vault 
 Set roaring War : To the dread rattling Thunder 
 Have I giv'n Fire ; and rifted Jove^s ftout Oak 
 With his own Bolr. Graves at my Command 
 Have wak'd their Sleepers, op'd and let them forth 
 By my fo potent Ai*r. Shak, Temp 
 
 ^ Let the dark Myfteries of Hell begin. 
 
 Chufe the darkeft part o'th' Grove, 
 
 Such as Ghofts at Noon-day love ; 
 
 Dig a Trench, and dig it nigh 
 
 Where the Bones of Lains He : 
 
 Altars rais'd of Tiu'f or Stone, 
 
 Will th' infernal Pow'rs have none. 
 
 Is the Sacrifice made fit ? 
 
 Draw her backward to the Pit ; 
 
 Draw the barren Heifer back ; 
 
 Barren let her be, and black. 
 
 Cut the curled Hair that grows 
 
 TuU between her Horns and Brows : 
 
 Pour in Blood, and blood-like Wine, 
 
 To Mother-Earth and Profer.p'tne, 
 
 Mingle Milk into the Stream, 
 
 FealJ the Ghcfts that lo.ve the Steam. 
 
 Snatch a Brand from fun'ral Pile, 
 
 Tofs it in, to make 'em boil. 
 
 And turn your Faces from the Sun. 
 
 Anfwer me, if all be done ? Tfryd, Oedtp, 
 
 N E P TUN E, ^ 
 His finny Train Saturnjan Neptune joins \ 
 Then adds the foamy Bridles to their Jaws, 
 And to the loofen'd Reins permits the Laws. 
 High on the Waves his azure Car he guides. 
 Its Axles thunder, and the Sea fubfides. 
 And the fmooth Ocean rolls her filent Tides. 
 
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 The 
 
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 The Tempers fly before their Father's Face, 
 
 Trains of inferior Gods his Triumph grace ; 
 
 And Monfter- Whales before their Mafter plat. 
 
 And Qiiires of Tr'ucns croud the watiy Way. 
 
 The marflial'd Pow'rs in equal Troops divide 
 
 To Right and Left ; the Gods his better Sid^ i^^^g^ 
 
 Inclofe, and on the worfe the Nymphs and Nereids i^e. Dr'^d 
 
 When thus the Father of the Flood appears^ 
 And o'er the Seas his fov 'reign Trident rears. 
 Their Fuiy falls \ he skims the liqtiid Plains, 
 High on his Chariot, and with loofen'd Reins 
 Majeftick moves along, and awful Peace maintains. I>ry</»F/V^. 
 NIGHT. 
 Darknefs now rofe, and brought in louring Night, 
 Her fhadowy Offspring, unfubftantial both. 
 Privation mere of Light, and abfent Day. Milt, 
 
 The Night defcends 
 With her black Wings to brood o'er all the World. LeiL.J,BrHU 
 
 And now from End to End 
 Night's Hemifphere had veil'd th' Horizon round. J^it* 
 
 Now Night advancing, draws her fable Train 
 Aloilg the Air, and lliades th^ ethereal Plain. Blue, 
 
 The Night began to fpread her gloomy Veil, 
 And call'd the counted Sheep from ev'ry Dale : 
 The weaker Light unwillingly declin'd, {Vlrg* 
 
 And to prevailing Shades the murm^'ing World refign'd. Rofc, 
 
 Soon as with gentle Siglis the ev'ning Bi'eeze 
 Begun to whifper diro the miu-m'ring Trees ; 
 And Night had wrapt in Shades the Mountains Heads, 
 While Winds lay hufh'd in fubten-anean Beds. Gan 
 
 Now Night had fhed her filver Dews around. 
 And with her fable Wings embrac'd the Ground. Brjd, Vtrg» 
 
 Now had the Sun withdraw'n his radiant Light, 
 And Hills were hid in dusky Shades of Night. Br'^d, Virg. 
 
 Now de\\^^ Night 
 New decks the Face of Heav'n with ftarry Light. Drfjd, Virg. 
 
 Now her brown Wings the filent Night difplays. 
 Night, fprinkled o'er with Cynthia s filver Rays : 
 Silence and Darknefs all to Reft invite, 
 And Sleep's foft Chains make faft the Gates of Light. Slac, 
 
 Mean while the rapid Heav'ns roU'd down the Light, 
 And on the fliaded Ocean mfli'd the Night. ^Dryd, Virg^ 
 
 'Twas at an Hour when bufy Nature lay 
 Diflblv'd in Sliunbers from th? noify Day : 
 
 ■' When 
 
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 \ifhtn gloomy Shades and dusky Atoms fpread J 
 
 A Darknefs o'er the univerfal Bed ; S. 
 
 And all the gaudy Beams of Light were fled. Dorf.} 
 
 And now the Night does her black Throne afccnd. 
 And dusky Shades her filent State attend : 
 While pale-fac'd Cynthia^ with her ftariy Train, 
 Dart down their trembling Luftre on the Main j 
 The weaiy Laborers their ftifF Limbs repofe, 
 And Sleep's foft Hands their drowfy Eyelids clofe. Blac, 
 
 When the ftill Night, with peaceful Poppies crown'd. 
 Had fpread her fliady Pinions o'er the Ground ; 
 And flumb'ring Chiefs of painted Triumphs dream. 
 While Groves and Streams are the foft Virgin's Theme 5 
 The Surges gently dafh againil the Shore, 
 Flocks quit the Plains, and Galley-Slaves the Oar ; 
 Sleep fhakes its downy Wings o'er moital Eyes. Cat] 
 
 'Tis Night ; the Seafon when the Happy take 
 Repofe, and only Wretches are awake : 
 Now difcontented Ghofts begin their Rounds, 
 Haunt ruin'd Buildings, and unwholefom Grounds ; 
 Or at the Curtains of the Reftlefs wait, 
 
 To frighten them with fome fad Tale of Fate. Otw, Don CarL 
 The Sun grew low, and left the Skies, 
 
 Put down, fome fay, by Ladies Eyes ; 
 
 The Moon puU'd off her Veil of Light^ 
 
 That hides her Face by Day from Sight ; 
 
 (Myfterious Veil, of Brightnefs mzdcy 
 
 That's both her Luftre and her Shade) 
 
 And in the Night as freely fbone. 
 
 As if her Rays had been her own : 
 
 For Darknefs is the proper Sphere, 
 
 Where all falfe Glories ufe t' appear. 
 
 The twinkling Stars began to mufter. 
 
 And glitter with their borrowed Luftre : 
 
 While Sleep the weaiy'd World relieved. 
 
 By counterfeiting Death reviv'd. 
 
 For Night's the Sabbath of Mankind, 
 
 To reft the Body and the Mind. -H^* 
 
 Midnight, 
 
 The Night proceeding on with filent Pace, 7 
 
 Stood in her Noon, and view'd with equal Face > 
 
 Her fteepy Rife and her declining Race. Dryd» T/rg-.) 
 
 The Steeds of Night had traveled half the Sky. Dryd. Virg. 
 
 J^ow 
 
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 Now had Night mcafurM with her fhadowy Cone 
 Half way up hill this vaft fublunar Vault. Milt» 
 
 It was a time when the ft ill Moon 
 Was mounted foftly to her Noon. C$wU 
 
 Now all is hufh'd, as Nature were retir'd. 
 And the perpetual Motion ftanding ftill ; 
 So much fhe from her Work appears to ceafc. 
 And ev'ry warring Element 's at peace : 
 All the wild Herds are in their Coverts couch'd. 
 The Fifhes to their Banks or Ooze repair'd. 
 And to the Murmurs of the Waters fleep : 
 The feeling Air's at reft, and feels no noife. 
 Except of fome ftiort Breaths upon the Trees, 
 Rocking the harmlefs Birds that reft upon them. Otw* Or^ht 
 
 *Twas ftill low Ebb of Night, when not a Star 
 Was twinkling in the muffled Hemifphere j 
 But all around in horrid Darknefs mourn'd. 
 As if old Chaos were again return'd ; 
 When not one Gleam of the eternal Light 
 Shot thro the folid Darknefs of the Night : 
 In difmal Silence Nature feemM to fleep, 
 And all the Winds were bury'd in the Deep : 
 No whifp'ring Zephyrus aloft did blow, 
 Nor warring Boughs were murmuring below : 
 No falling Waters dafli'd, no Rivers purl'd. 
 But all confpir'd to hufti the droufy World. 2)ar/i 
 
 'Twas in the dead of Night, when Sleep repairs 
 Our Bodies worn with Toils, our Minds with Cares. Dryd, Virg* 
 
 Dogs ceafe to bark, the Waves more faintly roar. 
 And roll themfelves afleep upon the Shore. Bryd. Riv.Lad, 
 
 'Twas Night, when Nature was in Sables drefs'd ; 
 Tempeftuous Winds in hollow Cafves did reft. 
 Impending Rocks with Slumber feem'd to bow, 
 And droufy Mountains hung their heavy Brow ; 
 The weary Waves roll'd noddir^ on the Deep, 
 Or ftretch*d on oozy Beds, they murmur'd in their Sleep. Blac. 
 
 'Tis Night, dead Night, and weary Natui'e lies 
 So faft, as if fhe never were to rife : 
 No Breath of Wind now whifpers thro the Trees, 
 No Noife at Land, nor Murmur in the Seas ; 
 Lean Wolves forget to howl at Night's pale Noon, 
 No wakeful Dogs bark at the fllent Moon ^ 
 Nor bay the Ghofts that glide with Horror by. 
 
 To view the Caverns where their Bodies lie ; __ 
 
 The 
 
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 The Ravens perch, and no Prefages give, 
 
 Nor to the Windows of the Dyin^ cleave : 
 
 The Owls forget to fcream, no' Midnight Soimd 
 
 Calls droufy Echo from the hollow Ground. 
 
 In Vaults the waking Pires extinguifh'd lie ; 
 
 The Stars, Heav'n's Gentry, wink, and feem to die. Lee Theod. 
 
 'Twas dead of Night, when weaiy Bodies clofe 
 Their Eyes in balmy Sleep, and foft Repofe. 
 The Winds no longer \\4iirper thro the Woods, 
 Nor murm'ring Tides difturb the gentle Floods : 
 The Stars, in filent Order, mov'd around. 
 And Peace, with downy Wings, was brooding on the Ground. 
 The^ Flocks, and Herds, and party-colour'd Fowl, 
 Which haunt the Woods, or fwim the weedy Pool, 
 Stretch'd on the quiet Earth, fecurely lay. 
 Forgetting the paft Labours of the Day. Dryd.Vir^* 
 
 '■ All tl-iings are hufh'd, as Nature's felf lay dead ; 
 The Mountains feem to nod their droufy Head ; 
 The little Birds in Dreams their Songs repeat. 
 And fleeping Flow'rs beneath the Night-Dew fv,'eat : 
 Ev'n Luft and Envy fleep. Dryd,Ind, E^^P* 
 
 All things are hurfi'd, as when the Drawers tread 
 Softly to fteal the Key from Mafter.'s Head ; 
 The dying SnufFs do twinkle in their Urns, 
 As 'twere the Socket, not the Candle, burns : 
 The little Foot-boy fnores upon the Stair ; 
 And gf eafy Cook-maid fweats in Elbow-Chair : 
 Kg Coach nor Link was heard. RatC^ 
 
 NIGHTINGALE. See Creation, Light. 
 
 The Night-warbling Bird 
 Tunes fweeteft her Love-labour'd Song. Milt, 
 
 She all Nighi: long her am'rous Defcant fings. 
 Trills her thick-warbled Notes the Summer long. Mik* 
 
 So, clofe in poplar Shades, her Children gone. 
 The Mother Nightingale laments alone : 
 Whofe Neft fome prying Churl had found, and thence 
 By ftealth conv6y'd th' imfeather'd Innocence. 
 But fhe fupplies the Night with mournful Strains, 
 And melancholy Mufick fills the Plains. I>ryd, Vlrg* 
 
 Thus in fome poplar Shade, the Nightingale 
 With piercing Moans does her loft Youilg bewail ; 
 Which the rough Hind obferving as they lay 
 Warm in their downy Neft, had ftol'n aw^ay : 
 
 But 
 
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 But fhe in mournful Sound does ftill complaio. 
 Sings all the Nighty tho all her Songs are vain, 7 
 
 And ftill renews her miferable Strain. jr^^ Theod \ 
 
 NOBILITY (j/BLOOD. 5^^ Baftard. 
 Nobility of Blood 
 Is but a glittering and fallacious Good i 
 The Nobleman is he, whofe noble Mind 
 Is fiU'd with in-born Worth, unborrowed from his Kind. 
 The King of Heav*n was in a Manger laid. 
 And took his Earth but from an humble Maid ; 
 Then what can Birth on mortal Men beftow. 
 Since Ploods no higher than their Pountains flow ? 
 We, who for Name and empty Honour ftrive. 
 Our true Nobility from him derive. 
 Yoiu* Anceftors, who puff youi- Mind with Pride, 
 And vaft Eilates, to mighty Tides ty'd. 
 Did not your Honour, but their own advance ; 
 For Virtue comes not by Inheritance : 
 If you tralineate from your Father's Mind, 
 What are you elfe but of a Baftai'd Kind ? 
 Do as your great Progenitors have done, (Bathes Tale, 
 
 And by your Virtue prove your felf their Son. Dryd, Wife of 
 
 Virtue alone is ti-ue Nobility ; 
 Let your own Ads immortalize your Name ; 
 'Tis poor relying on another's Fame : 
 ' For take the Pillars but away, and all 
 The Superflmftui'e muft in Ruins fall : 
 As a Vine droops, when by Divorce remoy'd. 
 From the Embraces jof the Ehu fhe lov'd. step, Juv, 
 
 Search we the Springs, 
 And backward ti-ace the Principles of Things ; 
 There fhall we find, that when the World began. 
 One common Mafs compos'd the Mould of Man ; 
 One Pafte of Flefh on all Degrees beftow'd ; 
 And kneaded up alike with moift'ning Blood, 
 The fame Ahnlghty Power infpir'd the Frame 
 With kindled Life, and form'd the Souls die fame. 
 The Faculties of Intelled and Will, ^ 
 
 Difpens'd with equal Hand, difpos'd with equal Skill ; C 
 
 Like Liberty indulged with Choice of Good or HI. S 
 
 Thus born alike, from Virtue firft began 
 The Diff 'rence that diflinguifh'd Man from Man. 
 He claim'd no Title from Defcent of Blood, 
 But diat which made him noble, made liim Good. 
 
 Warm'd 
 
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 WarmM with more Particles of heav*nly Flame, 
 He wingM his upward Flight, and foar'd to Fame ; 
 The reft remain'd below, a Tribe without a Name, 
 This Law, tho Cuftom now diverts the Couife, 
 As Nature's Inftitute is yet in force : 
 Uncancel'd, tho difusM : And he, whofe Mind 
 Is virtuous, is alone of noble kind ; 
 Tho poor in Fortune, of celeftial Race ; 
 And he commits the Crime, who calls him bafe, 
 
 Ev'n mighty Monarchs oft are meanly born. 
 And Kings by Biith to loweft Rank retui-n : 
 All fubjeS to the Pow'r of giddy Chance ; 
 For Fortune can deprefs, and can advance. 
 But triie Nobility is of the Mind, (Guifc, 
 
 Kot giv'n by Chance, and not to Chance refign'd. JDryd, Sig^v 
 
 No Father can infufe or Wit or Grace ; 
 A Mother comes acrofs and marrs the Race : 
 A Grandfire or a Grandame taints the Blood ; 
 And feldom three Defcents continue good. 
 Were Virme by Defcent, a noble Name 
 Could never villanize his Father's Fame : 
 But as the firft, the laft of all the Line 
 Would, like the Sun, ev'n in defcending, fhine. 
 
 Nobility of Blood is but Renown 
 Of thy great Fathers, by their Virtue known, 
 And a long Trail of Light to thee defcending down. 
 If in thy Smoke it ends, their Glories fhine. 
 But Infamy and Villanage are thine. Dryd, Wife of Bath*s Tale. 
 
 And ftill more publick Scandal Vice extends^ 
 As he is Great and Noble who offends. Step. Juv, 
 
 Faireft Piece of well-form'd Earth, 
 
 Urge not thus your haughty Biith. 
 
 The Pow'r, which you have o'er us, lies 
 
 Not in your Race, but in your Eyes. 
 
 The Sap which at the Root is bred 
 
 In Trees, thro all the Boughs is fpread 5 
 
 But Vinues which in Parents fhine. 
 
 Make not like progrefs thro the Line. 
 
 'Tis Alt and Knowledg which draw forth 
 
 The hidden Seeds of native Worth : 
 
 They blow thofe Sparks, and make 'em rife 
 
 Into fuch Flames, as touch the Skies. 
 
 To the old Heroes hence was siv'n 
 
 A Pedeoree that reach'd to Heav'n. 
 
 Of 
 
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 Of moital Seed they were not held. 
 
 Who other Mortals fo excell'd : 
 
 And Beauty too in (uch excefs 
 
 As yours, Zelinda, claims no lefs. 
 
 Smile but on me, and you fliall fcora 
 
 Henceforth to be of Princes born. 
 
 I can defcribe the fliady Grove, 
 
 Where your lov'd Mother flept with Jove ; 
 
 And yet excufe the faultlefs Dame, 
 
 Caught with her Spoufe*s Shape and Namc» 
 
 Thy matchlefs Form will Credit bring 
 
 To all the Wonders I Ihall fmg. Wali^ 
 
 NOON. 
 The fiery Sun has finifh'd half his Race. Dryd, Virg^ 
 
 The fouthing Sun inflames the Day, 
 And the dry Herbage thirfts for Dews in vain ; 
 And Sheep m Shades avoid the parching Plain. Dryd, Virg* 
 
 The full blazing Sun 
 Does now fit high in his meridian Tow'r; 
 Shoots down dired his fervid Rays, to warm 
 Earth's inmoft Womb. Jdilu 
 
 At Noon of Day 
 The Sun with fultry Beams began to play. 
 Not Syrius (hoots a fiercer Flame fronfi high, 
 When with his pois'nous Breath he blafts the Sky. 
 Then drooo'd the fading Flow'rs, their Beauty fled. 
 They dos'd their fickly Eyes, and hui^ the Head, 7 
 
 And, riverd up with Heat, iay dying in the, Bed. J 
 
 The Ladies gafp'd and fcarcely could refpire. 
 The Breath they drew, no longer Air, but Fire. 
 The fainty Knights were fcorch'd. Dryd. Flower and tht Leaf, 
 NOTHING. 
 Nothing, thou elder Brother ev'n to Shade ! 
 Thou had'ft a Being e'er the World was made. 
 And, well-fix'd, art alone of ending not afraid. 
 E'er Time and Place were, Time and Place were not ; 
 When primitive Nothing Something ftrait begot : 
 Then all proceeded fi-om the great united What ? 
 
 Something, the gen'ral Am-ibute of all, 
 Sever'd from thee, its fole Original, 
 Into thy boundlefs Self muft undiftinguifh'd fall. 
 Yet Something did thy mighty Pow'r command, 
 And from thy friutful Emptinefs's Hand 
 Snatch'd Men, Beads, V,\sds^ Fire, Air, and Land. 
 
 - Matter, 
 
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 Matter, the wicked'ft Offspring of thy Race, 
 By Form aflTfted, flew from thy Embrace, 
 And Rebel Light obfcur'd thy rev'rend dusky Face, 
 With Form and Matter, Time and Place did join j 
 Body, thy Foe, with thefe did Leagues combine. 
 To fpoil thy peaceful Realm, and ruin all thy Line. 
 Yet turn-coat Time affifts the Foe in vain. 
 But brib'd by thee afllfts thy fhort-liv'd Reign ; 
 And to thy hungry Womb drives back thy Slaves again. 
 Tho Myfteries are barr'd from Laick Eyes, 
 And the Divine. alone with Warrant pries 
 Into thy Bofom, where the Truth in private lies ; 
 Yet this of thee the Wife may freely fay, 
 Thou from the Virtuous nothing tak'ft away, 
 And to be part of thee the Wicked wifely pray. 
 Great Negative ! how vainly would the Wife 
 Enquire, define, diftinguifh, teach, devife, 
 DId'ft thou not fl:and to point their dull Philofophles. 
 Is, or is not ! the two great Ends of Fate \ 
 And true or falfe, the Subjed of Debate, 
 That perfect or deftroy the vaft Defigns of Fate ; 
 When they have rack'd the Politician's Breaft, 
 Within thy Bofom moft fecurely reft. 
 And when reduc'd to thee, are leaft unfafe and beft. 
 Nothing, who dwell'ft with Fools in grave Difguife, 
 For whom they rev'rend Shapes and Forms devife. 
 Lawn Sleeves, and Furs, and Gowns, when they, like thee,| 
 
 (look wife. 
 
 French Truth, Dutch Prowefs, Britijh Polic)^, 7 
 
 Hibernian Learning, Scotch Civility, ^ 
 
 Spaniards Difpatch, Banes Wit, are mainly feen in thee. j 
 The Great Man's Gratitude to his beft Friend, 7 
 
 King's Promifes, V^'hores Vows, to thee they tend, V 
 
 Flow fwiftly into thee, and in thee ever end. Roch* ) 
 
 NOVELTY. 
 ^11 Novelties muft this Succefs ex^ed, 
 "When good, our Envy ; and when bad, Kegled. Gar* 
 
 Anions of the laft Age, are like Almanacks of the laft Year. 
 And when remote in Time, like Objefts 
 Remote in Place, are not beheld at half their Greatnefs ; 
 And what is new, finds better Acceptation 
 Than what is good and great. Denh. Sophy, 
 
 NUN- 
 
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 NUNNERY. 
 
 Some folitary Cloifter will I chufe. 
 And there with holy Virgins live immur'd ; 
 Coarfe my Attire, and flioit fhall be my Sleep, 
 Broke by the melancholy midnight Bell : 
 There hoard up ev'ry Moment of my Life, 
 To lengthen out the Payment of my Tears. ^ 
 Fafting, and Tears, and Penitence, and PrayV, 
 Shall do dead Sancho juftice ev*ry Hour : 
 Till ev'n fierce Raymond at the laft fhall fay. 
 Now let her die, for fhe has griev'd enough. Dryd, Span, Fry, 
 
 Oh ! (hut me in a Cloifter : There weil-pleas*d. 
 Religious Hardfhips I will learn to bear^ 
 To faft and freeze at midnight Hours of Pray*r : 
 Nor think it hard, within a lonely Cell, 
 With melancholy fpeechlefs Saints to dwell ; 
 But blefs the Day I to that Refuge ran, (Rowe Fair Pen* 
 
 Free from the Marriage-Chain, and from that Tyrant, Man* 
 OAK. See Fighting at Sea, Trees. 
 
 The Monarch Oak, the Pauiarch of Trees, 
 Shoots rifing up, and fpreads by flow degrees ; 
 ^ Thi-ee Centuries he grows, and three he ftays 
 Supreme in State ; and in three more decays. Dryd» Ovtd» 
 
 Jove's own Tree, 
 That holds the Woods in aweful Sov'reigmy, 
 Requires a Depth of Lodging in the Groundj^ 
 And, next the lower Skies, a Bed profound : 
 High as his topmoft Boughs to Heav'n afcend. 
 So low his Roots to Hell's Dominion tend : 
 Therefore nor Winds, nor Winter's Rage overthrows 
 His bulky Body, but unmov'd he grows : 
 For length of Ages lafts his happy Reign, 
 And Lives of mortal Man contend with his in vain. 
 Full in the midft of his own Strength he ftands, "J 
 
 Stretching his brawny Arms and leafy Hands, (Dryd. Vlrg, \ 
 His Shade proteds the Plains, his Head the Hills cominands. J 
 
 As a tall Oak, that young and verdant ftood 
 Above the Grove, it felf a nobler Wood ; 
 His wide extended Limbs the Foreft drown'd. 
 Shading its Trees, as much as they the Ground. 
 Young murm'ring Tempefts in his Boughs are bred. 
 And gathering Clouds frown round his lofty Head ; 
 Outrageous Thunder, ftormy Winds, and Rain 
 Difcharse their FuiT on his Head in vain ; 
 
 ^ ^ P Earth 
 
1 338 ) 
 
 Earthquakes below, and Lightning from above 
 
 Rend not his Trunk, nor his fixM Root remove. 
 
 But then his Strength worn by deftruftive Age, 
 
 He can no more his angry Foes engage : 
 
 He fpreads to Heav'n his naked wither'd Ai'ms, 
 
 As Aid imploring from invading Harms : j 
 
 From his diflionour'd Head the lighteft Storm 1 
 
 Can tear his Beauties, and his Limbs deform ; 
 
 He rocks with every Wind, while on the Ground 
 
 Dry Leaves and broken Arms lie fcatter'd round. Blac* 
 
 'As when the Winds their airy Qiiarrel tiy, 
 Juftling from ev'ry Quarter of the Sky, 
 This way and diat the Mountain Oak they bend ; 
 His Boughs they fhatter, and his Branches rend : 
 With Leaves and falling Maft they fpread the Ground, 
 The hollow Valleys echo to the Sound : 
 Unmov'd, the royal Plant their Fury mocks. 
 Or fhaken, clings more clofely to the Rocks. 
 For as he flioots his tow'ring Head on high. 
 So deep in Earth his fix'd Foundations lie. Dryd* Virg* 
 
 Thus two tall Oaks, that Padus' Banks adorn. 
 Lift up to Heav'n their leafy Heads unfhorn j 
 And over-prefs'd with "Nature's heavy Load, 
 Dance to the whiftling Winds, and at each other nod. JDryd,Virg* 
 
 As the ftout Oak, when round his Trunk the Vine 
 Does in foft Wreaths and am'rous Foldings twine, 
 Eafy and flight appears : The Winds from far 
 Summon their noify Forces to the War. 
 .But tho fo gentle feems his outward Form, 
 .;His hidden Strength out-braves the loudeft Storm : 
 Firmer he ftands, and boldly keeps the Field ; 
 Shov^^ng (loLjt Minds, when unprovok'd, are mild. JiaU 
 
 So when a ftoble Oak, that long has flood 
 High m the Air, the Beauty of the Wood, 
 Is fhock'd by flormy Winds, he either way 
 Bends to the Earth his Head with mighty Sway. 
 His lab'ring Roots diflurb the neighb'ring Ground, 
 And mrike a heaving Earthquake all around • 
 Yet fafl he llands, and the loud Storm defies. 
 His Roots IHU keep the Earth, his Head the Skies. Blac, 
 
 OATH. 
 Oaths are but Words, and Words but Wind ; 
 Too feeble Implements to bind; 
 
 And! 
 
C 339 ) 
 And Saints, whom Oaths or Vows oblige, 
 Know little of then* Privilege. 
 For, if the Devil, to ferve his turn, 
 Can tell Truth -, why the Saints fhould fcorn. 
 When it ferves theirs, to {\vear and lye, 
 I think there's little reafon why. Hud. 
 
 We're not commanded to forbear 
 Indefinitely at all to fweai- ; 
 But to fwear idly and in. vain. 
 Without Self-Intereft or Gain ; 
 For breaking of an Oath, and Lying, 
 Is but a kind of Self-denying. Hud» 
 
 Oaths were not pui-pos'd more than Law, 
 To keep the Juft and Good in awe ; 
 But to confine the Bad and Sinful, 
 Like moral Cattel in a Pinfold. Hud» 
 
 If Oaths can do a Man no Good 
 In his own Bus'nefs, why they fhould 
 In other Matters do him hurt, 
 I think there's little Reafon for't. Hud, 
 
 He that impofes an Oath, makes it. 
 Not he that for Convenience takes it : 
 Then how can any Man be faid 
 
 To break an Oath he never made ? Hud. 
 
 OBST I NATE. 
 
 So fullenly addlded ftill 
 To's only Principle, Hs Will ; ^ 
 
 That whatfoe'er it chanc'd to prove. 
 No Force of Argument could move ; 
 Nor Law, nor Cavalcade of Holhorn, 
 Could render half a Grain lefs ftubborn : 
 For he at any time would hang. 
 For th' Opportunity t' harangue ; 
 And rather on a Gibbet dangle. 
 Than mifs his dear Delight, to wrangle : 
 In which his Parts were fo accomplifh'd. 
 That, right or wrong, he ne'er was non-plus*d j 
 But ftill his Tongue ran on, the lefs 
 Of Weight it bore, with greater eafe j 
 And with its everlafting Clack, 
 Set all Mens Ears upon the Rack. 
 No fooner could a Hint appear. 
 But up he ftaited to pickeer j 
 
 P 2 Ani 
 
C 340 ) 
 
 And made the ftouteft yield to Mercj:, 
 
 When he engag'd in Controverfy ; 
 
 Not by the Force of Carnal Reafbn, 
 
 But indefatigable Teazino ; 
 
 With Volleys of eternalBabble, 
 
 And ClaiTMJur more unanfwerable : 
 
 For tho his Topicks, frail and weak. 
 
 Could ne'er amount above a Freak, 
 
 He ftill maintained 'em, like his Faults, 
 
 Againft the defperat'ft Aflaults ; 
 
 And back'd their feeble want of Senfe 
 
 With greater Heat and Confidence : 
 
 As Bones of Hedors, when they diffei:. 
 
 The more they're culdgel'd, grow the ftiffer. Hud, 
 
 He ftill refolv'd, to mend the matter, 
 
 T' adhere and cleave the obftinater : 
 
 And ftill the skittifher'and loofer 
 
 His Freaks appear'd, to fit the clofer. Uud^ 
 
 For Fools are ftubborn m their way. 
 
 As Coins are harden'd by th' A.llay : 
 
 And Obftinacy's ne'er fo ftiff. 
 
 As when *tis in a wrong Belief. Hud^ 
 
 OEDIPUS tearing out his E'^es* 
 Thrice he ftruck 
 With all his Force his hollow groaning Breaft, 
 And thus with Outcries to himfelf complain'd : 
 But thou canft weep then ? and thou think'ft 'tis well ! 
 Thefe Bubbles of the ftiallow'ft emptieft Sorrow, 
 Which Children vent for Toys, and Women rain 
 /•or any Trifle their fond Hearts are fet on : 
 Yet thefe, thou think'ft, are ample Satisfadioa 
 For bloodieft Murder and for biuning Luft ! 
 Noj PaiTicide ! if thou muft weep, weep Blood, 
 Weep Eyes inftead of Tears ! O, by the Gods ! 
 Tis greatly thought, he cries, and fits my Woes. 
 W ith that he /iTiird revengefully, and leap'd 
 tJpon the Floor ; thence gazing on the Skies, 
 His Eye-balls fiery red, and glowing Vengeance : 
 Gods ! 1 accufe you not, tho I no more 
 Will view your Heav'n, till with more durable Glalles, 
 The mighty Soul's immortal Perfpedives, 
 I find your dazhng Beings. Take, he ciy'd. 
 Fake, Eyes, your laft, your fatal farewel View ; 
 rheu with a Groan that feera^d the Call of Death, 
 
 - - - With 
 
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 With horrid Force h'fting his impious Hiind>, 
 He fnatch'd, he tore from out their bloody Orbs 
 The Ealls of Sight, and. dafh'd 'em on the Ground. Lee Oedq, 
 O LD AGE. See Death, Dying of Old Age, Youtli. 
 Some few, by Temp'rance taught, approaching flow 
 To diftant Fate, by eafy Journeys go. 
 Gently they lay them down, as Evening Sheep 
 On their own woolly Fleeces foftly fleep. 
 So noiflefs would I live, fuch Death to find ; 
 Like timely Fruit, not fhaken by the Wind, 
 But ripely dropping from the faplefs Bough, 
 And dying, nothing to my felf would owe. 
 Thus daily changing, with a duller Tafte 
 Of lefT'ning Joys, I by degrees would wafle : 
 Still quitting Ground by unperceiv'd Decay, 
 And fteal my felf from Life, and melt away. Bryd. State of Inn, 
 
 How happy is the evening Tide of Life ! 
 When Phlegm has quench'd our Paflions, trifling out 
 The feeble Remnant of our filly Days 
 In Follies, fuch as Dotage beft is pleas'd with : 
 Free from the wounding and tormenting Cares 
 That tofs the thoughtRil, adive, bufy Mind ! OfM, Cai, Mar. 
 
 The Soul, with nobler Refolutions deck'd. 
 The Body ftooping, does herfelf ereA. 
 Clouds of Affedions from our younger Eyes, 
 Conceal that Happinefs which Age defcries. 
 The Soul's dark Cottage, batter 'd and decay'd. 
 Lets in new Light thro Chinks that Time has made. 
 Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become. 
 As they draw near to their eternal Home. 
 Leaving the old, both Worlds at once they view. 
 That ftand upon the Thrediold of the new. Wall, 
 
 We yet may fee the Old Man in a Morning, 
 Lufty as Health, come ruddy to the Field, 
 And there purfue the Chace, as if he meant 
 To o'er-take Time, and bring back Youth again. Otti\ Orph, 
 As in a green old Age his Hair juft griefled. Br'jd, Oedip, 
 While yet few Furrows on my Face are feen, 
 While I walk upright, and Old Age is green, 
 And Lachefis has fomewhat left to fpin. I>ry^» "^'i^'- 
 
 Inconveniences of Old Age. 
 Jove I grant me Length of Life, and Years good (lore 
 Heap on my bending Back, I ask no more ; 
 
 P 3 
 
 E(h1i 
 
C 342 ) 
 Both Sick nnd Healthful, Old and Young, confpire 
 In this one filly mifchievoiis Defire. 
 Mfftciken Elefling, which Old Age they call ! 
 *Tis a long, na%, darkfom Hofpital ! 
 A ropy Chain of Rheums ! a Vifage rough 
 Deform'd, unfeatur'd, and a Skin of Buff! 
 A ftitch-fairn Cheek that hangs below the Jaw, 
 Such Wrinkles as a skilful Hand would draw 
 for an old grandame Ape, when with a Grace 
 She fits at fquat, and fcrubs her leathern Face. 
 In Youth Diftindions infinite abound ; 
 No Shape, no Feature jufl alike is found ; 
 The Fair, the Black, the Feeble, and the Strong. ^ 
 
 But the fame Foulnefs does to Agje belona; ^ 
 
 The felf-iame Palfy both in Limbs and Tongue. J 
 
 The Skull and Forehead an old barren Plain, 
 And Gums unarm'd to mumble Meat in vain. Dryd, Juv* 
 
 Tliefe are th' Effeds of doating Age, 
 Vain Doubts, and idle Cares, and Over-caution 5 
 The fecond Nonage of a Soul more wife. 
 But now decayM, and funk into the Socket, 
 Peeping by fits, and giving feeble Liglit. Dryd,, Bon Self* 
 
 Now my chili'd Blood is ciu'dl'd in my Veins, 
 And fcarce the Shadow of a Man remains. Hryd, Virg, 
 
 I am left behind. 
 To drink the Dregs of Life, by Fate 'aflign'd : 
 Beyond the Goal of Nature 1 have gone. Bryd, Virg, 
 
 bodder'd with Age, the Winter of Man's Life ! 
 The gloomy Eve of endlefs Night. Dryd» 
 
 Prop'd on a Staff, fhe takes a trembling Mein, 
 Her Face is furrowed, and her Front obfcene : 
 Deep dinted Wrinkles on her Cheeks fhe drav;?. 
 Sunk are her Eyes, and toothlefs are her Jaws ^ 
 Hoaiy lier Flair. ^^- Dryd. Virg, 
 
 Time has plow'd that Face with many Furrows. Bryd, Oed'ip, 
 
 His blear Eyes ran in Gutters to his Chin, 
 His Beard was flubble, and his Cheeks were thin. Dryd. Juv» 
 
 Decrepid Bodies, worn to Ruin, 
 Juft ready of themfelves to fall afunder. 
 And to let drop the Soul. Dry, Mar* A-la-mode* 
 
 When my Blood was warm. 
 This languifli'd Frame when better Spirits fed. 
 E'er Age unftrung my Nerves, or Time o'er-fnow'd my Head. 
 
 (Dryd, Virg, 
 Oft 
 
I 
 
 C 343 ) 
 Oft am 1 by the Women told, 
 Poor Amcreon ! thou grow 'ft old : 
 Look how thy Hairs are falling all T 
 Poor Anacreon^ how they fall ! 
 Whether I grow old or no, . 
 By th' Effeds 1 do not kno^v : . 
 This I know without being told,'. 
 'Tis time to live if I grow old : 
 'Tis time fhort Pleafures now to take, *y 
 
 Of litde Life the beft to make, - >- 
 
 And manage wifely the laft Stake. CavU > 
 
 OPPRESSION. 
 It is not hard for one that feels no Wrong, 
 For patient Duty to employ his Tongue* 
 Oppreflion makes Men mad, and from their Breafts 
 All Reafon, and all Senfe of Duty wrefts. 
 The Gods are fafe when under Wrongs we groan. 
 Only becaufe we cannot reach their Throne. 
 Shall Princes then, w^ho are but Gods of Clay, . 
 Think they may fafely with our Honour play ? ' WalU 
 
 Be careful to with-hold 
 Your Talons from the Wretched and the Bold ; : 
 Tempt not the Brave and Needy to Defpair ; 
 For tho your Violence fhould leave them bare 
 Of Gold and Silver, Swords and Darts remain. 
 And will revenge the Wrongs which they fui^ain. . 
 The Plunder'd ftill have Ai-ms. Step, Juv, 
 
 ORPHEUS. See Mufick. 
 
 OWL. 
 The boding Bird, 
 Which haunts the ruin'd Piles and hallow'M Urns, 
 And beats about the Tombs wuth nightly Wings, 
 Where Songs obfcene on Sepulchres (he fings^ Dryd* Vlrg* 
 
 With boding Note 
 The folitary Screech-Owl ftrains her Throat : 
 Or on a Chimney's Top, or Turret's Height, 
 With Songs obfcene difturbs the Silence of the Night. Dryd* Virg* 
 As an Owl that in a Barn 
 Sees a Moufe creeping in the Corn, 
 Sits ftill, and ftiuts his round blue Eyes 
 As i£ he flept, until he fpies 
 The little Beaft within his reach. 
 Then ^arts, and feizes on the Wretch. Hud, 
 
 P4 PAIN. 
 
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 PAIN. 
 What avail 
 wfi^lf °,i' ?\^^,"g^^> ^^^ matchlefs, quell'd with Pain, 
 Which all fubdues, and makes remifs the Hands 
 Of mightieft Men ? Senfe of Pleafure we may well 
 Spare out of Life perhaps, and not repine, 
 iiiit \i\e content, which is the calmeft Life ; 
 But Pain is peifeft Mifery, the worft 
 Of Evils ; and exceflive, overturns 
 All Patience. ^^^^^ 
 
 PAINTER tf»^ PAINTING. 
 Rare Ariifan ! whofe Pencil moves 
 
 Not our Delights alone, but Loves ; 
 
 Prom thy Shop of Beauty we 
 
 Slaves return that enter 'd' free. 
 
 Strange, that thy Hand fhould not infpire 
 
 The Beauty only, but the Fire ; 
 
 Kot the Form alone and Grace, 
 
 But Aft and Power of a Face.' 
 
 The heedlefs Lover does not know 
 
 Whofe Eyes they are that wound him fo : 
 
 But confounded with thy Art, (Dylie, 
 
 Inquires her Name that has his Heart. Wall, To Van- 
 Once I beheld the faiixft of her Kind, 
 (And ftill the fweet Idea charms my Mind) 
 True, ihe was dumb, for Nature gaz'd fo long, 
 ^leas'd with her Work, that flie forgot her Tongue ; 
 But fmiling faid, /he ftill fliall gain the Prize, 
 I only have transfer'd it to her Eyes : 
 Such are thy Piftures, Kneller / fuch thy Skill, 
 That Nature feems obedient to thy Will ! 
 Comes out, and meets thy Pencil in the Draught, 
 Lives there, and wants but Words to fpeak her Thought. 
 At leaft thy Pidures look a Voice ; and we 
 Imagine Soiinds, deceiv'd to that degree. 
 We think 'tis fomewhat more than juft to fee. 
 Shadows are but Privations of the Light, 
 Yet when we walk, they fhoot before the Sight; 
 With us approach, retire, arife, and fall. 
 Nothing themfelves, and yet exprefling all : 
 Such are thy Pieces ! imitating Life 
 So near, they almoft conquered m the Strife ; 
 And from their animated Canvas came 
 I^einanding Souls, and loofen'd from the Frame. 
 
 Pro- 
 
("345 ) 
 Prometheus^ were he here, would caft away 
 His Adam, and refufe a Soul to Clay ; 
 And either would thy noble Work inipire. 
 Or think it warm enough without his Kre. 
 
 But vulgar Hands may vulgar Likenefs ralfe ; 
 This is the leaft Attendant on thy Praife ; 
 Prom hence the Rudiments of Art began, 
 A Coal, or Chalk fii'ft imitated Man : 
 Perhaps the Shadow taken on a Wall, 
 Gave Out-Lines to the rude Original j 
 E'er Canvas yet was ftrain'd ; before the Grace 
 Of blended Colours found their Ufe and Place 5 
 Or Cyprefs Tablets fii'ft receiv'd a Face. 
 By flow degrees the God-like Ait advanced. 
 As Man grew polifh'd. Picture was inhanc'd : 
 Greece added Pofture, Shade, and Perfpeilive, 
 And then the Mimick-Piece began to live. 
 Yet Peifpeftive was lame j no Diftance titie. 
 But all came forward in one common View : 
 No Point of Light was known, no Bounds of Ait J 
 When Light was there, it knew not to depart 5 
 But glai-ing on remoter Objefts play'd, 
 Not languifh'd, and infenfibly decay 'd. ,;,, 
 
 Long time the Sifter- Arts, in iron Sleep, 
 A heavy Sabbath did fupinely keep : 
 At length, in Raphael's Age at once they rife. 
 Stretch all their Limbs, and open all their Eyes. 
 Thence rofe the Roman and the Lombard Line, 
 One colour'd beft, and one did beft defign. 
 Raphael's, like Homer's, was the nobler Part, 
 But Titian's Painting look'd like Virgil's Art. 
 Thy Genius gives thee both ; where true Deflgn, 
 Poftures unforc'd, and lively Colours join. 
 Likenefs is ever there, but ftill the beft ; 
 Like proper Thoughts in lofty Language drefs'd : 
 Where Light, to Shades defcending, plays, not ftrxyes. 
 Dies by degrees, and by degrees revives. 
 Of various Parts a perfeft Whole is wrought ; 
 Thy Pidures think, and we divine their Thought. 
 Our Arts are Sifters, tho not Twins in Birth ; * ^ 
 
 For Hymns were fung in Eden's happy Earth 
 By the firft Pair. 
 
 But Oh ! the Painter Mufe, tho laft in place. 
 Has feiz'd the Blefting fii'ft, like Jacob's Race. 
 
 p ^ Apellt 
 
C ^^^ ) 
 
 Apelles' Ai-t an Alexander found ; 
 
 And Raphael did with Leo's Gold abound : 
 
 l^Jt Homer was with barren Laurel crown'd. 
 
 Thou hadft thy Charles awhile, and fo had'l • 
 
 But pafs we that unpleafing Image by. ' 
 
 Thou palnt'ft as wt defcribe ; improving ftill 
 
 When on wild Nature we engraft our Skill :* 7 
 
 But not creating Beauties at our Will. * X 
 
 But Poets are confinM in aarr'wer Space, 
 
 To fpeak the Language of their native Place : 
 
 The Painter widely ftretches his Command ; 
 
 Thy Pencil fpeaks the Tongue of ev'ry Land. 
 
 But we who Life beftow, our felves muft live 
 
 Kings cannot reign unlefs their Subjeds ofye. * 
 
 And they who pay the Taxes bear the Rule :* 
 
 Thus thou fometimes art forc'd to draw a Fool • 
 
 But (o his Follies in thy Poftui'es fink, ' 
 
 The fenilefs Ideot feems at leaft to think. 
 
 Jlich in thy felf, and of thy felf Divine, 
 
 All Pilgrims come and offer at thy Shrine : 
 
 A graceful Truth thy Pencil can command. 
 
 The Fair themfelves go mended from thy Hand : 
 
 Likenefs appears in ev'ry Lineament ; 
 
 But Likenefs in thy Work is eloquent. 
 
 Tho Natiu-e there her true Refemblance bears, 
 
 A nobler Beauty in thy Piece appears. 
 
 So warm thy Work, fo glows the gen'rous Frame, 
 
 Flefh looks lefs living in the lovely^Dame. 
 
 More cannot be by mortal Art exprefs'd j 
 
 But venerable Age {hall add the reft. 
 
 For Time fhall with his ready Pencil ftand. 
 
 Re-touch your Fingers with his ripening Hand ; 
 
 Mellow your Colours, and imbrown the Teint, 
 
 Add ev'ry Grace which Time alone can grant : 
 
 To future Ages fiiall your Fame convey. 
 
 An J give more Beauties than he takes away. Dry, To SirCKneller, 
 
 Men thought fo much a Flame by Art was fhown, 
 The Pidure's felf would fall in Afhes down. CowU 
 
 The Painter, who fo long had vex'd his Cloth, 
 Of his Hound's Mouth to feign the raging Froth, 
 His defp'rate Pencil at the Work did dait; 
 riis Anger reach' d that Rage which pafs'd his Art. 
 Chance finifh'd that which Art could not begin j 
 iMid he fate fmiling Ik)W his Dog did grin. Marv, 
 
 PRO' 
 
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 PRO METHEUS ill Painted, 
 How wretched doth Prometheus^ State o.ppear. 
 While he his fecond Mifeiy fufFers here ! 
 Draw him no more, left as he tortur'd ftands. 
 He blame great Jove's lefs than the Painter's Hands. 
 It would the Vulture's Cruelty out-go. 
 If once again his Liver thus fhould grow. 
 Pity him, 'Jove^ and his bold Theft allow; 
 The Flames he once ftole from thee, grant him now. CowU 
 Under a Lady^s Pi6lure, 
 Such Helen was, and who can blame the Eoy 
 That in fo bright a Flame confum'd his Troy ^ 
 But had like Virtue fhin'd in that fair G reeky 
 The amorous Shepherd had not dar'd to feek, 
 Or hope for Pity ; but with filent Moan, 
 
 And better Fate, had perifhed alone. WalL 
 
 women's Painting. 
 As Pirates all falfe Colours wear, 
 T' intrap th' unweary Mariner ; 
 So Women, to furprize us, fpread 
 The borrow'd Flags of White and Redi 
 Lay Trains of amorous Intrigues 
 In Tow'rs, and Curls, and Periwigs ; 
 With greater Art and Cunning rear'd^^ 
 Than Philip Nye's thankfgiving Beard. 
 Prepoft'roufly t' entice and gain 
 ' Thofe to adore them they difdain. Had, 
 
 Quoth flie, if you 're impos'd upon, 
 'Tis by your own Temptation done ; 
 That with your Ignorance invite. 
 And teach us how to ufe the Slight ; 
 For when we find you're flill more taken 
 "With falfe Attrads of your own making ; 
 Swear that's a Rofe, and that's a Stone, 
 Like Sots, to us that laid it on ; 
 And what we did but fiiihtly prim^, 
 Moft ignorantly daub in Rhyme : 
 You force us, in our ov/n Defences, 
 To copy Beams and Influences ; 
 To lay Pei-fedions on the Graces, 
 And draw Attrafts upon our Faces ; 
 And in Compliance to your Wit, 
 Your own falfe Jewels counterfeit ; 
 
 Wh'::i 
 
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 Which when they 're nobly done and well, 
 
 The fimple natural excel. 
 
 How fair and fweet the planted Rofe, 
 
 Beyond the wild in Hedges, gi'ows ! 
 
 For without Art the nobleft Seeds 
 
 Of Flow'rs degenerate to Weeds. 
 
 How dull and rugged, e'er 'tis ground 
 
 And polifh'd, looks a Diamond ! 
 
 Tho Paradife was e'er fo fair, 
 
 It was not kept fo without Care. 
 
 The whole World, without Art and Drefs, 
 
 Would be but one great Wildernefs ; 
 
 And Mankind but a favage Herd, 
 
 For all that Nature has confer'd ; 
 
 This does but rough-hew and defign, 
 
 Leavas Ait to polifh and refine. H«^» 
 
 PARADISE. 
 So on he fares, and t6 the Border comes 
 Of Eden, where delicious Paradife, 
 Now nearer, crowns with her Enclofure green. 
 As with a rural Mound, the Champain Head 
 Of a fteep Wildernefs ; whofe hairy Sides, 
 With Thicket over-grown, grotefque and wild, 
 Accefs deny'd : And over-head up-grew 
 Infuperable Height of loftieft Shade \ 
 Cedar, and Pine, and Fir, and branching Palm ; 
 A fylvan Scene : And as the Ranks afcend 
 Shade above Shade, a woody Theatre, 
 Of ftatelieft View ; and higher than their Tops 
 The verd'rous Wall of Paradife up-fpiiuig \ 
 And higher than that Wall a circling Row 
 Of goodlieft Trees, loaden with faireft Fruit, 
 Blofloms and Fruits at once of golden Hew, 
 Appear'd with gay enamel'd Colours mix'd : 
 On which the Sun more glad imprefs'd his Beams, 
 Than on fair Evening Cloud, or humid Bow, ♦ 
 
 When God has fhow'r'd the Earth : So lovely feem'd 
 That Landfcape. And of pure, now purer Air 
 Meets his Approach, and to the Heart infpires 
 Vernal Delight and Joy, able to drive 
 All Sadnefs, but Defpair : Now gentle Gales, 
 Fanning their odoriferous Wings, difpenfe 
 Native Perfumes, and whifper whence they ftole 
 Thofe balmy Sp/[^ls. As when to them who fail 
 
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 i Beyond tlie Cape of Hope, and now are paft 
 Mox^ambick ; off at Sea North-Eafl Winds blow 
 SabAan Odours from the fpicy Shore 
 Of Arable the Bleji : with fuch Delay 
 V^ell-pleas'd, they flack their Courfe ; and many a League, 
 Chear'd with the grateful Smell, old Ocean fmiles. 
 So enteitain'd thofe odVous Sweets the Fiend. 
 Garden ofEBE N, 
 A blifsful Field, circled with Groves of Myrrh, 
 And flowing Odours, Caflia, Nard, and Balm ^ 
 A Wildernefs of Sweets ! for Nature here 
 Wanton'd as in her Prime ; and play'd at Will 
 Her Virgin Fancies ; pouring foith more Sweet, 
 Wild, above Rule or Ait, enormous Blifs ! 
 Out of this fertile Ground God caus'd to grow 
 All Trees of nobleft Kind for Sight, Sfiiell, Tafte • 
 And all amidft them flood t\^ Tree of Life, 
 High eminent, blooming Ambrofial Fruit 
 Of vegetable Gold ; and next to Life, 
 Our Death, the Tree of Knowledg grew faft by. 
 Southward thro Eden went a River lai'ge. 
 Nor chang'd his Courfe, but thro the i^^gy Hill 
 Pafs'd underneath ingulf 'd ; and thence thro Veins 
 Of porous Earth, with kindly Thirfl up-drawn, 
 Rofe a frelh Fountain, and with many a Rill 
 Water'd the Garden : Thence united fell 
 Down the fleep Glade, and met the nether Flood. 
 
 But oh ! what Art can tell 
 How from that Saphir Fount, the crifped Brook, 
 Rolling on Orient Pearls, and Sands of Cold, 
 "With many En'or, under pendant Shades, 
 Ran Nedar ; vlfiting each Plant, and fed 
 riow'rs worthy of Paradife : Which not nice Art 
 In Beds, and cuiious Knots, but Nature boon 
 Pour'd forth profufe, on Hill, and Dale, and Plain ; 
 Both where the Morning Sun firfl warmly fmote 
 The open Field, and where the unpierc'd Shade 
 Imbrown'd the Noon-tide Bow'rs. Thus was this Place 
 A happy mral Seat of various View. 
 Groves, whofe rich Trees wept odorous Gums and Balm ; 
 Others, whofe Fruit, burnifh'd with golden Rind, 
 Hung amiable ; Hefperian Fables n'ue. 
 If tme, here only, and of delicious Tafte : 
 Betwixt thera Lawns, or ievel'd Downs, and Flocks 
 
 Grazing 
 
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 Grazing the tender Herb, were interposed 5 
 Or palmy Hillock, or the flow'ry Lap 
 Of fome irriguous Valley fpread her Store ; 
 Jlow'rs of all Hew, and without Thorn the Rofc : 
 Another Side, umbrageous Grots and Caves 
 Of cool Recefs, o'er which the mantling Vine 
 Lays forth her purple Grape, and gently creeps 
 Luxuriant. Mean while murm'ring V^aters fall 
 Down the flope Hills, difpers'd or in a Lake, 
 That to the fringed Bank, with Myrtle crown'd. 
 Her cryftal Mirrour holds, unite their Streams. 
 The Birds their Choir apply ; Airs, vernal Airs, 
 Breathing the Smell of Field and Grove, attune 
 The trembling Leaves ; while univerfal Pan^ 
 Knit with the Graces and the Hours in Dance, 
 Led on th' eternal Spring. 
 
 ADAM and EVE in Paradife, 
 His large fair Front, and Eye fublime declar'd 
 Abfolute Rule, his Hyacinthin Looks 
 Down from his parted Forelock manly hung, 
 Cluft'ring, but not beneath his Shoulders broad. 
 She, as a Veil, down to her flender >5^afle 
 Her unadorned golden TrclTes wore 
 Difheverd, but in wanton Ringlets wav'd. 
 As the Vine curls her Tendrils. 
 Under a Tuft of Shade, that on the Green 
 Stood whifpering foft, by a frefh Fountain Side 
 They fat them down. 
 
 There to their Supper Fruits they fell, 
 Neftarine Fruits, which the compliant Boughs 
 Yielded them, f.de-long as they fate recline 
 On the foft downy Bank, damask'd with Flow'rs. 
 The favoury Pulp they chew, and in the Rind, 
 Still as they thirfted, fcoop the brimming Stream. 
 
 About them frisking play'd 
 All Beads of th' Earth, fince wild, and of all Chafe 
 In Woods or Wildernefs, Foreft or Den : 
 Sporting the Lion ramp'd, and in his Paw 
 Dandled the Kid \ Bears, Tygers, Ounces, Pards, 
 Gambol'd before 'em : Th' unwieldy Elephant, 
 To make them Mirth, us'd all his Might, and wreath'd 
 His lithe Probofcis : Clofe the Serpent fly, 
 Infmuating, wove with Gordian Twine 
 His breeded Train, and of his fatal Guile 
 
 Gave 
 
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 Gave Proof unheeded : Others on the Grafs 
 Couch'd, and now fill'd with Pafture, gazing fate. Milt, 
 
 PARDON. 
 Forgivenefs to the Injui-'d does belong ; (ofGrarim 
 
 But they ne'er pardon who have done the Wrong. Dr'^d, Con^* 
 The Laws that are inanimate. 
 And feel no Senfe of Love or Hate, 
 That have no Pailions of their own^ 
 Nor Pity to be wrought upon 5 
 Are only proper to inflid 
 Kevenge on Criminals, as ftrid. 
 But to have Power to forgive. 
 Is Empire and Prerogative : 
 And 'tis in Crowns a nobler Gem, 
 To grant a Pardon, than condemn. IIud'» 
 
 PARTING. ' 
 
 Parting is worfe than Death ; 'tis Death of Love ! 
 The Soul and Body part not with fuch Pam, 
 As I from you. Dryd.Sl>an.Fry, 
 
 Now I would fpeak the laft Fai-ewel, but cannot j 
 It would be ftill Farewel, a tlioufand times ; 
 And multiplied in Echoes ftill Fai'ewel. 
 I will not fpeak, but think a thoufand thoufand : 
 And be thou filent too, my loft Sebafiian / 
 So let us part in the dumb Pomp of Grief. Dryd, Don Seh* 
 
 Adieu then, O my Soul's far better Bait ! 
 Thy Image fticks fo clofe, 
 That the Blood follows from my rending Heart. 
 A laft Farewel. 
 
 For fmce a laft muft come, the reft are vain, (of Gran, 
 
 Like Gafps in Death, which but prolong our Pain. Dryd* Conq, 
 
 I cannot, cannot tell her, we muft part j 
 I could pull out an Eye, and bid it go ; 
 And th' other ftiould not weep : But oh ! 
 How many Deaths are in this Word Depart ! Dry d. All for Love, 
 
 Death is parting : 
 'Tis the laft fad Adieu 'twixt Soul and Body. 
 But this is fomewhat worfe ! My Joy, my Comfort ! 
 All thnt was left in Life fleets after thee : 
 My aking Sight hangs on thy parting Beauties. 
 So finks the fetting Sun beneath the Waves, 
 And leaves the Traveller in pathlefs Woods 
 Benighted and forlorn : Thus with fad Eyes 
 
 Weftwai-d 
 
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 Weftward he turns to mark the Light's Decay «« 
 
 Till having loft the laft faint Glimpfe of Day L 
 
 Cheerlefs in Darknefs he purfues his Way. ^' RoweTamerl. f 
 
 Like one who wanders thro long barren Wilds 
 And yet foreknows no hofpitable Inn * 
 
 Is near to fuccour Hunger ; eats his Fill 
 Before his painful March : 
 So would 1 feed a while my famifli'd Eyes 
 Before we part : For I have far to go. 
 If Death be fai^ and never muft return. Dryd. All for Love. 
 
 1 here s luch fweet Pain in Parting 
 That I could hang for ever on thy Arms 
 And look away my Life into thy Eyes. ' Otw.Cai Mar 
 
 What have we gain'd by this one Minute more ? ' * 
 Only to wifh another and another, 
 A longer Struggling with the Pangs of Death. 
 Oh ! thofe that do not know what Parting is 
 Can never learn to die. * 
 
 When I but think this Sight may be our laft. 
 If Jove fhould fet me in the Place of Atlas] 
 And lay the Weight of Heav'n and Gods upj)n me. 
 He could not prefs 'me more. 
 
 Oh ! let me go, that I may know my Grief: 
 Grief is but guefs'd, while thou art ftanding by ; 
 But I too foon fhall know what Abfence is. 
 
 Why 'tis to be no more ; another Name for Death ; 
 'Tis the Sun parting from the frozen North, 
 And I, methinks, Hand on fome icy Cliff, 
 To watch the laft low Circles that he makes. 
 Till he fink down from Heav'n ! O only Crejfida / 
 If thou depart from me I cannot live. 
 1 have not Soul enough to laft for Grief, 
 But thou fhalt hear what Grief has done with me. 
 
 If I could live to hear it, I were falie ; 
 But as a fearful Traveller, who, fearing 
 Aftaults of Robbers, leaves his Wealth behind ; 
 I truft my Heart with thee, and cany with me 
 Only an empty Casket. 
 
 Then I will live that I may keep that Treafure ; 
 And arm'd with this- Aflurance, let thee go 
 Loofe, yet fecure, as is the gende Hawk, 
 When, whiftled off, fhe mounts into the Wind. 
 Our Loves, like Mountains, hid above the Clouds, 
 The Winds and Tempefts beat their aged Fleet, 
 
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 Their peaceful Heads, nor Storms, nor Thunder know, (Crejfs 
 But fcorn the threatning Rack that rolls below. Dryd, Troil. ^ 
 
 Since Fate divides us then, fince I muft lofe thee. 
 For Pity's Sake, for Love's, oh ! fufFer me. 
 Thus languifhing, thus dying to approach thee. 
 And figh my laft Adieu upon thy Bofom : 
 Permit me thus to fold thee in my Arms, 
 To prefs thee to my Heart, to tafte thy Sweets \ 
 Thus pant, and thus grow giddy with Delight *, 
 Thus for my laft of Moments, gaze upon thee, 
 Thou beft, thou only Joy, thou loft Sejnanthe* 
 
 For ever I could liften, but the Gods, 
 The cruel Gods forbid, and thus they p.ti't us* 
 Remember, ch ! remember me, Telemachus ! 
 Perhaps thou wilt forget me ; but no matter ; 
 1 will be true to thee, prefeiTe thee ever. 
 The fad Companion of this faithful Breaft, 
 While Life and Thought remain : And when at laft 
 I feel the icy Hand of Death prevail. 
 My Heart-ftrings break, and all my Senfes fail, 
 I'll fix thy Image in my clofing EyCj 
 
 Sigh thy dear Name, then lay me down and 6.m, Rowe tJhjfl 
 P A S S '1 O N S. 
 
 They fate them down to weep, nor only Tears 
 Rain'd at their Eyes, but high Winds worfe within. 
 Began to rife ♦, high Paflions, Anger, Hate, 
 Miftruft, Sufpicion, Difcord ; and lliook fore 
 Theii- inward State of Mind ; calm Region once. 
 And full of Peace, now toft and tui'bulent : 
 For Underftanding loil'd not, and the Will 
 Heard not her Lore, both in Subjeftion now 
 To fenfual Appetite, who from beneath, 
 Ufui'puig over Sovereign Reafon, claimed 
 Superior Sway. Milt, 
 
 Love, Anguifh, Wrath, and Grief to Madnefs wrought 
 Defpair and ftcret Shame, and confcious Thought 
 Of inborn Worth, his laboring Soul opprefs'd, 
 RoU'd in his Eyes, and rag'd within his Breaft. Dryd* Vir^^ 
 
 Stupid he fate, his Eyes on Earth declined. 
 And various Care revolving in his Mind. 
 Rage boiling from the bottom of his Bread, 
 And Sorrow, mix'd with Shame, his Soul opprefs'd \ 
 And confcious Worth lay laboring in his Thought ; 
 And Love, by Jealoufy, to Madnefs wrought. 
 
 By 
 
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 By flow degrees his Reafon drove away 
 The Mifts of Pailion, and refum'd her Sway. Dryd, Virg* 
 
 Love, Juftice, Natui-e, Pity, and Revenge, 
 Have kindled up a Wildfire in my Breaft, } 
 
 And 1 am all a Civil War within. I 
 
 And, like a VefTel, ftruggling in a Storm, (Fry, 
 
 Require more Hands than one to fteer me upright. T>r<jd, Span* 
 
 Thus while he fpoke, each Paffion dimm'd his Face, 
 Thrice chang'd with Pale, Ire, Envy, and Defpair, 
 AJ^hich marr'd his Vifage. Milt. 
 
 PafHons, like Seas, will have their Ebbs and Plows. Lee Alex. 
 PATIENCE. 
 
 Patience in Cowards is tame hopelefs Fear, 
 But in brave Minds, a Scorn of what they bear. Kow* Jnd^<^een, 
 
 Come what come may, 
 Patience and Time run thro the rougheft Day. Shak. Macb*. 
 
 Men counfel, and give Comfort to that Grief, 
 Which they themfelves not feel *, but tafting it. 
 Their Counfel turns to Paflion, which before. 
 Would give inftruftflil Med'cine unto Rage, 
 Fetter ftrong Madnefs in. a filken Thred, 
 Charm Ache with Air, and Agony with Words \ 
 Thus it is all Mens Office to fpeak Patience, 
 To thofe that wring under the Load of Sorrow ; 
 But no Man's Virtue nor Sufficiency 
 To be fo moral, when he fhall endure 
 The like himfelf. 
 
 My Griefs ciy louder than Advertifement ; 
 And there was never yet Philofopher 
 That could endure the Tooth-ache patiently. 
 However they have writ the Stile of Gods, (ahout Kothmg.- 
 
 And made a Pifh at Chance and Sufferance. Shak, Much Ado 
 PEACE. See War, 
 
 Our Armours now may ruft, our idle Scimetars 
 Hang by oui* Sides for Ornament, notUfe: 
 Children fhall beat our Atabals and Drums ; 
 And all the noify Trades of War no more 
 Shall wake the peaceful Morn; 
 Nor fhall Sebaliian's formidable Name 
 Be longer us'd to lull the crying Babe. ^ryd, Don Seh 
 
 Again the Hinds may fing and plow, 
 And fear no Harm but from the Weather now ; 
 Again may Tradefmen love their Pain, 
 By knowing now from whom they §ain ; 
 
The Ai-mour now may be hung up to Si'^ht 
 And only in the Halls the Children fright. CoTvl» 
 
 PEACOCK. 5^^ Creation. ' 
 
 PERSECUTION. 
 
 A Fury crawl'd from out her Cell, 
 The bloodied Minifter of Death and Hell. 
 Huge full-gorg'd Snakes on her lean Shoulders hung. 
 And Death's dark Couits with .their loud Hifling rung. 
 Her Teeth and Claws were Iron, and her Breath, 
 Like fubterranean Damps, gave prefent Death. 
 Plames worfe than Hell's fhotfrom her bloody Eyes, 
 And Fire and Sword eternally flie cries. 
 No ceitain Shape, no Feature regular, • 
 
 No Limbs diftinft in th' odious Fiend appear. 
 Her fquallid bloated Belly did arife, 
 S\yoln with black Gore to a prodigious Size. 
 DIftended vartly by a mighty Flood 
 Of flaughter'd Saints, and conftant Mart)Ts Blood. 
 Part ftood out prominent, but Part fell down, 
 And in a fwagging Heap lay wall'wing on the Ground. 
 Horror, till now the uglieft Shape elkem'd. 
 So much out-done, a harmlefs Figure feem'd. 
 Envy^ and Hate, and Malice blufh'd to fee 
 Themfelves eclips'd by fuch Deformity. 
 Her fev'rifh Thii-ft drinks down a Sea of Blood, 
 Not of the Impious, but the Juft and Good ; 
 'Gainft whom fhe burns with unextinguifh'd Rage, 
 Kor can th' exhaufted World her \Frath afluage* Illac» 
 
 To fubdue th' unconquerable Mind, 
 To make one Reafon have the fame Effed 
 Upon all Apprehenfions ; to force this 
 Or this Man juft to think as thou and I do 5 
 ImpoiTible ! unlefs Souls, which differ 
 Like human Faces, were alike in all. Rowe TamerU. 
 
 PHILOSOPHER and PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 Happy the Man ! alone thrice happy he. 
 Who can thro grofsEifeds their Caufes fee ; 
 Whofe Courage from the Deeps of Knowledg fprings. 
 Nor vainly fears inevitable things : 
 But does his Walk of Virtue calmly go. 
 Thro all th' Alarms of Death and Hell beloW. Cowl Virg. 
 
 He his Study bent 
 To cultivate his Mind ; to learn the Laws 
 Of Nature, and explore tkeir hidden Caufe. Dnd. Ovid, 
 
 . He, 
 
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 He, tho from Heav'n remote, to Heav'n "could mOVe 
 With Strength of Mind, and tread th'Abyfs above j 
 And penetrate with his interior Light 
 Thofe upper Depths which Nature hid from Sight. 
 And what he had obferv'd and learnt from thence, 
 IbQv'd in familiar Language to diipenfe. 
 The Xfoud with filent Admiration ftand, 
 And heard him as they heard their God's Command. 
 When he x^ifcours'd of Heav'n's myfterious Laws, 
 The^WtJrld^s Original and Nature's Caufe: 
 And what was God, and why the fleecy Snows 
 In Silence fell, and rattling Winds arofe : 
 What fhook the ftedfaft Eaith, and w^hence begun 
 The Dance of Planets round the radiant Sun : 
 If Thunder was the Voice of angiy ^ove ^ 
 Or Clouds, with Nitre pregnant, burft above. Dry^. Or/^. 
 
 Some few, whofe Lamps fhone brighter, have been led 
 From Caufe to Caufe to Nature's feci'ct Head : 
 And found that one firft Principle muft be. 
 But What, or Who that univerfal He ; 
 Whether fome Soul, incompading this Ball, 
 Unmade, umnov'd, yet making, moving all ; 
 Or various Atoms interfering Dance 
 Leap'd into Form, the noble Work of Chance ; 
 Or this great All was from Eternity : 
 Not ev'n the Stagy ite himfelf could fee. 
 And Epicurus guefs'd as well as he. 
 As blindly grop'd they for a future State, 
 As rafhly judg'd of Providence and Fatei 
 But leaft of all could their Endeavours find 
 What moil concern'd the Good of human Kind ; 
 
 For Happinefs was never to be found. 
 
 But vanifh'd from them like enchanted Ground. 
 
 One thought Content the Good to be enjoy'd 5 
 
 This ev'ry little Accident deftroy'd : 
 
 The wifer Madmen did for Virtue toil ; 
 
 A thorny, or at beft a barren Soil : 
 
 In Pleafure fome their glutton Souls would fteep. 
 
 But found their Line too fhoit, the Well too deep, 
 
 And leaky Veffels, which no Blifs could keep. 
 
 Thus anxious Thoughts in endlefs Circles roll. 
 
 Without a Center where to fix the Soul. 
 
 In this wild Maze their vain Endeavours end. 
 
 How can the Lefs the Greater comprehend ? 
 
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 Or finite Reafon reach Infinity ? (Laci 
 
 For what could fathom God, were more than he. J^r^d Rel 
 
 'Tis pleafant fafely to behold from Shore 7 • ^ • 
 
 The rolling Ship, and hear the Tempefl: roar : 
 Not that another's Pain is our Delight, 
 But Pains unfelt produce the pleafing Sigjit* 
 'Tis pleafant alfo to behold from far 
 The moving Legions mingled in the War : 
 But much more fweet thy laboring Steps to guide y 
 
 To Virtue*s Heights, with Wifdom well fupply'd, C 
 
 And all the Magazines of Learning fortif^'d ; \ 
 
 From thence to look below on human Kind, 
 Bewilder'd in the Maze of Life, and blinds 
 O wretched Man ! in what a Mift of Life, 
 Inclos'd with Dangers, and with noify Strife, 
 He fpcnds his little Span ; and overfeeds 
 His cramm'd Defires with more than Nature needs ! 
 For Nature wifely ftints our Appetite, 
 And craves no more than undifturb'd Delight ; 
 Which Minds unmix'd with Cares and Feai's obtain, 
 A Soul ferene, a Body void of Pain. 
 But juft as Children are furpriz'd with Dread, 
 And tremble in the Dark ; fo riper Years, 
 Ev'n in broad Day-light, are pofTefs^d with Fears ; 
 And fhake at Shadows, fanciful and vain 
 As thofe which in the Breads of Children reign.. 
 Thefe Bugbears of the Mind, this inward Hell, 
 No Rays of outward Sun-fliine can difpel ; 
 But Nature and right Reafon muft difplay (Lucr* 
 
 Theii- Beams abroad, and bring the darkfom Soul to Day. Dryd^ 
 
 Oh ! if the foolifh Race of Man, who find 
 A Weight of Cai-es ftill prefling on their Mind, 
 Could find as well the Caufe of tliis Unreft, 
 And all this Bui'den lodg'd within the Breaft ; 
 Sure they would change their Coui'/e, not live as now. 
 Uncertain what to wifh, or what to vow. 
 Uneafy both in Country and in Town, 
 They fearch a Place to lay their Burden down. 
 One reftlefs in his Palace walks abroad, 
 And vainly thinks to leave behind the Load ; 
 But ftraight returns ; for he's as reftlefs there. 
 And finds there's no Relief in open Air ; 
 Another to his Villa would retire, j 
 
 And fpurs as hard as if it were oa fire ; 
 
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 No foofter entered at his Country Door, ^ 
 
 But he begins to ftretch, and yawn, and fhore, V 
 
 Or feeks the City which he left before. j 
 
 Thus every Man o'er-works his weaiy Will, j 
 
 To fliun himfelf, and to fhake off his 111 ; C 
 
 The fhaking Fit returns, and hangs upon him ftill. \ 
 
 Ko Profpea of Repofe, nor Hope of Eafe • 
 The Wretch is ignorant of his Difcafe ; ' 
 Which known, would all his fruitlefs Trouble fpare 
 Por he would know the World not worth his Care :* 
 Then would he fearch more deeply for the Caufe 
 And ftudy Nature well, and Nature's Laws. * Dryd, tucr\ 
 Natural Philofophy, See Country Life, 
 In all her Mazes Nature's Face they view'd 
 And as fhe difappear'd they ftill purfu'd : 
 Wrapt in the Shades of Night the Goddefs lies, ^ 
 
 Yet to the Learn'd unveils her dark Difguife, C 
 
 But fhuns the grofsAccefs of vulgar Eyes. J 
 
 They find her dubious now, and then as plain ; 
 Here fhe's too Sparing, there profufely vain. 
 How fhe unfolds die faint and dawning Strife 
 Of infant Atoms kindling into Life ; 
 How dudile Matter new Meanders takes. 
 And flender Trains of twifting Fibres makes ; 
 And how the Vifcous feeks a clofer Tone, 
 By juft Degrees to harden into Bone ; 
 Whilft the more loofe flow from the vital Urn," 
 And in full Tides of purple Streams return. 
 How lambent Flames from Life's bright Lamp arife, 
 And dart in Emanations thro the Eyes ; 
 How from each Sluice a gende Torrent pours. 
 To flake a fev'rifli Heat widi ambient Show'rs ; 
 Whence thek mechanick Pow'rs the Spirits claim ; 
 How great their Force, how delicate their Frame ; 
 How the fame Nerves are fafliion'd to fuftain 
 The greateft Pleafure and the greateft Pain ; 
 Why bileous Juice a golden Light puts on. 
 And Floods of Chyle in filver Currents run. 
 How the dim Speck of Entity began 
 To work its britde Being up to Man ; 
 To how minute an Origin we owe 
 
 Young Amman, C&far, and the great Najfau, \ 
 
 Why paler Looks impemous Rage proclaim, i 
 
 Attd why chill Virgins redden into Flame ; 
 
 Wh^ 
 
Why Envy oft transforms with wan Dilguife, 
 And why gay Mirth fits ftniling in the Eyes. 
 All Ice why Lmrece \ or Sempronia Fire ; 
 
 Why S rages to fui-yive Defire ; 
 
 Whence mUo's Vigour at tWolympicks fhown; 
 
 Whence Tropes to P ch or Impudence to S*^n J 
 
 Why Atticm polite, Brutus fevere ; 
 
 WhyA/g » muddy, M — guev^hy cleai*. 
 
 Hence 'tis we wait the wond'rous Caufe to find. 
 
 How Body afts upon impaflive Mind ; 
 
 How Fumes of Wine the thinking Part can fu'Cj 
 
 Paft Hopes revive, and prefent Joys infpire j 
 
 Why our Complexions oft our Souls declai-e. 
 
 And how the Paffions in the Featiu-es are 5 
 
 How Touch and Harmony arife between 
 
 Corporeal Subftances and things unfeen. 
 
 With mighty Truths myfterious to defciy. 
 
 Which in the Womb of diftant Caufes lie. Qar* 
 
 He fung 
 The various Laboui's of the wand'ring Moon, 
 And whence proceed th' Eclipfes of the Sun ; 
 Th' Original of Man and Beafts ; and whence 
 The Rains arife, and Fires their Warmth difpenfe, 
 Andfixt and erring Stars difpofe their Influence ; 
 What Ihakes the folid Earth j what Caufe delays 
 The Summer Nights, and fhortens Winter Days. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 His noble Verfe thro Nature's Secrets leads ; 
 He fung how Earth blots the Moon's gilded Wane, 
 While foolifh Men beat founding Brafs in vain ; 
 Why the great Waters her flight Horns obey ^ 
 Her changing Horns not conflianter than they. 
 He fung how griefly Comets hang in Air ^ 
 Why Sword and Plagues attend their fatal Hair ; 
 Why Contraries feed Thunder in the Cloud, 
 What Motions vex it till it roar fo loud ; 
 How lambent Fires become fo wond'rous tame. 
 And bear fuch fliining Winter in their Flame : 
 "What radiant Pencil draws the wat'ry Bow ; 
 What ties up Hail, and picks the fleecy Snow ; 
 What Palfy of the Earth here ftiakes fix'd Hills 
 From off her Brows, and here whole Rivers fpills. Cowl, 
 
 With Wonder he furveys the upper Air, 
 And the gay gilded Meteors fpoiting there \ 
 
 And 
 
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 And lambent Jellies, kindling in the Night, 
 
 Shoot thro the Mther in a Trail of Light ; 
 
 How rifing Steams in th' azure Fluid blend. 
 
 Or fleet in Clouds, or in foft ShowVs defcend ; 
 
 Or if the ftubborn Rage of Cold prevail. 
 
 In Flakes they fly, or fall in moulded Hail. 
 
 How Honey-Dews imbalm the fragrant Morn, 
 
 And the fair Oak with luicious Sweets adorn. 
 
 How Heat and Moifture mingle in a Mafs, 
 
 Or belch in Thunder, or in Light 'ning blaze. 
 
 >?^hy nimble Corufcations flirike the Eye, 
 
 Or bold Tornado's blurter in the Sky. 
 
 Why a prolifick Aura upwai'd tends. 
 
 Ferments, and m a living Show'r defcends. 
 
 How Vapours, hanging on the tow'ring Hills, 
 In Breezes figh, or weep in warbling Rills. 
 
 Whence infiint Winds their tender Pinions tiy. 
 
 And River Gods their thirfty Urns fupply. G'^'* 
 
 How in the Moon fuch Change of Shapes is found, 
 The Moon, the changing World's eternal Bound : 
 What fliakes the folid Earth, what ftrong Difeafe 
 Dares trouble the fair Center's antient Eafe : 
 What makes the Sea retreat, and what advance : 
 Varieties too regular for Chance ! 
 What drives the Chariot on of Winter's Light, 
 And flops the lazy Waggon of the Night. Cowl, Virg* i 
 
 Then fung the Bard, how the light Vapours rife 
 From the warm Earth, and cloud the fmiling Skies. f 
 
 He fung, how fome, chill'd m their airy Flight, 
 Fall fcatter'd down in pearly Dew by Night \ 
 How fome, rais'd higher, fit in fecret Steams 
 On the refleded Points of bounding Beams • 
 Till, chill'd with Cold, they fhade th' etherial Plain, 
 Then on the thirfl:y Earth defcend in Rain. 
 How fome, whofe Parts a flight Contexture fliow. 
 Sink, hov'ring thro the Air in fleecy Snow. 
 How Part is ftrung in filken Threds, and clings 
 Entangled m the Grafs in glewy Strings ; 
 How others, ftamp'd to Stones, with rufhing Sound 
 Fall from their cryftal Quarries to the Ground. 
 How fome are laid in Trains, that kindled fly 
 In harmlefs Fires by Night about the Sky. 
 How fome on Winds blow with impetuous Forccj 
 And carry Ruin where they bend their Courfe ; 
 
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 While fome conrpire to form a gentle Breeze, 
 To fan the Air, and play among the Trees. 
 How fome enragM, grow turbulent and loud. 
 Pent in the Bowels of a frowning Cloud, 
 That cracks as if the Axis of the World (^Bla^, 
 
 Was broke, and Heav*n*s bright TowVs were downwai'ds huii'd. 
 He was a fhreud Philofopher, 
 And had read evVy Text and Glofs over. 
 Whatever Sceptick could enquire for. 
 For ev'iy Why he had a Wherefore, 
 He could reduce all Things to Afts, 
 And knew their Nature by Abftrafts ; 
 Where Entity and Quiddity, 
 The Ghofts of defunft Bodies fly ; 
 Where Truth in Perfondoes appear. 
 Like Words congeal'd in Northern Air. 
 He knew what's what, and that's as high 
 As metaphyfick Wit can fly. jjttd, 
 
 P H OE N I X. 
 Thus all receive their Birth from other things. 
 But from himfelf the Phoenix only fprings ; 
 Self-boi-n, begotten by the Parent Flame, 
 In wliich he bui'n'd, another and the fame : 
 Who not by Corn or Herbs his Life fuftains. 
 But the fweet Effence of Ammomum drains ; 
 And watches the rich Gums Arabia bears. 
 While yet in tender Dew they drop their Teai'S, 
 He (his five Centuries of Lite flilfill'd) 
 His Neft on Oaken Boughs begins to build. 
 Or trembling Tops of Pakn : And firft he draws 
 The Plan with his broad Bill and crooked Clav/s, 
 Nature's Artificers ; on this the Pile 
 Is form'd, and rifes round ; Then with the Spoil 
 Of Caflia, Cinnamon, and Stems of Nard, 
 For Softnefs ftrew'd beneath, his Funeral Bed is rear'd ; 
 Funeral and Bridal both ; and all around 
 The Borders with coiTuptlefs Myrrh ai'e crown'd. 
 On this incumbent, till ethereal Flame 
 Firft catches, then confumes the coftly Frame 5 
 Confumes him too, as on the Pile he lies ; 
 He liv'd on Odours, and in Odours dies. 
 An Infant Phoenix from the former fprings, 
 His Father's Heir, and from his tender Wings 
 
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 Shakes off his Parent Dull ; His Method he pmfues. 
 And the fame Leafe of Life on the fame Terms renews. 
 When grown to Manhood he begins to reign. 
 And with ftiff Pinions can his Flight fuftain ; 
 He lightens of its Load the Tree that bore 
 His Father's Royal Sepulchre before, 
 And his own Cradle ; this, with pious Care 
 1-lac'd on his Back, he cuts the buxom Air, 
 Seeks the Sun's City, and his facred Chuixh, 
 And decently lays down his Burden in the Porch. Dryd. Ovid, 
 P H Y S 1 C K. 
 Phyfick can but mend oui* crafy State ; 
 Patch an old Building, not a new create. Dryd. Pah c -Arc, 
 
 The fii-ft Phyficians by Debauch were made j 
 Excefs began, and Sloth fuftains the Trade. 
 
 By Chace our long-liv'd Fathers earn^'d their Food ; 
 Toil ftrung the NeiTes, and purify 'd the Blood: 
 But we, their Sons, a pamper'd Flace of Men, 
 Are dwindled down to threefcore Years and ten : 
 Better to hunt in Fields for Health unbought, 
 Than fee the Dodor for a pois'nous Draught. 
 The Wife for Cure on Exercife depend ; 
 God never made his Work for Man to mend. Dryd, 
 
 He 'fcapes the beft, who Nature to repair. 
 Draws Phyfick from the Fields in Draughts of vital Air. Dryd, 
 PITY. 
 As fofteft Metals are not flow to melt, 
 So Pity fooneft runs in gentle Minds, Dryd, Pal, ^ Arc, 
 
 Pity on frefh Objefts only ftays. 
 But with the tedious Sight of Woes decays. Dryd, Ind, Emp, 
 
 The Rocks were mov'd to Pity with his Moan, 
 Tre^s bent their Heads to hear him fing his Wrongs,( i?ry^.Fir^. 
 Fierce Tygers couch'd around, and loU'd their fawning Tongues, 
 
 The Brave and Wife we pity in Misfortunes ; 
 But when Ingratitude and Folly fuffer, 
 
 'Tis Weaknefs to be touch'd. Rows lair Pen, 
 
 PLAGUE. 
 The rifing Vapoiu's choak the wholefom Air, 
 And B!?Xts of noifom Winds corrupt the Year. 
 The Trees devouring Caterpillars burn, 
 ParchM with the Grafs, and bUghted with the Corn : 
 Nor 'fcape the Beafts, for Siriu$ from on high 
 Wiih peftilemial Heats infeib the Sky. Dryd, Virg. ' 
 
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 The raw Damps 
 ^'ith flaggy Wings fly heavily about, 
 Scatt'riiig their peftileniial Colds and Rheums 
 Thro all the lazy Air : Hence Murrains follow 
 On bleating Flocks, and on the lowing Herds. 
 At laft the Malady 
 
 Grew more domeftick, and the faithful Dog 
 Dy'd at his Matter's Feet ; and next his Mafter. 
 For all thofe Plagues which Earth and Air had brooded, 
 Firft on inferiour Creatures tiy their Force, 
 And laft they feiz'd on Man : 
 And then a thoufand Deaths at once advanced. 
 And ev'iy Dart took place. All was fo fudden. 
 That fcarce a firft Man fell : One but began 
 To wonder, and ftraight fell a Wonder too ; 
 A third, who ftoop'd to raife his dying Friend, 
 Drop'd in the pious Aft. He^rd you that Groan ? 
 A Troop of Ghofts took Flight together there. 
 Now Death's grown riotous, and will play no more 
 For fingle Stakes, but Families and Tribes. 
 With dead and dying Men our Sn-eets liecover'd j 
 And Earth expofes Bodies on the Pavements 
 More than fhe hides in Graves. 
 Between the Bride and Bridegroom have I feen 
 The nuptial Torch do common Offices 
 Of Marriage and of Death. Caft round your Eyes, 
 Where late the Streets were fo thick-fown with Men, 
 Like Cadmus' Brood they juftled for their Paflage 5 
 Now look for thofe ereded Heads, and fee 'em. 
 Like Pebbles, paving all oui* publick Ways. Dryi. Oedip» 
 
 O'er Ethiopia^ and the Southern Sands, 
 
 A mortal Influence came. 
 
 Kindled by Heav'n's angry Beam : 
 
 Who all the Stores of Poifon fent, 
 
 Threat'ning at once a gen'ral Doom, 
 
 Lavifh'd out all their Hate, and meant 
 
 In future Ages to be Innocent. 
 Thofe Afrkk Defaits ftraight were double Defarts grown. 
 
 The rav'nous Beafts were left alone. » 
 
 The rav'nous Beafts then firft began. 
 
 To pity their old En'my Man, 
 And blam'd thePlague for what they would themfelves have done. 
 
 Nor ftaid the cmel Evil there : 
 
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 Plagues prefently foi-{ake 
 The Wildernefs which they themfelves do make ; 
 Away the deadly Breaths their Joui'ny take, 
 Driv'n by a mighty Wind : 
 
 The loaded Wind went fwiftly on. 
 And as it pafs'd, was heard to figh and groan : 
 
 Thence it did Per ft a over-run ; 
 In every Limb a dreadful Pain they felt j 
 
 Tortur*d with fecret Coals they melt. 
 
 The Perjians call'd their Sun in vain. 
 Their God increased their Pain ; 
 
 They look'd up to their God no more. 
 But curfe the Beams they worfhipped before. 
 
 Glutted with Ruins of the Eafi, 
 She took her Wings, and down to Athens paft : 
 
 Juft Plague ! which doft no Parties take. 
 
 But Greece as well as Perfia fack ; 
 Without the Wall the Spartan Army fat, 
 
 The Spartan Army came too late, 
 For now there was no further Work for Fate. 
 
 They faw the City open lay. 
 
 An eafy and a bootlefs Prey ; 
 
 They faw the Ramparts empty ftand. 
 
 The Fleet, the Walls, the Forts unmanned : / V 
 
 No Need of Cruelty or Slaughter now, 
 The Plague had finifh'd what they came to do. 
 They now might unrefifted enter there, 
 
 Did they not the very Air 
 
 More than i\\ Athenians fear ; 
 The Air it felf to them was Wall and Bulwarks too. 
 
 The Air no more was vital now. 
 
 But did a mortal Poifon grow. 
 
 The Lungs, which us'd to fan the Heart, ^ 
 
 Serv*d only nov/ to fire each Part 5 ^ 
 
 What fhould refrefli, increas'd the Smart. J ^ 
 
 And now their veiy Breath, 
 The chiefeft Sign of Life,, became the Caufe of Death, 
 
 Upon the Head firft the Difeale, 
 
 As a bold Conqueror does feize ; 
 
 Blood ftarted thro each Eye, 
 
 The Rednefs of that Sky 
 
 Foretold a Tempeft nigh. 
 
 The Tongue did flow all o'er 
 
 With clotted Filth and Gore: ^ ^ 
 
 Hoarfenefs 
 
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 Hoarfenefs and Sores the Throat did fiiy 
 
 And ftopt the Paflages of Speech and Life : 
 Too cruel and imperious 111 ! 
 Which not content to kill. 
 With tyrannous and dreadful Pain, 
 
 Doft take from Men the very Power to complain. 
 Then down it went into the Breaft, 
 
 There all the Seats and Shops of Life poiTefs'd : 
 
 Such noifom Smells from thence did come. 
 As if the Stomach were a Tomb. 
 No Food would there abide. 
 
 Or if it did, turn'd to the Enemy's Side ; 
 
 The very Meat new Poifons to the Plague fupply'd. 
 Next to the Heart the Fires came. 
 The tainted Blood its Courfe began. 
 And carry'd Death where-e*er it ran ; * 
 
 That which before was Nature's nobleft Ait, 
 The Circulation from the Heart, 
 
 Was more deftruftful now. 
 And Nature fpeedier did undo. 
 The Belly felt at laft its Share, 
 And all the fubde Labyrinths there 
 
 Of winding Bowels, did new Monfters bear. 
 Here fev*n Days it rul'd and fway'd. 
 
 And oftner kill'd, becaufe it Death fo long delay'd : 
 But if thro Strength and Heat of Age, 
 The Body overcame its Rage, 
 The vanquifh'd Evil took from them 
 Who conquer'd it, fome Part, fome Limb j 
 Some all their Lives before forgot. 
 Their Minds were but one darker Blot : 
 Thofe various Pidures in the Head, 
 And all the num'rous Shapes were fled ; 
 
 They pafs'd the Lethe Lake altho they did not die. 
 Whatever leffer Maladies Men had, 
 Thofe petty Tyrants fled. 
 
 And at this mighty Conqu'ror fhrunk their Head. 
 Fevers, Agues, Palfies, Stone, 
 Gout, Cholick, and Confumption, 
 And all the milder Generation, 
 By which Mankind is by degrees undone. 
 
 Were quickly routed out and gone- 
 Phyficians now could nought prevail. 
 
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 No Aid of Herbs, or Juices Pow'r ; 
 
 None of Apolloh Art could cure \ 
 Eut help'd the Plague the fpeedier to devour. 
 Some caft into the Pit the Urn, 
 
 And drank it dry at its Return : 
 
 Again they drew, again they drank ; 
 They drank, and found they flam'd the more. 
 And only added to the burning Store. 
 So ftrong the Heat, fo ftrong the Torments were. 
 
 They like fome Burden bear 
 
 The lighteft Covering of Air ; 
 The Virgins blufh not, yet uncloth'd appear ; 
 
 The Pain and the Difeafe did now 
 
 Unwillingly reduce Men to 
 
 That Nakednefs once more. 
 Which perfeft Health, and Innocence caus'd before. 
 Their fiery Eyes, like Stars, wak'd all the Night, 
 
 No Sleep, no Peace, no Reft, 
 Their wandring and affrighted Minds pofTefs'd. 
 Upon their Souls, and Eyes, 
 
 Hell, and eternal Horroi* lies. 
 Sometimes they curfe, fometimes they pray. 
 Sometimes they Cruelties and Eury breath, 
 Not Sleep, but Waking now was Sifter unto Death. 
 
 Scatter*d in Eields the Bodies lay, 
 The Eartn caii'd to the Fowls to take the Flefh away. 
 
 In vain flie call'd ; they came not nigh. 
 Nor would their Food with their own Ruin buy : 
 
 * Whom T'jrant Hunger prefs'd. 
 And forcd to tafie ; he proved a wretched Guefl ; 
 The Price was Life : It was a cojily Feafi, 
 
 Here lies a Mother. and her Child, 
 
 The Infant fuck'd as yet, and fmil'd, 
 But ftraight by its own Food was kill'd. 
 There Parents hiigg'd their Children faft. 
 
 Here parting Lovers laft embrac'd ; 
 But yet nor parting neither. 
 
 They both expir'd and v;ent away together. 
 
 Here Pris'ners in the Dungeon die, 
 
 And gain a twofold Libeity : 
 
 Here others, poifon'd by the Scent, 
 
 Which from corrupted Bodies went. 
 
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 * Thefe three Lines are in Creech'; Lucretius. 
 
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 Quickly return the Death they did receive. 
 And Death to others give. 
 And e'en after Death they all are Mui'd'rers here. 
 
 Up ftarts the Soldier from his Bed, 
 
 He, tho Death's Servant, is not freed. 
 
 The learned too as faft as others die, "% 
 
 They from Corruption ai'e not free, V 
 
 Are mortal, tho they give an Immortality. '* 
 
 They turn'd their Authors o'er to try, 
 
 What Help, what Cure, what Remedy, 
 All Nature's Stores againft this Plague fupply. 
 And tho befides they fhunn'd it every where, 
 They fearch'd it in their Books, and fain would meet it there. 
 
 There was no Number now of Death, 
 
 The Sifters fcarce ftood ftill to breathe. 
 But weary'd quite with cutting fingle Thieds, 
 
 Began at once to part whole Looms ; 
 
 One Stroke did give whole Houfes Dooms. 
 But what, Great Gods ! was woi-ft of all. 
 Hell forth its Magazine of Luft did call. 
 
 Into the upper World it went j 
 
 Such Guilt, fuch Wickednefs, 
 
 Such Irreligion did increafe. 
 
 That the few Good that did furvive. 
 Were angry with the Plague for fuff 'ring them to live. 
 More for the Living than the Dead did grieve. 
 
 Some robb*d the very Dead, 
 Tho fure to be infefted e'er they fled. 
 
 Some nor the Shrines nor Temples fpar'd. 
 Nor Gods, nor Heavens fear'd, 
 Tho fuch Examples of their Pow*r appear 'd. 
 Virtue was efteem'd an empty Name, 
 And Honefty the foolifh Voice of Fame. 
 For having pafs'd thofe tort'ring Flames before. 
 They thought the Punilliment already o'er ; 
 Here having felt one Hell, they thought there was no more, 
 
 (Bifljop of Rochefter'; Plague of Athens. 
 PLANET. 
 Like fome malignant Planet, 
 Tbe to the Harveft, and the healthy Year, 
 That fcouls adverfe, and loui's upon the World, 
 When all the other Stars with gentle Afpeft 
 Propitious Ihine, and meaning Good to Man* Ro'we Fair Pen, 
 
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 Planet of Saturn. 
 Wide i^ my Courfc, nor turn I to my Place, 
 
 Till Length of Time, and move with tardy Pace, 
 
 Man feels me when I prefs th' ethereal Plain*^, 
 
 My Hand is heavy, and the Wound remains. 
 
 Mine IS. the Shipwreck in a wat'ry Sign, 
 
 And in an earthy, the dark Dungeon mine. 
 
 Cold ihiy 'ring Agues, melancholy Care, ^ 
 
 And bitter blading Winds, and poifon'd Air, > 
 
 And wilful Death refulting from Defpair. O 
 
 The throttling Quinfey 'tis my Star appoints. 
 
 And Rheumatifms I fend to rack the Joints. 
 
 When Churls rebel againft their native Prince, 
 
 1 arm their Hands, and furnifh the Pretence : 
 
 And houfing m the Lion^s hateful Sign, 
 
 bought Senates, and deferting Troops are mine. 
 
 Mine is the privy Pois'ning : I command 
 
 Unkindly Seafons, and ungrateful Land. 
 
 By me King's Palaces are pufh'd to Ground, 
 And Miners crufh'd beneath their Mines are found. 
 *Twas I flew Sampfon^ when the pillar d Hall 
 Fell down, and crufh'd the Many with the Fall. 
 My Looking is the Sire of Peftilence, 
 
 That iweeps at once the People and the Prince. Vryd,Pal^Arc, 
 PLAYER. 
 1 can counterfeit the deep Tragedian, 
 Speak, and look back, and pry on ev'ry Side, 
 Tremble and ftart at wagging of a Straw, 
 Intending deep Sufpicion. Ghaftly Looks 
 Are at my Service, like enforced Smiles ; 
 And both are ready in their Offices, 
 At any Time to grace my Stratagems. Shak* Kich»1» 
 
 Is it not monftrous that this Player here. 
 But in. a Fittion, in a Dream of PalTion, 
 Could force his Soul fo to his whole Conceit, 
 That from her Working all his Vifage warm'd •, 
 Tears in his Eyes, Diftraftion in his Afpeft, 
 A broken Voice, and his whole Funftion futing 
 With Forms to his Conceit? And all for Nothing ! 
 For Hecuba / What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba^ 
 That he fhould weep for her ? What would he do 
 !Had he the Motive, and the Cue for Paflion 
 That I have ? He would drown the Stage with Tears, 
 And cleave the general Ear with horrid Speech ; 
 
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 Make mad the guilty, and apale the Tree, 
 Confound the Ignorant, and amaze indeed 
 The very faculty of Eyes and Ears. Shak, Haml. 
 
 Like a Player, 
 Bellowing his Paffion till he break the Spring, 
 And his rackM Voice jar to the Audience. Shak. Tr9iU aCref 
 
 The purple Emp'rors, who in Buskins ti'ead. 
 And rule imaginary Worlds for Bread. Gar, 
 
 ^ PLEASURE. 
 
 Pleafure never comes fincere to Man, 
 But lent by Heav'n upon hard Ufury : 
 And while Jove holds us out the Bowl of Joy, 
 E'er it can reach our Lips, 'tis dafti*d with Gall 
 By fome left-handed God. . Dryd.Oedi^. 
 
 The Gods will frown where-ever they do fmile ; 
 The Crocodile infefts the fertile Nile. 
 Lions and Tygers on the Lybian Plain, 
 Forbid all Pleafuies to the fearful Swain. 
 Wild Beads in Forefts do the Hunters fright. 
 They fear their Ruin midft of their Delight. Dorf, 
 
 Delights, thofe beautiful lllufions, play 
 Around us ^ and when grafp'd, they glide away : 
 They fhew themfelves, but will not with us dwell. 
 But like hot Gleams, approaching Storms foreteL 
 Pure unmix'd Pleafures on us never flow'd. 
 But ftream, like watry Sun-beams, thro a Cloud. Blac. 
 
 And frequent Ufe does the Delight exclude : 
 Pleafure's a Toil when conftantly purfu'd. Cong. Juv. 
 
 One Grain of Bad imbitters all the Beft. Dryd. Horn. 
 
 POETASTER. 
 He Rhymes appropriate could make. 
 To ev'ry Month in th' Almanack : 
 When Terms begin and end, could tell. 
 With their Returns, in Doggerel. 
 When the Exchequer opes and fhuts, 
 . And Sow-gelder with Safety cuts. 
 When Men may eat and drink their Fill, 
 And when be temp'rate, if they will. 
 When ufe, and wh^ abftain from Vice, 
 Figs, Grapes, Phlebotomy, and Spice. 
 In Lyricks he would write an Ode on 
 His Miftrefs eating a Black-pudding. 
 And when imprifon'd Air efcap'd her, 
 It pufFM him wi;h poetick Rapture. 
 
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 15is Sonnets charm'd th' attentive Croud 
 
 By wide-mouth'd Mortal troll'd aloud, * 
 
 That, circled with his long-ear'd Guefts, 
 
 Like Orpheus look'd among the Beafts. ' 
 
 A Carman's Horfe could not pafs by. 
 
 But ftood ty'd up to Poeny : 
 
 Each VTindow like a PillVy Appears, 
 
 With Heads thi'uft thro, nail'd by the Ears : 
 
 All Trades run m as to the Sight 
 
 Of Monfters, or their dear Delight 
 
 The Gallow-Tree, when cutting Purfe 
 
 Breeds Bus*nefs for Heroick Verfe : 
 
 Which none does hear, but would have hung, 
 
 T' have been the Theme of fuch a Song. Hud. 
 
 P O E T R Y 4»fl! P O E T S. See Mufick, River, Stile, Verfe. 
 
 Sometimes of humble rural things. 
 Thy Mufe in middle Air with vai-y'd Nurnbers fings ; 
 
 And fometimes her fonorous Flight 
 To Heav'n fublimely wings, 
 Biu firft takes time with Majefty to rife. 
 
 Then without Pride divinely great, 
 She mounts her native Skies, 
 
 And Goddefs-like retains her State, 
 When down again fhe flies. 
 Commands, which Judgment gives, fhe ftill obeys. 
 
 Both to deprefs her Flight, and raife. 
 
 Thus Mercury from Heav'n defcends. 
 But ftill defcending. Dignity maintains •, 
 As much a God upon our humble Plains, 
 As when he tow'ring re-afcends to Heav'n. 
 
 But when thy Goddefs takes her flight, 
 With fuch a Majefty, to fuch a Height, 
 
 As can alone fuffice to prove 
 
 That (he defcends from mighty ^ove ; 
 Gods » how thy Thoughts then rife, and foar, and fhine ! 
 Immortal Spirit animates each Line : 
 Each with bright Flame that jfires our Souls is crown'd, 
 
 Each has Magnificence of Sound, 
 And Harmony Divine. 
 
 Thus the firft Orbs 'm their high Rounds, 
 
 With fhining Pomp advance, 
 
 Aiid to their own celeftial Sounds 
 Majeftically dance. 
 Or with eternal Symphojiy they roll. 
 
 Each 
 
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 Each turn'd in its harmonious Courfe, 
 And each informM by the prodigious Force 
 
 Of an Empyreal Soul. Dmnb to Dryd* 
 
 In your Lines let Energy be found, 
 And learn to rife in Senfe, and fink in Sound : 
 Slide without falling, without ftraining (bar. 
 Harfh Words, tho pertinent, uncooth appear ; 
 None pleafe the Fancy, who offend the Ear. 
 In Senfe and Numbers if you would excel. 
 Read Wycherly, confider Dryden well. 
 In one what vig'rous Turns of Fancy (hinQ \ 
 In th' other. Syrens warble in each Line ! 
 If Borfeis fprighdy Mufe but touch the Lyi'^ 
 The Smiles and Graces melt in fbft Defire, 
 And little Loves confefs their am'rous Fire. 
 The gentle ifis claims the ivy Crown, 
 To bind th' immortal Brows of Addiforu 
 As tuneful Congreve tries his rural Strains, 
 Part quits the Woods, the lilVning Fawns the Plains, 
 And Philomely in Notes like his, complains. 
 When Stepney paints the God-like Ads of Kings, 
 Or what Apollo didates Prior lings. 
 The Banks of Rhine a pleased Attention fhow. 
 And filver Sequana forgets to flow. Gar. 
 
 Sedley has that prevailing gentle Art, 
 That can with a refiftlefs Charm impart 
 The loofeft Wilhes to the chafteft Heart ; 
 Raife fuch a Conflift, kindle fuch a Fire 
 Between declining Virtue and Defire, 
 That the poor vanquifh'd Maid diflblves away 
 In Dreams all Night, in Sighs and Tears all Day. Rock* 
 
 Such were the Numbers, which could call 
 The Stones into the Theban Wall. CowL 
 
 As there is Mufick uninform'd by Art, 
 In thofe wild Notes, which with a meny Heanc 
 The Birds in unfi'equented Shades exprefs, 
 Who better taught at home, yet pleafe us lefs l 
 So in your Verfe a native Sweetnefs dwells, 
 Which fhames Compofure, and its Art excels. 
 Singing no more can your foft Numbers gi-ace. 
 Than Paint add Charms unto a beauteous Face. 
 Yet as when mighty Rivers gendy creep. 
 Their even Calmnefs does fuppofe them deep 5 
 Such isyoiU'Mufe ; 
 
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 So firm a Strength, and yet withal Co fweet, 
 
 Did never but in ^^w/y^w's Riddle meet. Dryd, to SirRob,Howafd. 
 
 The Colours there fo artfully are laid. 
 They fear no Luftre,and they want no Shade. Ste^n, to L.Hallifax, 
 
 Not fierce, but aweful in his manly Page ; 
 Bold is his Snrength, but fober is his Rage. Dryd, Per/, 
 
 \i^Q muft admire to fee thy well-knit Senfe, 
 Thy Numbers gentle, and thy Fancies high, 
 Thofe as thy Forehead fmooth, thefe fparkHng as thy Eye. 
 'Tis folid and 'tis manly all, 
 
 Or rather, 'tis angelical. 
 
 For, as in Angels, we 
 
 Do in thy Verfes fee 
 Both improv'd Sexes eminently meet ; (Coivl. to Orinda. 
 
 They are than Man more ftrong, and more than Woman fweet. 
 
 With conceal'd Defign 
 Did crafty Horace his low Numbers join ; 
 And with a fly infinuating Grace 
 Laugh'd at his Friend, and look'd him in the face : 
 Would raife a Blufh where fecret Vice he found. 
 And tickle while he gently prob'd the Wound. 
 With^feeming Innocence the Croud beguil'd. 
 And made the defperate PaiTes when he fmil'd. Dryd. Perf, 
 
 Pindar^s unnavigable Song 
 Like a fwoln Flood from fome fteep Mountain pours along j 
 
 The Ocean meets with fuch a Voice 
 From his enlarged Mouth, as drowns the Ocean*s Noife. 
 
 So Pindar does new Words and Figures roll 
 
 Down his impetuous Bithyramb'tck Tide, 
 
 Which in no Channel deigns t' abide \ 
 
 Which neither Banks nor Dikes controul. 
 
 Whether th' immortal Gods he fings 
 
 In no lefs immortal Strain, 
 Or the great A^s of God-defcended Kings, 
 Who in his Numbers ftill furvive and reign. 
 
 Whether at P'tfas Race he pleafe 
 To carve in polifli'd Verfe the Conqu'rors Images ; 
 Whether the Swift, the Skilful, or the Strong 
 Be crowned in his nimble, artful, vigorous Song ; 
 Whether fome brave young Man's untimely Fate, 
 In Words wonh dying for he celebrate. 
 
 He bids him live and grow in Fame, 
 
 Among the Stars he fticks his Name ; 
 
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 The Grave can but the Drofs of him devour ; 
 So fmall is Death's, fo great's the Poet's Power. 
 Lo ! how th' obfequious Wind and fwelling Air 
 
 The Theban Svj^n dots upwards bear 
 Into the Walks of Clouds, where he does play. 
 And with extended Wings opens his liquid Way, 
 While alas ! my tim'rous Mufe 
 Unambitious Tracks purfues ; 
 Does with weak unballafs'd Wings 
 About the mofly Brooks and Springs, 
 About the Trees new-bloflbm'd Heads, 
 About the Gai-dens painted Beds, 
 About the Fields and flow'r)' Meads j 
 And all inferiour beauteous things. 
 
 Like, the laborious Bee, 
 Tor little Drops of Honey flee, 
 And there with humble Sweets content her Induftry. CowL Hor. 
 
 Mean as I am, yet have the Mufes made 
 Me free, a Member of the tuneful Trade : 
 1 could have once fung down a Summer's Sun, 
 But now the Chime of Poetry is done ; 
 My Voice grows hoarfe, I feel the Notes decay : 
 
 For Cares and Time 
 Change all things, and untune my Soul for Rhyme. Dryd, Vlrg, 
 PO LTPHE MUS and his Den. 
 The Cave, tho large, was dark : The difmal Floor 
 Was pav'd with mangled Limbs and putrid Gore. 
 The monftrous Hoft, of more than human fize, 
 Ereds his Head, and ftares within the Skies. 
 Bellowing his Voice, and horrid is his Hiew. 
 The Joints of flaughter'd Wretches is his Food, 
 And for his Wine he quafls the ftieaming Blood. 
 Thefe Eyes beheld, when with his fpacious Hand 
 He feiz'd two Captives of the Grecian Band ; 
 Stretch'd on his Back, he dafh'd againft the Stones 
 Their broken Bodies, and their crackling Bones ; 
 With fpouting Blood the purple Pavement Iwims, 
 While the dire Glutton grinds the n-embling Limbs. 
 
 Thus gorg'd with Flelh, and drunk with human Wine, 
 While faft afleep the Giant lay fupine, - 
 Snoring aloud, and belching from his Maw 
 His indigefted Foam and Morfels raw *. 
 
 We furround 
 The monfti'ous Body ftretch'd along the Ground ; 
 
 ' Eachj 
 
Each, as he could approach him, lends a Hand 
 
 To bore his Eye-ball with a flaming Erand. 
 
 Eeneath his frowning Forehead lay his Eye ; 
 
 lor only one did the vaft Frame fupply ; 
 
 But that a Globe fo large, his Front it fill'd. 
 
 Like the Sun's Disk, or like a Grecian Shield. 
 
 The Stroke fucceeds, and down the Pupil bends. 
 
 Such, and fo vaft as Polypheme appears, 
 
 A hundred more this hated Ifland bears : 
 
 Like him, in Caves they fhut their woofly Sheep h 
 
 Like him their Herds on Tops of Mountains keep \ 
 
 Like him with mighty Strides they ftalk from Steep to Steep. J 
 
 I oft from Rocks a di-eadful Profped fee "^ 
 
 Of the huge Cyclops^ like a walking Tree : 
 
 From far I hear his thundr'ing Voice refound 
 
 And trampling Feet that Ihake the folid Ground. 
 
 Scarce had he faid, when on the Mountain's Brow 
 We faw the Giant-Shepherd ftalk before 
 His foU'wing Flock, and leading to the Shore. 
 A monftrous Bulk, deform'd, depriy'd of Sight: 
 His Staff a Trunk of Pine, to guide his Steps aright. 
 His ponderous Whiftle from his Neck defcends j J 
 
 His wcolly Care their penfive Lord attends J ' C 
 
 This only Solace his hard Foitune fends. C 
 
 Soon as he reach'd the Shore, and touch 'd the Waves • 
 From his gor'd Eye the guttering Blood he laves : ' 
 • He gnafh'd his Teeth, and groan'd ; thro Seas he ftrides. 
 Arid fcarce the topmoft Billow^s touchM his Sides. 
 Seiz'd with a fudden Fear, we run to Sea ; 
 And buckling to the Work, our Oars divide the Main. 
 The Giant hearJcen'd to the dalhing Sound ; 
 But when our Veffel out of reach he found, ' 
 
 He ftrided downward, and in vain efla) 'd 
 Th' Io7i'm7i Deep, and durft no farther wade. 
 With that, he roar'd aloud ; the dreadful Cry j 
 
 Shakes Earth, and Air, and Seas : the Billows fly C 
 
 Before the bell'wing Noife to diftant Italy. \ 
 
 The neighb'ring JEma trembling all around, ' 
 
 The winding Caverns echo to the Sound. 
 His Brother Cyclops hear the yelling Roar ; 
 And, mfliing down tlie Mountains, croud the Shear. 
 We faw their ftern dfftorted Locks from far. 
 And one-ey'd Glance, that vainly threaten'd War. 
 
A dreadful Council, with their Heads on high, 
 The mifty Clouds about their Foreheads fly ; 
 Not yielding to the tow'ring Tree of Jove^ 
 Or talleft Cyprefs of Dianas Grove. J>ryd* Virg, 
 
 POPULACE. 
 The Vulgar, a fcarce-animated Clod, 
 Ne*er pleasM with ought above 'em, Prince or God,Dryd,Aureft» 
 
 That hot-mouth'd Beaft that beai's againft the Curb : 
 Hard to be broken ev'n by lawful Kings, 
 But harder by Ufui-pers. 
 
 Almighty Croud ! thou fhorten'ft all Difpute, 
 Pow'r is thy ElTence, Wit thy Attribute ; 
 
 Nor Faith nor Reafon makes thee at a ftay, (Aled, 
 
 Thou leap'ft o'er all eternal Truths in thy Pindarick Way. Dryd, 
 
 Bafe mongril Souls ! flefh 'em but once with Fortune, 
 And they will worry Royalty to death : 
 But if fome crabbed Virtue turn and pinch 'em. 
 They'll run, and yelp, and clap their Tails, (Guife, 
 
 Like Cui's, betwixt their Legs, and howl for Mere)'. Lee D, of 
 
 Diffenfious Rogues, 
 That rubbmg the poor lich of yoiu- Opinions, 
 Make your felves Scabs. 
 
 That like not Peace nor War : the one affrights you. 
 The other makes you proud. 
 
 Who deferves Greatnefs, 
 Defei-ves your Hate. Your Affections are 
 A lick Man's Appetite, who defnes moft that 
 Which would ina-eafe his Evil. He that depends 
 Upon your Favours, fwims with Fins of Lead. Shak, CcrioL 
 
 The Scum 
 That rifes upmoft when the Nation boils, Dryd, Don Seh* 
 
 The Rabble gather round the Man of News, 
 And lift en with their Mouths. 
 
 Some tell, fome hear, fome judg of News, fome make it. 
 And he that lyes moft loud, is moft believ'd. Dryd, Sfan* Iry. 
 
 The Sti'eets are thicker in this Noon of Night 
 Than at the Mid-day Sim : A droufy Honour 
 Sits on their Eyes, Uke Fear not well awake : 
 All croud in heaps, as at a Night Alarm, 
 The Bees diive out upon each other's backs, 
 T' imbofs their Hives in Clufters : All ask News ; 
 Their bufy Captain runs the weaiy Round, 
 To whifper Orders J and commanding Silence, (Seh, 
 
 Makes not Noife ceafe, but deafens it to Murmui'S. Dryd. Don 
 
 The 
 
( 376) 
 The Commonwealth is fick of their own Choice, 
 Their over-greedy Love has furfeited ; 
 A Habitation giddy and unfure ' 
 
 Has he that builds upon the vulgar Hearts. 
 O thou fond Many ! with what loud Applaufe, 
 Did'fl: thou beat Heav'n with blefling JBuUinghrook, 
 Before he was what thou would'ft have him be ? 
 But being trim'd up in thy own Defires, 
 Thou beaftly Feeder ait fo full of him. 
 That thou provok'ft thy felf to caft him up. 
 So, fo thou common Dog, did'ft thou difgorge 
 Thy glutton Bofom of the Royal Richard^ 
 And now thou would'ft eat thy dead Vomit up, 
 And howl'ft to find it. What Truft is in thefe Times ? 
 They, that when Richard liv'd, would have him die. 
 Are now become enamour'd of his Grave ; 
 Thou that threw'ft Duft upon his goodly Head, , 
 When thro proud London he came fighing on. 
 After th' admir'd Heels of Bull'mgbrook^ 
 Cry'ft now, O Earth ! yield us that King again, 
 And take thou this. Shak, 2 Part Hen, 4* 
 
 The Genius of your Moors is Mutiny : 
 They fcarcely want a Guide to move their Madnefs : 
 Prompt to rebel on ev'iy weak Pretence, 
 Bluft'ring when courted, crouching when opprefs*d \ 
 Wife to themfelves, and Fools to all the World ; 
 Reftlefs in Change, and per jur'd to a Proverb. 
 They love Religion fweeten'd to the Senfe ; 
 ^A good luxurious palatable Faith, 
 .^ii^rhus Vice and Godlinefs, prepofterous Paii*, 
 
 Ride Cheek by Jowl ! but Churchmen hold the Reins : 
 And whene'er Kings would lower Clergy Greatnefs, 
 They'll learn too late what Pow'r the Preachers have. 
 And whofe the Subjeds are. I)r<^d, Von Seb» 
 
 By Heav'n, 'twas never well fince faucy Priefts 
 Grew to be Mafters of the lift'ning Herd, 
 And into Mitres cleft the Regal Crown. Sh<ik,Tro'tUv Creffi 
 
 Empire, thou poor and defpicable thing, (Graft. 
 
 When fuch as thefe unmake or make a King ! Dryd.Conq* of 
 
 Obfei-ve the Mountain Billows of the Main, 
 Blown by the Winds into a raging Storm : 
 Bmfn off tliofe Winds, and the high Waves retwn 
 Into their quiet firft created Calm : 
 Such is theRagre of bufy bluft'rini^ Crouds, 
 
( 377 ) 
 Tormented by th* Ambition of the Great : 
 Cut off the Caufes, and th' Effefts will ceafe. 
 And all the moving Madnefs fall m Peace. Dryd. Cleom, 
 
 1 have no Tafte 
 Of popular Applaufe, the noify Praife 
 Of giddy Crouds, as changeable as Winds ; 
 Still vehement, and ftill without a Caufe : ^ 
 Servants to Chance, and blowing in the Tide 
 Of Iwoln Succefs, but veering with its Ebb, 
 It leaves the Channel di-y. Dryd. S^an, Tr-^» 
 
 As when in Tumults rife th' ignoble Croud, 
 Mad ai-e their Motions, and their Tongues are loud ; 
 And Stones and Brands in rattling Vollies fly. 
 And all the ruftick Arms that Fury can fupply ; 
 If then Come grave and pious Man appeai*, 
 They hufh their Noife, and lend a liiVning Ear ; 
 He fooths with fober Words their angry Mood, 
 And quenches their innate Defire of Blood. Dryd.Vir^. 
 
 The giddy Vulgar, as their Fancies guide. 
 With Noife fay nothing, and in Parts divide. Dryd. Vtrg, 
 
 In Tumults People reign, and Kings obey. Dryd. Conci, of Gran. 
 
 The People like a headlong Torrent go, 
 And ev'iy Dam they break or overflow : 
 But unoppos'd they either lofe their Force, (Gran. 
 
 Or wind in Volumes to their former Couife. Vryd, Conq. of 
 
 Their Fright to no Perfuafions will give ear, (^Gran, 
 
 There*s a deaf Madnefs in a People's Fear. Vryd. Conci, of 
 
 POPULAR. 
 
 Th' admiring Croud are dazled with Surprize, 
 And on his goodly Perfon feed then* Eyes ; 
 His Joy conceal'd, he fets himfelf to (how, 
 On each fide bowing popularly low : 
 His Looks, his Geftures, and his Words he frames, 
 And with femiliar Eafe repeats their Names. 
 Thus form'd by Namre, furnifh'd out with Arts, 
 He glides unfelt into their fecret Hearts ; 
 Fame runs before him, as the Mornir^-Star, 
 And Shouts of Joy falute him firom afar. 
 Each Houfe receives him as a Guardian-God, 
 And confecrates the Place of his Abode. Dryd. Ahf^ Achir. 
 
 The People rend the Skies with loud Applaufe, 
 And Heav'n can hear no other Name but yours ; 
 The thronging Crouds prefs on you as you pafs. 
 And with their-eager Joy make Triumph flow. Dryd, S^ an, Try. 
 
( 378 ) 
 Thou art thy longing Country's Darling and Defire, 
 
 Their cloudy Pillar, and their Guardian Fire : 
 
 Their fecond Mofes^ whofe extended Wand 
 
 Divides t!ie Seas, and fhews the promised Land : 
 
 Whofe dawning Day, in ev'iy diftant Age, 
 
 Has exercis'd the facred Prophet's Rage ; 
 
 The People's Pray'r, the glad Diviners Theme, 
 
 The young Mens Villon, and the old Mens Dream. 
 
 Thee Saviour, thee the Nation's Vows confefs : 
 
 And, never fatisfy'd with feeing, blefs. 
 
 Swift, unbcfpoken Pomps thy Steps proclaim, (o> Achit, 
 
 And ftamni'ring Babes are taught to lifp thy Name. Dryi. Abf, 
 All Tongues fpeak of him, and the bleared Sights 
 
 Are fpeftacled to fee him. Your pratling Nurfe 
 
 Into a Rapture lets her Baby ciy, 
 
 Wliile fhe chats him. The Kitchin Malkin pins 
 
 Her richeft Lockram 'bout her reeky Neck 
 
 Clamb'ring the Walls to fee him ; ' 
 
 Stalls, Bulks, Windows are fmother'd up. 
 
 Leads fill'd, and Ridges hors'd. 
 I've km the Dumb Men throng to fee him. 
 And the Blind to hear him fpeak. The Nobles bended 
 As to Joveh Statue ; and the Commons made 
 A Show'r and Thunder v/ith their Caps and Sbputs. Shak% CorkU 
 POISON. 
 Obferve in this fmall Phial certain Death, 
 It holds a Poifon of fuch deadly Force, 
 Should JEfculapius drink it, in five hours. 
 For then it works, the God himfelf were mortal ; 
 I drew it from Nonacris' honid Spring. 
 It fcatters Pains, 
 AH forts, and thro all Nerves, Veins, Arteries, 
 Ev'n with Extremity of Froft it burns : 
 Drives the diftrafted Soul about her Houfe, 
 Who rmis to all the Pores, the Doors of Life, 
 Till fhe is forc'd for Air to leave her Dwelling. Lee Alex, 
 
 Alex. Search there, nay probe me, fe:>rch my wounded Reins : 
 Pull, draw it out : 
 
 Oh ! I am fhot, a forked burning Arrow 
 Sticks crofs my Shoulders, the fad Venom flies 
 Like Lightning thro my Flefh, my Blood, my Marrow. 
 Ha ! what a Change of Torments I endure ? 
 A Bolt of Ice runs hizzing thro my Bowels, 
 Tis fure the Aim of Death j 
 
 CoY^r 
 
C 379 } 
 Cover me, for I freeze, my Teeth chatter. 
 And my Knees knock together. 
 Perd* Heav'n blefs the King! 
 Alex, Ha ! who talks of Heav'n ? 
 I am all Hell, I burn, 1 burn agen. 
 My vital Spirits are quite parch'd, burnt up. 
 And all my fmoaky Entrails turnM to Aflies. Lee Akx, 
 
 Nothing in vain the Gdds create ^ 
 
 This Bough was made to haften Fate. 
 
 'Twas in CompafHon of our Woe, 
 
 That Nature firft made Poifons grow ; 
 
 For hopelefs Wretches, fuch as i. 
 
 Kindly providing Means to die. 
 
 As Mothers do their Children keep. 
 
 So Nature {^^ds^ and makes us deep ; 
 
 The Indifpos'd fhe does invite. 
 
 To ^o to bed before 'tis Night. 
 
 Dead I fliall be, as when unborn ; 
 
 And then I knew nor Love, nor Scorn. 
 
 Like Slaves redeem'd. Death fets us free 
 
 From Paflion and from lnjur)\ 
 
 The Living, chain'd to Fortune's Wheel, 
 
 In Triumph kd, her Changes feel ; ^ 
 
 And Conquerors kept Poifons by, 
 
 Prepar'd for her Inconftancy. 
 
 Bays againft Thunder might defend their Bi*ow ; 
 
 But againft Love and Fortune here's the Bough. WalU 
 
 Quick Shootings thro my Limbs, and pricking Pains, 
 
 Qualms at my Heart, Convulfions in my Nerves, 
 
 Shiv'rings of Cold, and burning of my Entrails, 
 
 Within my litde World make medley War, 
 
 Lofe and regain, beat and are beaten back. 
 
 As momentai-y Vidors quit their Ground ; 
 
 Some deadly Draught, fome Enemy to Life 
 
 Boils in my Bowels, and works out mv Soul. Vr'jd, Don Seb» 
 
 PREDESTINATION and FREE-V^ILL. 5ee Fate. 
 
 But here the Doftors eagerly difpute. 
 
 Some hold Predeftination abfolute : 
 
 Some Clerks maintain, that Heav'n at fii-ft forefees, 
 
 fiind in the Virtue of Forefight decrees. 
 
 If this be fo, then Prefcience binds the Will j 
 
 And Mortals are not free to Good or HI ; 
 
 For v^iiat he firft forefaw, he muft ordain. 
 
 Or his eternal Prefcience may be vain. 
 
 ' As 
 
C 3S0 ) 
 
 As bad for us if Prefcience had not been • 
 
 Tor firft, or laft, he's Author of the Sin/ 
 
 And who fays that, let the blafphemina Man 
 
 Say worfe, ev'n of the Devil, if he can. 
 
 For how can that eternal Pow'r be juft 
 
 To punifh Man, who fins becaufe he muft ? 
 
 Or, how can he reward a virtuous Deed, 
 
 Which is not done by us, but firft decreed ? 
 
 I cannot boult this Matter to the Bran, 
 
 As Bradward'm and holy Auft'm can ; 
 
 If Prefcience can determine Anions fb. 
 
 That we muft do, becaufe he did foreknow ; 
 
 Or that foreknowing, yet our Choice i$ free. 
 
 Not forc'd to fin by ftrid Necefllty. 
 
 This ftria Neceffity they fimple call. 
 
 Another fort there is conditional. 
 
 The firft fo binds the Will, that things foreknown, 
 
 By Spontaneity, not Choice, are done. 
 
 Thus Galley-slaves tug willing at their Oar, 
 
 Content to work in profped of the Shore ; 
 
 But would not work at all, if not conftrain'd before. 
 
 The other does not Libeity reftrain ; 
 
 But Man may either aft, or may refrain : 
 
 Heav*n made us Agents free to Good or 111, 
 
 And forc'd it not^ tho he forefaw the Will. 
 
 Freedom was firft beftow'd on human Race, 
 
 And Prefcience only held the fecond Place. 
 
 If he could make fuch Agents wholly free, 
 
 I'll not difpute, the Point's too high for me : 
 
 For Heav'n's unfathom'd Pow'r what Man can found. 
 
 Or put to his Omnipotence a Bound ? 
 
 He made us to his Image, all agree, J 
 
 That Image is the Soul, and that muft be, > 
 
 Or not the Maker's Image, or be free. J 
 
 But whether it had better Man had been 
 
 By Nature bound to Good, not free to Sin, (the Fox, 
 
 I wave, for fear of fplitting on a Rock. Dryd, The Cock and 
 
 The Priefthood grofly cheat us with Pree-will ; 
 Will to do what ? But what Heav'n firft decreed. 
 Our Aftions then are neither good nor ill, 
 Smce from eternal Caufes they proceed. 
 Our Paffions, Fear and Anger, Love and Hate, 
 Mere fenflefs Engines tliat are mov'd by Fate ; 
 
 \ 
 
 Like 
 
( 38i ) 
 Like Ships on ftormy Seas without a Guide, 
 Toft by the Winds, and driven by the Tide. Bryd, Span, Fr<y. 
 
 Hard State of Life ! fince Heav*n foreknows my Will 
 Why am I not ty*d up from doing ill ? * 
 
 Why am I trufted with my felf at large. 
 When he*s more able to fuftain the Charge ? 
 Since Angels fell, whofe Strength was more than mine, 
 'Twould ihew more Grace my Frailty to confine. 
 For knowing the Succefs, to leave me free, 
 Excufes him, and yet fupports not me. Dr<y^, State of Inn* 
 
 PRIEST. 
 
 A Parifh Prieft was of the Pilgrim-Train : 
 An awfiil, rev'rend, and religious Man. 
 His Eyes diffused a venerable Gi'ace, 
 And Charity it felf was in his Face. 
 
 Rich was his Soul, tho his Attire was poor, ^ 
 
 As God had cloth'd his own AmbafTador ; C 
 
 For fuch, on Eaith, his bleft Redeemer bore. \ 
 
 Refin'd himfelf to Soul, to curb the Senfe, 
 And made almoft a Sin of Abftinence. 
 Yet had his Afpeft nothing of fevere. 
 But (uch a Face as promis*d him fincere. 
 Nothing refeiT*d, or fullen was to fee ; H' 
 
 But (weet Regards, and pleafing Sanftity ; C 
 
 Mild was his Accent, and his Adion free. \ 
 
 With Eloquence innate his Soul was arm'd ; 
 Tho harfh the Precept, yet the Preacher charmed. 
 He bore his great Commiflion in his Look : 
 But fweetly tempered Awe, and foften'd all he /poke. 
 He taught the Gofpel rather than the Law ; 
 And forcM himfelf to drive ; but lov'd to draw. 
 For Fear but freezes Minds ; but Love, like Heat, ' 
 
 Exhales the Soul foblime to feek her native Seat. 
 The Tithes, liis Parifh freely paid, he took ; 
 But never fu'd, or curs'd with Bell and Book. 
 With Patience bearing Wrong, but off'ring none. 
 Since ev*iy Man is free to lofe his own. 
 Yet of his Little he had fome to fpare. 
 To feed the Famifh'd, and to clothe the Bare. 
 And ftill he was at hand, without Requeft, 
 To feiTe the Sick, to fuccour the Diftrefs'd. 
 He duly watch'd his Flock by Night and Day ; ^ 
 
 And from the proling Wolf redeemed the Prey, C 
 
 But hungry fent the wily Fox away. X 
 
C 3^2 ) . 
 
 The Proud he tamM, the Penitent he cheaiM, 
 Nor to reprove the rich Offender fear'd : 
 His Preaching much, but more his Pradice wrouf^ht, 
 (A h'ving Sermon of the Truth he taught.) 
 Thus all might fee the Dodrine which'they heard : 
 For Priefts, he faid, are Patterns for the reft. 
 The Gold of Heav'n, who bear the God imprefs'd ; 
 If they be fou!, on whom the People tmft. 
 Well may the bafer Brafs contrad a Ruft. 
 With what he begged, his Brethren he relieved. 
 And gave the Charities himfelf receiv'd : 
 Gave, while he taught, and edify'd the more, 
 Becaufe he fliew'd by Proof, 'twas eafy to be poor. Dryd* 
 
 Quoth Ralpho, you miftake the Matter, 
 
 For in all Scmples of this nature. 
 
 No Man includes himfelf, nor turns 
 
 The Point upon his own Concerns. 
 
 As no Man of his own felf catches 
 
 The Itch, or amorous Trench Aches ; 
 
 So no Man does himfelf convince 
 
 By his own Doctrine of his Sins. 
 
 And 'tis not what we do, but fay. 
 
 In Love and Preaching that muft fway. jf^^, 
 
 Briefthood that makes a Merchandize of Heav'n : 
 Priefthood that fells ev'n to their Pray'rs and Bleflings, 
 And forces us to pay for our own Coz'nage : 
 Nay, cheats Heav'n too with Entrails and with Offals, 
 Gives it the Garbage of a Sacrifice, 
 And keeps the beft for private Luxury. Dryd» Troil, c?» Creff, 
 
 The Gods are theirs, not ours ; and when we pray 
 For happy Omens, we their Price mufl pay : 
 In vain at Shrines th' ungiving Suppliant ftands ; 
 In vain we make our Vows with empt)' Hands. 
 Fat OfF'riiigs are the Prieflhood's only Care ; 
 They take the Mony, and Heav'n hears the Pray'r : 
 Without a Stthe dieir Or?.cles are mute. 
 And their inflruded Gods refiife the Suit. Bryd, Ckom* 
 
 The pious Priefthood the fat Goofe receive. 
 And they once brib'd, the Godhead muft forgive. Dr'^d, Juv* 
 Vox- Gain has wonderful Effefts, 
 
 T' improve the Fadory of Seds j 
 
 The Rule of Faith in all Profefiion;;, 
 
 And Great Diana of th' Ephejians. Hud. 
 
 For 
 
C 383 ) 
 
 Por Priefts of all Religions are the fame ; 
 Of whatfoe*er Defcent their Godhead be. 
 Stone, Stock, or c^xhev homely Pedegree ; 
 In his Defence his Servants are as bold,^ 
 As if he had been bprn of beaten Gold : 
 For *tis their Duty, all the Learned think, (cr Achit, 
 
 T* efpoufe his Caufe by whom they eat and drink. Dryd» Abf, 
 
 I tell thee. Mufti, if the World were wife, 
 They would not wag one Finger in your Quarrels : 
 Your Heav*n you promife, but our Earth you covet J 
 The Phaetons of Mankind, who fire that World, 
 Which yoe were fent by Preaching but to warm, Dryd, Don Seh, 
 
 For whether King or People feek Extremes, 
 Still Confcience and Religion are the Themes. 
 And whatfoever Change the State invades. 
 The Pulpit either forces, or perfuades. 
 Others may give the Fuel or the Fire, 
 But Priefts, the Breath, that makes the Flame, infpire. Den, So^h* 
 
 We know their Thoughts of us ; that Laymen are 
 Lag Souls, and Rubbifh of remaining Clay, 
 Which Heav'n, grown weaiy of more perfec'l Work, - 
 Set upward with a little Puff of Breath, 
 And bid us pafs for Men. Dryd, Don Seh* 
 
 We know their holy Jugglings, 
 Things that would ftartle Faith, and make us deem 
 Not this, or that, but all Religions falfe. Dryd, Don Seb,. 
 
 You want to lead 
 My Reafon blindfold, like a hamper'd Lion, 
 Check'd of its noble Vigour ; then when baited 
 Down to obedient Tamenefs, make it couch. 
 And fliew ftrange Tricks, which you call Signs of Faith : 
 So flliy Souls are guU'd, and you get Mony. Otw, Ven, Pref, 
 
 If we muft pray. 
 Rear in the Su-eets bright Altars to the Gods, 
 Let Virgins Hands adorn the Sacrifice ; 
 And not a Grey-beard forging Prieft come there. 
 To piy into the Bowels of the Vidim, 
 And with their Dotage mad the gaping World. Lee Oedip 
 
 Why feek we Tmth fi-om Priefts ? 
 The Smiles of Courtiers, and the Harlots Tears, 
 The Tradefmens Oath, and Mourning of an Heir, 
 Ai-e Truths to what Priefts tell : 
 Oh why has Priefthood Privilege to lye. 
 And yet to be believ'd ? ' Lee Oedip, 
 
 Is 
 
C 3^4 ) 
 Is not the Care of Souls a Load fuflicient ? 
 Are not your holy Stipends paid for this ? 
 Were you not bred apart from worldly Noife, 
 To ftudy Souls, their Cures, and their Difeafes ? 
 The Province of the Soul is large enough 
 To fill up ev'iy Cranny of youi- Time, 
 And leave you much to anfwer, if one Wretch 
 Be damn*d by your Negled. 
 
 Why then thefe foreign Thoughts of State-Employments, 
 Abhorrent to your Fundion, and your Breeding ? 
 Poor droning Truants of unpradis'd Cells, 
 Bred in the Fellowfliip of bearded Boys ; 
 What wonder is it if you know not Men ? 
 Yet there you live demure with down-caft Eyes, 
 And humble as your Difcipline requires ; 
 But when let loofe from thence to live at large. 
 Your little Tinfture of Devotion dies : 
 Then Luxuiy fucceeds, and fet agog 
 With a new Scene of yet untafted Joys, ' 
 You fall with greedy Hunger to the Feaft ; 
 Of all your College-Virtues, nothing now 
 But your original Ignorance remains. Dryd» Don Sel>, 
 
 Triumphant Plenty, with a cheerful Grace, 
 Basks in their Eyes, and fparkles in their Face ; 
 How fleek their Looks, how goodly is their Mien, . 
 When big' tliey ftrut behind a double Chin ? 
 Each Faculty in Blandifhments they lull, 
 Afpiring to be venerably dull. 
 No learn'd Debates moleft their downy Trance, 
 Or difcompofe their pompous Ignorance, 
 But undifturb'd they loiter Life away, , 
 
 So wither gree.i, and blofTom in Decay, 
 Deep funk in Down, they by Sloth's gentle Care, 
 Avoid th' Inclemencies of Morning Air ; 
 And leave to tatter'd Crape, the Drudgery of PrayV. Car, 
 
 But bloated with Ambition, Pride and Avarice, 
 You (well to counfel Kings and govern Kingdoms. 
 Content you with monopolizing Heav'n, 
 And let this little hanging Ball alone ; 
 For give you but a Foot of Confcience there. 
 And you, like Archimedes^ tofs the Globe. Dryd,DonSeh< 
 
 Your Saviour came not with a gaudy Show, 
 
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 Nor was his Kingdom of the World below 
 
 Patience 
 
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 Patience In Want, and Poverty of Mind, 
 Thefe Marks of Church and Churchmen he defign'd. 
 And living taught, and dying left behind. 
 The Crown he wore was of the pointed Thorn, 
 In Purple he was aoicify'd, not born : 
 They who contend for Place and high Degree, 
 Are not his Sons, but thofe of Zebedee. Dryd, 
 
 Yet Churchmen, tho they itch to govern all, 
 I Are filly, woful, aukard Politicians ; 
 I They make lame Mifchief, tho they meant it well. 
 i Their Int'reft is not finely drawn and hid, 
 I But Seams are coai-fly bungled up and feen. Dryd, Don Seh, 
 \ Sui'e 'tis an Orthodox Opinion, 
 
 That Grace is founded in Dominion, 
 Great Piety confifls in Pride ; 
 To rule, is to be fanftify'd. 
 To domineer and to controul, 
 Both o'er the Body and the Soul, 
 Is the mofl perfed Difcipline 
 Of Church- Rule, and by Right Divine, 
 Bel and the Dragon's Chaplains were 
 More moderate than thefe by far; 
 For they, poor Knaves, were glad to cheat. 
 To get their Wives and Children Meat ; 
 But thefe will not be fobb'd off fo. 
 They mufl have Wealth and Power too ; 
 Or elfe with Blood and Defolarion, 
 They'll tear it out o'th' Heart o'th' Nation. 
 Sure thefe themfelves from Primitive 
 And Heathen Prieflhood do derive : 
 When Butchers were the only Clerks, 
 Elders and Presbyters of Kirks : 
 Whofe Direftoiy was to kill. 
 And fome believe that 'tis fo ftill. 
 The only difF'rence is, that then 
 They flaughter'd only Beafts, liow Men. 
 For then to facrifice a Bullock, 
 Or now and then a Child to Moloch, 
 They count a vile Abomination, 
 
 But not to flaughter a whole Nation. Hnd. 
 
 CHAPLAIN. 
 My Time is fpent pleafantly ; 
 Vly Lord is neither 1-iaughty nor imperious, 
 J^or J gravely whimflcal ; He has 2ood Nature, 
 
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 And I have good Manners. 
 His Sons too are civil to me, becaufe 
 I do not pretend to be wifer than they are ; 
 I meddle with no hLm's Bufineis but my own. 
 I rife in a Morning early, ftudy moderately. 
 Bat and drink cheerfully, live ibberly. 
 
 Take my innocent Pleafures freely ; Otw. Orpk 
 
 So meet with Refped, and am not the Jeft of the Family, 
 PROMISE. 
 
 Proinifes once made are pad Debate ; 
 And Truth's of more Neceflity than Fate. Dr'^d^ Riv, Lad* 
 
 It is no Scandal nor Afperfion 
 
 Upon a great and noble Perfon, 
 
 To fav, he nat'rally abhor'd 
 
 Th' old-fiQiiond Trick to keep his Word : 
 
 Tho 'tis Perfidioufnefs, and Shame, 
 
 In meaner Men to do the fame : 
 
 For to be able to forget, 
 
 Is found more ufeful to the Great, 
 
 Than Gout, or Deafncis, or bad Eyes, 
 
 To make 'em pafs for wondrous wile. Jrlud' 
 
 P K O T E U S, 
 In the Carpathian Bottom makes abode 
 The Shepherd of the Seas, a Prophet and a God : 
 High o'er the Main in wat'iy Pomp he ride«. 
 His Azure Cai-,. and finny Courfers «.uides ; 
 Proteus his Name. 
 
 Him, not alone the River-Gods adore, 
 But aged Ncreus hearkens to his Love. 
 With fure Forefight, and with unerring Doom 
 He fees what is, and was, and is to come. 
 This Neptune gave him, when he gave to keep 
 His Icaly Flocks, that graze the watiT Deep. 
 When weary with his Toil and fcorcn'd with Hear, 
 The wayward Sire frequents his cool Retreat, 
 His Eyes with iieavy Slumber over.caft, 
 . With Force invade his Limbs, and bind him fhfl : 
 For unconftrain'd he nothing. tells for nought, 
 Nor is with Pray'rs, or Bribes, or Flatt'ry bought. 
 The flipp'ry God will try to Icofe his Hol.^, 
 And various Forms aiiume to cheat thy Sigl-r, 
 And with vain Images of Beafts affiigiit. i 
 
 With foamy Tusks will fcem a brii^ly Boar, j 
 
 Or Imitate the Lion's angry Roar ; i 
 
 Breal 
 
I 
 
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 Break out in cracl^iiig Flames to fhua thy Snares, 
 Or hifs a Dragon, or a Tyger ftares. 
 Or with a Wile thy Caution to betray. 
 In fleeting Streams attempt to Aide away, 
 5)^'ill weaiy all his Miracles of Lyes, 
 Till having fhifted ev'ry Porm to 'icape, 
 Convinc'd of Conqueft he refumes his Shape. 
 Proteus'^ Cave. 
 
 Within a Mountain's hollow Womb, there lies 
 A large Recefs, conceal'd from human Eyes : 
 Where Heaps of Billows, diiv'n by Wind and Tide, 
 In Form of War their watr)' Ranks divide. 
 And there, like Gentries fet, without the Mouth abide. 
 A Station fafe for Ships, when Tempefts roar, 
 A filent Harboui', and a covered Shore. "• 
 
 Secure within refides the various God, 
 And draws. a Rock upon his dark Abode. 
 His finny Flocks about their Shepherd play. 
 And rolling round him fpirt the bitter Sea. 
 Unwieldily they wallow firft in Ooze, 
 Then in the fhady Covert feek Repofe. 
 Himfelf their Herdfman, on the middle Mount, 
 Takes of his mufter*d Flocks a juft Account : 
 So, feated on a Rock, a Shepherd's Groom, 
 Surveys his Evening Flocks returning home ; 
 When lowing Calves, and bleating Lambs from far. 
 Provoke the proling Wolf to nightly War. Drya\ Vire, 
 
 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 The holy Pow'r, that clothes the fenflefs Earth 
 With Woods, with Fruits, with Flow'rs, and verdant Grais, 
 Whofe bounteous Hand feeds the whole bmte Creation, 
 Knows all our Wants^ and has enough to 2.ive us. Rozve Fair Pet:* 
 PRUDENCE, See Wifdom. 
 
 Prudence, thou vainly in our Youth art fouTlir, 
 And with Age purchas'd, art too dearly bought ; 
 We 're p.ift the ufe of \Y'it, for which we toil ; 
 Late Fruit, and planted in too cold a Soil, Dr'\d, Anrm, 
 
 P Y G M Y. 
 
 So when the Pygtnys marfhal'd on the Plains, 
 Wage puny War againft th' invading Cranes, 
 The Poppets to their Bodkin-Spears repair. 
 And fcatterM Feathers flutter in the Air. 
 But foon as e'er th' imperial Bird of Jove, 
 Stoops Qi\ his founding Pinions from above *, 
 
 R 2 Anion. 
 
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 * ir.ong the Brakes the Paiiy Nation crouds, 
 
 Aa j the Strymonean Squadron feeks the Clouds. Can 
 
 W'hen Cranes invade, his little Sword and Shield / 
 Tlie Pigmy takes, and ftrait attends the Field ; 
 Ai\d not one Soldier is a Foot in. Height ; 
 1>e Fight's foon o'er ; the Cranes defcend,. afid bear 
 The fprauling Warriors thro the liquid Air. Cre.^uv, 
 
 P TTHA GO RE AN Philofophy, See Tranfmigration of Souls. 
 
 Know firft, that Heav'n, and Earth's compaded Frame, 
 Aiicl flowing Waters, and the ftany Flame, 
 And both the radiant Lights, one common Soul 
 Inipires ; and feeds, and animates the Whole. 
 TJ.Is adiveMind, infus'd thro all the Space, 
 Unites, arid mingles with the mighty Mafs : 
 Hence Men and Beafts the Breath of Life obtain 5 
 And Birds of Air, and Monfters of the Main. 
 Th' etherial Vigour is in'all the fame. 
 And ev*iy Soul is fill'd with equal Flame : 
 As much as earthy Limbs, and grofs Allay J 
 
 Ox mortal Members, fubjed to Decay, > 
 
 liiunt not the Beams of Heav'n, and Edge of Day. i 
 
 From this coarfe Mixture of terreftrial Parts, 
 l^cfire, and Fear, by turns, pofTefs their Hearts ; 
 And Grief and Joy : Nor can the grov'ling Mind, 
 In tie dark Dungeon of the Limbs confin'd, 
 Ai;ertthe native Skies, or own its heav'nly kind. 
 Ncr Death it felf can wholly wafh their Stains ; 
 Tam long-comraded Filth, ev'n in the Soul, remains. 
 Tl:e Reliques of invct'rate Vice they wear; 
 And Spots .of Sin obfcene in ev'iy Face appear. 
 For this are various Penances enjoin'd j 
 AnJ feme are hung to bleach upon the Wind ; 
 Seme plung'd in Waters, others purg'd in Fires, 
 lili all the Dregs are drain'd, and all the Ruft expires: 
 All l ave their Manes, and thofe Manes bear; 
 Tb.c few, fo cleans'd, to blefs'd Abodes repair. 
 And breathe in ample Fields the foft Elyjian Ain 
 'I'licn arc they happy, when by length of time, 
 The Scurf is worn away of each committed Crime^ 
 No Speck is left of their habitual Stains; 
 ir.t the pure ^ther of the Soul remains, 
 iiut when ^ thoufand rolling Years are paft, 
 (Sj ion§ their Pimifhmems and Penance laft) 
 
 Whole 
 
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f 389 ; _ 
 
 Whole Droves of Minds are, by the driving God, 
 
 Compelled to drink the deep Lethean Flood : 
 
 In large forgetful Draughts to fteep the Cares 
 
 Of their paS Labours, and their irkfom Years ; 
 
 That unrememb'ring of its former Pain, 
 
 The Soul may fuffer mortal Flefh again. Dr'jd* Vi'-^' 
 
 The fii-ft the Tafte of Flefh from Tables drove. 
 And argu'd well, li Arguments could move. 
 O Mortals ! from your Fellows Blood abftain, 
 Kor taint your Bodies with a Food profane ; 
 While Corn and Pulfe by Nature are beftow'd. 
 And planted Orchai'ds bend their willing Load ; 
 While labour'd Gardens wholefom Herbs produce. 
 And teeming Vines afford their gen'rous Juice ; 
 Kor tardier Fruits of cruder kind are loft. 
 But tam'd with Fire, or mellow'd by the Froft : 
 While Kine to Pails diftended Udders bring. 
 And Bees their Honey, redolent of Spring ; 
 While Earth not only can yourNeeds fupply. 
 But lavifh of her Store, provides for Luxury ; 
 A guiltlefs Feaft adminifters with Eafe, 
 And without Blood is prodigal to pleafe. 
 Wild Beafts their Maws with their flain Brethren fill ; 
 And yet not all j for fome refufe to kill ; 
 Sheep, Goats, and Oxen, and the nobler Steed 
 On Browze, and Corn, and flow'ry Meadows feed- 
 Bears, Tygers, Wolves, the Lions angry Brood, 
 Whom Heav'n endu'd with Principles of Blood, 
 He wifely funder'd from the reft, to yell 
 
 In Forefts, and in lonely Caves to dwell. 
 
 Where ftronger Beafts opprefs the WealP by Might, 
 
 And all in Prey, and purple Feafts delight. 
 O Impious \3k. ! to Nature's Laws oppos'd. 
 
 Where Bowels are in other Bowels clos*d ; 
 
 Where fattened by their Fellows Fat they thrive. 
 
 Maintained by Murder, and by Death they live, 
 
 'Tis then for nought that Mother Earth provides 
 
 The Stores of all (he fhews, and all fhe hides. 
 
 If Men with flefhly Moi-fels muft be fed. 
 
 And chaw with bloody Teeth the breathing Bread* 
 
 What elfe is this, but to devour our Guefts, 
 
 And barb*roufly renew Cyclopean Feafts ? 
 
 We, by deftroying Life, our Life fuftain. 
 
 And gorge th* ungodly Maw with Meats obfcene* 
 
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 Not To the Golden Age, who fed on Fmit, 
 Nor duift with bloody Meals tlieirjvlouths pollutc.- 
 Then Birds in airy Space might fafely move. 
 And tim'rous Hares on Heaths fecurely rove : 
 Nor needed Fifh the guileful Hooks to fear, 
 For all was peaceful ; and that Peace fincere. 
 Whoever was the Wretch, (and curs'd be. he} 
 That envy'd firft our Food's Simplicity ; 
 Th' EfTay of bloody Feafts on Brutes began. 
 And after forg'd the Sword to mui'der Man ; 
 Had he the fharpen'd Steel alone employ'd 
 On Beads of Prey, that other Beafts deftroy'd. 
 Or Man invaded with their Fangs and Paws ; 
 This had been juftify'd by Nature's Laws, 
 And Self-Defence : But who did Feafts begin 
 Of Flefh, he ftretch'd Necellity to Sin 
 To kill Man-Killers, Man has lawful PowV J 
 But not th' extended Licence to devour. 
 
 The Sow, with her broad Snout for rooting up 
 Th' intruded Seed, was judg*d to fpoil the Crop, 
 And intercept the fweating Farmer's Hope. 
 The cov'tous Churl of unforgiving Kind, 
 Th' Offender to the bloody Priefl re{ign*d •; 
 Her Hunger was no Plea ; for that fhe dy'd. 
 The Goat came next in order to be try'd : 
 The Goat had cropt the Tendrils of the Vine : 
 In Vengeance, Laity and Clergy join, 
 Where one had loft his Profit, one his Wine. 
 Here was at leaft fbme fhadow of Offence ; 
 The Sheep was facrific'd on no Pretence, 
 But meek, and unrefifting Innocence. 
 A patient, ufeful Creature, born to bear 
 The warm and woolly Fleece, that cloth'd hei' Murderer 
 And daily to give down the Milk fhe bred, 
 A Tribute for the Grafs on which flie fed. 
 Living, both Food and Raiment fhe fupplies. 
 And is of leaft Advantage when fhe dies. 
 How did the toiling Ox his Death deferve, 
 A dowm-ight fimple Drudg, and born to feiTe ? 
 O Tyrant ! with what Juftice canft thou hope 
 The Promifeof the Year, a plenteous Crop ; 
 When thou deftroy'd thy lab'ring Steer, who till'd 
 And plough'd with Pains thy elfe ungrateful Field ? 
 
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 From his yet reeking Neck to draw the Yoke, 
 That Neck, with which the furly Clods he brt^ke ; 
 And to the Hatchet yield thy Kiisbandnian, 
 Who finifh'd Aiuiimn^ and the Spring began > 
 From whence, O mortal Men, this Guft ot Blood 
 Have you deriv'd, and interdic'^^d Food ? 
 Be taught by me this dire Qelight to fhun, 
 Warned by my Precepts, by my Pradice won ; 
 And when you eat the well-deferving Beaft, 
 Think, on the LabVer of your Field you feai>. 
 
 Befides ; whatever li^ 
 In Hard), or flits in Air, or fills the Skies, 
 All fufFer Change j and we, that are of Soul 
 And Body mw'd, are Members of the Whole : 
 Then, when our Sires or Grandiires fiiall forfake 
 The Forms of Men, and Bmtal Figures take j 
 Thus hous'd, fecurely let their Spirits reft^ 
 Nor violate thy Father in. the Beaft j 
 Thy Friend, thy Brother, any of thy Kin ; 
 If none of thofe, yet there's a Man within ; 
 O fpare to make a ThyeJiAan Meal, 
 T' inclofe his Body, and his Soul expel. 
 And let not Piety be put to flight. 
 To pleafe the Tafte of Glutton-Appetite \ 
 But fufFer Inmate Souls fecure to dwell. 
 Left from your Seats your Parents you expel ; 
 Wilh rabid Hunger feed upon your Kind, 
 Or from a Beaft diflodge a Brother's Mind. 
 
 What more Advance can Mortals make in Sin, 
 So near Perfection, who with Blood begin ? 
 Deaf to the Calf, that lies beneath the Knife, 
 Looks up, and from her Butcher begs her Life : 
 Deaf to the harmlefs Kid, that e'er he dies. 
 All Methods to procure thy Mercy tries. 
 And imitates, in vain, thy Children's Cries. 
 Where will he ftop, who h^As with Houfhold Bread, 
 Then eats the Poulny, w^hich before he ioA ? 
 Let plough thy Steers ♦, that when they lofe their Breath, 
 To Nature, not to thee, they may impute their Death. 
 Let Goats for Food their loaded Udders lend. 
 And Sheep from Winter-Cold thy Sides defend ; 
 But neither Sprindges, Nets, nor Snares employ. 
 And be no more ingenious to deftroy. 
 
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 free as in Air, let Birds on Eaith remain, 
 Nor let infidious Glue their Wings conftrain: 
 Nor opening Hounds the trembling Stag affiright, 
 ^Jor purple Feathers intercept his Flight ; 
 Kor Hooks, concealed in. Baits, for Fifli prepare, 
 Nor Lines to heave them twinkling up in Air. 
 Take not away the Life you cannot give ; 
 For all things have an equal Right to" live. 
 Kill noxious Creatui'es, where *tis Sin to fave, 
 Tijis only juft Prerogative we have : 
 -Hut nourifh Life with vegetable Food, 
 
 And fhun the faciilegious Tafte of Blood. JDryd, Ovid,. 
 
 Q^U I E T. 
 In Storms when Clouds the Moon do hide, 
 And no kind Stars the Pilot guide ; 
 Shew me at Sea the boldeft there. 
 That does not wifh for Quiet here. 
 For Qiiiet, Friend ! the Soldier fights, 
 
 Jiears weary Marches, fleeplefs Nights ; \ 
 
 For tliis ^^tdis hard, and lodges cold, 
 
 Vviiich can't be bought with Hills of Gold. Otw, H9r\ 
 
 RACE. 
 To their appointed Bafe the Rival Runners went \ 
 VJ itb. beating Hearts th' expe(fled Sign receive^ 
 And Parting all at once, the Barrier leave. 
 Siread out, as on the Wings of Winds, they flew. 
 And feiz'd the diftant Goal with greedy View. 
 •'^Iiotfrom the Croud, fwift Nifus all o'erpafe'd, 
 Nor Storms, nor Thunder equal half his Hafte, 
 Tlie next, but tho the next, yet far disjoin'd. 
 Came Salius^ and Eurydus behind 5 
 Tl'.en Helymus^ whom young Diores ply'd, 
 -rep after Step, and almoft Side by Side : 
 
 His Shoulders preiling, and in longer Space ' " 
 
 Had w-on, or left at lead a dubious Race. 
 Now fpent, the Goal they almoft reach at laft. 
 When eager Kifus^ haplefs in his Hafte, 
 Slipt fii-ft, and flipping, fell upon the Plain, 
 Soak'd with the Blood of Oxen newly flain. 
 The carelefs Vidor had not mark'd his Way, 
 But treading where the treach'rous Puddle lay. 
 His Heels flew up, and on the grafly Floor 
 He fell, befmear*d with Filth and holy Gore. 
 
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 Not mlndlefs then, Euryalusy of thee. 
 Nor of the faa-ed Bonds of Amity, 
 He ftrove th* immediate Rival's Hope to crofs. 
 And caught the Foot of Salius as he rofe. 
 So Salius lay extended on the Plain, 
 Euryalus fprir^s out the Prize to gain. 
 
 And leaves the Croud ; Applauding Peals attend (^ff-. 
 
 The Vidor to the Goal, who vanquilh'd by his Friends XtryJ, 
 RAGE. See Anger. 
 
 Rage is the fliorteft Paflion of our Souls : 
 Like naiTOw Brooks, that rife with fudden Showr's, 
 It fwells in hafte, and falk again as foon. 
 Still as it ebbs, the fofter Thoughts flow in. 
 And the Deceiver Love fupplies its Place. Row* lalr Penr 
 
 His Breaft with Fui-y bui-n'd, his Eyes with Fire, 
 Mad with Defpair, unpatient with Defire. Drjs. 
 
 Reftlefs his Feet, diftraded was his Walk, 
 Mad were his Motions, and confus'd his Talk ; 
 Mad as the vanquifh'd Bull when forc'd to yield 
 His lovely Miftrefs, and forfake the Field. Dry^. O :•/.-<, 
 
 He found his Veins with Indignation fwell. 
 And felt within the Fire and Rage of Hell. 
 Legions of fpleenful Spirits fiil'd his Breafl:, 
 And dire Revenge his troubled Soul poflefs'd. 
 As the vaft Rage of vanquifh'd Lucifer, 
 When dreadful Thunder charg'd his flying Rear : 
 When by th' Almighty's conqu'ring Squadrons driv'n 
 O'er the blue Plains and from the Brow of Heav'n, 
 Rufli'd into Hell, he faw his min'd Hoft 
 Plung'd in hot Vengeance, and for ever loft. -£•'-'- 
 
 Tempefts and Whirlwinds thro' his Bofom move, ? 
 
 Heave up, and madly mount the Soul above 
 The Reach of Pity, or the Bounds of Love. Dryd. Cleo:/:. j 
 
 At firft her Rage was dumb, and wanted Words \ 
 But when the Storm found way, 'twas wild and loud : 
 Mad as the Prieftefs of the Delphick God, 
 Jnthufiaftick Paflion fw'ell'd her Breaft, 
 inlarg'd her Voice, and ruffled all her Form. Rowe Fair ?.t:.. 
 
 Think you beheld him like a raging Lion, 
 Pacing the Earth, and tearing up his Steps, 
 Fate in his Eyes, and roaring with the Pain 
 Of burning Fury. Otw^O >: i 
 
 My Mind, and its Intents are favage, wild. 
 More fiercej and more inexorable far. 
 
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 Than empty Tygers, or the roaring Sea. otw. CaL Mar. 
 
 Oh give me Daggers, Fire, or Water ! 
 How I could bleed ! how burn ! how drown ! the Waves 
 Ilizzing aiKi booming round my finking Head, 
 Till 1 defcended to the peaceful Bottom, 
 Oh there all's quiet *, here all Rage and Fury : 
 Tlie Air*s too thin, and pierces my weak Brain, 
 1 long for thick fubftantial Sleep : Hell ! Hell \ 
 Burft from the Center, rage and roar aloud, 
 il' thou art half fo hot, fo mad as lam. Otw,Ven.Pref* 
 
 Patience ! Oh Tve none ! 
 Go bid the moving Plains of Sand lie ftill, 
 And ftir not when the ftormy South blows high : 
 From Top to Bottom thou haft toft my Soul, 
 And now 'tis in the Madnefs of the Whirl, 
 Requir'ft a fudden Stop. Dryd. Dm Seh, 
 
 Patience ! Preach it to the Winds, 
 To roaring Seas, or raging Fires ; The Knaves, 
 That teach it, laugh at you when you believe 'em. Otii\Orph, 
 
 Madnefs ! Confufion ! let the Storm come on ; 
 Let the tumultuous Roar drive all upon me, 
 Dafli my devoted Bark, ye Surges break it j 
 'Tis for my Ruin that the Tempeft rifes. Kowe lair Pen, 
 
 Away ! be gone ! and give a Whirlwind room ! 
 Or I will blow you up like Duft ! Avaunt ! 
 Madnefs but meanly reprefents my Toil ! 
 Eternal Difcord, 
 
 Fuiy, Revenge, Difdain and Indignation 
 Tear my fwol'n Breaft j make way for Fire and Tempeft : 
 My Brain is burft \ Debate and Reafon quench'd. 
 The Storm is up, and my hot bleeding Heart 
 Splits with the Rack ; while Palfions, like the Winds, 
 Rife up to Heav'n, and put out all the Stars. Lee Alex. 
 
 Rage has no Bounds in flighted Womankind. Dryd, Cleom. 
 
 Oppofe not Rage, while Rage is in its Force j 
 But give it way awhile, and let it wafte : 
 The riflng Deluge is not ftop'd with Dams, 
 Thofe it o'erbears, and drowns the Hope of Harveft *. 
 But wifely rri.inag'd, its divided Strength 
 Is lliiic'u in Channels, and fecurely drain'd. 
 And when its Force is ipent and unfupply'd, 
 The Reficue wiih Mor.nds may be reftrain'd. 
 And diy-ftiod we may pafs tlie naked Ford. Shak, Troil^ Grejj. 
 
 RAIN- 
 
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 RAINBOW. 
 Thus oft the Lord of Nature, in the Air 
 Hangs Evening Clouds, his fable Canvafs, where 
 His Pencil, dip'd in heav'nly Colours, made 
 Of intercepted Sun-beams, mix*d with Shade 
 Of temper'd ^Ether, and refraded Light, 
 Paints his fair Rainbow charming to the Sight. Blac. 
 
 RAPE. 
 Force is the laft Relief which Lovers find j 
 And 'tis the beft Excufe of Womankind : 
 It is Refiftance that inflames Defire, 
 Sharpens the Darts of Love, and blows his Fire : 
 Love is difarmM that meets with too much Eafe, 
 He languifhes, and does not care to pleafe : 
 And therefore 'tis your golden Fruit you guard 
 With fo much Care, to make Poflelfion hard. Dryd, Auren,. . 
 
 Who'd be that fordid, fooliOi Thing, callM Man, 
 To cringe thus, fawn, and flatter for a Pleafure, 
 Which Beafts enjoy fo very much above him ? 
 The lufty Bull ranges thro all the Field, 
 And from the Herd llngling his Female out. 
 Enjoys her, and abandons her at Will. 
 It fhall be fo [ I'll yet poflefs my Love ; 
 Wait on, and watch ber loofe unguarded Hours ; 
 That when her roving Thoughts have been abroad. 
 And brought in wanton Wilhes to ha* Heait, 
 I'th' very Minute when hei- Vertue nods, 
 I'll rufti upon her in a Storm of Love, 
 Beat down her Guard of Honour all before me. 
 And furfeitupon Joys, till ev'n Dedre grows (ick. Otiv. Orf>-. 
 
 'Tjs nobler, like a Lion, to Invade, 
 Where Appetite direfls, and feize my Prey, 
 Than to wait tamely, like a begging Dog, 
 Till dull Confent throws out the Scraps of Love. 
 I'll plunge into a Sea of my Defires, 
 I'll te:^r up Pleafure by the Roots ; 
 
 And quench my Fever, tho I drown my Fame. B.Qch, r**« 
 
 To what a Height did Infant Rome^ 
 
 Byravilliing of Women come? 
 
 When Men upon their Spoufes feiz'd, 
 
 Atid freely many'd whete they pleas'd. 
 
 They iie'er forfwore themfelyes, nor ly'd, 
 
 Ncr, in the Minds they were in, dy'd ; 
 
C 39<5 ) 
 
 Nor took the pains t'addrefs and Cue ; 
 
 Nor plaid the Mafquerade to woo. 
 
 Difdain'd to ftay for Friends Confents, 
 
 Nor juggl'd about Settlements : 
 
 Did need no Licence, nor no Prieft, 
 
 Nor Friends, nor Kindred to afTift ; 
 
 Nor Lawyers to join Land and Mony, 
 . In th'holy State of Matrimony ; 
 
 Nor would endure to ftay until 
 
 They'd got the very Bride's Good-will : 
 
 But took a wife, and fhorter Coui-fe 
 
 To win the Ladies, down-right Force ; 
 
 And when they had 'em at their Pleafure, 
 
 They talk'd of Love and Flames at Leifui'e. 
 
 For which the Dames, in Contemplation 
 
 Of that beft Way of Application, 
 
 Prov'd nobler Wives than e'er were known 
 
 By Suit or Treaty to be won ; 
 
 And fuch as all Pofterity 
 
 Could never equal, or come nigh. 
 
 Hold, hold, quoth Hudibras \ foft Fire, 
 
 They fay, does make fweet Malt, Good Squire : 
 
 The Quirks and Cavils thou doft make 
 
 Are falfe, and built upon Miltake. Hud* 
 
 Force never yet a gen'rous Heart did gain, 
 We yield on Parley, but are ftorm'd in vain. 
 Conf^raint in all things makes the Pleafure lefs ; 
 Sweet is the Love which comes with Willingnefs. Dnjd, Atirtn, 
 REASON. 5f^Man. 
 Dim as the borrow'd Beams of Moon and Stars 
 To lonely, weary, wand'ring Travellers, 
 Is Reafon to the Soul ; And as on high, 
 Thofe rolling Fires difcover but the Sky, 
 Not light us here; fo Reafon's glimm'ring Ray y 
 
 Was lent, not to alfure our dcubtfiil Way, ^ 
 
 But guide us upward to a better Day. ^ 
 
 And as thofe nightly Tapers difappear, 
 Wlien Day's bnght Lord afcends our Hemifphere, 
 So pale grows Reafon at Religion's fight ; 
 So dies, and fo diffolves in fupernat'ral Light. Dry^» R«/. LaWu 
 
 For Reafon \% a Guide we muft refign. 
 When the Authority is Divine. CawU 
 
 Reafon, the Power to guefs i)t R%ht aji4 Wl'OPg \ 
 The twinkling Lamp 
 
C 397 ) 
 Of wandVii^ Life, that wakes and winks by turns ; (Bride* 
 Fooling the Follower betwixt Shade and Shining. Cong* Mourns 
 
 Realon was given to curb our headftrong Will, 
 And yet but (hews a weak Phyfician's Skill ; 
 Gives nothing while the raging Fit does laft. 
 But ftays to cure it when the worft is paft : 
 Reafon's a Staff for Age, when Nature*s gone ; 
 But Youth is ftrong enough to walk alone. Dryd. Conq* ofGram 
 
 Our Paflions gone, and Reafbn in her Throne, 
 Amaz'd we fee the Mifchiefs we have done : 
 After a Tempeft, when tlie Winds are laid. 
 The calm Sea wonders at the Wrecks it made. WalU 
 
 Oh why did Heaven leave Man fb weak Defence, 
 To truft fi-ail Reafbn with the Rule of Senfe ? 
 'Tis overpois'd, and kick'd up in the Air ; 
 While Senfe weighs down the Scale, and keeps it there ; 
 Or, like a captive King, *tis borne away. 
 And forc'd to count*nance its own Rebels Sway. 
 
 O no ! our Reafbn was not vainly lent. 
 Nor is a Slave, but by its own Confent : 
 If Reafon on his Subjeds Triumph wait. 
 An eafy King deferves no better Fate. Dryd, Conq* cf Gran* 
 RELIGION. 
 The common Cry is ever Religion's Teft j 
 The Turk's is at Conftantino^le befl ; 
 Idols in India^ Popery at Rome ; 
 And our own Worfhip only tine at home : 
 And true but for the time ; 'tis hard to know 
 How long we pleafe it Ihall continue fo. 
 This Side To-day, and that To-morrow burns j 
 So all are God-A'mighty in their turns. Dryd* 
 
 Turning of Religion's made 
 The means to turn and wind a Trade : 
 And tho fome change it fbr a worfe. 
 They put themfelves into a Courfe. 
 For all Religions flock together. 
 Like tame and wild Fowl of a Feather. 
 Hence 'tis, Hypocrify as well 
 Will fei-ve t' improve a Chuich, as Zeal : 
 As Perfecution or Promotion 
 
 Bo equally advance Devotion. Bkd* 
 
 To prove Religion uaie. 
 If either Wit or Sufferings could fuffice. 
 All faiths aflford th« Cguftant and the Wife ; 
 
 And 
 
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 And yet, ev'n they, by Education (vvay'd. 
 In Age defend what Infancy obey'd. I>ry^, Ind, Emp, 
 
 All Faiths are to their own Believers juft, 
 For none believe, becaufe they will, but muft Dry^. Tyr* Love* 
 
 By Education moft have been mifled, 
 So they believe, becaufe they fo were bred. -. 
 
 The Prieft continues what the Nurfe began, 
 And thus the Child impofes on the Man. j:tr'jd. Hind and Pantk, 
 
 Look round, how Providence beftows aljke 
 Sun-fhine and Rain, to blefs the fruitful Year, 
 On different Nations, all of diff'rent Eaiths : 
 And (tho by feveral Names and Titles worfhip'd) 
 Heav*n takes the various Tribute of their Praife \ 
 Since all agree to own, at leaft to mean. 
 One beft, one greateft, only Lord of All. Kowe TamerU 
 
 All under various Names adore and love 
 One Pow€r Immenfe, Vv'hich ever rules above. Dryd, Ind* Empm 
 
 If you've Religion, keep it to your felf •, 
 Atheifts will eUe make ufe of Toleration, 
 And laugh you out on't. Never fhew Religion, 
 Unlefs you mean to pafs for Knaves of Confcience, 
 And cheat believing Fools that tliink you honeft. Otiv* Orph*. 
 REPENTANCE. See Nunner)'. 
 
 Thefe Books teach holy Sorrow and Contrition 
 And Penitence. Is it become an Art then ? 
 A Trick that lazy, dull, luxurious Gown-Men 
 Can teach us to do over ? Til no more on't. 
 1 have more real Anguifh in my Heart, 
 Than all their Pedant Difcipline e'er knew. Rowc Fair Pen, 
 
 Thoughts cannot form themfelves in Words fb horrid, 
 As canexprefs my Guilt. Dryd* All for Love, 
 
 Let that Night, 
 That gyilty Night be blotted from the Year ; 
 Let not the Voice of Mirth or Mufick know't. 
 Let it be dark and defolate ; no Stars 
 To glitter o'er it : Let it wifh for Light, 
 Yet -want it ftill, and vainly w^ait the Dawn : 
 For 'twas the Night that gave me up to Shame. Roive T air Fen, 
 
 This fatal Form, tliat drew on my undoing, 
 Falling and Tears and Hardfhip (hall deftroy j 
 Nor Light, nor Food, nor Comfort will I know, 
 Nor ought that n.ay continue hated Life. 
 Then when you lee me meagre, wan, and chang'd, 
 
 Stretch'd 
 
C 399 ) 
 
 Stretch'd at my Length, and dying in my Cave, 
 ! On that cold Earth I mean fhall be my Grave, 
 
 Pei'haps you may relent, and fighing fay. 
 
 At length her Teai's have wafh'd her Stains awa-y ; 
 
 At length 'ds time her Punifhment fliould ceafe : (Pe»» 
 
 Die then, poor fufF'ring Wretch, and be at peace. Rcwe lair 
 I Let Wretches, loaded hard with Guilt, as I am, 
 
 Bow with the Weight, and groan beneath the Burden, 
 
 Creep with the Remnant of the Strength they've left, (Pre/, 
 
 Before the Footftool of the Heav'n they've injur'd. Otu\ Yen, 
 Oh my Offence is rank ! it fmells to Heav'n j 
 
 It has the primal eldeft Curfe upon it, 
 
 A Brother's Murder ! Pray I cannot ; 
 
 Tho Inclination be as fharp as Will, 
 
 My ftronger Guilt defeats my ftrong Intent ; 
 
 And like a Man to double Bufmefs bound, 
 
 I ftand in paufe where I lliall firft begin, 
 
 And both negleft. What if this curfed Hand 
 
 Were thicker than it felf with Brother's Blood, 
 
 Is there not Rain enough in the fweet Heav'ns 
 
 To wafh' it white^as Snow ? Whereto ferves Mercy, 
 
 But to confront the Vifage of Offence ? 
 
 And what's in Prayer but this twofold Force, 
 
 To be foreftalled e'er we come to fall, 
 
 Or pardon'd being down ? Then I'll look up ; 
 
 My Fault is paft : But O ! what Form of Prayer 
 
 Can ferve my turn ? Forgive me my foul Murder ! 
 
 That cannot be, fmce I am ftill poflefs'd 
 
 Of thofe EfFefts for which I did the Murder ! 
 
 My Crown, my own Ambition, and my Queen. 
 
 lixy one be pardon'd, and retain th' Offence ? shak* HatnU 
 No ! while our former Flames remain within, 
 
 Repentance is but want of Pow'r to fin. Bryd, Pal. m Arc* 
 in the corrupted Currents of this World, 
 
 Offence's gilded Hand may fhove by JufVice ; 
 
 And oft 'tis feen, the wicked Prize it felf 
 
 Buys out the Law : But 'tis not fo above ; 
 
 There is no fhufHing, there the Adion lies 
 
 In its true nature ; and.we our felves compel'd 
 
 Ev'n to the Teeth and Forehead of our Faults, 
 
 To give in Evidence. What then ? What refls ? 
 
 Try what Repentance can ! What can it not ? 
 
 Yet what can it, when one cannot repent ? 
 
 O wretched State ! O Bofom black as Death ! 
 
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 O limed Soul ! that ftiiigglmg to be free; 
 
 Alt more engag'd. Help, Angels ! make eflay ! 
 
 Bow ftubborn Knees, and Heart with Strings of Stee!, 
 
 Be foft as Sinews of the new-born Babe : 
 
 Ail may be well. shak* HamL 
 
 For true Repentance never comes too late j 
 
 As foon as born, Ihe makes her felf a Shi'oud, 
 
 The weeping Mantle of a fleecy Cloud : 
 
 And fwift as Thought her airy Journy takes. 
 
 Her Hand Heav'n's azure Gate with ti'embling ftrikes ; 
 
 The Stars do with amazement on her look. 
 
 She tells her Story in fo fad a Tone, 
 
 That Angels ftait from Blifs, and give a Groan. Lee MaJf,ofParl 
 So cheers fome pious Saint a dying Sinner, 
 
 Who u-embled at the thoughts of Pains to come, 
 
 AJ^ith Heav'n*s Forgivenefs, and the Hopes of Mercy, 
 
 At length the Tumult of his Soul appeas'd. 
 
 And every Doubt and anxious Scruple eas'd. 
 
 Boldly he proves the dark uncertain Road ;, 
 
 The Peace his holy Comforter beftow'd, 
 
 Guides and protefts him like a Guardian God. Rowe Tamerl, 
 REPUTATION, 
 Good Name in Man or Woman, 
 
 3s the immediate Jewel of our Souls. 
 
 Who fteals my Purfe, fteals Trafh ; 'tis {bmething, nothing 5 
 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been Slave to thoiUands ; 
 
 But he that filches from me my good Name, 
 Robs me of that which not enriches him. 
 Arid makes me poor indeed. Shak, OtheK 
 
 RESURRECTION. 
 Th* Arch- Angel's Trumpet fhakes the trembling Ground \ 
 The ftartled Dead awaken at the Sound : 
 The Grave refigns her antient Spoils, and all 
 Death's adamantine Prifons burft and fall : 
 The Souls that did theii* forc'd Depanui-e mourn. 
 To the fame Bodies with fwift flight return. 
 The crouding Atoms re-unite apace. 
 All without tumult know and take their place. 
 Th' afTembled Bones leap quick into their Frame, 
 And the warm Blood renews a brighter Flame. , ^ 
 
 The quicken'd Duft feels frefli and youthful Heats, 
 While its old Task the beating Heart repeats. 
 The Eyes, enliven'd with new vital Light, 
 Open, admiring whence they had their Sight. 
 
 - The 
 
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 The Veins too tWine their bloody Arms around 
 The Limbs, and with red leaping Life abound. 
 Hard-twifted Nerves new-brace, and fafter bind 
 The dofe-knit Joints, no more to be disjoined. 
 Stroj^ new-fpun Threds immortal Mufcles make. 
 That juftly fw*d, their antient Figure take. 
 Brisk Spirits take their upper Seats, and dart 
 Thro their known Channels thence to ev'ry Part. 
 The Men now draw their long-forgotten Breath, 
 And driving, break th* unwieldy Chains of Death. 
 Viftorious Life to ev'i7 Grave reforts. 
 And rifles Death's inhofpitable Courts : 
 Its Vigour thro thofe dark Dominions fpread. 
 Prom all their gloomy Manflons frees the Dead, 
 Kow ripe Conceptions thro the Earth abound, 
 And new-fpiimg Men ftand thick on all the Ground. 
 The Sepulchi-es are quick, and ev*ry Tomb 
 Laboui's with Life, and grows a fi-uitful Womb. 
 
 Whom Thunder's difrnal Noife, 
 And all that Prophets and Apoftles louder fpake^ 
 And all the Creatures plain confpii-ing Voice, 
 
 Could not, whilft they liv'd, awake ^ 
 
 This mightier Sound ihall make. 
 When dead, arife ; 
 
 And open Tombs, and open Eyes, 
 To the long Sluggards of five thoufand Years ; 
 This mightier Sound fhall make its Hearers Ears* 
 Then (hall the fcatter'd Atoms crouding come 
 Back to their antient Home ; 
 
 Some from Birds, from Fillies fome. 
 
 Some from Eaith, and fome from Seas, 
 
 Some from Beafts, and fome fi-om Trees; 
 
 Some defcend from Clouds on high. 
 
 Some from Metals upward fly \ 
 And where th' attending Soul naked and fhiv'iing ftands. 
 
 Meet, falute, and join their hands j 
 As difpers'd Soldiers at the Trumpet's Call, 
 
 Hafte to their Colours all 5 
 Unhappy mofl:, like tortur'd Men, 
 Their Joints new-fet, to be new-rack'd agen. 
 
 To Mountains they for Ihelter pray. 
 The Mountains fliake, and run about no lefe confiis'd than they. 
 
 " (Cowl, 
 
 RETREAT, 
 
RETREAT. 
 
 As compafs'd with a Wood of Spears around, 
 'The lordly Lion ftill maintains his Ground 5 
 Giins horrible, retires, and turns again. 
 Threats his diftended Paws, and fhakes his Mane ; 
 He lofes, wliile in vain he prefles on. 
 Nor will his Courage let him dare to run : 
 So Turnus fares ; and unrefolv*d of flight, 
 Moves tardy back, and juft recedes from Fight : 
 
 Difdains to yield, 
 And with flov/ Paces meafures back the Field, 
 And inches to the Walls. Dr^d, Virg* 
 
 REVEKGE. 
 
 Exalted Socrates^/ divinely brave ! 
 Injur'd he fell, and dying he forgave ; 
 He drank the poi^'nous Draught 
 With Mind ferene, and could not wiAi to fee 
 His vile Accufer drink as deep as he. 
 Too noble for Revenge ! which ftill we find 
 The weakeft Frailty of a feeble Mind. 
 Degenerous Paflion, and for Man too bafe. 
 It feats its Empire in the Female Race ;, 
 There rages, and to. make its Blow fecure, 
 Puts Flatt'ry on until its Aim be fure. Cree» Juv* 
 
 What tho his mighty Soul his Grief contains. 
 He meditates Revenge, who leaft complains j 
 And like a Lion, flumb'ring in his way. 
 Or Sleep diffembling while he waits his Prey, 
 His fearlefs Foes within his diftance draws, 
 Conftrains his Roaring, and contrafts his Paws ; 
 Till at the laft, his Time for Fui-y found. 
 He (hoots with fudden Vengeance from the Ground ; 
 The proftrate Vulgar pafles o'er and fpares. 
 But with a lordly Rage his Hunters tears. Df^d, AhfvMhiu 
 
 Revenge is but a Frailty incident 
 To craz'd and fickly Minds ; the poor Content 
 Of little Souls, unable to furmount 
 An Injuiy, too \veak to bear Affront. ^*«* 
 
 Now might I do it, now he is praying ; 
 And now I'll do it, and fo he goes to Heav'n ! 
 And fo I am reveng'd ; That would be fcann'd. 
 A Villain kills my Father, and for that 
 J his foul Son do this fame Villain fend 
 To Heav'n I this is Hire and Salary, not Revenge. 
 
 He 
 
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 He took my "Father grofly, full of Bread, 
 With all his Crimes broad Wown, and frefh as May ; 
 And how his Audit ftands, who knows, fave Heav'n ? 
 But in oui- Circumftance and Courfe of Thought, 
 'Tis hea\7 with him. Am I then re\eng'd, 
 To take him in the Purging of his Soul, 
 When he is fit and feafon'd for his Paflage ? 
 No ! up Sword, and know thou a more horrid Bent : 
 When he is drunk, afleep, or in his Rage, 
 Or in th* inceftuous Pleafure of his Bed, 
 At gaming, fwearing, or about fome k^ 
 That has no Rjlifh of Salvation in it ; 
 Then trip him that his Heels may kick at Heav'n, 
 And that his Soul may be as damn'd and black 
 As Hell, v^hereto it goes. Then I with Wings as fwitt 
 As Meditation, or the Thoughts of Lovs, , , ^ / , 
 
 Will fweep to m>- Reveage. ^^ , *i^^ c!fe 
 
 A bafe Revenge is Vengeance on my felf. J^fjd* Don b&i^* 
 Revenge, at firft tho fweet, .. 
 
 Bitter e'er long, back on it felf recoils. ^^^^' 
 
 RHETORICIAN, 
 lor Rhetorick, he cou'd not ope 
 His Mouth, but out there flew a Trope : 
 And when he happen'd to break off 
 1' th' middle of his Speech, or cough, 
 He had Words ready to fhew why. 
 And tell what Rules he did it by. 
 Elfe when with greateft Art he fpoke, 
 You*d think he talked like other Folk, 
 por all a Rhetorician's Rules . 
 
 Teach nothing but to name his Tools. *^^^* 
 
 RHYME. 
 Rhyme the Rudder is of Verfes, 
 With which, like Ships, tliey fteer their Courfes. Hua. 
 
 And thofe who write in Rhyme, ftill make 
 The one Verfe for the other's fake ; 
 For one foi* Senfe, and one for Rhyme, 
 I think 's fufficient for one time. ^'* * 
 
 RICHES. 
 Greatnefs of Mind and Fortune too. 
 Both their feveral Parts muft do 
 In the noble Chace of Fame ; 
 . ThI? without that is blind, that without this is lame. 
 
 Nor 
 
C 404 ) 
 Kor 1$ fair Virtue's Pitoe feen aright, 
 But in Fortune's golden Light. 
 Kiches alone are of uncertain Date ; 
 
 And on fliort Man long cannot wait. 
 The Virtuous make of them the beft. 
 And put them out to Fame for Intereft ; 
 
 With a fi-ail Good they wifely buy 
 The folid Purchafe of Eternity. Ccwh Pind. 
 
 ris Madnefs lure Treafures to hoard, 
 And make them ufelefs as in Mines remain. 
 To lofe th' Occaflon Fortune does affoi-d. 
 
 Fame and publick Love to gain. Cowl Pmd» 
 
 Of all the Vows the firft and chief Requeft 
 Of each, is to be richer than the reft : 
 And yet no Doubts the poor Man's Draught controuf 
 He dreads no Poifon in his homely Bowl : * 
 
 Then fear the deadly Drug, when Gems divine 
 Enchafe the Cup, and fparkle in the Wine. 
 The fearful PafTenger who travels late, 
 Charg'd with the Carriage of a paltry Plate, 
 Shakes at the moon-fhine Shadow of a Rufh, 
 And ftes a Red-coat rife from ev'ry Bufh. 
 The Beggar fings, ev'n when he fees the Place 
 Befet with Thieves, and never mends his Pace. Dryd» ^uv^ 
 
 Fond Men, by Paflions wilfully betrayed. 
 Adore thofe Idols which their Fancy made ; 
 Purchafing Riches with our Time and Cai'e, 
 We lofe our Freedom in a gilded Snare : 
 And having all, all to our felves refufe, 
 Opprefs'd with Bleflings which we fear to lofe. 
 In vain our Fields and Flocks increafe oui* Store, J 
 
 If our Abundance makes us Willi for more. Kofc^ 1 
 
 A R 1 D I N G. ^ - ! 
 
 Fii-ft, he that led the Cavalcade, 
 Wore a Sow-Gelder's Flagellet, 
 On which he blew as ftrong a Levet, 
 As well-fee'd Lawyer on his Breviate, 
 When over one another*s heads 
 They chai'ge, three Ranks at once, like Swedes^ 
 Next, Pans and Kettles of all Keys, 
 From Trebles down to double Bafe : 
 And after them, upon a Nag 
 That might ^ afs fgr a fore-haiid Stag, 
 
A Comet K)de, and on a StafF 
 
 A Smock difplay'd did proudly wave. 
 
 Then Bag-pipes of the loudeft Dronej, ""^ 
 
 With fnuffling broken-winded Tones, 
 
 Whofe Blafts of Air in Pockets fliutj 
 
 Look filthier than that from Gut 5 
 
 And make a viler Noife than Swine, 
 
 In windy Weather when they whine* 
 
 Next, one upon a Pair of Panniers, 
 
 lull fraught with that which for good Manners 
 
 Shall here be namelefs, mix'd with Grains, 
 
 Which he difpens'd among the Swains ; 
 
 Then mounted on a horned Horfe, 
 
 One bore a Gauntlet and gilt Spurs, 
 
 Ty'd to the Pummel of a long Sword, 
 
 He held fevers*d, the Point turn'd downwaaj, 
 
 Kext after, on a raw-bon'd Steed 
 
 The Conqu'ror's Standard-bearer rid. 
 
 And bore aloft before the Champion 
 
 A Petticoat difplay'd and rampant. 
 
 Kext whom, the Amaz^on Triumphant 
 
 Beftrid her Beaft, and on the Rump on't 4^ 
 
 Sate Face to Tail, and Bum to Bum, 
 
 The Warriour whilom overcome ; 
 
 Arm'd with a Spindle and a Diftafl^ 
 
 Which as he rode Die made him twift oflfj 
 
 And when he loiter'd, o'er her fhoulder 
 
 Chaftis'd the Reformado Soldier, 
 
 Before the Dame, and round about, 
 
 March'd Whifflers and Staffiers on foot. 
 
 With Lacqueys, Grooms, -Valets, and Pages, 
 
 In fit and proper-Equipages j 
 
 Of whom fome Torches bore, fome Links, 
 
 Before the proud Vii'ago Minx, 
 
 That was both Madam and a Don, , 
 
 Like Nero\ Sporns^ or Pope "^oan : 
 
 And at fit periods the whole Rout 
 Set up their Throats with clam'rous Shout. Hudt 
 
 But Hudibrasy who us'd to ponder 
 
 On fuch Sights with judicious Wonder, 
 
 Could hold no longer to impart 
 
 His Animadverfions, for his Heart ; 
 
 Qiioth he, in all my Life till now 
 
 1 ne'er faw fo profane a Show ; 
 
C 406 ) 
 It Is a paganifh Invention, 
 Which heathen Writers often mention ; 
 And he who made it, had read Goodivm^ 
 I warrant him, and underftood him ; 
 With all the Grecian Speeds and StowSy 
 That beft defcribe thofe antient Shows, Hud, 
 
 RIVALS. 
 O Love ! thou fternly doft thy Pow'r maintain. 
 And wilt not bear a Rival in thy Reign ; 
 Tyrants and thou all Feilowfhip di{dain. Dryd, PaU O'Arc. 
 
 Love and a Crown no RivalQiip can bear j 
 All precious things are ftill poflefs'd with Fear. Dryd, Auren* 
 
 Lovers, like Mifers, cannot bear the Stealth 
 0( the leaft Trifle from their endlefs Wealth. Sed, AnU V Cle, 
 
 Great was their Strife, wliich howly was renew'd. 
 Till each v,'ith mortal Hate his Rival view'd ; 
 Now Friends no more, nor walking Handiu Hand, 
 But when tliey met they made a f iu-1^' ftand ; 
 And glar'd like angry Lions as they pafs'd. 
 And wifh'd that ev'ry Look mi^ ht be their lafl. Dry, PaUvArc, 
 
 Koxana then enjoys my pei'jur'd Love ! 
 Roxana clafps my Monarch in her Arms ! 
 Doats on my Conqu'ror, my dear Lord, my King ! 
 Devours his Lips, cats him with hungry Kiues | 
 She grafps him all ! She, the curs'd happy She ! 
 By Heav'n, I cannot bear it *, 'tis too much ! 
 I'll die, or rid me of this burning Torture. 
 I will have Remedy, I will, I will, 
 Or grow diftraded : Madnefs may throw off 
 This mighty Load, and drown the flaming Padion. Lee Alex* 
 
 O ! I fhall Had Roxd?7a in his Ai'ms, 
 And tafte her Kifles IcW upon his Lips*: 
 Her curs'd Embraces have defil'd his Body, 
 Nor fliall I meet tlie wonted Swectnefs there. 
 But aitificial Smells and aking Odours. Lee Alex, 
 
 My Life ! my Soul ! my AH ! Ociavia has him ! 
 O fatal Name to Cleopatra's Love ! 
 My KifTes, my Embraces now are hers. Dryd, All for Love, 
 
 Methinks I fee her yonder ! O the Torment, 
 Biify for Blifs, and full of Expectation. 
 
 Sh' adorns her Head, and gives her Eyes new Luftre, i 
 
 LanguiHies in her Glafs, tries, all her Looks ; 
 Steps to the Door, and liilens for his Coming ; 
 Runs to the bed, and kneels, and weeps, and wifhes j 
 / ^ Then! 
 
C' 407 ) 
 Then lays the Pillow eafy for his Head, 
 Warms it with Sighs, and moulds it with her Kiiles, 
 O I am loft ! torn with Imagination ! 
 Kill me, Cajfander^ kill me inftantly. 
 
 That I may haunt her with a thoufand Devils. Lee Alex\ 
 
 RIVER. See Creation, Garden of Eden, 
 
 Thames, the moft lov'd of all the Ocean's Sons 
 By his old Sire, to his Embraces runs j 
 Hafting to pay his Tribute to the Sea, 
 Like mortal Life to meet Eternity. 
 Tho with thdfe Strean^s he no Refemblance hold, 
 Whofe Foam is Amber, and their Gravel Gold ; 
 His genuine, and lefs guilty Wealth t'explore. 
 Search not the Bottom, but fui-vey his Shore ; 
 O'er which he kindly fpreads his ipacious Wing, 
 And hatches Plenty for th' enfuing Spring ; 
 Nor then deftroys it with too fond a Stay, 
 Like Mothers who their Children overlay ; 
 Nor with a fudden and impetuous Wave, 
 Like profufe Kings, refumes the Wealth he gave ; 
 No unexpected Inundations fpoil 
 The Mower's Hopes, nor mock th^ Ploughman's Toil j 
 But, God-like, his unweai^'d Bounty flows, 
 Firft loves to do, then loves the Good he does. 
 Nor are his Bleflings to his Banks confined. 
 But free and common, as the Sea or Wind ; 
 When he to boaft or to difpenfe his Stores, 
 Pull of the Tribute of his grateful Shores, 
 Vifits the World, and in his flying Tow'rs, 
 Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours. 
 O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream 
 My great Example, as it is my Theme ! 
 Tho deep, yet clear ; tlio gentle, yet not dull ; 
 Strong without Rage, without o'erflowing full. 
 Heav'n her Eridanus no more fhall boaft, 
 Whofe Fame's in thine, like lefter Currents, loft ; 
 Thy nobler Streams fliall vifit Rove's Abodes, 
 To fhine among the Stars, and bathe the Gods. Denh* 
 
 The fair Medvaga^ that with wanton Pride 
 Forms filver Mazes with her crooked Tide. Blac, 
 
 Its wanton Tide in wreathing Volumes flows. 
 Still forming reedy Iflands as it goes. Blac, 
 
 The fair Neella rolls her noble Tide, 
 And o'er the Meads unfolds her filver Pride. Blac, 
 
 Fair 
 
C 40S ) 
 
 Pair Lf^OKy tlie Armortck Region's VMq, y 
 
 Boes thro the Vale iii (mooth Meanders glide, p, 
 
 And rolls her filver Volumes by its Side. Blacj^ 
 
 Then rolling down the Steep, Timavus raves. 
 And thro nine Channels difembogues his V^aves. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 And L^cm fwallow'd up, is feen no more. 
 But far from thence knocks at another Door. 
 Thus Erafinus dives, and blind in Earth, 
 Runs on, and gropes his way to fecond Birth ; 
 Starts up in Argos' Meads, and (hakes his Locks 
 Around the Fields, and fattens all the Flocks. Vr^d. Ovidl 
 
 I^rge Amenancy impure with yellow Sands, 
 Runs rapid often, and as often ftands : 
 And here he threats the drunken Fields to drown. 
 And there his Dugs deny to give their Liquor down* I>ry» Ovid, 
 
 There Po firft iflues from his dark Abodes, 
 And, awefid in his Cradle, rules the Floods. 
 Two golden Horns on his large Front he wears. 
 And his grim Face a Bull's Re(emblance bears. 
 With rapid Courfe he feeks the facred Main, 
 And fattens as he runs the fruitful Plain. Dryd, V'tr^* 
 
 Betwixt the Trees the T<jber took his Courfe ; 
 With Whirlpools dimpled, and with downward Force 
 That drove the Sand along, he took his way. 
 And roll'd his yellow Billows to the Sea. 
 About him, and above, '^nd round the Wood, 
 The Birds that haunt the Borders of his Flooc^ 
 That bath'd within, or bask*d upon his fide. 
 To tuneful Songs their naiTow Throats apply'd, Dryd. Virg, 
 
 Thus in Meanders to the neighboring Main, 
 The liquid Serpent drew its filver Tra^n. £lac. 
 
 When a calm River, rais'd with fi)dden Rains, 
 Or Snows diffolv'd, o'er-flows th' adjoining Plains, 
 The Husbandmen with high-rais'd Banks fecure 
 Their greedy Hopes ; and this he can endure : 
 But if with Bays and Dams they ftrive to force 
 His Channel to a new or narrow Coui-fe, 
 No longer then within his Banks he dwells, 
 Firft to a Torrent, then a Deluge fwells ; 
 Stronger and fiercer by Reflraint he roars. 
 And knows no Bound, but makes his Pow'r his Shores. Venh* 
 
 Thus rifing in his Might, the King of Floods 
 Rulh'd thro the Forelbj tore the lofty Woods *, 
 
 And 
 
C 409 ) 
 
 And rotlliig onward with a fweepy Sway, 
 Bore Houfesj Herds, and lab'ring Hinds away, Vryd, Virz* 
 ROCK. 
 A pointed flinty Rock, all bare and black. 
 Grew gibbous from behind the Mountain's back : 
 Owls, Ravens, all ill Omens of the Night, 
 Here built their Nefts, and hither wing'd their Flight. 
 The leaning Head hung threatning o'er the Flood. Dryd, Virg^ 
 
 Far m the Sea, againft the foaming Shore, 
 There flands a Rock : The raging Billows roar 
 Above his head in Storms ; but when 'tis clear. 
 Uncurl their ridg)' Backs', and at his foot appear, 
 lu peace below the gentle Waters run. 
 The Cormorants above lie basking in the Sun. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 A Rock that braves 
 The raging Tempefts and the rifing Waves : 
 Prop'd on himfelf he (lands, his folid Sides 
 Wafh off the Sea-weeds, and the founding Tides. Bryd* Vlrg, 
 
 See, from -afar, yon Rock that mates the Sky, 
 About whofe feet fuch Heaps of Rubbifh lie. 
 Such indigefted Ruin : Bleak and bare. 
 How defart now it ftands, expos'd in Air. Dryd, Vir>r» 
 
 Ke, like a folid Rock, by Seas inclos'd. 
 To raging Winds and roaring Waves oppos'd. 
 From his proud Summit looking down, difdaius 
 Their empty Menace, and unmo^ 'd remains. Dryd, Virg^ 
 
 ROSE. See BluOi. 
 Go, lovely Rofe, 
 Tell her that waftes her time and me, 
 
 That now fhe knows. 
 When I refemble her to thee. 
 How fweet and fair fhe feems to be. 
 
 Tell her that's young. 
 And ihuns to have her Graces fpy'd. 
 
 That hadft thou fprung 
 In Defarts where no Men abide. 
 Thou muft have uncondemned dy'd. 
 
 Then die^ that fhe 
 The common Fate of all tilings rare 
 
 May read in thee: 
 How fmall a part of Time they fhare, 
 That :are Co wondrous fweet and fair, iValL 
 
 S ROWING. 
 
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 C 410 ) 
 
 ROWING. 
 
 F.n- in the Sea, ngainft the foaming Shore, 
 There (lands a Rock : 
 On this the Hero fix'd an Oak in fight, 
 The Mark to guide the Mariners aright. 
 To bear with this, the Seamen ftretch their Oars, 
 Then round the Rock they fteer, and feek the former Shores. 
 Four Gallies firft which equal Rowers bear. 
 Advancing in the watiy Lifts appear ; 
 Three Trojans tug at ev'ry laboring Oar, 
 The Banks in three degrees the Sailors bore ; 
 Beneath their fturdy Strokes the Billows roar. 
 The common Crew, with Wreaths of Poplar Boughs 
 Their Temples crown, and fhade their fweaty Brows. 
 Eefmear'd with Oil their naked Shoulders fhine ; 
 All take their Seats, and wait the founding Sign. 
 They gripe their Oars, and ev'ry panting Breaft 
 Is rais'd by turns with Hope, by turns with Fear deprefs*d. 
 The Clangor of the Trumpet gi\es the iign. 
 At once they ftart, ad^ ancing in a Line : 
 
 With Shouts the Sailors rend the ftarry Skies ; 
 Lafh'd with their Oars, the fmoky Billows rife, 
 Sparkles the briny Main, and the vex'd Ocean fries. 
 Exad in Time with equal Strokes they row ; 
 
 At once the brufhing Oars and brazen Prow 
 
 Dafh up the fandy Waves, and ope the Depths below. 
 
 Cyas out-ftript the reft, and fpruiig before ; 
 
 CleanthuSy better mann'd, puiTu'd Iiim faft. 
 
 But his o*er-mafter'd Galley chcck'd his hafte. 
 
 The Centaur and the Dolphin brufli the Brine, 
 
 With equal Oars advancing in a Line. 
 
 And now the mighty Centaur feems to lead. 
 
 And now the fpeedy Dolphin pets a-head : 
 
 Kow Board to Board the rival Veflels row ; 
 
 The Billows lave the Skies, the Ocean groans below. 
 
 They reach the Mark ; proud Gyas and his Train 
 
 In Triumph rode the Victors of the Main. 
 
 But fteering round, he charg'd his Pilot ftand 
 
 More clofe to Shore, and skim along the Sand ; 
 
 Let others bear to Sea. The Pilot heard, / 
 
 Bur fecret Shelves too cautioufly he fear'd, ^ 
 
 And fearing, fought the Deep, and ftill aloof he fteer'd. ^ , 
 
 Xv'iih louder Cries the Captain calls again, 
 
 Bear 10 the rocky Slwre, and Ihiin the Maia. 
 
 He 
 
 \ 
 
( 4X1 ) 
 He fpoke, and fpeaking, at his Stem he faw 
 The bold Cleanthus near the Shelvings draw ; 
 Betwixt the Mark and him the Scylla flood. 
 And in a clofer Compafs ploiigh'd the Flood, 
 He pafs'd the Mark, and wheeling got before ; 
 Gyas blafphem'd the Gods, devoutly fwore ; 
 The trembling Dotard over-board he threw. 
 Then feiz'd the Helm himfelf, his Fellows cheer'd, 
 Turn'd Ihort upon the Shelves, and madly fteer'd. 
 The following Centaur and the Dolphiris Crew 
 Their vanifh'd Hopes of Vidoiy renew ; 
 While Gyas lags, they kindle m the Race 
 To reach the Mark, Sergejlhus takes the place : 
 Mnejlheus purfues ; and while around they wind. 
 Comes up not half his Galley's length behind. 
 His Crew exert tlieir Vigour, tug the Oar, 
 Stretch to their Strokes. 
 Now one and all they tug amain, they row 
 At the full ftretch, and fhake the brazen Prow. 
 The Sea beneath 'em finks, their laboring Sides 
 Are fwell'd, and Sweat runs gutt'ring down in Tid^s, 
 Chance aids their Daring with unhop'd Succe/s : 
 Sergejlhus, eager with his Beak to prefs 
 Betwixt the rival Galley and the Rock, 
 Shuts up th' unwieldy Centaur in the Lock. 
 The Veflel ftruck, and with the dreadful Shock 
 Her Oars fhe fhiver'd, and her Head fhe broke ; 
 The ti-embling Rowers from their Banks arife. 
 And anxious for themfelves, renounce the Prize. 
 With iron Poles they heave her off the Shores, 
 And gather from the Sea their floating Oars. 
 The Crew of Mneftheus with elated Minds 
 Urge their Succefs, and call the willing Winds : 
 They ply their Oars, and cut their liquid Way 
 In larger compafs on the roomy Sea : 
 Sergefthus in the Centaur foon he pafs'd, 
 Wedg'd in the rocky Shoals, and fticking faft. 
 In vain the Vidor he with Cries implores. 
 And pradifes to row with iliatter'd Oars. , 
 
 Then Mnefiheus bears with Gyas, and out-flies ; 
 The Ship, without a Pilot, yields the Prize. 
 Unvanquifh'd Scylla now alone remains, 
 Her he puifues, and all his Vigoui* drains. 
 
 S 2 Refolv'd 
 
( 412 ) 
 
 Fvelolv'd to hold theii- own, they mend their pace. 
 
 All obftinate to die, or gain the Race. 
 
 Rais'd with Succefs, the Dolphin fwiftly ran ; _ 
 
 (For they can conquer who believe they can :) 
 
 i^oth urge their Oars, and Fortune both fupplies. 
 
 And borfi perhaps had fhnr'd an equal Prize ; 
 
 >^ut old Ponunus, with his Breadth of Hand, 
 
 Pufh'd on, and fped the Scylla to the Land : 
 
 Swift as a Shaft, or winged Wind fhe flies. 
 
 And darting to the Port, obtains the Prize. Dryd, V'trg* 
 
 So the Boat's brawny Crew the Current ftem. 
 And, flow advancing, fl:ruggle with the Stream ; 
 But if they flack theh-;Hands, or ceafe to ftrive, {Virg, 
 
 Then down the Flood with headlong hafte they drive. Bryd, 
 RUMOUR. 
 Rumour is a Pipe 
 Blown by Surmifes, Jealoufies, Conje<flures ; 
 And of {o eafy and fo plain a Stop, 
 That the blind Monfler with uncounted -Heads, 
 The fl:ill difcordant wav'ring Multitude, 
 
 Can play upon't. shak. Hen. 4, />. 3. 
 
 R U N A W A y. 
 Bifguis'd in all the Masks of Night, 
 
 We left our Champion on his flii^hi 5 
 
 In equal fear of Night and Dav"; 
 
 He never was in gre;iter nt^d^ 
 
 Nor lefs capacity of Speed : 
 
 Difabled both in Man and Beafl:, 
 
 To fly, and run away his bei^ : 
 
 To keep th' Enemy and Fear 
 
 From equal falling on his Rear, 
 
 And tho v^ith Kicks and. Bangs he ply'd 
 
 The farther and the nearer Side ; 
 
 As Seamen ride with all their force, 
 
 And tug, as if they row'd the Horfe ; 
 
 And when the Hackney fails moft flvift. 
 
 Believe they lag or run adrift : 
 
 So tho he pofted e'er fo faft. 
 
 His Fear was greater than his Hafte. 
 
 For Fear, tho fleeter than the Wind, 
 
 Believes 'tis always left behind. Hair 
 
 But dmely Running's no flnall part 
 
 Of Conduit in the mai-ual Ajt. 
 
 But 
 
( 413 ) 
 Bwt that fbnie glorious Feats atchie\ e. 
 As Citizens by breaking t'.irive. 
 It faves th'Expence of Time and Pains, 
 And dang'i'ous beating out of brains : ' 
 
 For they that fly may fight again. 
 
 Which he can never do thai's flain. / 
 
 And they who run from th' Enemy, 
 Engage them equally to fly j 
 And when the Fight's become a Chace, 
 They win the Day that win the Race. Hua* 
 
 SACRIFICE S. See Necromancer. 
 We, Heav n it felf co bribe. 
 Do recompenfe v.'itli Death their Creatures Toil, . 
 Then call the Blefs'd above to fiiare the Spoil u 
 The faireft Vidim muft the Pow'rs appeafe ; 
 So fatal 'tis fometimes too much to pleafe ! 
 ^^ uurple Fillet his broad Brows adorns, 
 Vithriow'ry Garlands crown*d, and gilded Horn>; 
 He hears the murd'rous Pray'r the Prieft prefers,. 
 But miderftands not 'tis his Doom he hears j 
 Beholds the Meal betwixt his Temples caft, 
 (The Fruit and Produd of his Labours pail) 
 And in the Water views perhaps the Knife 
 Up-lifted, to deprive him of his Life ; 
 Then broken up alive, his Entrails {^eSy 
 Torn out for Priefts t' infped the Gods Decrees. Dryd, G vui. 
 
 So when fome brawny Sacrificer knocks, 
 Before an Altar led, an offer'd Ox, 
 His Eye-balls rooted out, are thi'own to ground. 
 His Nofe difmantled in his Mouth is found, (Ovid. 
 
 His Jaws, Cheeks, Front, one undiftinguifhM Wound. Dryd, 
 
 The next ■v\ith fober Grace, 
 Their Gifts around the well-built Altar place ; 
 Then wafli'd, and took the Cakes ; while Chryfes flood 
 With Hands up-lifted, and invok'd his God. 
 And when 'the folemn Rites of Pray'r were paft, 
 Their faked Cakes on crackling Flames they caft : 
 Then turning back, the Sacrifice they fped, ,- 
 
 The fatted Oxen flew, and flea'd the Dead; 
 Chopt ofl:' their nervous Thighs, and next prepar'd 
 T' involve the Lean in Cauls, and mend with Lard. 
 Sweet-breads and Collops were with Skewers prick*d 
 About the (Ides, imbibing wliat they deck'd. 
 
 S 5 '^»« 
 
( 4U ) 
 The Prieft with holy Hands was feen to tine 
 The cloven Wood, and pour the ruddy Wine. 
 The fiift Libations to the Gods they pour. 
 And then with Songs indulge the genial Hour 
 Holy Debauch ! till Day to Night they bring. 
 With Songs and Fdans to the bowyer King; Bryd, Hem, 
 
 With pei-feft Hecatombs the God they grac'd, 
 Whofe oficr'd Entrails in the Main were caft. 
 Elack Bulls and bearded Goats on Altars lie, 
 And Clouds of fav'iy Stench involve the Sky. T>r'^d. He?-/;* 
 
 A chofen Ewe of two Years old they pay 
 To Ceres, Bacchus, and the God of Dav : 
 The beauteous Queen before her Altar i\anQ5, 
 And holds the golden Goblet in her Hands : 
 A milk-white Heifar fhe with Flow'rs adorns, 
 And pours the ruddy Wine betwixt her Horns ; 
 And while the Priefts with Pray'r the God's invoke. 
 She feeds their Altars with Sabdan Smoke ; 
 With hourly Care the Sacrifice renews, 
 And anxicufly the panting Entrails views. Lr)c:* Vug* 
 
 He poui-'d to Tiicchus on the hallow'd Ground 
 Two Bo^\ls cf fparkling Wine, of Milk two more, 
 And two from oEer'd Bulls of purple Gore : 
 With Rofes then the Sepulchre he ftrew*d. 
 Pive Sheep according to the Rites he flew, ' 
 As many Swine, and Steers of fable Hiew : 
 Kew generous Wine he from the Gcblets pour'd. 
 And caird his Father's Ghofl, from Hell reftor'd. 
 The glad Attendants in long Order come, 
 OffVing their Gifts at great Anchifes^ Tomb : 
 Some add more Oxen, fome divide the Spoil, .7 
 
 Some place the Cliargers on the grafiy Soil, r 
 
 Some blow the Fires, and offer'd Entrails broil. Dr'jd, ?%.) 
 
 Hafte the Sacrifice \ 
 Sev'n Bullocks, yet unyok'd, for Ph^bus chufe, 
 And for Diana fev'n uiifpotted Ewes. ^H^- ^'^^Z' 
 
 Thick Clouds of roUing Smoke involve the Skies, 
 And Fat of Entrails on the Altar fries. ^n'^' ^'''X* 
 
 The Vidim Eeails are flain before the Fire ; 
 The ti'embling Entrails from their Bodies torn. 
 Are to the fatten'd Flames in Chargers borne. Dr}'^. Virg, 
 
 SAILING. .9^^ Paradife. 
 
 Our Anchors weigh'd, and Topfails loos'd, a Gale 
 Sprung up, and fwell'd the Womb of ev'ry Sail \ 
 
C 415 3 
 
 old Occin, pleasM,' our boXiiiding VefTels laves^ 
 
 Which with fharp Keels cut through the foaming WaVeS. JBU:. 
 
 The Wind Tuffic'd the Sail ; 
 The bellying Canvas ftrutted with the Gale : 
 The Waves indignant roar with furly Pride, 
 And pr efs againft the Sides, and, beaten off, divide* 
 Thev cut the foamy Way. Dry J, Hof?:* 
 
 Enc'ring with chearful' Shouts the watiy Reign, 
 And ploughing frothy Furrows on the Main. Dryd»Vir^» 
 
 The howling Sailors all theii* Anchors weigh'd. 
 And the tall Ships their fpacious Wings difplay'd : 
 They fpoom'd away before the fhoving Wind, 
 And left retreating Cliffs and Rocks behind. Blac. 
 
 Tiiey ilretch their Canvas, and they ply their Oars, 
 All Hands aloft, for Creet, for Greet, they ciy. 
 And fwiftly through the foamy Billows fly.' Pryi. Virg, 
 
 Now Seas and Skies their Profped only bound. 
 An empt)' Space above, a floating Field around. Dry J* Vir.-, 
 
 " There rofe a gentle Breeze, 
 That curlM the Smoothnefs of the glalfy Seas v 
 The rifmg Winds a ruffling Gale afford, 
 And call die meny Mariners aboard : 
 They flip their Haulfers. 
 Frefli Gales arife ; with equal Strokes they vie, 
 And brufh the biixom Seas, and o'er the Billows fly. Dryd* Vir^t 
 
 The threaden Sails, 
 Borne with th'invifible and creeping Wind, 
 Praw the huge Bottom thro' the furrowM Seas, 
 Breafting the lofty Surge. ^ Shak, Hen, ^. 
 
 The floating Cafl:les dance upon the Tide, 
 And on its foamy Ridge triumphant ride. BlaCo 
 
 Stand to your Tackle, Mates, and fl:retch your Oars, 
 Contrad your fwelling Sails, and luff to Wind. 
 Now ihift your Sails : 
 
 Tack to the Larboard, and ftand off to Sea ; 
 Veer Starboard Sea and Land. 
 
 Before the Wind 
 They skud amain, and make the Port aflign'd. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 Their Anchors drop, his Crew the Veflel moor ; 
 They turn their Heads to Sea, their Sterns to Shore. Dryd. Vir^, 
 Sure he who firft the Pafl^ige ny'd, 
 In harden'd Oak his Heart did hide. 
 And Ribs of Iron armM his Side : 
 
 S-4 O. 
 
( 41^ ) 
 Or his at leaft in hollow WooJ, 
 Who tempted firft the briny Flood ; 
 
 Nor fear'd the Winds contending Roar^ 
 
 Nor Billows beating on the Shore : 
 
 Nor Hyades, portending Rain, 
 
 Nor all the Tyrants of the Main. 
 
 What Form of Deadi could him affright, 
 
 Who unconcern'd widi ftedfaft Sight, 
 
 Coii'd view the Surges Mountain-fteep, 
 
 And Monfters rolling in the Deep? 
 
 Could through the Ranks of Ruin go. 
 
 With Storms above, and Rocks below ? 
 
 In vain did Nature's wife Command 
 
 Divide the Waters from the Land, 
 
 Jf daring Ships, and Men profane. 
 
 Invade th'inviolable Main, 
 
 Th'eternal Fences over-leap, 
 
 And pafs at Will the boundlefs Deep. 
 
 No Toil, no Hardfhips can reftrain 
 
 Ambitious Man inui'*d to Pain ; 
 
 The more confin'd, the more he tries^ 
 
 And at forbidden Quarry flies. Dryd. Her* 
 
 A Fleet under Sail. 
 The wanton Zephyrs with the Pendants play, 
 ^'hich loofe in Air their waving Pride difplay. 
 The Streamers gay Defiance fpread on high. 
 At once adorn and terrify the Sky, 
 Tli'unwieldy Ships were on the Billows toft, 
 And all the Blafts the Winds could blow engrofs'd. 
 x^iic longeft-breath.'d, and the moft vig'rous Gales, 
 Are all employed to fwell the fpacious Sails : 
 The lofty Firs, which pregnant Canvas wear, 
 Bear thro the floating Clouds, the floating War. 
 Oaks which by Land^ did fierceft: Winds difdain, 
 Become obedient to them on the Main. 
 The lab'ring Gales with Pain the Navy fliove, 
 And o'er the Billows heave the bounding Grove. 
 ^tript of their Boughs the naked Pines advance. 
 And to the Mufick of the Trumpet dance. 
 They pafs in long Proceilion o'er the Deep, 
 AvA with their Flags contiguous itther Aveep. 
 Thcii- gilded Sides and Sterns improve the Day, 
 Aiv.1 v.ith augmented Glory Heav'n repay. 
 
 I lis 
 
C4I7 ) 
 His Rays recond Co bright, th'aftoniOi'd Sun 
 Started, unmindful that they were his own. ^Uc, 
 
 SALMONEUS. 
 Sahnoneus fiifF'ring cruel Pains I found. 
 For emulating ^ove \ the rattling Sound 
 Of mimick Thunder, and the glitt'ring Blaze 
 Of pointed Lightning, and their forked Rays : 
 Thro Elis and the Grecian Towns he flew, . 
 Th'audacious Wretch four fiery Courfers di'cw : 
 He wav'd a Torch aloft, and madly vain. 
 Sought God-like Worfhip from a fei-vile Train. 
 Ambitious Fool ! with horny Hoofs to pafs 
 O'er hollow Arches of refounding Brafs j 
 To rival Thunder in its rapid Courfe, 
 And imitate inimitable Force. 
 But he, the King of Heav'n, obfcure on high^ 
 Bar'd his right Arm, and lanching from the Sky 
 His writhen Bolt, not fhaking empty Smoke, 
 Down to the deep Abyfs the flaming Felon ftrook. Dr}'^. F/V^* 
 SCANDAL. 
 There is a Luft in Man, no Charm can tame. 
 Of loudly publifhing his Neighbour's Shame ; 
 On Eagles Wings immortal Scandals fly, 
 While virtuous Adions are but born and die, Harv, Juv. 
 
 Slander, the word of Poifons, ever finds 
 An eafy Entrance in ignoble Minds. Harv^f^uv-. 
 
 S C H O O L-M E N. 
 In School-Divinity as able 
 
 As he that hight Irrefragable : 
 
 Profound in all the nominal 
 
 And real Ways beyond them all \ 
 
 And with as delicate a Hand 
 
 Could twift as tough a Rope of Sand^ 
 
 And weave fine Cobwebs, fit for Skull 
 
 That's empty when the Moon's at full ; 
 
 Such as take Lodgings in a Head, 
 
 That's to be let unfiirnifhed. 
 
 He could raife Scruples dark and tiice. 
 
 And after folve 'em in a trice. 
 
 As if Divinity had catch'd 
 
 The Itch, on piu'pofe to be fcratch'd ; 
 
 Or, like a Mountebank, did wound 
 
 And ilab herfelf with Doubts proCounl 
 
 S ^ Only 
 
C 4iS ) 
 Only to fhew with how fmall Pain 
 The Sores of Faith are cur'd again ; 
 Akho by wofiil Proof we find 
 They always leave a Scar behind. 
 He knew the Seat of Paradife, 
 Could tell in what Degree it lies ; 
 And, as he was difpos'd, could prove it 
 Below the Moon, or elfe above it. 
 What v4 ^4 w dreamt of, when his Bride 
 Came from her Clofet in his Side ; 
 Whether the Devil tempted her 
 By a High-Dutch Interpreter. 
 If either of them had a Navel, 
 Who firft made Mufick malleable. 
 
 Whether the Serpent at the Fall, 
 
 Had cloven Feet, or none at all. 
 
 All this without a Glofs or Comment 
 
 He could unriddle in a Moment ; 
 
 In proper Terms, fuch as Men fmatter, 
 
 When they throw our, and mifs the Matter. Hudm 
 
 SCORN. 
 Who Pride and Scorn do undergo, 
 In Tempefts and rough Seas Love's Galleys row: 
 
 They pant, and groan, and figh, but find 
 
 Their Sighs increafe the angry Wind. ♦ CouU 
 
 As Water fluid is till it do grow 
 
 Solid and flx'd by Snow ; 
 So in warm Seafons Love does loofly flow t 
 
 Froft only can it hold. 
 
 A Woman's Rigour and Difdain 
 
 Does its fwift Courfe reftrain j 
 
 But when kind Beams appear. 
 It melts, and glides apace into the Sea, 
 
 Ai>d lofes it felf there: 
 
 So the Sun's am'rous Play 
 
 Kifles the Ice away. CcwU 
 
 Thus fome, the harfher and liide-bounder 
 
 The' Damfels prove, become the fonder j 
 
 For what mad Ix)ver ever dy'd 
 
 To gain a foft and gentle Bride ? 
 
 Or for a Lady tender-hearted. 
 
 In purling Streams or Hemp departed ? 
 
 But for fome crofs ill-natur'd Dame, 
 
 The amorous Fly bm-nt in his Flame. -Kw^* 
 
 ' SCULP- 
 
( 419 ) 
 SCULPTURE. 5« Statues. 
 Somd carve the Trunks, and breatliing Shapes beftow. 
 Giving the Trees more Life than whtn. they grow. Cra7. 
 
 In midft a Table of rich Iv*ry ftands. 
 By tliree fierce Tygers and three Lions borne, 
 \^hich grin, and fearfully the Place adorn : 
 Widely they gape, and to the Eyes they roai'. 
 As if they hunger'd for the Food they bore. Cowl, 
 
 S C X L L A ^tid C H A R IB D IS. 
 In the Straits, 
 Where proud Pelorus opes a wider Way, 
 Far on the right, her Dogs foul Scylla hides j '7 
 
 Charibdis roai'ing on the Left prefides, ^ 
 
 And n\ her greedy Whirlpool fucks the Tides : vj 
 
 Then fpouts them' from below ; with Fuiy driven, 
 The Waves mount up, and waOi the Face of Heav'n : 
 But Scylla from Iwr Den, with open Jaws, 
 The fmking Veflels in her Eddy draws. 
 Then dafhes on the Rocks ; A human Face, 
 And Virgin's-Bofom hide her Tail's Difgrace ; 
 Her Parts obfcene below the Waves defcend. 
 With Dogs inclos'd, and m a Dolphin end. pryd, Virg. 
 
 SEA. See Creation, Jealoufy, Rowing, Sailing, 
 Storm, Tempeft. 
 Outrageous as a Sea, dark, waftetiil, wild. 
 Up from the Bottom torn with furious Winds, 
 And fui-ging Waves, as Mountains to aflault ^ 
 
 Heav'ns Height, and with the Centre mk the Pole. Al^.r, 
 
 The Sea it felf fmooths his rough Face a while, 
 Flatt'ring the greedy Merchant with a Smile ; 
 But he whofe fhipwreck'd Bark it drank before. 
 Sees the Deceit, and knows it would have more. Cov,,. 
 
 S E A, divided for a Pajfage to the Ifi-aelites, 
 Commanded by the Breath, th' obfequious Main 
 Stood ftill, and gather *d up its flowing Train. 
 
 Th' Almighty did the Sea divide. 
 And as he rends the Hills, he fplit the Tide ; 
 Benum'd with Feai', the Waves ereded ftood, 
 
 O'erlooking all the diftant Flood. 
 Mountains of cracrgy Billows did aiife. 
 And Rocks of (irffen'd Water reach'd the Skies* 
 Remoter Waves came rolling on to fee 
 
 The ftfsnge transforming Myftery, 
 
C 420 ) 
 But they, approaching near. 
 Where the high ci-yihl Ridges did appear. 
 Felt the divine Contagion's Force, 
 Mov'd flothfully awhile, and then quite ftop'd their Coiufe. 
 'VW Egyptians cry'd, let us purfue the flying Shr, es. 
 We'll bathe theDefait with a purple Flood, 
 And heal its gaping Woimds with Hebrew Blood. Blau 
 
 SERPENT. See Creation, Paradife, Snake. 
 ■ With fpeckled Pride 
 A Serpent from the Tomb began to glide: 
 His hugy bulk on feven high Volumes roll'd, 
 i.'ue was his Breadth of Back, but ftreak'd with fcaly Goldr 
 Thus riding on his Ciu'ls, he feem'd to pafs 
 A rolling Fire along, and finge the Grafs : 
 More various Colours through his Body run. 
 Than 7r;V, when her Bow imbibes the Sun. Dr'jd, Vir^<^ 
 
 Two Serpents rank'd abreaft, the Seas divide, 
 And fmoothly fweep along the fwelling Tide : 
 Their flaming Crefls above the Waves they fliow. 
 Their Bellies feem to burn the Seas below : 
 Their fpeckled Tails advance to fleer their Coarfe', 
 And on the founding Shore the flying Billows force. 
 And now the Strand, and now the Plain they held. 
 Their ardent Eyes with bloody Streaks W'ere fiird •, 
 Their nimble Tongues they brandifh'd as they came. 
 And lick'd their hiiling Jawf, that fputter'd Flame. Df^jiU Vitj^ 
 Serpent tei-npting E V E, 
 The Serpent, fleeping fafl:, the Devil found 
 In Labyrinth of many a Round felf roll'd, 
 His Head the midft, well flord with fubtle Wiles ; 
 Nor yet in horrid Shade or difmal Den, 
 Nor nocent yet ; bur on the grafi)' Herb 
 Fearlefs, unfear'd he flept ; In at his xMouth 
 He enter'd, Inmate bad, and toward E"je 
 Addrefs'd his Way, not with indented Wave, 
 Prone on the Groimd, as fince ; but on his Rear, 
 Ciixular Bafe of rifing FoId«, that tcvv'r'd 
 Fold above Fold, a furging Maze : His Head 
 Crefl:ed alofr, and Carbuncle his Eyes j 
 With burnifh'd Neck of verdant Gold, erea 
 AmJdft his circling Spires, th.it on the Grafs 
 Floated redundant : 
 
 With Track oblique. 
 At fii-ft, as one who fought Acceik but feai'd 
 
 Ta 
 
C 421 ) 
 To Interrupt, fidelong he works his Way. 
 As when a Ship by skilful Steerfman wrought 
 Nigh River's Mouth, or Foreland where the Wind 
 Veers oft, as oft fb fteers and fhifts her Sail ^ 
 So vai-y'd he, and of his tortuous Train 
 Cui-l'd many a wanton Wreatli in fight of Eve, 
 To lui-e her Eye : 
 
 Then as in Gaze admiring, oft he bow'd 
 His turret Creft, and fleek enamel'd Neck, 
 Fawning, and lick'd the Ground whereon fhe trod. 
 Lead on, faid Eve ; he leading fwiftly roU'd 
 In Tangles, and made inu'icate feeni ftraight. 
 To Mifchief Iwift: Hope elevates, and Joy 
 Brightens his Creft. 
 
 HERCULES killing the Serpents, 
 The big-limb'd Babe in his huge Cradle lay. 
 Too weighty to be rock'd by Nurfes Hands : 
 When lo ! by jealous Juno's fierce Commands, 
 
 Two dreadful Serpents come. 
 Rolling and hifling loud, into the Room. 
 To the bold Babe they trace their bidden Way, 
 Porth from their flaming Eyes dread Lightnings went, (fent. 
 Their gaping Mouths fork'd Tongues, like Thunderbolts, pre- 
 The mighty Inflint fmird, and feeni'd well pleas'd 
 
 At his gay gilded Foes ; 
 And as their fpotted Necks up to the Cradle rofe. 
 With his young warlike Hands on both he feiz'd } 
 
 In vain they rag'd, in vain they hifs'd. 
 
 In vain their armed Tails they twift, 
 
 And angiy Circles caft about, (Cowl. Pmd* 
 
 Black Blood, and fiery Breath, and pois'nous Soul he fqueezes out. 
 SHADE. 
 Behold AlexiSy fee this gloomy Shade, 
 Which feems alone for Sorrow's Shelter made ; 
 Where the glad Beams of Light can never plav, 
 But Night fucceeding Night, excludes the Day ; 
 Where never Birds with Harmony repair. 
 And lightfome Notes to cheer the dusky Air ; 
 To welcome Day, or bid the Sun farewel, 
 By Morning Lark, or Evening Philomel ! 
 No Vi'let here or Dafy e'er was feen. 
 No fweetly-budding Flow*r, nor fpringing Green ; 
 For fragrant Myitle and the blufhing Rofe, 
 Here baleful Yew with deadly Cyprefs grows. Cong, 
 
 . Here 
 
C 422 ) 
 Here higheft Woods, impenetrable 
 To Sun or Starlight, fpread their Umbrage broad. 
 And brown as Evening. Milt* 
 
 So black the Shade, fo tliick the ftagnant Air, 
 That no reviving Sun-beams enter'd there ; 
 Nothing but here and there a draggling Ray, 
 That loll: it felf in wandring from the Day : 
 Which ferv'd not to refrefh, but to affright. 
 Not to difpel, but to difclofe the Night. Blac, 
 
 A Green-wood Shade, for long Religion known, 
 Incompafs'd round with gloomy Hills above. 
 Which added holy Horrour to the Grove. Dry^. Virg* 
 
 SHIP. SeeDduge, 
 
 Guyomar, As far as I could caft my Eyes 
 Upon the Sea, foniething methought did rife. 
 Like blewifh Mifts, Avhich ftill appearing more. 
 Took dreadful Shapes, and thus mov'd towards the Shore ; 
 The Objeft I could firft diftindly view. 
 Was tall ftraight Trees, which on the Waters flew : 
 Wings on their Sides inftead of Leaves did grow. 
 Which gather'd all the Breath the Winds could blow ', 
 And at their Roots grew floating Palaces, 
 Whole out-blow'd Bellies ait the yielding Seas. 
 
 Montez^ufva, What divine Monfters, O ye Gods! are thefe. 
 That float in Air, and fly uyon the Seas ! 
 Came they alive or dead upon the Shore ? 
 
 Guyom, ,Alas ! they liv'd too fure, 1 heard 'em roar ; 
 All turn'd their Sides, and.to each other fpoke, 
 1 faw their Words break out in Fire and Smoke. 
 Sure 'tis their Voice that thunders from on high. 
 And thefe the younger Brothers of the Sky. 
 Deaf with the Noife, I took my hafty Flight, 
 No mortal Courage can fupport the Fright. Dryd* Irui, tmp* 
 
 Behold a ftately Ship 
 Proud of her gaudy Trim, comes this w^ay failing, 
 With all her Brav'ry on, and Tackle trim. 
 Sails iiird, and Streamers waving, 
 Courted by all the Winds that hold them play. A^w. 
 
 This floating Ram did bear his Horns above. 
 All ty'd with Ribbands, ruffling in the Wind : 
 Sometimes he nodded do vvn his Head a while. 
 And then the Waves did heave him to tlie Mccn I 
 He clamb'ring to the Top of all the Billows j 
 And then again he cui't'fy'd down fo low, 
 
( 423 ) 
 I could not fee him ; till at laft, all fidelong 
 With a great crack, his Belly bui-ft in pieces. shak, Temp^ 
 
 Thus as a Ship, which Winds and Waves aflail, 2 
 
 Now with the Current drives, now wuth the Gale, $• 
 
 Both oppofite, and neither long prevail ; * 
 
 She feels a double Force ; by turns obeys 
 
 Th'imperious Tempeft and impetuous Seas. Br'jd, Ovid* 
 
 SICKNESS. 5^eDifeafes. 
 Mean while the Health of Arcite ftill impairs, 
 From bad proceeds to worfe, and mocks the Leeches Cares ; 
 Swol'n is his Breaft, his inward Pains increafe ; 
 All Means are us'd, and all without Succefs. 
 The clotted Blood lies heavy on his Heait, 
 Corrupts, and there remains in fpite of Art; 
 The Mould of Nature's Fabrick is deftroy'd. 
 Her VeiTels difcompos'd, her Virtue void ; 
 The Bellows of his Lungs begins to fwell, 
 All out of Frame is ev'i*y fecret Cell ; 7 
 
 Nor can the good receive, nor bad expel. f 
 
 Thofe breathing Organs, thus within opprefs'd. 
 With Venom foon diftend the Sinews of his Breaft ; 
 Nought profits him to fave abandoned Life, 
 Nor vomits upward Aid, nor downward Laxative. 
 The midmoft Region batter'd and deftroy'd, CcT" Arc, 
 
 When Nature cannot work, th'Effecl of A^rt is void. Dryd, PaU 
 
 Phyficians had forfaken his Cure : 
 All fcorch'd without, and all parch d up within, 
 The Moifture that maintain'd confuming Nature • \ 
 
 Lick'd up, and in a Fever f-y'd away. Dryd* Rh* Lad, 
 
 He had a Fever when he was m Spain^ 
 
 And when the Fit was on him, I did mark 
 
 How he did fhake : 'Tis tme, this God did fhake ! 
 
 Hi; Coward Lips did fi'om their Colour fly. 
 
 And that fame Eye, whofe Bend does awe the World, 
 
 Did lofe his Luftre. I did hear him groan ^ 
 
 I, and that Tongue of his that bade the Romans 
 
 Mark him, and write his Speeches in their Bocks, 
 
 Alas ! it cry'd, give me fome Drink, Titinius ; 
 
 As a fick Girl. Shak Jul, Cdf, Spoken of C^far* 
 
 And thus the Wretch, whofe F'^ver-weaken'd Joints, 
 
 Like ftrengthlefs Hinges, buckle under Life, 
 
 Impatient of b's Fit, breaks like a Fire, 
 
 Out of his Keeper's Ai'ins. Shak, Hsn, 4. Fart 2. 
 
 As 
 
'( 424 ) 
 
 As he who in a Fever burning lies, 
 
 Firll: of his Friends does for a Drop implore, J 
 
 Which tailed once, unable to give o'er, ' > 
 
 Knows *tls his Bane, yetftill thirds after moi*e. Otw,Don CarL^ 
 
 Her wafted Spii'its now begin to faint. 
 Yet Patience ties her Tongue from all Complaint, 
 And in her Heart, as in a Fort remains j 
 But yields at laft to her refiftlefs Pains. 
 Thus while the Fever, am'rous of his Prey, 
 Thro all her Veins makes his delightful way ; 
 Her Fate's like Semeles : The Flames deftroy 
 That Beauty they too eagerly enjoy. 
 Her charming Face is in its Spring decay 'd. 
 Pale grow the Rofes, and the Lillies fade : 
 Her Skin has loft that Luftre, which furpafs*d 
 The Sun's, and did defei-ve as long to laft. 
 Her Eyes, wliich us'd to pierce the firmeft Hearts, 
 Are now diiarm'd of all their Flames and Darts. 
 Thofe Stars now heavily and flowly move, 
 And Sicknefs triumphs in the Throne of Love, Nerm*^ 
 
 Ah ! lovely Amoref, the Care 
 
 Of all that know what's good or fair ! 
 
 Is Heav'n become our Rival too ? 
 
 With fuch a Grace you entertain, 
 
 And look with fuch Contempt on Pain, 
 
 That languiftiing you conquer more, 
 
 And wound us deeper than before. 
 
 So Lightnings, which in Storms appear, 
 
 Scorch more than when the Skies are clear •, 
 
 And as pale Sicknefs does invade 
 
 Your frailer Part, the Breaches made 
 
 In that fair Lodging, ftill more tlear 
 
 Make the bright Gueft, your Soul, appear. 
 
 So Nymphs o'er patlilefs Mountains borne. 
 
 Their light Robes by the Brambles torn. 
 
 From their fair Limbs expofmg new 
 
 And unknown Beauties to the Viev/ 
 
 Of foUowina Gods, increafe their Fkime, 
 
 And hafte to catch the fiving Game. WaiL 
 
 SIGH, 'see Tears. 
 He rais'd a Sigh fo hideous and profound, 
 That it did feem to fnatter all his Bulk, 
 And end his Being. Shak, Hamh 
 
 She dr^w a Length cf Sijhs. ^^>^- ^% 
 
 Sigii a 
 
C 42^ ) 
 SighM from the inward Soul. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 All around 
 A general Sigh difFus*d a mournful Sound. Cong, Horn* 
 
 Then fuch deep Sighs heav'd from his woful Hearty 
 As if his forrowful Soul 
 Had crack 'd the Strings of Life, and burft away. Let Oedip* 
 
 He knock'd his aged Breaft, and inward groan'd, 
 Like fome fad Prophet, who forefaw the Doom {Don Scb, 
 
 Of thofe whom beft he lov'd, and could not fave, Dryd» 
 
 All the vital Air that Life draws in. 
 Is render'd back in Sighs. Roive Tamerl. 
 
 Nor Women's Sighs, nor Tears are true, 
 Thofe idle blow, thefe idle fail j 
 Nothing like to ours at all ; 
 
 But Sighs and Tears have Sexes too. CoivL 
 
 Keep down, ye rifing Sighs ! 
 And mui-mur in the Hollow of my Breaft ; 
 Run to my Heart, and gather more fad Wind ; 
 That when the Voice of Pate fhall call you forth, 
 You may at once rufli from the Seat of Life, 
 Blow the Blood out, and burft me like a Bladder. Lee Alex* 
 SILENCE. 
 Silence, the midnight God appears ; 
 In all its downy Pomp array'd. 
 Behold the revVend Sliade. 
 An antient Sigh he fits upon, 
 Whofe Memoiy of Sound is long fince gone, 
 And purpofely annihilated for his Throne. 
 Beneath, two foft ti-anfparent Clouds do meet. 
 In which he feems to fink his fofter Feet : 
 A melancholy Thought condensed to Air, 
 Stoln from a Lover in Defpair, 
 Like a thin Mantle fers'es to wrap 
 In fluid Folds his vifionaiy Shape ; 
 A Wreath of Darknefs round his Head he wears, 
 Where curling Mifts fupply the want of Hairs. 
 While the ftill V^apours, which from Poppies rife, 
 Bedew his hoary Head, and lull his Eyes. * Cong^ 
 
 Silence, more dreadful than fevereft Sounds I 
 Would fhe but fpeak, tho Death, eternal Exile, 
 Hung at her Lips, yet while her Tongue pronounce?. 
 There would be Mufick ev'n in my Undoing. Lee Alex\ 
 
 Far from my Lips, within my Breaft HI keep it, 
 Nor breathe it foftly to my felf alone. 
 
 Left 
 
(426) 
 Left Tome officious murm'ring Wind fjhould tell it. 
 And babbling Echoes catch the feeble Sound. Rowe Ulyff* 
 
 No, to what purpofe fhould I fpeak ! 
 No, wretched Heart, fwell till you break ! 
 No, to the Grave thy Sorrows bear. 
 As filent as they will be there: 
 I will not ask her, 'tis a milder Fate 
 To fall by her not loving, than her Hate. CcwL 
 
 Mean while the Knight had no fmall Task, 
 To compafs what he durft not ask : 
 He loves, but dares not make the Motion 5 
 Her Ignorance is his Devotion. 
 Like Caitift^'ile, that for Mifdeed, 
 Rides with his Face to Rump of Steed ; 
 Or rowing Scull, he's fain to love. 
 Look one way, and another move 5 
 Or as a Tumbler that does play 
 His Game, and look another Way, 
 Until he feize upon the Coney j 
 
 Juil Co does he by Matrimony. Hud* 
 
 Silent as the extatick Elifs 
 Of Souls, that by Intelligence converfe. Otw, Orph* 
 
 Still as the Bofom of the defart Night, 
 As fatal Planets, or deep plotting Friends. tee Alex* 
 
 Still as the peaceful Walks of antient Night \ 
 Silent as are the Lamps that burn in Tombs. Shak* K» Lear, 
 Silent as Dews that fall in Dead of Night. Vryd, Ind, Emp. 
 S ILE NU S. 
 Two Satyrs on the Ground, 
 Stretch'd at his eafe, their Sire Silenus found : 
 Doz'd with his Fumes, and heavy with his Load, 
 They found him fnoring in his dark Abode ; 
 And feiz'd with youthful Arms the drunken God. 
 His rofy Wreath was dropt not long before, 
 Borne by the Tide of Wind, and floating on the Floor. 
 His empty Can, with Ears half worn away, 
 Was hung on high, to boaft the Triumph of the Day. T>nd, Vtrg. 
 SINGING. See Enthufiafm, Mufick. 
 Behold and liften, while the Fair 
 Breaks in fweet Sounds the willing Air \ ' 
 
 And with her own Breath fans the Fire, 
 Which her bright Eyes do firft infpire. 
 What Reafon can that Love controul. 
 Which more thoii one way courts the Soul ? 
 
' C 427 ) . 
 
 So when a Flafh of Lightning falls 
 On our Abodes, the Danger calls 
 For human Aid, which hopes the Flame 
 To conquer, tho from Heav'n it came ; 
 But if the Winds with that confpire. 
 Men ftrive not, but deplore the Fire. WalL 
 
 I She i*ais'd her Voice fo high, and fung fo clear, 7 
 
 The Fawns came skudding from the Groves to hear, r 
 
 And all the bending Foreft lent an Ear. -^ 
 
 At ev'ry Clofe fhe made, th'attending Throng 
 Reply'd, and bore the Burden of the Song : 
 So juft, fo fmall, yet in fo fweet^a Note, (^^^ ^^^f' 
 
 It feem*d the Mufick melted in the Throat. Dry d»TheI tower and 
 
 She fung, and carol'd out fo clear. 
 That Men and Angels might rejoice to hear ; 
 Ev'n wond'ring Philomel forgot to fing. 
 
 And learned from her to welcome in the Spring. Dry,PaU ^Ars. 
 ; He rais'd his Voice, and foon a num'rous Throng 
 ' Of tripping Satyrs crowded to the Song ; 
 I And fylvan Fawns and favage Beafts advanc'd. 
 And nodding Forefts to the Numbers danc'd. 
 I Not by HAtnonian Hills the Thracian Bard, 7 
 
 i Nor awful Phoebus was on Pindus heard, , C 
 
 I With deeper Silence, or with more Regard. Bryd, Virg,} 
 
 Amphion fung not (weeter to his Herd, 
 When fummon'd Stones the Theban Turrets rear'd. I>ryd, Vtrg. 
 Unweai-y*d he purfues the tuneful Strain, 
 ' Till unperceivM the Heav*ns with Stars were hung, ^ 
 
 And fudden Night furpriz'd the yet unfinilVd Song. Tfryd, Vtrg. 
 
 A Song that would have charm'd th'infernal Gods, 
 And banifh'd Horrour from the dark Abodes. I>^)«» 
 
 While I liften to thy Voice, 
 Chloris ! I feel my Life decay ; 
 
 That powerful Noife 
 Calls my flitting Soul away. 
 Oh ! fupprefs the magick Sound, 
 Which deftroys without a Wound. 
 Peace, Chloris ! Peace ! or fiiiging? ^i^ > 
 That together you and 1 
 To Heav'n may go ; 
 For all we know 
 Of what the Blefled do above, 
 Is that they fing, and that they love. ^'«"« 
 
 Chloe 
 
C42S ) 
 Chloe ! your felf you fo excel, 
 
 While you vouchfafe to breatlie my Thought j 
 
 That like a Spirit, with this Spell 
 
 Of my own teaching, I am caught. • - 
 
 That Eagle's Fate and mine are one, 
 
 Who, on the Shaft that made him die, 
 
 Efpy'd a Feather of his own, 
 
 With which he wont to foar fo high : 
 
 Had Echo'\,ith. fo fweet a Grace 
 
 Narcijfus' loud Complaints return'd. 
 
 Not for Reflexion of his Face, 
 
 Eut of his Voice the Boy had burn'd, 
 [^JVall. To a Lady that fung a Song of his conipojing^ 
 SIREN, 
 Thus as a Mariner, that faits along. 
 With Pleafure hears th'enticing Siren's Song 5 
 finable quite his ftrong Deflres to bound, 
 
 Boldly leaps in, tho certain to be drown'd. Oiw, Don, CarU 
 SLEEP. 
 Near the Cimmerians, in his dark Abode, 
 Beep in a Cavern dwells the droufy God ; 
 Who rules the Night by Vifions with a Nod. 
 Whofe gloomy Manfion, nor the rifing Sun, 
 Nor fetting viuts, nor the lightfom Moon j 
 But lazy Vapours round the Region fly. 
 Perpetual Twilight and a doubtful Sky. 
 No crowing Cock does there his Wings difplay, 
 Nor with his horny Bill provoke the Day : 
 No watchful Dogs, nor the more wakeful Geefe, 
 Difl:urb with nightly Noife the facred Peace. 
 Ko Beafl of Nature, nor the tame are nigh. 
 Nor Trees with Tempefts rock'd, nor human Ciy. 
 But fafe Repofe without an Air of Breath 
 Dwells here, and a dumb Qiiiet next to Death. 
 An Arm of Lethe with a gentle Flow 
 Arifing upward from the Rock below. 
 The Palace moats, and o'er the Pebbles creeps, 
 And with foft Murmurs calls the coming Sleeps. 
 Around its Entry nodding Poppies grow, 
 And all cool Simples that" fweet Reft beftow. 
 Night from the Plants their fleepy Virtue drains. 
 And pafl^ing, fheds it on the filent Plains ; 
 No Door there was, th'unguarded Home to keep. 
 Or aeaking Hini^cs tuvn'd to break his Sleep. 
 
 Bu 
 
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 I 
 
C 429 ) 
 
 But In the gloomy Court was rais'd a Bed 
 StufF'd with black Plumes, and on an Ebon Sted • 
 Black was tbe Cov'n'ng too where lay the God ' 
 And flept fupine, his Limbs difplay'd abroad : ' 
 About his Head fantaftick Vifions fly. 
 Which various Images of Things fupply. 
 And mock their Forms ; the Leaves on Trees not more 
 Kor bearded Ears in Fields, nor Sands upon the Shore. dAi^ vl*-^ 
 OfacredReft! ^n^^Vtrg. 
 
 Sweet pleafing Sleep ! of all the Powers the beft. 
 O Peace of Zvlind ! Repairer of Decay, ^ 
 
 Whofe Balms renew the Limbs to Labours of the Day • \ 
 
 Care fhuns thy foft Approach, and fuUen flies away. DrW Vir^ \ 
 
 The weaiy World's beft Med'cine, Sleep ! ^ 
 
 It fhuts thofe Wounds where injured Lovers weep. 
 And flies OpprelTors to relieve th'Oppreft. 
 It loves the Cottage, and from Coiu-t abftains : 
 It ftills the Seamen, tho the Storm be high : 
 Frees the grievM Captive in his clofeft Chains ; CGond, 
 
 Stops Want's loud Mouth, and bHnds the treacherous Spy. Dav. 
 
 Sleep, that locks up the Senfes from their Cai-e ; 
 The Death of each Day's Life : TirM Nature's Batli • 
 Balm of hui-t Ivlinds, great Nature's fecond Courfe 
 
 Death's Counterfeit. 
 Chief Nourlfher in Life's Feafl. shak. Mach. 
 
 Somnus^ the humble God that dwells 
 In Cottages and (moaky Cells ; 
 
 Hates gilded Roofs, and Beds of Down, 
 And tho he fears no Prince's Frc 
 Flies from the Circle of a Crowi 
 Natui-e, alas ! why art thou fo 
 Oblig'd unto thy greateft Foe ? 
 Sleep, that is thy beft Repaft, 
 
 And tho he fears no Prince's Frown, S 
 
 Flies from the Circle of a Crown. J 
 
 Natui-e, alas! why art thou fo 
 
 Yet of Death it' bears a Tafte, I 
 
 And both are the fame thing at laft, Venh, Soph,j 
 
 O Sleep, O gentle Sleep ! '^ 
 
 Jature*s beft Nurfe ! how have I frighted thee, 
 That thou no more wilt weigh my Eye-lids down, 
 Uid fteep my Senfes in ^orgetfiilnefs ? 
 J^hy rather. Sleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky Cribs, 
 Tpon uneafy Pallads ftretching thee, 
 ind hufh'd wich buzzing Night fly'ft to thy Slumber 5 
 I'han in the perfum'd Chambers of the Great, 
 nder the Canopies of ^oftly^ State, 
 
 Ajid 
 
C 430 ) 
 And luU'd with Sounds of fweeteft Melody ? 
 O thou dull God ! why ly'ft thou with the Vile 
 In loatlifom Beds, and leav'ft the kingly Couch ? 
 Wilt thou upon the high and giddy Maft 
 Seal up the Ship-Boy's Eyes, and rock his Brains, 
 In Cradle of the mde imperious Surge, 
 And in the Vifitation of the Winds ? 
 Canft thou, O partial Sleep ! give thy Repofe 
 To the wet Sea-Boy in an Hour fo rude. 
 And in the cahneft and the ftilleft Night 
 Deny it to a King ? Shak, Hen, 4. 
 
 So fleeps the Sea-boy on the cloudy Maft, 
 Safe as a droufy Triton^ rock'd with Storms, 
 While tofling Princes wake on Beds of Down, Lee Mitkrid, 
 
 Sleep is a God too proud to wait in Palaces, 
 And yet fo humble too, as not to fcorn 
 
 The meaneft Country Cottages ! 
 
 His Poppy grows among the Corn, 
 The Halcyon Sleep will never build his Ned 
 In any ftormy Breaft. 
 
 'Tis not enough, that he does find 
 
 Clouds and Darknefs in the Mind ; 
 
 Darknefs but half his work will do, 
 'Tis not enough, he muft find Quiet too. Cowl, Hor 
 
 In vain, thou droufy God, I thee invoke, j 
 
 For thou, who doft from Fumes arife. 
 
 Thou, who Man's Soul doft over-fhade 
 
 With a thick Cloud by Vapours made, 
 
 Canft have no Pow'r to fliut his Eyes, 
 
 Or PafTage of his Spirits to choke, 
 Whofe Flame's ^o pure, that it fends up no Smoke. 
 Thou who doft Men, as Nights to Colours do. 
 
 Bring all to an Equality ; 
 
 Come, thou juft God, and equal me 
 
 A while to my difdainful She : 
 
 In that Condition let me lie, ; 
 
 Till Love does the Favour fhew ; 
 Love equals all a better way than thou. 
 Thou never more fhalt be invok'd by me : i 
 
 Watchful as Spirits and Gods I'll prove. 
 
 Let her but grant, and then will I 
 
 Thee and thy Kinfinan Death defy : 
 
 For betwixt thee, and them that love. 
 
 Never will an Agreement be j 
 
 The 
 
C431) 
 
 Thou fcorn'ft the Unhappy, and the Happy thee. CowU 
 
 Falling ajleep. 
 
 The timely Dew of Sleep 
 
 Now falling, with foit flumb'rous Weight inclines 
 
 My Eye-Lids. ^,7^, 
 
 Then gentle Sleep, with foft Oppreflion feiz'd 
 Mydroufed Senfe. Milt, 
 
 Thick Mifts arife. 
 And with their filken Cords tie down his Eyes. Car, 
 
 They ftop the ^enfe, and clofe the conqucr'd Eyes. CoivU Hor, 
 
 God of SLOT H. 
 This Place fo fit for undifturb'd Repofe, 
 The God of Sloth for his Afylum chofe. 
 Upon a Couch of Down in thefe Abodes, 
 Supine with folded Arms he thoughtlefs nods : 
 Indulging Dreams his Godhead lull to Eafe, 
 With Murmurs of foft Rills, and whifp'ring Trees. 
 The Poppy, and each numming Plant difpenfe 
 Their droufy Virtue, and dull Indolence. 
 A carelefs Deity ! 
 
 No Pafllons intermpt his eafy Reign, 
 No Problems puzzle his lethargick Brain : 
 But dull Oblivion guards his peaceful Bed ; 
 And lazy Fogs bedew his gracious Head, 
 Thus at full length the pampered Monarch lay, 
 Batt'ning in Eafe, and flumb'ring Life away. ' Car, 
 
 The flumb'ring God, amaz'd at this new Din, 
 Thrice ftrove to rife, and thiice funk down agen : 
 Liftlefs he ftretch'd, and gaping rubb'd his Eyes, 
 Then falter'd tluis betwixt half Words and Sighs. Car, 
 
 SMILE. 
 She fpoke it with a Smile, 
 That feem'd at once to pity and revile. Cowl, 
 
 A Smile that glow'd 
 
 Celeftial rofy Red, Love's proper Hiew. Mih, 
 
 He skrew'd his Face into a hardened Smile. Dryd, Don Seb, 
 
 Prom his bent Brow a gloomy Smile arofe. Dryd*Con^.ofGra» 
 
 The Terror of their Brows fo rough e'er while 
 
 Sunk down into the Dimples of a Smile. Cowl, 
 
 What Charms has Sorrow in that Face ? 
 Sorrow feems pleas'd to dwell with fo much Sweetnefs ; 
 Yet now and then a melancholy Smile 
 Breaks out, like Lightning in a Winter's Night, 
 And (hews a Moment's Day. £>ryd. All for Love. 
 
 SMITH. 
 
C 432 ) 
 SxMITH. 5^^ Cyclops. 
 
 The Smith prepares his Hammer for the Stroke, 
 While the liuig'd Bellows hiding Fire provoke. Dr'^jd. Juv. 
 
 Oneftirs the Tire, and one the Bellows blows ; 
 The hiffin^ Steel is in the Smithy drownM ; 
 The Grot with beaten Anvils groans around : 
 By turns their Arms advance i» equal Tune, 
 By turns their Hands defcend, and Hammers chime ; 
 They turn the glowing Mafs with crooked Tongs, , 
 
 The fiery ^ork proceeds with ruftick Songs. Dryd, Virg. 
 
 As when the C'^clops, at th' almight)^ Nod, 
 New Thunder haften for their angry God j 
 Subdu'd in Fire, the Ihibborn Metal lies ; 
 ■ One brawny Smith the puffing Bellows plies. 
 And draws and blows reciprocating Air •, 
 Others to quench the hiffing Mafs prepare ; . 
 
 With lifted Arms they order ev'ry Blow, f 
 
 And chime their founding Hammers in a Row : ^ 
 
 With labour'd Anvils JEtna groans below. ^ 3 
 
 Strongly they ftrike, huge Flakes ot Flame expire S {Vtrg. 
 
 wKJ they ti-n the Steel, and vex it in the Fire. Dryd. 
 SMOKE. 
 
 In dusky Wreaths the Smoke began to roll. Mtlt. 
 
 The Smoke in cloudy Vapours flies, 
 Cov'rin2 the Plain, and curling to the Skies. B^d. Vtrg. 
 
 Xk finould'ring Smoke from the green Wood expires. 
 The Sht of Heav'n is chok'd,and the newDay retires.Pry.r;r^, 
 
 Feebty the Flames on clumfy Wings afpire. 
 And fmoth^-ing Fogs of Smoke benight the Fire. C?4r. 
 
 S N A K E. S^^ Serpent. 
 
 In fair CaUbr'm's Wood a Snake is bred 
 With curling Creft, and with advancingHead : 
 Waviii<^ he rolls, and makes a winding Track , 
 His Belly fpotted, burnifh'd is his Back. 
 While Springs are broken, while the fouthern Air, 
 And dropping Heav'ns the moiften d Earth repair. 
 He lives on ftanding Lakes and trembling Bogs, 
 And fills his Maw with Fifh, or with loquacious Fiogs. 
 But when in muddy Pools the Water ^rnks 
 And the chapt Earth is lurrow'd o'er with Chinks, 
 He leaves the Fens, and leaps upon the Ground, 
 And, hilTmg, rolls his glaring Eyes around : 
 With Thirft inflam'd, impatient ot the Heats, 
 He rases in the Fields, and wide Deftrudi^u threats. ^^ ^ 
 
C 433 ) 
 Oh ! let not Sleep my clofing Eyes invade. 
 In open Plains, or in the fecret Shade, 
 When he, renew'd in all the fpeckled Pride 
 Of pompous Youth, has caft his Slough afide ; 
 And in his Summer Liveiy rolls along 
 Ered, and brandidiing his forky Tongue, 
 Leaving his Neft, and his impeifed Young : 
 And thoughtlefs of his Eggs, forgets to rear 
 The Hopes of Poifon for the following Yeai', Dryd» Vlrg* 
 
 So when the Spring's warm Breath, and cheering Ray, 
 Calls from his Cave th' awaken'd Snake, that lay 
 Folded to Reft, while Winter's Snows conceal'd 
 The Mountains Heads, and Frofts the Lakes congeal'd ; 
 The floughy Spoils from his fleek Back depos'd. 
 And the gay Pride of his new Skin difclos'd : 
 He views hirnfelf, with youthful Beauties crown'd, "J 
 
 Elated, cafts his haughty Eyes around, ^ ^ 
 
 And rolls his fpeckled Spires along the Ground. ^ 
 
 Frefh Colours dye his Sides, and thro his Veins, 
 Turgid with Life, reviving Vigour reigns. 
 The fprightly Beaft unfolds upon the Plain, 
 The glofly Honours of his Summer Train : 
 His Creft ereded high, and forky Tongue 
 Shot out, he hides, bounds, and leaps along. ^Uc, 
 
 So fhines, renew'd in Youtli, tlie crefted Snake, 
 Who flept the Winter in a thorny Brake \ 
 And cafting off his Slough, when Spring returns, 
 Now looks aloft, and with new Gloiy burns : 
 Reftor'd with pois'nous Herbs, his ardent Sides 
 Refleft the Sun, and rais'd on Spires he rides : 
 Hi^h o'er the Grafs he hiding rolls along. 
 And brandidies by fits his forky Tongue. Dry^, Virg, 
 
 As when a Snake, furpriz'd upon the Road, 
 Is crudi'd athwart her Body by tlie Load 
 Of heavy Wheels ; or with a mortal Wound 
 Her Belly bruis'd, or trodden to the Ground ; 
 In vain with loofen'd Cui'ls die crawls along. 
 Yet fierce above, die brandifhes her Tongue ; 
 Glares with her Eyes, and briftles with her Scale*:, 
 JBut grov'ling in the dud;, her Part unfound die U'ails. Dr'^d, V'lrg* 
 
 A Snake of fize immenfe afcends a Tree, 
 And in the leafy Summit fpy'd a Ned:, 
 Which o'er her ciillow Young a Sparrow p-efs'd, - 
 
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C 434 ) 
 Eight were the Birds unfledg'd ; The Mother flew 
 And hover'd round her Care, but ftill in view. 
 Till the fierce Reptile firft devour'd the Brood, 
 Then feiz'd the flutt'ring Dam, and drank her Blood. Dryd,Ovtd, 
 Of a Lady playing with a Snake. ~ 
 
 *Tis Innocence and Youth which makes ^ 
 
 In Chloris' Fancy fuch Miftakes, > 
 
 To ftait at Love, and play with Snakes. 3 
 
 Thrice happy Snake, that in her fleeve ' ^ 
 
 Mav'ft boldly creep ; we dare not give \ 
 
 Our Thoughts fo unconfin'd a Leave. j 
 
 Contented in that Neft of Snow - ^ 
 
 He lies, as he his Blifs did know, ^ 
 
 And to the Wood no more would go. J 
 
 Take heed, fair Eve, you do not make ^ 
 
 Another Tempter of this Snake ; S» 
 
 A marble one, fo warm'd, would fpeak. JVall,^ 
 
 S N O W. / 
 A Shower of foft and fleecy Rain 
 Falls, to new-clothe the Earth again : 
 Behold the Mountains Tops around. 
 As if with Fur of Ermin crown'd ; 
 And lo ! how by degrees. 
 The univerfal Mantle hides the Trees, 
 
 In hoary Flakes which downward fly, ^ 
 
 As if it were the Autumn of the Sky, C 
 
 Whofe Fall of Leaf would theirs fupply. 5 
 
 Trembling the Groves fuftain the Weight, and bow 
 
 Like aged Limbs, which feebly go. 
 Beneath a venerable Head of Snow. Cong' 
 
 SOLDIER. See Mars, Storm, and Shipwreck. 
 A Leader feem'd 
 Each Warriour Angle as in chief, expert 
 When to advance, or ftand, or turn the Sway . 
 Of Battel ; open when, and when to clofe 
 The Ridges of grim War : No Thought of Flight, 
 None of Retreat : No unbecoming Deed 
 That argu'd Fear ; each on himfelf rely'd. 
 As only in his Arm the Moment lay 
 Of Vidoiy. 'Milff 
 
 Full fifty Years, harnefs'd in rugged Steel, 
 I have endur'd the biting Winter's Blafl:, 
 And the feverer Heats of parching Summer ; 
 While they who loll*d at home on lazy Couches, 
 
 1 
 
C 43$ ) ^ 
 
 VTere, at my Coft, fecure in Luxury. Rowe AmL Step. 
 
 The Tyrant, Cuftom, 
 
 Has made the flinty and fteel Couch of War 
 
 My thrice driven Bed of Down. 5^^j^^ OtheU 
 
 Let Honour 
 
 Call for my Blood, and (luice it into Streams ; 
 
 Turn Fortune loofe again to my Purfiut, 
 
 And let me hunt her thro embattelM Foes, 
 
 In dufly Plains amidft the Cannons Roar j 
 
 There will I be the firfl:. X)r)/^. Stan, Fry, 
 
 Rude am I in my Speech, 
 
 And little blefs'd with the foft Phrafe of Peace : 
 
 For fince thefe Ai'ms of mine had kven. Years Pith, 
 
 Till now feme nine Moon wafted, they have us*d 
 
 Their deareft Adion in the tented Field : 
 
 And little of this great World can I fpeak. 
 
 More than pertains to Feats of Broils and Battel. Shak, QtheU 
 Black was his Beard, and manly was his Face, 
 
 The Balls of his broad Eyes roUM in his Head j 
 
 And glar'd betwixt a Yellow and a Red : 
 
 He look*d a Lion with a gloomy Stare, 
 
 And o'er his Eye-brows hung his matted Hair : 
 
 Big-bon'd, and large of Limbs, widi Smt^Ns ftrong, 
 
 Broad-fhoulder'd, and his Arms were round and lon<y ; 
 
 Upright he ftood, and bore aloft his Shield, ^ 
 
 Confpicuous from afar, and overlooked the Field. 
 
 His Surcoat was a Bear's Skin on his Back 5 
 
 His Hair hung long behind, and glofly Raven-black : 
 
 Whene'er he fpoke, his Voice was heard around. 
 
 Loud as a Trumpet with a filver Sound. Bryd. Pal ^ Arc* 
 I Ravilh'd with Wars, and Danger's horrid Charms, 
 
 He with impetuous Ardour flew to Arms ; 
 
 Soon as the rang'd Battalions came in fight. 
 
 He felt fierce Joy, and terrible Delight, 
 , And rhudder'd with his Eagernefs to fight. 
 I What Flames flew from his Eyes, when he from far 
 
 View'd the four Brows, and murdering Jaws of Wai- ! 'Blac, 
 Rough iw Battel 
 
 As the firft Komans^ when they went to War 5 
 
 Yet after Victory more pitiful 
 
 Than all their praying Virgins left at home. Dry^. All for Love. 
 Hadft thou once feen him, like the God of War, 
 
 While griefly TeiToui' perch'd upon his Plume, 
 
 Severely fliining in his dreadful Helmet, 
 
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C 45^ ) 
 And thund'ring. thro theTempeft of the field. Den, Rm*& Arm* 
 
 ■^^'hen the young Hero, yet unfledg'd in Arms, 
 Made the tough Age of bold Ramirez bend. 
 He fought like Mars defcending from the Skies, 
 And look'd like Venus rifing from the WAYes.Pryd,LoveTrlum* 
 
 How nobly he becomes the great Battalion ! 
 See how he (liines in Arms, and funs the Field ! 
 Moves, fpeaks, and fights, and is himfelf a War. Lee D.o/Guife* 
 
 Adorn'd with Sweat, and painted gay with Blood, 
 He liews down all, and deals his Deaths around. Con4, 
 
 Thro all the Mazes of the bloody Field 
 1 hunted his facred Life. I fought him 
 Where Ranks fell thickeft ; 'twas indeed the place 
 To feek Sehafiian : thro a Track of Death 
 I follow'd him by Groans of dying Men. 
 Lut ftill I came too late ; for he was flown. 
 Like Lightning, fwift before me, to new Slaughter. 
 1 mow'd acrofs, and made irregular Harveft, 
 Defac'd the Pomp of Battel, but in vain ; 
 For he was ftill fupplying Death elfewher«. Dryd, Don, Seh 
 
 As for Sebajiinn^ we muft fearch the Field, 
 And where we fee a Mountain of the Slain, 
 Send one to climb, and looking down below. 
 There fhall he find him at his manly Length, 1 1 
 
 With his Face up to Heav'n, in the red Monument 
 Which his true Swoi'd has digg'd. Dryd, Don Seh* 
 
 He in the Battel had a thirfty Sword, 
 And well 'twas glutted there. Dryd, Don Seb* 
 
 Succefs attended ftill his brandifh'd Sword, 
 And, like the Grave, the glutt'nous Blade devoui'*d ; 
 Slaui^hier upon its Point in Trimnph fate. 
 And fcatter'd Death as quick and wide as Fate. Old^ 
 
 Twelve Legions wait you. 
 And long to call you Chief : By painful Journeys 
 1 led them, patient of both Heat and Hunger ; 
 'Twill do you good to fee their fun-burnt Faces, 
 Their fcarr'd Cheeks, and chopt Hands •, there's Virtue in them ; 
 They'll fell thofe mangled Limbs at dearer rates 
 Than yon trim Bands can buy. Dryd. All for Love. 
 
 Impatient of the tedious Night, in Arms 
 Watchful they ftood, expecting opening Day ; 
 And now are hardly by their Leaders held. 
 From darting on the Foe ; Like a hot Courfer, 
 That bounding paws the mould' ring Soil, difdaining 
 
c 437 ; 
 
 The Rein tharchecks him, eager for the Race. Rowe TamerL 
 
 Oh thou haft fir'd me ! my Soul is up in Arms, 
 : And mans each part about me : Once again 
 That noble Eagernefs of Fight has feiz'd me. 
 That Eagernefs, with which I darted upward 
 To CaJJii^s" Camp. In vain the fteepy Hill 
 Oppos'd my w^ay ; in vain a W^y of Spears 
 Sung round my Head, and planted all my Shield : 
 I won the Trenches, while my foremoft Men 
 Lagg'd on the Plain below. Comie on, my Soldier, 
 Our Hearts and Arms are ftill the fame : I long 
 Once more to meet our Eoes, diat thou and I, 
 Like Time and Death, marching before our Troops, 
 May tafte Fate to 'em, mow 'em out a Paflage, 
 And entring where the foremoft Squadrons yield. 
 Begin the nobleft Harveft of the Field. Dryd, All for Loi'c* 
 
 50LITUDE- 
 O Solitude ! firft State of Human Kind, 
 
 Which blefs'd remain'd, till Man did find 
 Ev'n his own Helper's Company ! 
 As foon as two, alas ! together join'd. 
 
 The Serpent made up three. 
 Thee God himfelf thro countlefs Ages, thee 
 His fole Companion chofe to be ! 
 Thee, facred Solitude 1 alone, 
 Before the branchy Head of Numbers three 
 
 Sprung from the Trunk of one. 
 Ah ! wi'etched and too folitaiy He, 
 
 Who loves not his own Company ! 
 He'll feel the weight of 't ev'i'y day, 
 Unlefs he call in Sin or Vanity, 
 
 To help to bear 't away. Cowl. 
 
 For Solitude fometimes is beft Society. Milt. 
 
 In Solitude 
 What Happinefs ? Who can enjoy alone ? 
 Or all enjoying, what Contentment find ? Mtlt* 
 
 SORROW. See Defpair, Funeral, Grief, Tears, Weeping. 
 
 He at the News 
 Heart-ftmck, with chilling Gripe of Sorrow ftood. 
 That all his Senfes bound. Milt, 
 
 Some fecret Anguifh rolls within his Breaft, 
 That fhakes him, like an Earthquake, which he prelTes, 
 And will not give it vent. 
 He blulhes, and would fpeak, and wants a Voice, 
 

 ( 438 ) . 
 
 And ftares, and gapes like a forbidden Ghoft. Dry^. CUcrn* 
 
 Darknefs, and Solitude, and Sighs, and Tears, 
 And all th' infeparable Train of Grief, 
 Attend my Steps for ever. Dryr/. Am}>hit* 
 
 Misfortunes on Misfortunes prefs upon me, 
 Swell o'er my Head like Waves, and dafh me down. 
 Sorrow, Remorfe, and Shame have torn my Soul, 
 And blaft the Spring and Promife of my Year; 
 They hang like Winter on my youthful Hopes ; 
 So Flow'rs are gather'd to adorn a Grave, 
 To lofe their Frefhnefs among Bones and Rottennefs, 
 And have their Odours &.i^td in the Duft. Ro-uje Fair Pen. 
 
 All Ages, all Degrees unfluice their Eyes ; 
 And Heav'n and Earth refound with Murmms, Groans, and Cries. 
 Matrons and Maidens beat their Breafts, and tear 
 Their Habits, and root up their fcatter'd Hair. Dnd, Cvid* 
 
 Confufion, Tear, Difti-aftlon, and I>i'/grace5 
 And filent Shame are feen on tY\j Face. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 Diftracled with ungovernable Woe, 
 All mingle Tears ; their Cries together flow. 
 And form a hideous Harmony of Woe. "Blac, 
 
 The wretched Parent with a pious hafte 
 Came running, and his lifelefs Limbs embrac'd ; 
 Accufing all the Gods^ and evV/ Star. Br^d* V'trgn 
 
 The wretched Father, Father now no more, 
 With Sorrow funk, lies proftrate on the Floor ; 
 Deforms his hoaiy Locks with Duft obfcene, (fivid* 
 
 And curfes Age, and loaths a Life prolong'd with Pain. Dr<jd% 
 
 Had I a hundred Tongues, a Wit fo large. 
 As could theii" hundred Offices difcharge 5 
 Had Phoebus all his Helicon beftow'd, 
 In all the Streams, infpiring all the Gods ; 
 Thofe Tongues, that Wit, thofe Streams, that God, in vain 
 Would offer to defcribe his Sifter's Pain. 
 They beat their Breafts with many a' bruizing Blow, 
 Till they turn'd livid, and corrupt the Snow ; * 
 
 The Corps they cherifh'd, while the Corps remains, 
 And exercife and rub with fruitlefs Pains. 
 And when to fun'ral Flames 'tis borne away. 
 They kifs the Bed on which the Body l.iy. 
 And when thofe fun'ral Flames no longer burn, 
 (The Duft compos'd within a pious Urn) 
 E\^n in that Urn their Brother they confefs. 
 And hug it in their Ai'ms, and to their Bofoms prefs. Br^d, Ovi'd. 
 
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( 439 ) 
 Mean time no fqualid Grief his Look defiles. 
 He mlds his fadder Fate with nobler Smiles : 
 ThiTs the World's Eye, with reconciled Streams 
 Shines in his Showers, as if he wept his Beams. Cleav^ 
 
 SPIRITS. 
 Spii'itSj that live throughout, 
 Vital in ev'ry part, not as frail Man, 
 In Entrails, Head or Heart, Liver or Reins, 
 Cannot, but by annihilating, die ; 
 Nor in their liquid Texture mortal Wound 
 Receive, no more than can the fluid Air : 
 All Heart they live, all Head, all Eye, all Ear, 
 AU Intelled, all Senfe •, and, as diey pleafe. 
 They limb themfelves ; and Colour, Shape, or Size ^ ^^ 
 
 AiTame, as likes thembeft, condenfe or rare. A^/— 
 
 For Spirits, when they pleafe, 
 Can either bex alTume, or both ; fo foft 
 And uncompounded is their ElTence pure, 
 Kot ty'd or manacled with Joint or Limb, 
 Nor founded on the brittle Strength of Bones, 
 Like cumbrous Flefh ^ but in what Shape they chufe, 
 Pilated or condens'd, bright or obfcure. 
 Can execute their aii7 Purpofes, 
 
 And Works of Love or Enmity fulfil. ^^'^^' 
 
 The SPRING. See Venus, Year. 
 
 When with his golden Horns, with full career, ^ ? 
 
 The Bull beats down the Barriers of the Year ; (Virg.)» 
 
 And Ar^os and the Dog forfake the Northern Sphere. Dryd, ^ 
 
 Now turning from the wintiy Signs, the Sun 
 His Courfe exalted thro the Ram had run ; 
 And whirling up the Skies, his Chariot drove 
 Thro Taurus and the lightfom Realms of Love ; 
 When Venus from her Orb defcends in Show'rs, 
 To glad the Ground, and paint the Fields with Flow'rs : 
 When firft the tender Blades of Grafs appear. 
 And Buds that yet the Blafts of Eurus fear. 
 Stand at the Door of Life, and doubt to clothe the Year. 
 Till gende Heat, and foft repeated Rains, 
 Make the green Blood to dance within their Veins ; 
 Then, at their Call embolden d, out they come. 
 And fwell the Gems, and burft the narrow Room : 
 Broader and broader yet their Blooms difplay ; 
 Salute the welcome Sun, and entertain the Day. 
 
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( 440 ) 
 Then from their breathing Souls their Sweets repair. 
 To fcent the Skies, and purge th' unwholefom Air. 
 Toy fprends the Heart, and with a gen'rous Song (and the Leaf, 
 Spring ifllies cut, and leads the jolly Months along. Dryd, Flower 
 
 The Spring adorns the Woods, renews the Leaves, 
 The Womb of Earth the genial Seed receives ; 
 For then Almighty Jove defcends, and pours 
 i Into his buxom Bride his fruitful Show'rs ^ 
 And mixing his large Limbs with h^^rs, he feeds 
 Her Eirrhs with timely Juice, and toilers teeming Seeds* 
 Then jovous Birds frequent the lonely Grove, 
 And Beafts, by Nature ftung, renew their Love^ 
 Tlien Fields the Blades of bury'd Corn difclofe^ O 
 
 And while the balmy Weftern Spirit blows, ■ ^ 
 
 Eanh to the Breath her Bofom dares expofe, **^ 
 
 With kindly Moifture then the Plants nhonnd. 
 The Grafs fecurely fprings above the Ground : 
 The tender Twig fhoots upward to the Skies, 
 And on the Faith of the new Sun relies. 
 The fwerving Vines on the rail Elms prevail, 
 Hnhurt by Southern Show'rs, or Northern Hail ; 
 Tiiey fpread their Gems the genial Warmth to fhare, 
 Aai boldly truft their Buds in open Air. 
 
 j^n this foft Seafon (let me dare to fmg) )^i 
 
 The World was hatch'd by Heav Vs Imperial King, ' ^ 
 
 In Prime of all the Year, and Holy-days of Spring, (3, 
 
 Then did the new Creation firft appear. 
 Nor other was the Tenour of the Year ; 
 When laughing Heav'n did the great Birth attend. 
 And Eaftern Winds their wintiy Breath fufpend. 
 Then Sheep firft faw the Sun in open Fields, 
 And favage Beaf^s were fent to ftock the Wilds ; 
 And golden Stars flew up to light the Skies, 
 And Man's relentlefs Race from flony Quarries rife. 
 Nor could the tender new Cre?.tion bear 
 Th' excefUve Heats or Coldnefs of the Year; 
 But chill'd by Winter, or by Summer fir'd. 
 The middle Temper of the Spring required : 
 When Warmth and Moifture did at once abound. 
 And Heav'n's Indulgence brooded on the Ground. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 When Spring makes equal Day, 
 When Weftern Winds on curling Waters play ; 
 When painted Meads produce their flow'iy Crops, 
 And Swallows twitter on the Chimney-tops. Dryd. V'trg, 
 
 Now 
 
( 441 ) 
 Now lavlfh Nature has adorn'd the Year ; 
 Now the pale Primrofe, and blue Vi'let fpring, (and the Fox. 
 And Birds eflay their Thi'oats, difus'd to fing. Dryd, The Ccck- 
 
 See on the Shore inhabits purple Spring, 
 Where Nightingales their love-fick Ditties fing ; 
 See Meads with purling Streams, with Flow'rs the Ground, « 
 The Grottoes cool with fhady Poplars crown'd, C 
 
 And creeping Vines on Arbours fwerv'd around. Z>ryd, Virg. i 
 
 The early Dawning of the Year, 
 While yet the Spring is young, while Earth unbinds 
 Her frozen Bofom to the^Weftern Winds ; 
 While mountain Snows diflblve againft the Sun, 
 And Streams, yet new, from Precipices run. Vryd, Vlrg. 
 
 When Winter's Rage abates, when chearful Hours 
 Awake the Spring, and Spring awakes the Flow'rs ; 
 ""Tis then the Hills with pleafmg Shades are crown'd, 
 And Sleeps are fweeter on the filken Ground. 
 With milder Beams the Sun fecurely fhines. 
 Fat are the Lambs, and lufcious are the Wines. Vryd, Vlri, 
 The purple Spring arrays the various Ground. DnuL Vir^ . 
 The Trees are cloth'd with Leaves, the Fields with Grafs, 
 The Blolfoms blow, the Birds on Bufhes fing, 
 And Nature has accomplifh'd all the Spring. Dryd.Vin* 
 
 SPUR. 
 The Horfes Flanks and Sides are forc'd to feel 
 The clankins: Lafh, and Goring of the Steel. Vryd, 17;;.-. 
 
 He ply'd 
 With iron Heel his Courfer's Side, 
 Conveying fympathetick Speed 
 From Heel of Knight to Heel of Steed. Hud. 
 
 While Hudibras, with equal hafte, 
 On both fides laid about as faft ; 
 And fpurr'd, as Jockeys ufe, to break. 
 Or Padders, to fecure a Neck. Hud. 
 
 Adds the Remembrance of the Spur, and hides 
 The gorin? Rowels in his bleeding Sides. Dryd, J'ng, 
 
 " As once the Phrygian Knight, 
 So om-s with rufty Steel did fmite 
 His Trojan- Horfe, and juft as much 
 He mended Pace upon the Touch ; 
 But from his empty Stomach groan'd, 
 Juft as that hollow Beaft did found ; 
 And angr)^, anfwer'd from behind. 
 With br5nd'f>''d Tail and Blaft of Wind. 
 
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C 442 ) 
 So have I feen, with armed Heel, 
 A Wight beftride a Common-weal ; 
 While ftill the more he kicked and fpurr'd. 
 The lefs the fuUen Jade has ftirr'd. Hnd* 
 
 STAG. See Creation, Hunting, 
 On the Plain, 
 Three beamy Stags command a lordly Train 
 Of branching Heads ; the more ignoble Throng 
 Attend their ftately Steps, and (lowly graze along. Dryd* Virg*, 
 
 So when two vig'rous Stags, each of his Herd 
 The haughty Lord, thro all the Foreft fear'd, 
 Refolv'd to try which muft in Combat yield. 
 In all their Might advance a-crofs the Field \ 
 They nod their lofty Heads, and from afar 
 Flourifh their Horns, preluding to the War. 
 The Combatants their threat'ning Heads incline, 
 And with their clafhing Horns in Battel join. 
 They ruQi to Combat with amazing Strokes, 
 And dieir high Amlars meet with dreadful Shocks ; 
 The mighty Sound mns rattling o'er the Hills, 
 And Echo with the Fight the Valley fills : 
 Retiring oft, the Warriors ceafe to pufh. 
 But then with fiercer Rage to Battel rulh. 
 The trembling Herds at diftance ftand, and ftay 
 To know the Conqu'ror whom they muft obey. IBlae* 
 
 Thus when a fearful Stag is clos'd around 
 With crimfon Toils, or in a River found. 
 High on the Bank the deep-mouth'd Hound appears. 
 Still opening, following ftill where'er he fteers : 
 The perfecuted Creature to and fro. 
 Turns here and there to 'fcape his Umbrian Fo8 ; 
 Steep is th' Alcent, and if he gain the Land, 
 The purple Death is pitchM along tlie Strand. 
 His eager Foe, determined to the Chace, 
 Stretch'd at his length, gains ground at ev'iy pace : 
 Now to his beamy Head he makes his way. 
 And now he holds, or thinks he holds the Prey 5 
 Juft at the pinch, the Stag fprings out with Fear, 
 He bites the Wind, and hlls his founding Jaws with Air : 
 The Rocks, the Lakes, the Meadows ring with Cries, (K/rgv 
 The mortal Tumult mounts, and thunders in the Skies. Dr'jd^ 
 
 Thus lilte a Stag, whom all the Troop fiu-rounds 
 Of eager Huntfnaen^ and invading Hounds j 
 
C 443 ) 
 No Flight is left, nor Hopes to force his way ; 
 Embolden'd by Defpair, he ftands at bay ; 
 Refolv'd on Death, he diffipates his Fears, 
 And bounds aloft againft the pointed Spears. Br'jd, Vlrg, 
 
 Sotiietall Stag, upon the brink 
 
 Of fome fmooth Stream, about to drink, 
 
 Surveying there his ai-med Head, 
 
 With Shame remembers that he fled : 
 
 The Dogs he fcorns, refolves to oy 
 
 The Combat next ; but if then: Cry 
 
 Invade again his trembling Ear, 
 
 He ftraight refumes his wonted Care ; 
 
 Leaves the untafted Spring behind. 
 
 And wing'd with Fear, out-flies the Wind, Wall, 
 
 On the Head of a Stag. 
 So we fome antique Hero's Strength 
 
 Learn by his Lance's Weight and Length, 
 
 As thefe vaft Beams exprels the Beaft, 
 
 Whofe fliady Brows alive they drefs'd. 
 
 O fertile Head, which ev'ry Year 
 
 Could fuch a Crop of Wonder bear \ 
 
 Which, might it never have been caft, 
 
 Each Year's Growth added to the laft, 
 
 Thefe lofty Branches had fupply'd 
 
 The Earth's bold Sons prodigious Pride ; 
 
 Heav'n with thefe Engines had been fcal'd. 
 
 When Mountains heap'd on Mountains fail'd. WdU 
 
 STANDARD. 
 
 He from the glitt'ring Staff unfuil'd 
 
 Th' Imperial Enfign, which full high advanc'd. 
 
 Shone like a Meteor ftreaming to the Wind, 
 
 With Gems and golden Luftre rich imblaz'd, 
 
 Seraphick Arms and Trophies ! all the while 
 
 Sonorous Metal blowing maitial Sounds. 
 
 All in a moment thro the Gloom were feen 
 
 Ten thoufand Banners rife into the Air, 
 
 With orient Colours waving. Mtlt> 
 
 He wav'd his Royal Banner in the Wind, 
 
 Where in an argent Field the God of War 
 
 Was drawn triumphant on his iron Car ; 
 
 Red wa: his Sword, and Shield, and whole Attire, 
 
 And all the Godhead feem'd to glow with Fire ; 
 
 Ev'n the Ground glitter'd where the Standard flew. 
 
 And the green Grafs vvasdy'dtofansuineHiew«i^O^-^^^-<^^7- 
 
 S T A R b. 
 
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 STARS. See Creation, Sun. 
 The Sparks of Light, 
 The Gems that fliine in the blue Ring of Heav'n. Lee Mhhrid, 
 
 The Gems of Heav'n that gild Night's fable Throne. Dryd, 
 
 (Virg. 
 
 The Moon's ftarry Train. Milt, 
 
 His ma'rfliai'd Clouds, to intercept the Light, 
 Seal up the Stars, the twinkling Eyes of Night. "BUc. 
 
 With Orbs of Light he inlays all the Spheres, 
 And ftuds the fable Night with fllver Stars. ^l^c. 
 
 He fpread the pure cerulean Tields on high. 
 And arch'd the Chambers of the vaulted Sky ; 
 Which he, to fuit their Gloiy with their Height, 
 Adorn'd with Globes that reel as drunk with Light : 
 His Hand direded all the tuneful Spheres, 
 He turn'd their Orbs, and polifh'd all the Stars. ^^^'^' 
 
 As when the Stars in their ethereal Race, 
 At length have roll'd around the liquid Space, 
 At ceitain periods they refume their place. 
 From the fame Point of Heav'n their Courfe advance, 
 And move in Meaflires of their foimer Dance. X)r<jcl. 
 
 Morning-Star^ 
 
 Guide of the ftarry Flock. V>r'jd. 
 
 Faireft of Stars, laft in the Train of Night, 
 If better thou belong not to the Dawn ; 
 Sure Pledg of Day, that crown'ft the fmiling Morn 
 With thy bi'ight Circlet. ■^'^^« 
 
 So from the Seas exerts his radiant Head, 
 The Star by whom the Lights of Heav'n are led j 
 Shakes from his rofy Locks the pearly Dews, 
 Difpels the Darknefs, and the Day renews. Dryd, Virg* 
 
 Evening- Star. 
 
 Bright He/per us, that leads the ftarry Train ; 
 Whofe Office is to bring 
 Twilight upon the Earth ; Short Ai'biter 
 
 'Twixt Day and Night. -2W'^^ 
 
 Falling Star. See Archers, Phibfophy. 
 
 The feeming Stars fall headlong from the Skies, 
 And fhooting thro the Darknefs, gild the Night 
 With fweeping Glories, and long Trails of Light. Dryd. Virg, 
 
 The fhooting Stars end all in purple Jellies. Dryd, Oedi^* 
 STATUES. See Sculpture. 
 
 Statues that Skill inimitable fhow'd, 
 
 3n beauteous Order on the Terrafs ftood ; _, 
 
 They 
 
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 They fhow'd indeed, but yet fuch Life did fhow, 
 Spedators wonder'd why they did not go. 3/^^^ 
 
 He carv'd in. Ivoiy fuch a Maid, fo fair, 
 .As Natui-e could not with his Art compare ; 
 Were fhe to work but in her own Defence, 
 Muft take her Pattern here, and copy hence. 
 Pleas'd with his Idol, he commends, admires, 
 Adores ; and laft, the thing ador'd defires. 
 A veiy Virgin in her Face was feen. 
 And had fhe mov'd, a living Maid had been. 
 One would have thought fhe could have ftirr'd, but ftroyq 
 With Modefty, and was afham'd to move. 
 Art hid with Ait, fo well perform 'd the Cheat, 
 It caught the Carver with his own Deceit : 
 He knows 'tis madnefs, yet he muft adore, 
 And ftill the more he knows it, loves the more, Dryd, Ovid, 
 
 [Spoken of Pygmalion.! 
 
 STOCKS ««^ WHIPPING-POST. 
 At farther End o'th'Town there ftands 
 
 An antient CaftJe that commands 
 
 Th'adjacent Part : In all the Fabrfck 
 
 You fliall not fee one Stone, nor a Brick 5 
 
 But all of Wood, by pow'rfiil Spell 
 
 Of Magick made impregnable. 
 
 There's neither iron Bar, nor Gate ; 
 
 Portcullis, Chain, nor Bolt, nor Grate: 
 
 And yet Men Durance there abide. 
 
 In Dungeon fcarce three Inches wide ; 
 
 With Roof fo low, that under it 
 
 They never ftand, but lie* or fit ^ 
 
 And yet fo foul, that whofo is in. 
 
 Is to the Middle-leg in. Prifon : 
 
 In Circle Magical confin*d 
 
 With Walls of fubde Air and Wind, 
 
 Which none are able to breathe thorough 
 
 Until they are freed by Head of Borough. 
 
 Near th'outward Wall of this there ftands 
 
 A Baftile, built t'imprifon Hands ; 
 
 By ftrange Enchantment made to fetter 
 
 The lefler Parts, and free the greater 5 
 
 For tho the Body may creep through. 
 
 The Hands in Gate are faft enow. 
 
 And when a Circle 'bout the Wrift 
 
 Is made by Beadle Exorcift, 
 
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 The Body feels the Spur and Switch, 
 
 As if 'twere ridden Poft by Witch, 
 
 At twenty Miles an hour Pace, 
 
 And yet ne'er ftirs out of the Place. Hud* 
 
 For as the Antients heretofore 
 
 To Honour's Temple had no Door, 
 
 But that which thorough Virtue's lay ; 
 
 So from this Dungeon there's no Way 
 
 To honour'd Freedom, but by pafling 
 
 That other virtuous School of Lafhing ; 
 
 Where Knights are kept in naiTOW Lifts, 
 
 "With wooden Lockets 'bout their Wrifts : 
 
 This fuffer'd, they are fet at lai^e. 
 
 And freed with hon'rable Difchai^e, 
 
 Then in their Robes the Penitentials 
 
 Are ftraight prefented with Credentials ; 
 
 And on their Way attended on 
 
 By Magiftrates of ev'ry Town, 
 
 And all Refped and Charges paid. 
 
 They're to their antient Seats convey'd. Hud» 
 
 STORK. 
 As when the Storks prepare to change their Clime, 
 The long-neck'd Nation, in the Air fublime. 
 Wheeling, and tow'ring up in. Circles fly. 
 And with their cackling Cries difturb the Sky. 
 In ling'ring Clouds they hang, and Leifure give 
 For all theii' feather'd People to arrive ; 
 To th'aiiy Rendezvous all hafte away. 
 And their known Leader's noify Call obey. 
 Then through the Heav'ns their tracklefs Flight they take, 
 And for new Worlds their prefent Seats forfake. Blac, 
 
 STORM. 
 Oft have I feen a fudden Storm arife 
 From all the warring Winds that fweep the Skies; 
 The heavy Harveft from the Root is torn. 
 And whirl'd aloft the lighter Stubble borne ; 
 With fuch a Force the flying Rack is driv'n. 
 And fuch a Winter wears the Face of Heav'n ! 
 And oft whole Sheets defcend of fluicy Rain, 
 Suck'd by the fpungy Clouds from off the Main : 
 The lofty Skies at once come pouring down. 
 The promised Crop and golden Laboui's di'own ; 
 
 The 
 
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 The Dikes are fillM, and with a roaring Sound, 
 The rifing Rivers float the nether Ground, 
 And Rocks the bellowing Noife of boiling Seas rebound. 
 The Father of the Gods his Gloiy fhrouds, 
 Invoiv'd in Tempefts and a Night of Clouds ; 
 And from the middle Darknefs flafliing out. 
 By fits he deals his fieiy Bolts about. 
 
 Earth feels the Motions of her angry God, 
 
 Her Entrails tremble, and he* Mountains nod, P» 
 
 And flying Beafts in. Forefts feek Abode. Dryd* V'trg, J^ 
 
 Now gath'ring Clouds the Day begin to drown. 
 Their threatening Fronts thro all th'Horizon frown ; 
 Their fwagging >}^ombs low in die Air depend. 
 Which ftruggling Flames and inbred Thunder rend. 
 
 The ftrongeft Winds their Breath and Vigour prove. 
 
 And thro the Heav'ns th'unwieldy Tempefl: fliove^ 
 
 O'er-charg'd with Stores of Heav'n's Artillery, 
 
 They groan, and pant, and labour up the Sky. 
 
 Impending Ruin does the Sailor fcare. 
 
 Rolling and wallowing thro th' incumbered Air. 
 
 Loud Thunder, livid Flames, and Siygia?i Night, 
 
 Compounded Hon'ors, all the Deep affi'ight : 
 
 Rent Clouds a Medley of Deftrudion fpout, 
 
 And throw their dreadful Entrails round about : 
 
 Tempefts of Fire, and Catai-ads of Rain, 
 
 Urmat'ral Friendfliip make t'afllid the Main. 
 
 Prefs'd by incumbent Storms, the Billows rife, 
 
 Climb o'er the Rocks, and foam amid the Skies j 
 
 Then falling lower than before they rofe, 
 
 Thefecret Horrors of the Deep difclofe: 
 
 Pui'fuM by conqu'ring Winds, they fly and roar. 
 
 And croud, and headlong run againft the Shore. 
 
 This Orb*s wide Frame with the Convulfion (hakes, 
 
 Oft opens in the Storm, and often cracks. 
 
 Horror, Amazement, and Defpair appear. 
 
 In all the hideous Forms that Mortals fear. j/^r* 
 
 Either Tropick now 
 
 'Gan thunder : At both Ends of Heav'n the Clouds, 
 
 From many a horrid Rift abortive pour*d 
 
 Fierce Rain with Lighming mixt, Water with Fire 
 
 In Ruin reconcil'd. Dreadful was the Rack, 
 
 As Earth and Sky would mingle. Nor yet ilept die Winds 
 
 Within their ftony Caves, but rufh'd abroad 
 
 Iroxn the fbwr Hinges of the World, and fell 
 
 " ' On 
 
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 On the vex'd Wildernefs, whofe talleft Pines, 
 Tho rooted deep as high, and fturdieft Oaks, 
 Bow'd their ftifF Necks, loaden with ftormy Blafts, 
 Or torn up fheer. Milt, 
 
 Heav'ns cryftal Battlements to pieces dafh'd. 
 In Storms of Hail were downward hurl'd. 
 Loud Thunder roar'd, red Lightning flafh'd, 
 !And univerfal Uproar fill'd the World. 
 
 Torrents of Water, Floods of Ilame, 
 From Heav'n in fighting Rfiins came. 
 At once the Hills that to the Clouds afpire. 
 
 Were wafh'd with Rain, and fcorch'd with Fire. JBlaCt 
 Thus Storms, let loofe. 
 Do rive the Trunks of tailed Cedars down. 
 Tear from their Tops the loaded pregnant Vine, 
 And kill the tender Flow'rs, but yet half blown ; 
 But having no more Fuiy left in ftore, 
 Heav'ns Face grows clear, the Storm is heard no more, 
 And Natui'e fmiles as gaily as before. Otw, Cai, Mar. 
 
 On the Storm that preceded the Death of Oliver Cromwel. 
 "We muft refign ! Heav'n his great Soul does claim. 
 In Storms as loud as his immortal Fame : 
 His dying Groans, his laft Breath fhakes our Ille, 
 And Trees uncut fall for his fun'ral Pile j 
 About his Palace their broad Roots are toft 
 Into the Air : So Ronmlus was loft ! 
 Kew Rome in fuch a Tempeft mifs'd her King, 
 And from obeying fell to worfhipping : 
 On Oeta's Top thus Hercules lay dead, 
 "With ruin'd Oaks and Pines about him fpread. 
 Nature her felf took notice of his Death, 
 And fighing, fv/ell'd the Sea with fuch a Breath, 
 That to remoteft Shores her Billows roU'd, 
 Th'approaching Fate of their great Ruler told. WaU» 
 
 Storm at Sea, 
 Now like a fiery Meteor funk the Sun ; 
 The Promife of a Storm ! the l"hiftin^ Gales 
 Forfake by fits, and fill the flagging Sails. 
 Hoarfe Murmurs of the Main from far were heard, 
 And Night came on, not by degrees prepar'd. 
 But all at once : At once the Winds arife. 
 The Thunders roll, the forky Lightning flies : 
 In vain the Mafter iflues out Commands, - ' 
 
 In vain the trembling Sailors plv their Hands : 
 
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 The Tempeft unforefeen prevents their Care^ 
 And from the firft the)' labour in Defpair. 
 The giddy Ship bet\^'een the Winds and Tides, 
 Forc'd back and forwards, in a Circle rides, 
 Stunn'd with the different Blows ; then fhoots amaifij 
 Till, counterbuff 'd, fhe flops, and fleeps again. 
 
 And now with Sails declined. 
 The wand'ring Veffel drove before the Wind 5 
 Tofs'd and retofs'd aloft, and then alow ; T 
 
 Nor Port they feek, nor certain Courfe they know, S 
 
 But ev'ry Moment wait the coming Blow. Dryd, Cyw* & -?'^» J. 
 
 Then o'er our Heads defcends a Biu-fl of Rain, 
 And Night with fable Clouds involves the Main ; 
 The ruffling Winds the foamy Billows raife ; 
 Thp frrtttf^,'U rU^* :- r^.ou ... r_. ^..-i -f^-^.^o. 
 The Face of Heav'n is ravifh'd from our Eyes', 
 And in redoubl'd Peals the roaring Thunder flies,' 
 Caflfrom our Coui'fe we wander in the Dark, 
 Nor Star to guide, nor Point of Land to mark ; 
 Ev'n Palinurus no Diftindion found (Virg* 
 
 Between the Night and Day,fuch Darknefs reign'd ai'OUnd. I)ryd» 
 
 Thus when a black-brow'd Gufl begins to rife, J 
 
 "White Foam at firfl on the curl'd Ocan ^\ts, ^ 
 
 Then roars the Main, the Billows mount the Skies ; ^ 
 
 Till, by the Fuiy of the Storm, full blown. 
 The muddy Bottom o'er the Clouds is thrown. Dryd* Vlrg* 
 
 The furious Winds the fv^^elling Surges beat. 
 And rouze old Ocean flrom his peaceful Seat. 
 The ra^inCT Seas in hioh-rid^'d Mountains rife. 
 And caft their angiy Foam againfl the Skies ; 
 Then gape fo deep that Day-light Hell invades. 
 And fhoots grey Dawning thro th'afFrighted Shades. 
 Low-bellying Clouds foon intercept the Light, 
 And o'er the Sailors fpread a Noon-day Night. 
 Exploded Thunder tears th'embowell'd Sky, 
 And fulph'rous Flames a difmal Day fupply, Blac* 
 
 To Heav'n aloft on ridgy Waves we ride. 
 Then down to Hell defcend when they divide 5 
 And thrice our Gallies knock'd the flony Ground, 
 And thrice the hollow Rocks return'd the Sound, (Dryd, Vlrg, 
 And thrice we faw the Stars, that flood with Dews around. 
 
 A fudden Storm did from the South arife. 
 And horrid Black began to h^g the Skies. 
 
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 C450 ) 
 
 By flow Advances loaded Clouds afcend, 
 Ajid crofs the Air their louring Front extend. 
 Heav'n*s loud Artillery began to play. 
 And VTrath divine in dreadful Peals convey. 
 Darknefs and raging Winds their Terrors join, 
 And Storms of Rain with Storms of Fire combine. 
 Some run afliore upon the fhoaly Land, 
 
 Some perifh by the Rocks, fome by the Sand. Blac* 
 
 Storm and Shipwrecks 
 Then ^olus hurFd againft the Mountain Side 
 His quiv'ring Speai-, and all the God apply'd. » 
 The raging Winds run thro the hollow Wound, 
 And dance ?.loft an Air, and skim along the Ground ; 
 Then fettling on the Sea^ tic Surges fweep, 
 
 B-aife KWJ M..::,-, .Jnc^ nnrj Hiiclpfe. fhp De^D. 
 
 Souths Eaft, and Weft, with mixt Confulion roar. 
 And roll the foaming Billuws to the Shore, 
 The Cables crack, the Sailors fearful Cries 
 Afcend, and fable Night involves the Skies, 
 And Heav'n it felf is ravifli'd from our Eyes. 
 I>oud Peals of Thunder from the Poles enfue. 
 Then flafhing Fires the traniient Light renew. 
 The Face of things a frightful Image bears. 
 And prefent Death in various Forms appears. 
 Fierce Boreas drives againft the flying Sails, 
 And rends the Sheets j the raging Billows rife, 
 And moimt the tofling Vellel to the Skies. 
 Kor can the fliiv'ring Oars fuftain the Blow, 
 The Galley gives her Side, and turns her Prow ; . 
 While thofe a-ftern, defcending down the Steep, 
 Thro gaping Waves behold the boiling Deep. 
 Three Ships were huri^'d by the fouthern Blaft, 
 And on the fecret Shelves with Fuiy caft ; 
 Three more fierce Eurus in his angiy Mood, 
 Dafh'd on the Shallows of the moving Sand, 
 And in Mid-ocean left them moor'd aland. 
 Prom Stem to Stem one was by Waves o*erborne. 
 The trembling Pilot, from the Rudder torn, 
 "Was headlong hurl'd : The Ship thrice round was toft. 
 Then bulg'd at once, and in the Deep was loft ; 
 And here and there above the Waves were feen 
 Arms, Pidures, precious Goods, and floating Men. 
 The ftouteft Vellel to the Storm gave way. 
 And fuck'd thro loofen'd Planks the rufhing Sea. 
 
 Th« 
 
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 The Ships with gaping Seams, 
 Admit the Deluge of the briny Streams. Br'^d. Virg, 
 
 And now a Breeze fi'om Shore began to blow. 
 The Sailors fliip their Oars, and ceafe to row ; 
 Then hoift their Yards atrip, and all their Sails 
 Let fall, to court the Wind and catch the Gales. 
 By this the VefTel half her Courfe had loui. 
 And as much refted till the fetting Sun. 
 Both Shores were loft to Sight, when at the Clo{e 
 Of Day, a ftiffer Gale at Eaft arofe : 
 The Sea grew white, the rolling Waves from far, 
 Like Heralds, firft denounce the watiy War. 
 This feen, the Mafter foon began to ciy. 
 Strike, fti'ike the Top-fail, let^the Main-ftieet fly. 
 And furl your Sails ; The Winds repel the Sound, 
 AiiJ ii* ihv Cp<»ajjgj.»s jvioutb <he Speech is drown'd : 
 Yet of their own accord, as Danger taught. 
 Each in his way, officioufly they wrought j 
 Some ftow their Oars, or ftop the leaky Sides, 
 Another, bolder yet, the Yard beftrides. 
 And folds the Sails ; a fourth with Labour laves 
 Th'intruding Seas, and Waves ejeds on Waves, 
 In this Cor>fufion, while their Work they ply. 
 The Wiiids augment the Winter of the Sky, 
 And wage inteftine Wars ; the fufPring Seas 
 Are tofs'd and mingled as their Tyrants pleafe. 
 The Mafter would command, but in Defpair 
 Of Safety, ftands amaz'd witK ftupid Care ; 
 Nor what to bid, or what forbid he knows, 
 Th'ungovern'd Tempeft to fuch Fuiy grows ; 
 Vain is his Force, and vainer is his Skill, 
 With fuch a Concourfe comes the Flood of 111 : 
 The Cries of Men are mix'd with rattling Shrouds ; 
 Seas dafh on Seas, and Clouds encounter Clouds. 
 At once from Eaft to Weft^ from Pole to Pole, 
 The forky Lighmings flafh, the roaring Thunders roll. 
 Now Waves on Waves afcending, fcale the Skies, 
 And m the Fires above the Water fries. 
 When yellow Sands are fiftedfrom below, 
 The glitt'ring Billows give a golden Show ; 
 And when the fouler Bottom fpews the Black, 
 The Stygian Dye the tainted Waters take: 
 Then frothy white appear the flatted Seas, 
 And change their Colour, changing their Difeafe. 
 
 Like 
 
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 Like various Tits the beaten VeiTel finds. 
 And now, fublime, fhe rides upon the Winds 5 
 As from a lofty Summit looks from high. 
 And from the Clouds beholds the nether Sky. 
 Now from the depth of Hell they lift theij- Sight, 
 And at a diftance fee fuperiour Light : 
 The dafhing Billows make a loud Report, 
 And beat her Sides, as battering Rams a Fort ; 
 Or as a Lion, boimding in his way. 
 With Force augmented, bears againft his Prey, 
 Sidelong to feize ; or, unappalPd with Fear, 
 Springs on the Toils, and rulhes on the Spear :. 
 So Seas, impeli'd by Winds, with added Pow'r,. 
 Aflault the Sides, and o'er the Hatches tow'r. 
 The Planks, th^Ir j^itrUy CnvVing wafh'd away. 
 Now yield ; and now a yawm'ng t:i-^^^k '^ifolaVv 
 The roaring Waters with a hoftile Tide, 
 Rufh thro the Ruins of her gaping Side. 
 Mean time in Sheets of Rain the Sky defcendSy 
 And Ocean, fwell'd with Waters, upwards tends. 
 One rifing, falling one, the Heav'ns and Sea 
 Meet at their Confines in the middle Way. 
 The Sails are drunk with Show'rs and drop with Rainj 
 Sweet Waters mingle with the briny Main. 
 No Star appears to lend his friendly Light ; 
 Darknefs and Tempeft make a double Night. 
 But flafhing Fires difclofe the Deep by turns ; 
 And while the Lightnings blaze, the Water burns* 
 Now all the Waves their fcatter'd Force unite 5 
 And as a Soldier foremoft in the Fight, 
 Makes way for others ; and, an Hoft alone. 
 Still prefTes on, r^nd urging gains the Town : 
 So while th'invading Billows come a-breaft. 
 The Hero tenth advanc'd before the reft. 
 Sweeps all before him with impetuous Sway, 
 And from the Walls defcends upon the Prey ; 
 Part foU'wing enter. Part remain without. 
 With Envy here their Fellows conquering fliout, 
 And mount on others Backs, in hope to fhare 
 The City, thus become the Seat of War. 
 An univerfal Ciy refounds aloud. 
 The Sailors run in heaps, a helplefs Croud : 
 Art fails, and Courage falls ; no Succour near J 
 As many Waves, as many Deaths appear. 
 
 One 
 
( 4^3 ) 
 
 One weeps, and yet defpairsof late Relief; 
 
 One cannot weep, his Fears congeal his Grief; 
 
 But, ftupid, with diy Eyes expefts his Pate : 
 
 One with loud Shi'ieks laments his loft Eftate, 
 
 And calls thofe happy who their Fun'rals wait. 
 
 This Wretch with Pray'rs and Vows the Gods implores^ 
 
 And ev'n the Skies he cannot fee, adores ; 
 
 That other, on his Friends his Thoughts beftows. 
 
 His careful Father, and his faithful Spoufe. 
 
 The covetous Worldling, in his 'anxious Mind, 
 
 Thinks only on the Wealth he left behind. 
 
 All Ce^x his Alcyone imploys ; 
 
 For her he grieves, yet in her Abfence joys. 
 
 His Wife he wifhes, and would ftill be near. 
 Not her with him, but wifhes him with her. 
 
 Now with laft Looks he feeks his native Shore, 
 Which Fate has deftin'd him to fee no more 5 
 
 He fought, but in the dark tempeftuous Night, 
 
 He knew not whither to direft his Sight. 
 
 So whirl the Seas, fuch Blacknefs blinds the Sky, 
 
 That the black Night receives a deeper Dye. 
 
 The giddy Ship ran round ; the Tempeft tore 
 
 Her Maft, and over-board the Rudder bore. 
 
 One Billow mounts, and with a fcornflil Brow, 
 
 Proud of her Conqueft gain'^, infults the Waves below; 
 
 Nor lighter falls than if fome Giant tore 
 
 P Indus and Athos with the Freight they bore. 
 
 And tofs'd on Seas -, prefs'd with the pond'rous Blow, 
 
 Bown finks the Ship, within th'Abyfs below ; 
 
 Down with the VelTels fink into the Main 
 
 The Many, never more to rife again. 
 
 Some few on fcatter'd Planks with fmitlefs Care, 
 
 Lay hold, and fwim, but while they fwim, defpair. 
 
 Ev'n he, who late a Scepter did command. 
 
 Now grafps a floating Fragment in his Hand ; 
 
 And while he ftruggles on the ftormy Main, 
 
 Invokes his Father, and his Wife in vain ; 
 
 But yet his Confort is his greateft Care, 
 
 Alcyone he names amidft his Pray'r: 
 
 Names as a Charm againft the Waves and Wind ; 
 
 Moft in his Mouth, and ever in his Mind. 
 
 Tir'd with his Toil, all Hopes of Safety paft. 
 
 From Prayers to Wiihes he defcends at laft y 
 
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C 454 ) 
 That his dead Body, wafted to the Sands, 
 Might have its Burial from her friendly Hands. 
 As oft as he can catch a Gulp of Air, 
 And peep above the Seas, he naanes the Fair ; 
 And ev*n when plung'd beneath, on her he raves, 
 Murm'ring Alcyone ht\ovf the W'aves. 
 At laft a falling Billow^ flops his Breath, 
 
 Breaks o'er his Head, and whelms him underneath. Dryd, Ovid, 
 STREAM. See Brooks, Bufinefs, Country-Life. 
 
 The Stream is {o tranfparent, pure and clear. 
 That had the felf-enamour'd Youth gaz*d here, 
 So fatally deceived he had not been, 
 While he the Bottom, not his "Face had feen. Venh, 
 
 Hard by, a Stream did with that foftnefs creep, 
 As'twere by its own Murmurs hufh'd afleep. Old, 
 
 Clofe by a foftly murmuring Stream, 
 Where Lover*s us*d to loll and dream. Hud* 
 
 Sometimes, mifguided by the tuneful Throng, 
 I look for Streams immortaliz'd in Song, 
 That loft in Silence and Oblivion lie, 
 (Dumb are their Fountains, and their Channels diy,) 
 Yet run for ever by the Mufes Skill, 
 And in. the fmooth Defcription murmur ftill. jidd* 
 
 Thus a tame Stream does wild and dang'rous grow 
 By unjuft Force : He now with wanton Play 
 KilTes the fmiling Banks, and glides away : 
 But his known Channel ftoppM, begins to roar. 
 And fwell with Rage; 
 His mutinous Waters hurry to the War, 
 And Troops of Waves come rolling from afar: 
 Then fcorns he fuch weak Stops to his free Source, 
 And over-runs the neighb'ring Fields with violent Force. Cowl* 
 
 Th'iiinocent Stream, as it in filence goes, 
 Frefli Honours, and a fudden Spring beftows. 
 On both its Banks, to ev'ry Flow'r and Tree. Cowl, 
 
 STRENGTH. 
 
 ComposM of mighty Bones and Brawn, he ftands 
 A goodly tow'ring Objed on the Sands. Dryd» V'trg, 
 
 His brawny Back, and ample Breaft he fhows. 
 His lifted Arms around his Head he throws. 
 And deals in whiftling Air his empty Blows. Vryd, Virg' 
 
 We met in Fight ; I know him to my Cofl, 
 With what a whirling Force his Lance he tofe'd ! 
 
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 Heav'ns ! what a Spring was in his Arms to throw ! 
 How high he held his Shield, and rofe at ev'iy Blow ! 
 Had Troy produced two more his Match in Might, 
 They would have chang'd the Foitune of the Fight: 
 Th'Invafion of the Greeks had been return'd, 
 Oui- Empire wafted, and our Cities burn'd. Dryd» Virg^ 
 
 [Btomedes fays it o^^neas*'] 
 But what is Strength without a double Share 
 Of Wifdom? Vaft, unwieldy, burdenfom; 
 Proudly fecure, yet Kable to fall 
 By weakeft Subtilties ; Strength's not made to rule. 
 But to fubferve, where Wifdom bears Command. M'dt, 
 
 STYLE. 5^^ Eloquence, Poet, River, Verfe. 
 His candid Style like a clear Sn-eam does Aide, 
 And his bright Fancy all the way 
 Does like the Sun-fhine on it play. 
 It does like Thames ^ the beft of Rivers, glide ; 
 Where the God does not rudely overturn, 
 
 But gently pour the cryftal Urn, 
 And with judicious Hands does the whole ToiTent guide ;] 
 'T has all Beauties Natui-e can impart. 
 
 And all the comely Drefs, without the Paint of Art, CowU 
 Thy even Thoughts w^th fo much Plainnefs flow, "^ 
 
 Their Senfe untutpr'd Infancy may know ; 
 Yet to fuch Height in all that Plainnefs wrought, 
 Wit may admire, and letter'd Pride be taught. 
 Eafy in Words thy Style, in Senfe fublime, 
 Gn its bleft Steps each -^e and Sex may rife ; 
 'Tis like the Ladder in the Pati'iai'ch*s Dream, 
 Its Foot on Earth, its Height beyond the Skies. Prior*. 
 
 STYX. See Hell. 
 The Thund'rer faid : 
 And fhook the (acred Honours of his Head, 
 Attefting Styx^ th'inviolable Flood, 
 
 And the black Region of his Brother God : Bryd, Virx* 
 
 Trembled the Poles of Heaven, and Earth confefsM the Nod. 
 
 To feal his facred Vow, by Styx he (wore. 
 The Lake of liquid Pitch, the dreaiy Shore 5 
 And Phlegeton-'s urmavigable Food : 
 
 He faid ; and (hook the Skies with his imperial Nod, Dryd, Virg» 
 SUBJECT. See King. 
 We are but Subjefts, Maximus ; Obedience 
 To what is done, and Grief for what's ill done. 
 Is all we can call ours. The Hearts of Princes 
 
 Are 
 
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 Are like the Temples of the Gods ; pure Incenfe, 
 Till feme unhallow'd Hands defile theii- OfF'rings, 
 Burns ever there : We muft not put it out, 
 Becaufe the Priefts who touch thofe Sweets, are wicked : 
 We dare not, deareft Friend ; nay more, we cannot. 
 While we coniider whofe we are, a|id how, 
 To what Laws bound, much more to what Lawgiver ; 
 "While Majefty is made to be obey'd. 
 And not inquir'd into. Roch, Vakntl 
 
 Was it for me to prop ~ 
 
 The Ruins of a falling Majefty ? 
 To place my felf beneath the mighty Plaw, 
 Thus to be crufh'd and pounded into Atoms 
 By its o'ei-whelming Weight ? 'Tis too prefuming 
 For Subjeds to preferve that wilful Pow'r, 
 Which courts its own Deftrudion. £>ryd. All for Lovi% 
 
 The Elephant is never won with Anger, 
 Nor muft that Man who would reclaim a Lion, 
 Take him by the Teeth. 
 
 Our honeft Adions, and the Tmth, that breaks. 
 Like Morning, fi-om our Service, chafte and blufhing, 
 Js that which pulls a Prince back : Then he fees, 
 And not till then truly repents his Errours. Roch* Vahnti 
 
 Subjeds are ftiff-neck'd Animals, they foon 
 Peel flacken'd Reins, and throw the Rider down. Dr^^. Aur, 
 
 Subjeds like thefe are feldom feen. 
 Who not forfook me at my greateft Need, 
 Kor for bafe Lucre fold their Loyalty ; 
 But ftiar'd my Dangers to the laft Event, 
 And fenc'd them with their own. Dryd, Don* Self, 
 
 He who his Prince too blindly does obey, 
 To keep his Faith, his Virtue throws away. Dryd, Ind, Emp, 
 SUCCESS. 
 Succefs, the Mark no mortal Wit, 
 Or fui-eft Hand can always hit ; 
 For whatfoe'er we perpetrate. 
 We do but row, we're fteer'd by Fate. 
 Which in Succefs oft difinherits. 
 For fpurious Caufes, nobleft Merits ; 
 Great Adions are not aUvays true Sons 
 Of great and mighty Refolutions : 
 Nor do the bold'ft Attempts bring foith 
 Events, ftill equal to their Worth. 
 
 But 
 
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 But {bmetimes fail, and in their ftead 
 fortune and Cowardice fucceed. ^d. 
 
 For Falling is no Shame, 
 And Cowardice alone is Lofs of Fame : 
 . The ventVous Knight is from the Saddle thrown, 
 Eut *tis the Fault of Fortune, not his own. 
 If Crowns and Palms the conq'ring Side adorn. 
 The Vidor under better Stars was born ; 
 The brave Man feeks not popular Applaufe, 
 Nor overpower 'd with Arms, deferts his Caufe ; 
 Unchang'd, tho foil'd, he does the beft he can : 
 lorce is of Brutes, but Honoui- is of Man. Vryd, Pal, ^ Arc, 
 If he that is in Battel flain. 
 Be in the Bed of Honour lain ; 
 Sure he that's beaten may be faid 
 To lie in Honour's Truckle-bed. Bud^ 
 
 Virtue without Succefs 
 Is a fair Pifture fhewn by an ill Light : 
 
 But lucky Men are Favourites of Heaven. liryd. Span* Try, 
 All own the Chief, when Fortune owns the Caufe. JDryd, Pal, 
 
 (c?* Arc. 
 For all Affections wait on profp'rous Fame : 
 Not he that climbs, but he that falls, meets ShamCt How, 
 
 SUMMER. See Year. 
 The Sun is in the Lion mounted high, 
 The Syrian Star 
 Barks from afar, 
 And with his fultry Breath infec1:s the Sky : 
 The Ground below is parch'd, the Heav'ns above us fi-y. 
 The Shepherd drives his fainting Flock 
 Beneath the Covert of a Rock ; 
 And feeks refrefhing Riv'lets nigh ; 
 The Sylvans to their Shades retire ; 
 Thofe vei-y Shades and Sti'eams, new Shades and Streams require. 
 And want a cooling Breath of Wind to fan the raging Fire.Dr}'^. 
 The fultiy Dog-Star from the Sky {Virg, 
 
 Scorch'd J»^/^» Swains, the rivel'd Grafs was diy; 
 The Sun with flaming Arrows pierc'd the Flood, 
 And dai'ting to the Bottom, bak'd the Mud. Vryd, Virg* 
 
 SUN. 5ge Creation, Light. 
 O Sun ! of this great World both Eye and Soul, Milt, 
 
 Oh thou ! that with furpafling Glory crown'd, 
 I Look'ft from thy fole Dominion, like the God 
 . Of this great World, at whofe fight all the Stars 
 
 • U -^ ' Bide 
 
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 TiiJe their diminifh'4 Heads! .^i;//. 
 
 The golden Sun, in Splendour likeft Heav'n, 
 C Aloof the vulgar Conftellations thick, ' 
 That from his lordly Eye keep Diitance due) 
 Dilpenfes Light fi'om far : They, as they move 
 Their ftarry Dance, hi Numbers that compute 
 Days, Months, and Years, tow'rds his all-chearing Lamp, 
 Ttirn fwift their various Motions, or are turn'd 
 By his Magnetick Beam, that gently warms 
 'I'he Univerfe ; and to each inward Part, 
 With gentle Penetration, tho unfeen. 
 
 Shoots invifible Virtue ev'n to the Deep. Milu 
 
 Mark how the lufty Sun falutes the Spring, 
 
 And gently kifles ev'ry thing : 
 His loving Beams unlock each Maiden Flow'r, 
 Search all the Treafures, all the Sweets devour ; 
 
 Then on the Earth with Bridegroom Heat, 
 
 He does ftill new Flow'rs beget. , Cowl, 
 
 The glorious Ruler of the Morning, {o 
 
 But looks on Fiov* 'rs, and ftraigbt they grow ; 
 And when his Beams their Light unfold. 
 Ripens the duUeft Earth, and warms it into Gold. 
 The felf-lame Sun 
 
 At once do?^. flow and fwittly run ; 
 
 Swiftly his daily Journy goes. 
 But treads his annual with a ftatelier Pace, 
 
 And does three hundred Rounds inclofc 
 
 Within one vcady Circle's- Space ; ■ 
 
 At once with double Courfe, in the iame Sphere, 
 
 He runs the Day, and walks the Year. CoivU 
 
 Thus the great Lamp, by which the.Globe is blell:, 
 Ct.nftant in Toil, and ignorant of Reft, 
 Th.ro different Regions does his Courle purfue. 
 And leaves one World but to revive a new. 
 While by a pleafing Change, the Qiieen of Night 
 Relieves his Luftre with a milder Light. Stepn. 
 
 So when the Sun by Day, or Moon by Night, 
 Strike on the polifh'd Grafs their trembling Light ; 
 The glitt'ring Spices here and there divide, -^ 
 
 And caft their dubious Beams from Side to Side : 
 Nov/ on the Walls, now on the Pavement play. 
 And to the Cieling flafh the glaring Day. Vryd* Virg* 
 
 The Disk of Pkoebus^ when he climbs on high. 
 Appears at firft bvu as a blooi-ftiot Eye j. 
 
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 And when his Chariot downwards drives to Bed, 
 His Ball is with the fame SufFufion red. 
 But mounted high, in his meridian Race, 
 All bright he fhines, and with a better Face. Dryd. 0-ji.U 
 
 As glorious as the Sun at Noon, 
 To the admiring Eyes of gazing Mortals, 
 When he beftrides the lazy puffing Clouds, 
 And fails upon the Bofom of the Air. Otw, Don C.vK 
 
 SHn-r'tfing, See Morning. 
 The Sun fcarce rifen, 
 With Wheels yet hoy' ring o'er the Ocean*s Brim, 
 Shot parallel to the Earth his dtwy Ray. M'llu 
 
 Sun-fet, See Evening. 
 The parting Sun, 
 Beyond the Earth's green Cape, and' verdant Iflcs, 
 Hef^erean fets. Milt» 
 
 It was the time when witty Poets tell. 
 That Phoebus into Thetis' Bofom fell ; 
 She blufh'd at firft, and then put out the Light, 
 And drew the modeft Curtains of the Niglit. Cowl, Hor, 
 
 The fetting Sun 
 Still leaves a Track of Glory \\\ the Skies. 'Dryd. Don Seb^ 
 
 SWALLOW. See Horfe-Race. 
 As the black Swallow near the Palace plies. 
 O'er empty Courts and under Arches flies ; 
 Kow hawks aloft, now skims along the Flood, 
 To fiirnifli her loquacious Neft with Food. Dryd, Vir^, 
 
 The Swallows, privileg'd above the reft 
 Of ail the Birds, as Man's familiar Gueft, 
 Purfue the Sun in Summer brisk and bold. 
 But wifely fhun the perfecuting Cold. 
 When frowning Skies begin to change their Chear, 
 And Time turns up the wrong Side of the Year, 
 They feek a better Heav'n and warmer Climes j 
 But whether upward to the Moon they go. 
 Or dream the W^inter out in Caves below, (Hind, csf Panth, 
 Or hawk at Flies elfewhei-e, concerns not us to know. Dryi 
 SWAN. See Creation. 
 The filver Swans fail down the watiy Road, 
 And graze the floating Herbage of the Flood. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 The Swans that fail along the filver Flood, 
 And dive with fl:retching Necks to fearch their Food. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 Like a long Team of fnowy Swans on high. 
 Which clap their Wings^ and clea>e the liquid Sky ; 
 
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 When homeward from their watry Paftures borne. 
 They fing, and Afias Lakes their Notes return. Vr^d. Virg* 
 
 Twelve Swans behold in beauteous Order move, 
 .And ftoop with clofing Pinions from above ; 
 Whom late the Bird of '^ove had drove along. 
 And thro the Clouds purfu'd the fcatt'ring Throng. 
 Now all united in a goodly Team, 
 They skim the Ground, and feek the quiet Stream. 
 See ! they with Joy returning clap their Wings, 
 And ride the Circuit of the Skies in Rings. Dry^. Vtr§* 
 
 As rifing Swans 
 Brufh with their Wings the falling Drops away. 
 And proudly plough the Waves. Dryd, Don Seb* 
 
 SWEET. 
 
 Sweet as the Breath of Morn. Milt* 
 
 Sweeter than Buds unfolded in a Show'r ; 
 Sweet as the Hopes on which ftai*v'd Lovers feed, 
 £reath'd in the Whifpers of a yielding Maid. JTav^ 
 
 foft as Bloflbms, and yet {weeter far ! 
 
 5 weeter than Incenfe w^hich to Heav'n afeends, 
 Tho 'tis prefented there by Angels Hands. Qtw, Don CarU 
 
 Sweet as Lovers frefheft Kifles, 
 Or their riper following Blifles. Cowl, 
 
 SWIFT. See Virago. 
 Swift asjthe Winds, or Scythian Arrows Flight. Vr'^d, Virg, 
 Swift as a fhooting Star that thwarts the Night. Milt, 
 
 Smft as exploded Lightning from the Skies. Blac, 
 
 Swift as the Journys of the Sight, 
 
 Swift as the Race of Light. Cowl, 
 
 Afahel^ fwifter than the Northern Wind, 
 Scarce could the nimble Motion of his Mipd 
 Outgo his Feet : So ftrangely would he run. 
 That Time it felf perceiv'd not what was done. 
 Oft o'er the Lawns and Meadows would he pafs. 
 His Weight unknown, and harmlefs to the Grafs ; 
 Oft o'er the Sands and hollow Duft would trace. 
 Yet not an Atom trouble or difplace. CowU' 
 
 I've feen him fwifter run than ftarting Hinds, 
 Nor bent the tender Grafs beneath his Feet ; 
 Nay, ev'n the Winds with all their Stock of Wings, ' '" 
 
 Have puff'd behind, as wanting Breath to reach him. Lee Alex, 
 SWIMMING. 
 
 1 faw him beat the Billows under him, 
 'And ride upon their Backs ; He trod the Water, 
 
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 Whofe Enmity he flung afide, and breafted" 
 
 The moft fwoFn Surge that met him. His bold Head' 
 
 Hi2;h 'bove the moft contentious Waves he kept, 
 
 And oar'd himfelf with his ftrong Arms to Shore, Shak. Tem^,- 
 
 Th'afFrighted Belvedera, 
 As (he ftood trembling on the VefTel's Side, 
 Was by a Wavewafh'd off into the Deep y 
 When inftantly I plung'd into the Sea, 
 And buffeting the Billows to her Refcue, 
 Redeem'd her Life with half the Lofs of mine.- 
 Like a rich Conqueft in one Hand I bore her. 
 And with the other dafh'd the faucy Waves, 
 Thatthrong'd and prefs'd to rob me of my Prize. Otw^^Ven* rre£,'* 
 
 Accoutred as we were, we both plung'd \xi 
 The troubled Tiber y chafing with his Shores ;. 
 The Torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it,, 
 With lufty Sinews throwing it afide. 
 And ftemming it with Hearts of Controversy. Shak, Jtd» Csf, • 
 
 He ftemm'd the ftormy Tide, 
 And gain'd by Strefs of Arms the faither Side. Dryd, Vi g>^ 
 
 SWOONING. 
 A fudden Trembling feiz'd on all his Limbs, 
 His Eyes diftorted grew^. his Vifage pale. 
 His Speech forfooji him. Life it felf feem'd fled. Otw* Orjh^^ 
 
 She faints; 
 Her Cheeks are cold, and the laft leaden Sleep 
 Hangs heavy on her Lids, Rowe Ulyjfo- 
 
 A fickly Qualm his Heart aflailM^ 
 His Ears mng inward, and his Senfes fail'd. Dryd, PaU ^ J.rc^ 
 
 My Sight grows dim, and ev'ry Ob jeft dances 
 And fwims before me in the Maze of Death, Dryd, All for L01 f»- 
 
 Aftonifh'd at the Sight, the vital Heat 
 Forfakes her Limbs, her Veins no longer beat ;■ 
 She faints, fhe faiis. 
 
 Her Eyes are clos'd, and tho with her 'tis Night, 
 Her Beauty fhines without the help of Light, 
 Nature begins to conquer in the Sti'ife, 
 And through hei- Lips foft Whifpers fteal of Life : 
 How firefh they fhew ! the Rofe^almoft- gone 
 Por want of Air, by Breath feem newly blown. 
 Her Eyes begin to move, and fhine with Life, 
 Now fink again in Death's imgentle Su'ife ; 
 In doubtful Weatlier fo the Sun refigns, ^ {^fr^ ■ 
 
 Sometioies his Lisht to Clouds, and fometimes.IhineSt How, Veji. 
 " U3 " He 
 
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 Ke therefore fent out all his Senfe.^j 
 To bring him in Intelligences ; 
 Which Vulgars out of Ignorance, 
 Miftake for falling in a Trance ; 
 Eut thofe uho deal in Geomanc)', 
 Affirm to be the Strength of Fancy. Hud, 
 
 Then Ralpho gently rais'd the Knigiit, ' 
 And fet him on his Bum upright : 
 To rouze him from lethargick Dump, 
 He tweak'd his Nofe ; with gentle Thump 
 Knocked on his Breaft, as if 't h^cl been 
 To raife the Spirits lodg'd within : 
 They, waken'd with the Noife, did fly 
 From inward Room to Window Eye, 
 And gently opening Lid, the Cafement, 
 Look'd out, but yet with fome Amazement. Hud* 
 
 SWORD. See Ai-mour, Battel, Soldier, ^ar. 
 His puiflant Sword under his Side, 
 Near his undaunted Heart was ty'd ; 
 The trenchant Blade, Toledo trufty, 
 For want of fighting was grown rufty, 
 And eat into it felf, for lack 
 Of fomebody to hew and hack. 
 The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt. 
 The Rancour of its Edge had felt ; 
 For of the lower End two handful 
 It had devour'd, it was fo manful. Hud, 
 
 With his refulgent Sword he hew'd his way : 
 From his broad Belt he drew a fhining Sword, 
 Magnificent with Gold L'^acon made. 
 And m an iv'ry Scabbard fheath'd the Blade. Bryd, V'lrg, 
 
 A Sword with glitt'ring Gems diverfify'd. 
 For Ornament, notUfe, hung idly by his Side. Ifryd, Virg. 
 SYBIL. See Enthufiafm. 
 The mad prophetick Sybil you fhall find 
 Dark in a Cave, and on a Rock inclined : 
 She fings the Fates, and in her frantick Fits 
 The Notes and Names infcrib'd to Leafs commits ; 
 What Hie commits to Leafs, in order laid. 
 Before the Cavern's Entrance are difplay'd ; 
 ITnmov'd they lie, but if a Blall of Wind 
 Without, or Vapours ifliie from behind, 
 The Leafs are borne aloft in liquid Air, 
 And fhe refumes no more her mufeful Care, 
 
 Nor 
 
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 Nor gathers from the Rocks her (catter'd Verfcj 
 Nor fets in order what the Winds difperfe. 
 Thus many not fucvreeding, moft upbraid -is 
 
 The Madnefs of the vifionary Maid, > 
 
 And with loud Curfes lenve the myftick Shade. Bryd, Tir^.J 
 
 Have you been led thro the Camnan Cave, 
 And heard th'impatient Maid divinely rave? 
 I hear her now, 1 fee her rolling Eyes, 
 And panting, Lo !' the God ! the God, llie cries : 
 With Words not hers, and more than human Sound, {Rofz. 
 She makes th'obedient Ghofts peep trembling thro the Ground. 
 TEARS. See Funeral, Grief, Sorrow, Weeping. 
 
 I'll teach him a Receipt to make 
 Words that weep and Tears tiiat fpeak ; 
 I'll teach him Sighs like thofe in Death, 
 At which the Soul goes out too with the Breath, Coii-L 
 
 A rifing Storm of Paflion fhook her Breaft j 
 Her Eyes a piteous Show'r of Tears let fall. 
 And then fhe figh'd as if her Heart were breaking. Rowe Fair. Pen. 
 
 Tears not fqueez'd by Art, 
 But filed from Nature like a kindly Show'r. Dryd* Dc?2 5f,'« 
 
 She then look'd down and figh'd, 
 While from her unchang'd Face the fllent Tears (for Loze» 
 
 Drop'd as they had not leave, and ftole their parting. Dryd. Ail 
 
 Her Head reclin'd, as hiding Grief fi'om view. 
 Droops like a Rofe fui'charg'd with morning Dew. Dryd, Auren, 
 
 He begg'd Relief 
 Wfth Tears, the dumb Petitioners of Grief; 
 "With Tears fo tender as adorn'd his Love, 
 And any Heart but only hers would move. Dryd. Theo, 
 
 Believe thefe Teai's, which from my wounded Heart 
 Bleed at my Eyes. J?ryd. S^an. Fry, 
 
 Thy Heart is big, get thee apart and weep ; 
 PafTion I fee is catching ; for my Eyes 
 Seeing thofe Beads of Sorrow ftand in thine. 
 Begin to water. Shak. Jul. C^f, 
 
 He thrice effay'd to fpeak, and thrice, in fpight of Scorn, 
 Tears fuch as Angels weep burft forth: At laft 
 Words intenvove with Sighs found out their way. Al'ilt. 
 
 She ads the Jealous, and at will fiie cries ; 
 For Worn ens Tears are but the Sweat of Eyes. Vryd. Juv. 
 
 The waiting Tears ftood ready for Command, 
 And now they flow to varnifh the falfe Tale. Ro-Ufe Amb. Sr:^, 
 
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 1 found her on the Ploor, 
 In all the Storm of Grief, yet beautiful ; 
 Sighing fuch Breath of Sorrow, that her Lips 
 "Which late appear'd like Buds, were now o'erblown ; 
 Pouring forth Tears at fuch a layifh rate, 
 Tliat were the World on fire, they might have drown'd 
 The Wrath of Heaven, and quench'd the mighty Ruin. Lee Mith* 
 
 'Twould raife your Pity, but to fee the Tears 
 Force thro her fnowy Lids their melting Courfe, 
 To lodg themfelves on her red murm'ring Lips, 
 That talk fuch mournful things ; when ftraight a Gale 
 Cf Parting Sighs carries thofe Pearls away. 
 As Dews by Winds are wafted from the Flow'r^. Lee Mlthft 
 
 She mix'd her Speech with mournful Cries, 
 And fruidefs Tears came trickling from her Eyes. Dryd» Virg, 
 
 Mine is a Grief of lury, not Defpair ; 
 And if a manly Drop or two fall down, 
 It fcalds along my Cheeks ; like the green Wood, {Cleom* 
 That fputt'ringin the Flames, works outward into Tears, Dr;yr^» 
 TENERIFF, 
 
 From Atlas far, beyond a Waile of Plains, 
 ' Proud Te7ierijf^ his Giant Brother reigns : 
 Xi'hVi bre<uhing Fire his pitchy Noftriis glow. 
 As from his Sides he {hakes the fleecy Snow. 
 ArGund their hoaiy Prince, from watry Beds 
 His fubjed iflands raife their verdant Heads : 
 The Waves fo gendy wafh each rifing Hill, 
 The Land feems floating;, and the Ocean flill. Car* 
 
 TEMPEST. See Storm. 
 Things that love Night, 
 Love not fuch I'Tights as thefe ; The wrathful Skies 
 Gallow the veiy Wanderers of the Dark, 
 And make them keep their Caves. Since 1 was Man, 
 Such Sheets of Fire, fuch Burfls of horrid Thunder, 
 Such Groans of roaring Winds and Rain, I never 
 Remember to have heard, Man's Nature cannot cariy 
 Th'AflFiiftion, and not fear. Let the great Gods 
 That keep this dreadful pother o'er our Heads, 
 Find out their Enemies now. Tremble, thou Wretch, 
 That hafl within thee undivulged Crimes, 
 Unwhipp'd of Juflice. Hide thee, thou bloody Hand, 
 Thou perjur'd, and thou Similar of Virtue, 
 That art incefluous ; Caiuff, to pieces fhake. 
 
 That under Covert and convenient Seeming, 
 
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 Haft praftis'd on Maii*s Life. Clofe pent-up Guiit, 
 Rive your concealing Continents, and ciy 
 Thefe dreadful Summoners Grace. Shak» K, Lear, 
 
 THANKS. 
 
 Let my Tears thank you, for I cannot fpeak ; 
 And if 1 could, ^ {Do?i Seh. 
 
 Words were not made to vent fuch Thoughts asmine, D-f^d, 
 
 O my more than lather ! 
 Let me not live, but at thy veiy Name 
 My eager Heart fprings up and leaps v^^ith Joy»- . 
 When I forget the vaft Debt I owe thee. 
 Forget ! but 'tTs impofTible ; then let me 
 Porget the Ufe and Privilege of Reafon, 
 Be driven from the Commerce of Mankind^ . 
 To wander in the Defart among Brutes, 
 To bear the various Tuiy of the Seafons, 
 The Night's unwholefom Dew, and Noon-day's Heat, 
 To be the Scorn of Earth, andCmfe of Heaven. Rou'e Fair fen. 
 
 My grateful Thoughts fo throng to get abroad, 
 They over-run each other in the Croud : 
 To you with hafty Plight they take their way. 
 And hardly for theDrefsof Words will ftay. . 
 And now fuch hafte to tell their Meflage make. 
 They only ftammer what they meant to fpeak. ^^^'' 
 
 Words would but wrong the Gratitude I owe you : 
 Should I begin to fpeak, my Soul's fo full. 
 That I fhould talk of nothing elfe all day. Otw. Orp. 
 
 With what becoming Thanks can I reply ? - 
 Not only Words lie laboring in my Breaft, 
 But Thought it felf is by thy Praife opprefs'd. Vryd, Vlrg, 
 
 Oh let me unlade my Breaft ! 
 Pour out the Fulnefs of my Soul before you. 
 Shew ev'17 tender, ev'ry grateful Thought, 
 This wond'rous Goodnefs ftirs : But 'tis impoffible. 
 And Utt'rance all is vile *, fince I can only 
 Swear you reign here, but never tell how much. Rowe I^ir Per. . 
 
 For fhould our Thanks awake the rifmg Sun, ) 
 
 And lengthen as his lateft Shadows run, (Dryd, > 
 
 That, tho the longeft Day, would foon, too foon be done.j J 
 THIEF. 
 Like a Thief, 
 A Pilferer, defa-yM in fome dark Comer, 
 Who there had lodg'd with mifchievous Intent 
 To rob and ravage at the Hour of Reft, 
 
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 And do a midnight Murder on the Sleepers. Rowe I air Pen» 
 THOUGHTS. 
 Oh wretched Man ! whofe too too bufy Thoughts 
 Ride {wifter than the galloping Heavens round, 
 With an eternal Hiu-ry of the Soul : 
 Nay, there's a Time when ev'n the rolling Year 
 Seems to ftand ftill j dead Calms are in the Ocean^ 
 When not a Breath difturbs the drouzy Waves ; 
 But Man, the veiy Monfter of the World, 
 Is ne'er at reft, the Soul for ever wakes. Lee Ced'i^, 
 
 Thoughts fucceed Thoughts, like reftlefs troubled Waves 
 Dafhing out one another. Hou\ D, of Lerma, 
 
 Reftlefs Thoughts, that like a deadly Swarm 
 Of Hornets arm'd, in Throngs come rafning on me. Milt* 
 
 1 have been ftudying how to compare 
 The Prifon where I live unto the World ; 
 And for becaufe the World is populous, 
 And here is not a Creature but ray felf, 
 I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer't out : 
 My Brain Til prove the Female to my Soul, 
 My Soul the Father ; and thefe two beget 
 A Generation of ftill breeding Thoughts, 
 And thefe fame Thoughts people this little World, 
 In Humours like the People of this World, 
 For no Thought is contented. The better Tort, 
 As Thoughts of things divine, are intermix'd 
 With Scruples, and do fet the Faith it felf 
 Againft tlie Faith. 
 
 Thoughts tending to Ambition, they do plot 
 Unlikely Wonders ; how thefe vain weak Nails 
 May tear a PafTage thro the flinty Ribs 
 Of this hard World, my ragged Prifon-Walls j 
 And, for they cannot, die In their own Pride. 
 Thoughts tending to Content, ft:itter themfelves 
 That they are not the firft of Fortune's Slaves, 
 And fhall not be the laft : Like filly Beggars, 
 Who fitting In the Stocks, refuge their Shame,. 
 That many have, and others muft be there ; 
 And in this Thought they find a kind of Eafe, 
 Bearing their own Misfortunes on the Back 
 Of fuch as have before endiu'd the like. 
 Thus play 1 in one Prifon many People, 
 And none contented. Sometimes am I King, 
 Then Treafon makes nx wifh my felf a Begjar, 
 
 And 
 
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 Ana To I am: Then cmfhing Peniuy 
 Peifuades me I was better when a Kmg ; 
 Then I am king'd again-, and by and by 
 Think that I am unking'd by Btdlingbrook, 
 And ftraight am nothing. But whate'er 1 am. 
 Nor I, nor anv Man, but that Man is. 
 With nothing fhaU be pleasM, till he be eas'd 
 ' By being nothing. \ [spoken hy^ Rich. 2 J Shuf:. 
 
 Thus my Thoughts are tu-'d 
 With tedious Journies up and down my Mind : 
 Sometimes they lofe their way 5 fometimes as flow 
 As Beafts o'er-loaded heavily they move, 
 Prels'd by the Weight of Sorrow and of Love, How, Veft. Virg. 
 
 Allow my melancholy Thoughts this privilege, 
 To let them brood in fecret o'er their Sorrows. Rowe fair. Pen, 
 
 Some melancholy Thought that Oiuns the Light, 
 Lurks underneath that Sadnefs in thy Vifage. Rowe Fair. PeUo. 
 
 Turn not to Thought, my Brain, but. let me find 
 Some unfrequented Shade ; there lay me down. 
 And let forgetful Dulnefs fteal upon me. 
 To foften and afluage this Pain of thinking,. Rowe I air. Peru^ 
 
 Thought is Damnation; 'tis the Plague of Devils 
 To think on what they ai-e. Rowe Amb, Step. 
 
 Her thoughtful Soul laboui's with fome Event 
 Of high Import, which juftles like an Embryo 
 In its dark Womb, and longs to be difclos'd. Rowe Amh. Step, 
 
 Time will perfed 
 A lab'rin 7 Thought, that rolls with:-n my Bread. Dryi, Don Seh^ 
 He heav'd beneath a prelTmg Load of Thought. RoweFair.Pen. 
 My Thoughts grow wild. 
 And let hi Tears of ugly Form upon me. Otw. Orp^U 
 
 Wild huri7ing Thoughts- 
 Start e'ry way from my diftracTied Soul 
 
 To find out Hope, and only meet Defpair. South. Fatal Ma; • 
 A Beam of Thought came glancing to my Soul. Dryd, Cleoj,. » 
 
 THUNDER. See Lightning, Storm. 
 Wiih Terror thro the dark Aerial Hall. MiU^ 
 
 A Peal of rattling Thunder roll'd along. 
 And fhook the Firmament. _ Dryd. 
 
 The fui-ious Infant's born, and fpeaks, and dies. Cre.Lu.rc^ 
 Deep Thunders roar, 
 Muft'ring iheir Rage,, and Heav'n refembles Hell. M.lt. 
 
 A nolle CO nfus'd rofe from the mingled Croud, 
 l^;e unfovm'd Thunder, murm'ring in a Cloud, B.ac 
 
( 4<^8 ) 
 It comes like Thunder grumbling in a Cloud, 
 Before the dreadful Break ; if here it falls 
 The fubde Flame will lick up all my Blood, 
 And in a Moment tui-n ray Heai't to AOies. Dryd, Troth ^ Cref. 
 
 The Thunder now 
 ^ing'd with red Lightning and impetuous Rage, 
 Has fpent his Shafts ; it ceafes now to roar. 
 And bellow thro the vaft and boundlefs Deep. Milt. 
 
 The Skies are hulh'd,no grumbling Thunders roll. Dr.Don Seb* 
 
 T Y G E R. See Joufts. 
 So when a Scythian Tyger gazing round, 
 A Herd of Kine m fome fair Plain has found. 
 Lowing fecure ; he fwells with angiy Pride, 
 And calls forth all his Spots on ev'iy Side : 
 Then ftops, and hurls his haughty Eyes at all. 
 In choice of fome ftrong Neck on which to fall ; 
 Almoft he fcorns fo weak, fo cheap a Prey, 
 And grieves to fee them trembling hafte away. CowU 
 
 Thus as a Tyger, who by Chance had fpy'd 
 In fome Purlieu two gentle Fawns at play, 
 Straight couches clofe ; then rifmg, changes oft 
 His couchant Watch, as one who chofe his Ground, 
 Whence rulhing he might fooneft feize them both, 
 Grafp'd in each Paw. Milt* 
 
 TIME. 
 Time of it felf is Nothing, but from Thought 
 Receives its Rife, by laboring Fancy wrought 
 From things confider'd, while we think on fome 
 As prefent, fome as paft, or yet to come. 
 No Thought can think on Time, 
 But thinks on things in motion or at reft. Cre, Luc» 
 
 For Nature knows 
 No ftedfaft Station, but or ebbs or flows ; 
 Ever in motion, fhe defti'oys her old, 
 And cafts new Figures in another Mold. 
 Even Times are in perpetual Flux, and ran 
 Like Rivers from their Fountains rolling on : 
 For Time, no more than Streams, is at a ftay, 
 The flying Hour is ever on her way ; 
 And as the Fountain ftill fupplies her Store, 
 The Wave behind impels the Wave before : 
 1 hus in fucceflive Courfe the Minutes run. 
 And urge their predeceiToi' Minutes on. 
 
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 Still moving, ever new ; for former things 
 Are fet afide, like abdicated Kings : 
 And ev'iy Moment alters what is done, 
 And innovates fome Aft, till then unknown. Lryd* Ovido 
 
 Time is th'EfFed of Motion, born a Twin, ~ ' 
 
 And with the World did equally begin : 
 Time, like a Stream that haftens from the Shore, 
 Flies to an Ocean where 'tis known no more. 
 All muft be fwallow'd in this endlefs Deep, 
 And Motion reft in everlafting Sleep. Dryd, Ovlct't 
 
 Time glides along with undifcover'd hafte. 
 The Futui'e but a Length behind the Paft ; 
 So f\\ift are Yeai's ! Dryd, Ovidt 
 
 Thy Teeth, devouring Time ! thine, envious Age ! 
 On things below ftill exercife your Rage ; 
 With venom'd Grinders you corrupt your Meat, 
 And then, at lingring Meals, the Morfels eat. T^ryd. Ovid, 
 
 Time haftes away. 
 Nor is it m oui^ pow'r to bribe its ftay : 
 
 The rolling Years with conftant Motion run; O 
 
 Lo ! while I fpeak the prefent Minute's gone \ S» 
 
 And following Hours urge the foregoing on. \ 
 
 'Tis not thy Wealth, 'tis not thy Pow'r, 
 'Tit not thy Piety can thee fecure : 
 
 They're all too feeble to withftand 
 Grey Hairs, approaching Age, and thy avoidlefs End. Old»Hor» 
 
 To things immortal, Time can do no wrong. 
 And that wliich never is to die, for ever muft be young. CowU 
 T I T r U S, 
 
 There Tityus was to fee, who took his Birth 
 From Heav'n, his Nurfing from the foodful Earth : 
 Here his gigantick Limbs, with large Embrace, 
 Infold nine Acres of infernal Space. 
 A rav'nous Vultur in his open'd Side 
 Her crooked Beak and cruel Talons try'd ; 
 Still for the growing Liver digg'd his Breaft, 
 The growing Liver ftill fupply'd the Feaft ; 
 Still are his Enn-ails fruitful to their Pains ; 
 Th' immortal Hunger lafts, th' immortal Food remains. Dry.F/rfi 
 TOAD. 
 
 So when a Toad, fquat on a Border, fples 
 The Gard'ner pafling by, his blood-fhot Eyes, 
 With Spite and Rage inflam'd, dart Fire around 
 The verdant Walks ; and on the flow'ry Groimd 
 
 The 
 
( 470 ) 
 The bloated Vermiti loathfom Poifon fpfts. 
 And fwoln, and burfting with his Malice, fits. JBlac, 
 
 ATOP. 
 
 As young Striplings whip the Top for Sport, 
 On the fmooth Pavement of an empty Court ; 
 The wooden Engine whirls and flies about, 
 Admir'd with Clamours of the beardlefs Rout : 
 They lafli aloud, each other they provoke, 
 . And lend their little Souls at every Stroke, Dryd, Virg, 
 
 The whirling Top they whip, 
 And drive her giddy till fhe fall alleep. T>r>^d, Perf, 
 
 TORRENT. See Brook, Flood, Stream. 
 As when a Torrent rolls with rapid Force, 
 And dafhes o'er the Stones that ftop the Courfe ; 
 The Flood conftrain'd within a fcanty Space, 
 Roars horrible along th' uneafy Race ^ 
 White Foam in gath'ring Eddies floats around. 
 The rocky Shores rebellow to the Sound. Dryd* Vhg, 
 
 Thus when two neighb'ring Torrents rufh from high, 
 Rapid they run, the foamy Waters fiy ; 
 They roll to Sea with uiirefifted Force, 
 
 And down the Rocks precipitate their Courfe. Dryd* Virg. 
 
 TRAIN -BANDS. 
 The Country rings around with loud Alarms, 
 And, raw in Fields, the rude Militia fwarms. 
 Of feeming Arms they make a fliort Ellay j . (c?* Iph, 
 
 Then haften to be drunk, the Bus'nefs of the Day. Bryd, Cym 
 
 'Twas not the Spawn of fuch as thefe. 
 That dy'd with Pmikk Blood the conquer'd Seas, 
 
 And quafh'd the flern Jtlacides : 
 Made the proud Afian Monarch feel 
 How weak his Gold was againft Europe's Steel : 
 
 ForcM even dire Hannibal to yield. 
 And won the long-difputed World at Zamas fatal Field. 
 
 But Soldiers of a ruftick Mold, 
 
 Rough, hardy, feafon'd, manlv, boki j 
 
 Either they dug the ihirdy Ground, 
 Or thro hewn Woods their weighty Strokes did found : 
 
 And after the declininc^ Sun 
 Had chang'd the Shadows, and their Ta^k was done ; 
 Home with their weary Team they took their way. 
 And drown'd in friendly Bowls the Labour of the Day. Rofc.Hcr, 
 
 TRANS- 
 
 
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 C 471 ) 
 
 TRANSMIGRATION of S.O'ULS, 
 Now fince the God infpli'es me to proceed^ 
 Be thou, whatever inTpiring Pow'r, obey'd* 
 For I will fing of mighty Mytteiies, 
 Of Tmths conceal'd before from human Eyes ; 
 Dark Oracles uiiveil, and open all the Skies. 
 Pleas'd as I am to walk along the Sphere 
 Of ftiimng Stars, and travel widi die Year : 
 To leave the heavy Earth, and fcale the Heigl^t 
 Of AtlaSy who fupports the heavenly Weight. 
 To look from uppei* Light, and thence fuiTey 
 Miftaken Mortals wand'ring from the Way^ 
 And wandng Wifdom, fearful for the State 
 Of future things, and trembling at their Fate. 
 Thefe I would teach, and by right Reafon bring 
 To think of Death, as but an idle thing. 
 Why thus affrighted at an empt)' Name, 
 A Dream of Darknefs, and fididous Flame ? 
 Vain Themes of Wit, which but in Poems pafs. 
 And Fables of a World ♦that . neva* was. 
 What feels the Body when the Soul expires^ 
 By Time cormpted, or confiunM by Fires ? 
 Nor di-es the Spii'it, but new Life repeats 
 In other Forms, and only changes Seats. 
 Then Death, fo call'd, is but old Matter drefs'd 
 In fome new Figure, and a vary'd Veft.- 
 Thus all things are but alter'd, nothing dies. 
 And here and there th' unbody'd Spirit ^ies : 
 By Time, or Force, or Sicknefs difpolfefs'd. 
 And lodges where it lights, in Man or Beaft. 
 Or hunts without, dll ready Limbs it find. 
 And aduates thofe according to their kind : 
 From Tenement to Tenement is tofs'd ; 
 The Soul is ftill the fame, the Figure only loll. 
 And, as the foften'd Wax new Seals receives. 
 This Face aflumes, and that Imprellion leaves ^ 
 Now call'd by one, now^ by another Name, 
 The Form is only chang'd, the Wax is ftill the fame : 
 So Death, fo caird, can but the Form deface, "^ 
 
 Th' immortal Soul flies out in empty Space, P" 
 
 To feek her Fortune in fome other place. Dryd, Ovid, '^ 
 TREES. See Creadon, Funeral, Grove, Paradife. 
 Part to the Groves and woody Hills repair. 
 And with loud Laboiu- fill the echoing Air. 
 
 Axes, 
 
('472) 
 
 Axes, high mis'd by brawny Arms, defcend 
 
 With mighty Sway, and make the Foreft bend. 
 
 The Mountains murmui-, and the nodding Oaks 
 
 Groan with their Wounds from thick redoubled Strokes*,, 
 
 The falling Trees defert the neighb'ring Sky, 
 
 Where now the Clouds may unmolefted fly, 
 
 A fliady Harveft lies difpers'd around. 
 
 And lofty Ruin loads th'incumber'd Ground. 'BAl^ 
 
 They found an antient Wood, '^ 
 
 The fhady Covert of the Savage Kind. 
 The foundii^ Axe is ply'd ; 
 
 Firs, Pines, and Pitch-Trees, and the tow'ring Pride 
 
 Of Foreft Alders, feel the fatal Stroke, 
 
 And piercing Wedges cleave the ftubborn Oak. 
 
 Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the fteepy Crown 
 
 Of tjhe bare Mountains, roll with Ruin down. Dryd, Virg% 
 
 Thus yields the Cedar to the Ax's Edge, 
 
 Whofe Arms gave fhelter to the princely Eagle : 
 
 Under whofe Ihade the ramping Lion flept, 
 
 Whofe Top- Branch over-look'd Jove's fpreading Tree, {Hen, 5. 
 
 And kept low Shiubs from Winter's powerful Wind. Shak, i Part 
 As when a Pine is hew'd upon the Plains, 
 
 And the laft mortal Stroke alone remains 5 
 
 Lab'ring in Pangs of Death, and threatning all. 
 
 This way and that fhe nods, confid'ring where to fall. Dry. Ovid, 
 The Indian F^-U'ee. too there fpreads her Arms, 
 
 Branching fo broad and long, that in the Ground 
 
 The bending Twigs take root, and Daughters grow 
 
 About the Mother Tree : A pillar'd Shade, 
 
 High over-arch'd, and echoing Walks between : 
 
 There oft the Indian Herdfman fhunning Heat, 
 
 Shelters in Cool, and tends his paft'ring Herds 
 
 At Loop-holes cut thro thickeft Shades. M'lVi 
 
 Of a Tree cut in Paper. 
 Fair Hand, that can on Virgin Paper write. 
 Yet from the Stain of Ink prefeiTe it white 5 
 Whofe Travel o'er that filver Field does (how. 
 Like Tracks of Leverets in Morning Snow. 
 Love's Image thus in pureft Minds is v/rought. 
 Without a Spot or Blemifh to the Thought. 
 Strange ! that your Fingers fhould the Pencil foilj 
 Without the Help of Coloui's, or of Oil : 
 For tho a Painter Boughs and Leaves can make, 
 'Tis vou alone ca» make them bend and fnake, 
 
 '^ Whofe 
 
( 47^ ) 
 
 Whofe Breath falutes your new created Grove, 
 Like Southern Winds, and make it gently move. 
 Orpheus could make the Foreft dance, but you 
 Can make the Motion and the Foreft too. • IValli 
 
 TROPHY. ' 
 
 He bar'd an antient Oak of all its Boughs ; 
 Then on a rifing Ground the Trunk he plac'd. 
 Which with the Spoils of his dead Foe he grac'd : 
 Tlie Coat of Arms by proud MesLentius worn. 
 Now on a naked Snag in Triiunph borne. 
 Was hung on high, and glittered from afar, 
 A Trophy facred to the God of War. 
 Above his Arms, fix'd on the leaflefs Wood, 
 Appear'd his plumy Creft, befmear*d with Blood. 
 His brazen Buckler on the Left was feen, 
 Ti-uncheons of fliiver*d Lances hung between ; 
 And on his Right was plac'd his Corflet bor'd. 
 And to the Neck was ty'd the unavailing Sword. JDryi. F/VJ^ 
 TRUMPET. See Country-Life. 
 The fprightly Tiiunpets from afar. 
 Had giv'n the Signal of approaching War ; 
 Had rouz'd the neighb'ring Steeds to fcour the Fiddsj^ 
 While the fierce Rider clatter'd on their Shiekls. Ihyd. Virgm 
 
 The Trumpets terribly from far. 
 With rattling Clangor rouze thefleepy War : 
 The Soldiers Shouts fucceed the brazen Sounds, 
 And Heav'n from Pole to Pole the Noife rebounds. JDr.'^d, Virg*^ 
 The Clangor of the Tmmpets pierce the Sky., Dryd, Virgf . 
 By the loud Trumpet that our Courage aids, 
 ]We learn that Sound as well as Senfe perfuades.. Wall, 
 
 TRUMPET. 
 None fo renown'^. 
 The Warrior Ti-umpet in the Field to foimd y 
 With breathing Brafs to kindle fierce Alanns, 
 And rouze to dare their Fate in. honourable Arms. Dryd, Virg^. 
 TULIP. 
 The Morn awakes the Tulip from her Bed ; 
 E*er Noon in painted Pride fhe decks her Head; 
 Rob'd in rich Dye fhe mumphs on the Green,. 
 And ev'iy Flow*r does homage to their Queen. Carl 
 
 TWILIGHT. 
 When blended Shades and Light 
 A brown Confufion make of Day and Night ; 
 
( 474 ) 
 When Birds obfcene fly from their dark Abodes, 
 And proling Wolves forfake the fhady Woods : 
 The Lion now, who in his Den by day^ 
 His lazy Limbs extended, flumb'ring lay, 
 Yawning and ftretching flora his Covert comes. 
 Roars o'er the Hills, and thro the Foreft roams» JBlac, 
 
 TYRANT. See King, Ufurper. 
 
 Our Emperor is a Tyrant, fear'd and hated j 
 1 fcarce remember in his Reign one Day 
 Pafs guilrlefs o'er his execrable Head : 
 He thinks the Sun is loll, that ices not Blood : 
 When none is fhed, we count it Holiday. 
 We, who are moft in favour, cannot call 
 This Hour our own. Dryd, Don Seb, 
 
 For this to Tyranny belongs. 
 To forget SeiTice, but remember Wrongs. Den* Soph, 
 
 Proud, impatient 
 Of ought fuperiour, ev'n of Heav'n that made him : 
 Fond of falfe Glor)^, of the favage Pow'r 
 Of ruling without Reafon, of confounding 
 Juft and Unjuft, by an unbounded Will ; 
 Ey whom. Religion, Honour, all the Bands 
 That ought to hold the jarring World in peace, 
 Were held the Tricks of State, Snares of wife Princes 
 To draw their eafy Neighboui's to Deftruftion, 
 To wafte with Sword and Fire their fruitful Fields : 
 Like fome accurfed Fiend, who, 'fcap'd from Hell, 
 Poifons the balmy Air thro which he fiits ; 
 He blafts the bearded Corn, and loaded Branches, (_Rowe Tamer, 
 The lab'ring Hinds beft Hopes, and marks his Way with Ruin. 
 
 Oh the fweet Charms of independent Sway 1 
 Princes, whofe Will pretended Law reftrains. 
 Are only royal Slaves, and rule in Chains. 
 But he's a King, who triumphs free from Law, 
 Xike the fierce Monarchs who the Defart awe ; 
 "Who uncontroul'd range the wide Mountains o'er. 
 And fhake the Foreft with their dreadful Roar j 
 Whofe haughty Nod the ti-embling Herds obey. 
 Nor are their Subjefts only, but their Prey. ^^'^^» 
 
 Long had this Prince imperioufly thus fway*d. 
 By no fet Laws, but by his Will obey'd. 
 His fearful Slaves, to full Obedience grown. 
 Admire his Strength, and dare not ufe their own. How. 
 
 VALE. 
 
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 VALE. 
 
 Beneath, a Vale Its Bofom does dlfplay, 
 Opprefs'd with Riches, and profufely gay ; 
 Where Nature throws her Gifts with lavid-i Hand, 
 And crowns, with flow'iy Luxury, the Land. 
 Fruits, Rivers, Meadows, Groves, and airy Plains, 
 Still echoing with tlie Lays of happy Swain's, 
 Lovely Confufion make, and charm the Eye 
 With beautiful Irregularity. Blac>. 
 
 VENUS. 
 
 Delight of human Kind, and Gods above. 
 Parent of Rome, propitious Queen of Lo\ e ! 
 Whofe vital Pow'r, Air, Eartli, and Sea fupplies ; 
 And breeds whate'er is born beneath the rolling Skies ; 
 For ev*iy Kind by thy prolifick Might, 
 Springs, and beholds the Regions of the Light. 
 Thee, Goddefs ! thee, the Clouds and Tempefts fear. 
 And at thy pleafing Prefence diiappear : 
 For thee the Land in fragrant Flow'rs is drefs'd, J 
 
 For thee the Ocean fmiles and fmooths her wavy Bread, ^ 
 
 And Heav*n it felf with more ferene and purer Light is bieft. j, 
 For when the rifing Spring adorns the Mead, 
 And a new Scene of Nature (lands difplay'd ; 
 When teeming Buds, and cheerful Greens appear. 
 And Weftern Gales unlock the lazy Year ; 
 The joyous Birds thy Welcome fii-ft exprefs, 
 Whofe native Songs thy genial Fire confefs : 
 Then favage Beafts bound o'er their flighted Fpod, 
 Sa-uck with thy Darts, and tempt the raging Flood. 
 All Nature is thy Gift, Eanh, Air, and Sea : 
 Of all that breathes the various Progeny, 
 Stung with Delight, is goaded on by thee. 
 O'er barren Mountains, o'er the flow'ry Plain, 
 The leafy Foreft, and the liquid Main, 
 Extends thy uncontroul'd and boundlefs Reign. 
 Thro all the living Regions thou doft move. 
 And fcatter'ft, where thou go'fl, the kindly Seeds of Lave. 
 Since then the Race of ev'17 living Thing 
 Obeys thy Pow'r ; fince nothing new can fpring 
 Without thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear. 
 Or beautiful or lovefome can appear : 
 Be thou my Aid •, my tuneftil Song infpire. 
 And kindle with thy own pit)dudtiYe Fire 5 
 
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 C 476 ) 
 
 While all thy Province, Nature, 1 furvey, 
 
 And fing to Memmius an immortal Lay, (difplay. 
 
 Of Heav'nj and Earth ; and ev'iy where thy wondrous Pow 
 
 Mean time, on Land and Sea let barb'rous Difcord ceafe, 
 
 And lull the lift'ning World in univerfal Peace, 
 
 To thee Mankind their foft Repofe muft owe^ 
 
 For thou alone that Blefling canft beftow ; 
 
 Becaufe the bioital Bus'nefs of the War, 
 
 Is manag'd by thy dreadful Servant's Care 5 
 
 Who oft retii'es from fighting Helds to prove 
 
 The pleafing Pains of thy eternal Love : , 
 
 And, panting on thy Breafl, fupinely lies. 
 
 While with thy heav'nly Form he feeds his famifh'd Eyes ; 
 
 Sucks in with open Lips thy balmy Breath, 
 
 By turns reflor'd to Life, and plung'd ivi pleafing Death* 
 
 There while thy curling Limbs about him move. 
 
 Involved and fetter'd in the Links of Love ; 
 
 When wifhing all, he nothing can deny. 
 
 Thy Charms in that aufpicious Moment tiy. 
 
 With winning Eloquence our Peace implore, 
 
 ^nd Quiet to the weary World refcore. Z>r^d* IkCf] 
 
 Creator Venus ! Genial Eow'r of Love ! 
 The Blifs of Men below, and Gods above ! 
 Beneath the Aiding Sun thou runn'il thy Race, 
 Doft faireft fhine, and beft become thy place : 
 Tor thee the Winds their Eaftern Blafts forbeair. 
 Thy Mouth reveals the Spring, and opens all the Year. 
 Thee, Goddefs ! thee, the Storms of Winter fly, 5 
 
 Earth fmiles with Plow'rs renewing, laughs the Sky, y 
 
 .And Birds to I^ays of Love their tuneful Notes apply, j 
 
 lor thee the Lion loaths the Tafle of Blood, 
 And roaring hunts his Female thro the Wood : 
 For thee the Bulls rebellow thro the Groves, 
 And tempt the Stream, and fnuflf their abfent Loves. 
 *Tis thine, whatever is pleafant, good, or fair. 
 All Nature is thy Province, life thy Care, 
 Thou mad*fl the World, and dofl the World repaiiv 
 Thou Gladder of the Mount of Cytheron^ 
 Increafe of Jove, Companion of the Sun \ 
 With fmiling Afpeft you ferenely move 
 In your fifdi Orb, and rule the Realm of Love. 
 The Fates but only fpin the coarfer Clue, 
 The fined of the Wool is left foi* you. 
 
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(477) 
 Spare me but one fmall Poition of the Twine,' 
 And let the Sifters cut below your Line ; 
 The reft among the Rubbifh may they fweep, (^^^ 
 
 Or add it to the Yarn of fome old Mifer's Heap, Dryd, PaL& 
 
 She turn'd, and made appear 
 Her Neck refulgent, and diflievel'd Hair ; 
 Which flowing on her fhoulders, reach'd the Ground, 
 And widely fpreads ambrofial Scents around. 
 In Length of Train defcends her (weeping Gown, C^/rf» 
 
 And by her graceful Walk the Queen of Love is known. Dryd* 
 
 The Goddefs flies fublime 
 To vifit Paphos, and her native Clime ; 
 Where Garlands ever green, and ever fair. 
 With Vows are ofFer*d, and with folemn PrayV ; 
 A hundred Altars in her Temple (moke ; 
 A thoufand bleeding Hearts her Pow'r invoke. Dryd, Vtrg, 
 
 She ftood reveal'd before my Sight : 
 Never fo radiant did her Eyes appear, 
 Not her own Star confefs'd a Light fo clear. 
 Great in her Charms, as when on Gods above 
 She looks, and breathes heifelf into their Love. Dryd» Virg, 
 
 So when bright Venus rifts from the Flood, 
 Around m Throngs the wondring Nereids croud ; 
 The Tritons gaze, and tune the vocal Shell, 
 And ev'17 Grace unfung the Waves conceal. Can 
 
 Temple of Venus. 
 
 In Venus* Temple on the fides were feen 
 The broken Slumbers of enamour'd Men ; 
 Pray'rs that ev'n (poke, and Pity feem'd to call 5 
 And iflliing Sighs that fitiok'd along the Wall ; 
 Complaints and hot Defires, the Lovers Hell, 
 And fcalding Tears that wore a Channel where they fell : 
 And all around were nuptial Bands, and Ties f 
 
 Of Love's Aflurance, and a Train of Lyes, Si 
 
 That, made in Luft, conclude in Perjui'ies. Jk 
 
 Beauty, and Youth, and Wealth, and Laxury, 
 And fprightly Hope, and fhoit-enduring Joy 5 
 And Sorceries to raife th' infernal Pow'rs, 
 And Sigils, fram'd in planetary Hours ; 
 Expence, and After-thought, and idle Care, 
 And Doubts of motley hiew, and dark Defpair ; 
 Sufpicions, and fantaftical Surmize, 
 And Jealoufy fuffusM with Jaundice in her Eyes, 
 
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 Difcolouring all fhe view'd, in Tawny dreft, 
 Down-look'd, and with a Cuckow on her Fift. 
 OpposM to her, on th' other lide, advance 
 Tile coftly Feaft, the Carol, and the ©ance 5 
 Minftrils and Mufick, Poetry and Play, 
 And Balls by Night, and Turnaments by Day. 
 
 Thei'e th' Idalian Mount, and Cyrheron^ 
 The Court of Venus^ was in Colours draw^n. 
 Before the Palace-Gate, in carelefs Drefs, 
 And loofe Array, fate Portrefs Idlenefs : 
 There by the Fount Karcijfus pin'd alone. 
 There Sampfon was, with wifer Solomon^ 
 And all the mighty Names by Love undone. 
 Medea s Charms was there ; Circean Feafts, 
 With Bowls that turn'd enamour'd Youths to Beafts : 
 Here might be feen tliat Beauty, Wealth, and ^iVity 
 And Prow'efs, to the Pow'r of Love fubmit ; 
 The fpreading Snare for all Mankind is laid, 
 *And Lovers all betray, and are betray'd. 
 The Goddefs' felf fome nobk Hand had wrought. 
 Smiling fhe feem'd, and full of pleafing Thought ; 
 from Ocean as fhe firft began to rife. 
 And fmooth'd the ruffled Seas, and clearM the Skies ; 
 She trod the Brhie, all bare below the Breaft, 
 ' And the green Wa\es but ill conceal'd the reft. 
 A Lute fhe held ; and on her Head was (tta 
 A Wreath of Rofes red, and Myitles green ; 
 Her Turtles fanned the buxom Air above. 
 And, by his Mother, flood an infant Love, 
 With Wings difplay'd, his Eyes were banded o'er, 
 His Hand a Bow, his Back a Qiiiver bore, {^PaU O" Arc. 
 
 Supply'd with Arrows bright and keen, a deadly Store. Drydi 
 VERSE. See Poets and Poetry. 
 
 Well-founding Verfes are the Charms we ufe, 
 rieroick Thoughts, and Virtue to infufe. 
 Things of deep Senfe we may in Profe unfold, 
 Bur they move more, in lofty Numbers told. Wall. 
 
 Not the foft Whifpers of the Southern Wind, 
 That play thro trembling Trees, delight me more, 
 Nor murm'ring Billows on the fandy Shore, 
 Nor winding Streams that thro the Valley glide. 
 And the fcarce-cover'd Pebbles gently chide. 
 
 For fuch thy Verfe appears, 
 So fw€et, fo charming to my ravifh'd Eai's, 
 
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 As to the weai-)' Swain with Cores oppreft, 
 
 Beneath the filvan Shade refrefhing Reft ; 
 
 As to the fev'rilh Traveller, when firft 
 
 He finds a cr)^ftal Stream, to quench hisThirft. Dt^d*Virg, 
 
 Not Winds to Voyagers at Sea, 
 Nor Show'rs to Earth more neceiTary be, 
 
 Than Verfe to Virtue, which can do 
 The Midwife's Office, and the Nurfe's too. 
 It feeds it flrongly, and it clothes it gay ; 
 
 And when it dies, with comely Pride 
 Embahns it, and erefts a Pyramid, 
 That never will decay. 
 
 Till Heav'n it felf (hall melt away. 
 
 And nought behind it ftay. Cowl 
 
 Tor ev*n when Death difTolves our human Frame, 
 The Soul returns to Heav'n, from whence it came. 
 Earth keeps the Body, Veife preferves the Fame. JDr<^d 
 
 Begin the Song, and flrike the living Lyre ! 
 Lo ! how the Years to come, a num'rous and well- fitted Quire, 
 All hand in hand do decently advance. 
 And to my Song with fmooth and equal Meafui'es dance ; 
 While the Dance lafls, how long foe'er it be. 
 My Mufick's Voice fhall bear it company. 
 
 Till all gentle Notes be drown'd 
 
 In the laft Trumpet's dreadful Sound ; 
 That to the Spheres themfelves fhall filence bring. 
 
 Untune the univerfal String. 
 
 Then all the wide extended Sky, 
 
 And all th' harmonious >X^orlds on high. 
 
 And Vtrgirs facred Work fhall die : 
 And he himfelf Ihall fee in one Fire fhine 
 Rich Nature's antient Troy, tho built by Hands divine. CowU 
 VESUVIUS. 
 As high Vefuviusy when the Ocean laves 
 His fiery Roots with fubterranean Waves, 
 Diflui'b'id within, does in Convulfions roar. 
 And cafts on high his undigefted Oar ; 
 Difcharges mafly Surfeit on the Plains, 
 And empties all his rich metallick Vtins ; 
 His ruddy Entrails ; Cinders, f)itchy Smoke, 
 And intermingled Flames the Sun-beams choke. Blac, 
 
 VICISSITUDE. 
 Good unexpeded. Evil unforefeen, 
 Appear by turns, as Fortune Ibifts the Scene ; 
 
 Some, 
 
C 4So ) 
 
 Som^i raisM aloft, come tumblmg down amain, 
 Then fall fo hard, they bound and rife again. ^fyd.Vir^l 
 
 Short is th' uncertain Reign and Pomp of mortal Pride ; 
 New Turns and Changes ev*ry Day 
 Are of inconftant Chance the conftant Ai'ts ; 
 
 Soon Ihe gives, foon takes away. 
 She comes, embraces, naufeates you, and parts. 
 
 But i£ fhe ftays, or if Ihe goes. 
 The wife Man little Joy or little Sorrow fhows. 
 
 For over all Men hangs a doubtful Fate, 
 One gains by what another is bereft ; 
 The frugal Deftinies have only left 
 A common Bank of Happinefs below, 
 Maintain'd, like Nature, by an Ebb and Flow. How» Ind,§^eenl 
 
 The lowed and moft abjeft Thing of Fortune 
 Stands ftill in Hope, lives not in. Feai* : 
 The lamentable Change is fpom the bed. 
 The worft returns to better. Shak, K* Lean 
 
 There is a Tide in the Affairs of Men, 
 Which, taken at the Flood, leads on to Fortune ; 
 Omitted, all the Voyage of their Life 
 
 Is bound in Shallows, and in Miferies. Shak, JuL Cdf^ 
 
 What God, alas ! will Caution be 
 For living Man's Security, 
 Or will infure his Veffel in this faithlefs Sea ? 
 
 Where Fortune's Favour, and her Spight, 
 Roll with alternate Waves, like Day and Night. Cowl, P'md, 
 
 He various Changes of the World had known. 
 And ft range Vidffitudes of human Fate ; 
 Still altVing, never in a fleddy State ; 
 Good after 111, and after Pain Delight, 
 Alternate, like the Scenes of Day and Night. 
 Since every Man who lives, is born to die. 
 And none can boaft fincere Felicity ; 
 With equal Mind v^hat happens let us bear. 
 Not joy nor grieve too much, for things beyond OUr Carc» 
 Like Pilgrims, to th' appointed Place we tend. 
 The World's an Inn, and Death the Journy's End. 
 Ev'n Kings but play, and when their Part is done, (Are, ^ 
 
 Some other, worfe or better, mount the Throne. Vryd. Pal, ^ 
 
 What then remains, but after paft Annoy 
 To take the good Viciflitude of Joy ; 
 To thank the gracious Gods for what tliey give, 
 Poffefs oiu- Souls, and while we live, to live. I>ryd, Pal O* Aru 
 
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 VINE. See Embraces. 
 They led the Vine 
 To wed her Ehn : She, fpous'd, about him twines 
 Her marriageable Arms 5 and with her brings 
 Her Dower, th* adopted Clutters, to adorn 
 His barren Leaves. A:}lt, 
 
 Th* afpiring Vines 
 Embrace their Husband Elms in am'rous Twines. Br'^d. ]'ir-. 
 
 Once like a Vine I flourifh'd, and was youn^^^. 
 Rich in my ripening Hopes that fpoke me ftrong : 
 Eut now a dry and wither'd Stock am grown. 
 And all my Clufters, and my Branches gone. Otw. Don C^irL 
 VIRAGO. 5^^ Amazon. 
 A Warrior Dame, 
 Unbred to Spinning, in the Loom UAskiil'd, 
 She chofe the nobler Pallas of the Field ; 
 Mix'd with the firft, the fierce Virago fought, 
 Suftain'd the Toils of Arms, the Danger fought ; 
 Out-ftript the Winds in Speed upon the Plain, 
 Flew o'er the Fields, nor hurt the bearded Grain. 
 She f\vept the Seas, and as Die skimM along. 
 Her flying Feet unbath'd on Billows hung : 
 Men, Boys, and Women, flupid with Surprize, 
 Where'er flie pafTes, fix their wond*ring Eyes. 
 Longing they look, and gaping at the fight. 
 Devour her o'er and o'er with vaft Delight. 
 Her purple Habit fits with fuch a Grace 
 On her fmooth Shoulders, and fo futes her Face : 
 Her Head with Ringlets of her Hair is crown*d. 
 And in a golden Caul the Curls are bound. 
 She fhakes her myrtle Jav'lin, and behind 
 Her Lycian Quiver dances in the Wind. Vryd> Vhg. 
 
 Next TruUa came •, Trulla more bright 
 Than burnilli'd Armour of her Knight, 
 A bold Virago, ftout and tail. 
 As jf^rf?^ of France y or EngltfJj Moll : 
 Thro Perils both of Wind and Limb, 
 Thro thick and thin fiie foUow'd him : 
 At Breach of Wall, or Hedg Surprize, 
 She fhar'd i'th' Hazard and the Prize : 
 At beating Qiiarters up, or Forage, 
 Behnv'd her felf with matchlefs Courage ; 
 And laid about in Fight more bufily 
 T\na th' Amazonian Pent hep h, 
 
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 But here fome ^riticks do cry fhame. 
 And fny our Authors are to blame. 
 That fpite of all Philofophers, 
 Who hold no Females ft out but Bears, 
 Make feeble Ladies, in their Works, - 
 To fight like Termagants and Turks ; 
 To lay their native Arms afide. 
 Their Modefty, and ride aftride ; 
 To run a-tilt at Men, and wield 
 Their naked Tools in open Field ; 
 As flout Armida^ bold Thalefiris^ 
 And fhe that lliould have been the Miftrefs 
 Of Gondibert ; but he had Grace, 
 And rather took a Countiy Lafs. Bud* 
 
 VIRTUE. 
 Virtue, the noble Cnufe for which vou're made ! 
 Improperly we meafure Life by Brfeth, 
 Tiiofe do not truly live, who merit Death. Stepn, ^uvm 
 
 Our Life is fhort, but to extend that Span 
 To vaft Eternity, is Virtue's Work. Shak. Troll ZD' Cref, 
 
 He lives in Fame that dies in Virtue's Caufe. Shak»TiuAndron» 
 How vain is Virtue, which dire£ts our ways 
 Thro certain Dangers to uncertain Praife ! 
 Barren and airy Name ! Thee Fortune flies, 
 With thy lean Train, the Pious and the Wife. 
 Heav'n takes thee at thy Word, without regard. 
 And lets thee poorly be thy own Reward. 
 The World \s made for the bold impious Man, 
 Who ftops at nothing, feizes all he can. 
 Juftice to Merit does w^eak Aid afford, 
 She trufts her Ballance, and negleds her Sword ; 
 Virtue is nice to take what's not her own, 
 And while fhe long confults, the Prize is gone. Dr'jd. Aufen* 
 
 Great Minds, like Heav'n, are pleas'd with doing good, 
 Tho the ungrateful Subjeds of their Favours 
 Are barren in Return. Virtue does ftill 
 With Scorn the mercenary World regard. 
 Where abjeft Souls do good, and hope Reward ; 
 Above the worthlefs Trophies Men can raife, 7 
 
 She feeks not Honours, Wealth, nor aiiy Praife, > 
 
 But with herfelf, herfelf the Goddefs pays. Rowe Tamerl, > 
 But few are virtuous when Reward's away. Dryd, 
 
 For who would Virtue for herfelf regard. 
 Or wed, without the Portion of Reward ? Bryd, Juv» 
 
 Hence i 
 
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 Hence ^Ylth this peevifh Virtue, 'tis a Cheat, 
 And they who taught it fii-ft were Hypocrites. Otw, Orbh, 
 
 Wouldft thou to Honours and Preferments climb ? 
 Be bold in Mifchief, dare fome mighty Crime ; 
 Which Dangers, Death, or Banifhment deferves. 
 For Vii'tue is but drily prais'd, and ftaiTes : 
 Great Men to great Crimes owe their Plate imbofs'd, ^ 
 
 Fair Palaces, and Furniture of Coft, C 
 
 And high Commands : A fneaking Sin is loft. Dryd. ^«v.\ 
 
 Torment of Mind ! O feeble Virtue, hence ! 
 I blow thee from the Palace to the Cottage, 
 To build in Hearts of Hinds ; blefs their rude Hands 
 With thy lean Recompence of endlefs Labour. 
 For me, fince I have burft th' ungrateful Chain 
 That held me to thee like a fhackled Slave, 
 I will enjoy whate'er the Gods have given. 
 And furfeit on the Beauties of Semandra, Lee Mkhrid, 
 
 If when a Crown and Miftrefs are in place, 
 Virtue intrudes with her lean holy Face ; 
 Virtue's then mine, and I not Virtue's Foe : 
 Why does fhe come w'here Hie has nought to do ? 
 Let her with Ainch'rets, not with Lovers lie, 
 Statefmen and they keep better Company, Dryds Conq, of Gran. 
 
 Virtue and Vice are never in one Soul ; 
 A Man is wholly wife, or wholly is a Fool. Dryd, Perf^ 
 
 How ftrange a Riddle Virtue is ! 
 They never mifs it, who poflefs it not ; 
 And they who have it, ever find a Want. Koch* Valenu 
 
 Virtue, the more it is expos'd, 
 Like pui-eft Linen, laid in open Air, 
 Will bleach the more, and whiten to the View. T>ryd. Amphit. 
 
 For BlelTings ever wait on virtuous Deeds ; 
 And tho a late, a fure Reward fucceeds. Cor^j ^oum^ Bride. 
 USURPER. 5^^K«'-s' Tyrant. 
 
 He who by Force a Scepte*: -/f obtain, 
 Shews he cangovern.- "27' I ^^"^^.g^"^- 
 
 Riaht comesrf " ' ' ^^^^'^ ^' ^^ '^'^' ^^^^^^^ 
 
 wl^'i'^-f ^^^^P^-^^^n are no more. j,ryd. Aurer^, 
 
 As when the Sea breaks o'er its Bounds 
 And overflows the level Grounds ; ' 
 
 Thofe Banks and Dams, that like a Skreen 
 Djd keep it out, now keep it \Yi ; 
 So when Tyrannick Ufm-pation, 
 Invades the Freedom of a Nation 
 
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 Thofe Laws o'th' Land that vvere intended 
 To keep it out, are made defend it. Hud, 
 
 A Scepter fnatch'd with an unmly Hand, 
 Mult be as boift'rouily maintain'd as gained : 
 And he that ftands upon a flipp'iy place, 
 >iakes nice of no vile Hold to ftay him up. Shat\ K, John* 
 
 Dare to be great without a guilty Crown, 
 View it, and lay the bright Temptation down. 
 'Tis bafe to feize on all becaufe you may ; 
 That's Empire, that which I can give away : 
 There's Joy, when to wild Will you Laws prefcribe. 
 When you bid Fortune carry back her Bribe. 
 A Toy which none but greateft Minds can tafte, 
 A Fame which will to endlefs Ages laft. Dryd, Aurem 
 
 And few Ufurpers to the Shades defcend 
 I^y a dry Death, or with a quiet End. Dv-jd, ]}hv. 
 
 Unhappy State of fuch as wear a Crown, 
 Fortune docs feldom lay them gently down. Hov.\ 
 
 VULCA N. See Cyclops. 
 In Aufo/van Land 
 Men caird him Muk'tber \ and how he fell 
 Fi'om Keav'n they fabled, thrown by angry Jo-je 
 i heer o'er the ciyftal Battkments : From Morn 
 To Noon he fell, from Noon to dewy Eve, 
 A Summer'^ Day j and with the fetting Sun 
 Dropt from the Ze/iirh^ like a falling Star 
 On Lefnnos^ the JEgean Ifle. ^^th* 
 
 Me by the Keel he drew, 
 jft nd o'er Heav'n's Battiemerits with Fury threw. 
 All day 1 fell : My Flight at Morn begun. 
 And ended not but with the ietting Sun. 
 
 Pitoh'd on my head, at length the Lem7imn Ground [Dryd.Hom, 
 
 Rcceiv'd my batter 'd Skull, the Simhians heal'd my Wovmd. . 
 
 WANT. 
 
 Want Is a bitter and .. u^.^f^^i q^^^^ 
 J^.ccaufc its Virtues are not unac.o ^ , . 
 N a mrmy things, impollible to Thou^- . 
 F'ave been by Need to full Perfeftion brougnu 
 The Darin" of the Soul proceeds trom thence, 
 v.v..ivnners of Wit, and aftive Diligence. 
 Pridence at once and Fortitude it gives, 
 \nd if in patience taken, mends our Lives : 
 -c y. e'en that Indi-ience which brings me low, 
 \*^k-s me my feif^and him above to know. ^ 
 
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 A Good which nOne would challenge, few would chufe, 
 A tail- Pofleiiion, which Mankind refufe. 
 
 If we from Wealth tO Poverty defcend, (of Bath* i l.r.'. 
 
 Want gives to know the Flatt'rer from the Friend. Dr) d. W,jc 
 
 Wnnt is die Scorn of ev'ry wealthy Fool, 
 And Wit- in Rags is tiirn'd to Ridicule. Dryd. l^ui. 
 
 Famine is m thy Cheeks, 
 Need and OppreflTon ftaring in thy Looks, 
 ConLCiTipt and Beggary hang on thy back, ihah, Ro:^. ^ j'v. 
 
 Oh ! we rauft change the Scene, 
 In which the paft Delights of Love were tal^e-d ; 
 The Poor fleep little, we muft learn to watcli 
 Our Laboiu's late, and early ev'ry Morning, 
 'Midft Winter Frofts, fparingly' clad and fed, 
 Rife to our Toils, and drudg away tlic Ba^-. 
 Oh Belvedera / 
 
 "Want, worldly Want, that hungry meagre Fiend 
 Is at our heels, and chafes us in view. 
 Canft thou bear Cold and Hunger ? Can thefe Limbi^' 
 Fram'd for the tender Offices of Love, 
 Endure the bitter Gripes of fmarting Poverty ? 
 "When in a Bed of Straw we flirink together. 
 And the bleak Winds fiiall whiftle round our Heads, 
 "Wilt thou then talk to me thus ? 
 Thus hufli my Cares, and fhelter me with Love ? 
 
 Oh ! I will love thee, ev'n in madnefs love thee, 
 Tho my diftrafted Senfes fliould forfake me ! 
 Tho the bare Earth be all our Refting-place, 
 Its Roots our Food, fome Cliff our Habitation ; 
 I'll make this Arm a Pillow for thy Head, 
 And as thou fighing lieft, and fwell'd with Sorrow, 
 Creep to thy Bofom, pour the Balm of Love 
 Into thy Soul, and kifs thee to thy Refl. Otw, Ven, Tref* 
 
 Oh we will bear our wayward Fate together. 
 And ne'er know Comfort more. Ortv. Ven, Pref* 
 
 Lord ! what an am'rous thing is Want ! 
 How Debts and Mortgages enchant ! 
 What Graces muft that Lady have. 
 That can from Execution fave ? 
 What Charms that can reverfe Extent, 
 And null Decree and Exigent ? 
 Wiiat magical Attrads and Graces, 
 That can redeem from Scire Facias / 
 
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 from Bonds and Statutes can difcharge. 
 
 And from Contempts of Coui'ts enlarge ? 
 
 Thefe are the higheft Excellencies, 
 
 Of all our true or falfe Pretences • 
 
 And you would damn your felves, and fvvear 
 
 As much t' an Hoflefs Dowager, 
 
 Grown fat and purfy by Retail 
 
 Of Pots of Peer and bottled Ale ; 
 
 And find her fitter for your turn. 
 
 For Fat is wondrous apt to burn : 
 
 V^ho at your Flames would foon take fire. 
 
 Relent, and melt to your Defire ; 
 
 And, like a Candle in the Socket, 
 
 DifTolve her Graces int' your Pocket. Hud, 
 
 WAR. See Battel, Fighting, Joufls, Marsy Soldier. 
 Now impious Arms from ev'ry part refound ; 
 The peacellil Peafant to the Wcn' is prefs'd. 
 The Fields lie fallow in inglorious Refl. 
 The Plain no Pafture to the Flocks affords ; 
 The crooked Scithes are flreighten'd into Swords. 
 Perfidious Mars long-plighted Leagues divides, 
 And o'er the waflcd World in triumph rides. Dryd* ^/^^• 
 
 The peaceful Cities, 
 Li.li'd in their Eafe, and undifturb'd before, 
 AiQ all on fire; and feme v^ith Ihidious Care 
 1 heir refiiff Steeds in fandy Plains prepare. 
 Some their foit Lim.bs in painful Marches try, 
 And War is all their Willi, and Arms the general Cry. 
 Part fcour the mfly Shields with Seam, and part 
 New-grind the blunted Ax, and point the Dart. 
 With joy they view the waving Enfigns fly. 
 And hear the Trumpet's Clangor pierce the Sky. 
 Some hammer Helmets for the fighting Field, 
 Some twine young Sallows to (iimiart the Shield. 
 The Corflet fome, and fome the Cuifhes mold, 
 With Silver plated, and with du<^ile Gold. 
 The ruflick Honours of the Scithe and Share, 
 Give place to Swords and Plumes, the Pride of Wart 
 Old Falchions are new-temper'd in the Fires j 
 The founding Tmmpet ev'ry Soul infpires. 
 The Word is given, with eager hafle they lace -' 
 
 The fhining Head-piece, and the Shield embrace. 
 The neighing Steeds are to the Chariot ty'd, 
 The trufty Weapon fits on ev'ry fide. . Dryd, Virg» 
 
 As 
 
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C 487 ) 
 
 As Legions in the Field their Front difplay. 
 To tiy the Fortune of fome doubtful Day ; 
 And move to meet their Foes with fober pace, 
 Stridl to their Figure, tho in wider fpace, 
 Before the Battel joins, while from afar, 
 The Field yet glitters with the Pomp of V^ar ; 
 And equal Mars^ like an impartial Lord^ 
 Leaves all to Fortune, and the Dint of Sword. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 An iron Harveft on the Field appears, 
 Of Lances, burniih'd Shields, and briftlino; Spears ; 
 Throng'd Helms in long embattel'd Ranks'^diipos'd, 
 The louring Front of horrid War difcios'd. BUc» 
 
 The neighb'ring Plain with Arms is co\er'd o'er ; 
 The Vale an iron Hai-veft feem,s to yield 
 Of thick-fprung Lances in a waving Field; 
 The polifh'd Steel gleems terribly from far, 
 And ev'ry moment nearer fhews the War. Dr'jd, -<^«r. 
 
 The various Glories of their Arms combuie. 
 And in one fearful dazling Medley join* 
 The Air above, and all the Fields beneath 
 Shine witS a bright Variety of Death ; 
 The Sun ftarts back, to fee the Fields difplay 
 Their rival Luftre, and terreftrial Day. Bla:^ 
 
 The Fields 
 Are bright with flaming Swords and brazen Siiekis ; 
 A fhining Harveft either Hoft difplays, 
 And ihoots againft the Sun with equal Rays. I>ryd» V'lrg. 
 
 All in a moment rofe 
 AForeft of huge Spears ; and thronging Kelras 
 AppearM, and ferry'd Shields in thick array, 
 Of Depth immeafurable : ftraight out flew 
 Millions of flaming Swords ; the fudden Blaze 
 Far round illumined Hell. They fierce with grafped Arms 
 Clafh'd on their founding Shields the Din of War^ 
 Hurling Defiance tow*rds the Vault of Heav'n. Mdt, 
 
 It was the time 
 When creeping Murmur, and the poring Dark, 
 Fill the wide Veflel of the Univerfe ; 
 From Camp to Camp, thro the foul Womb of Night, 
 The Hum of either Arn\^ ftilly founds. 
 Fire anfwers Fire, and thro their paly Flames 
 Each Battel fees the other's umber'd Face. 
 Steed threatens Steed in high and boaftful Neighs, 
 Piercing the Night*s dull Ear ; and from the. Tents 
 
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 The Armourers accomplifhing the Knights, 
 With bufy Hammers clofing Rivets up, 
 Give dreadful Note of Preparation. Shah, Hen. "J. 
 
 Now fcarce the dawning Day began to fpring ; 
 
 When conflis'd and high, ^ 
 
 Kv^n from the Heav'n was heard a fhouting Cry, S 
 
 For Mars was early up, and rouz'd the Sky. \ 
 
 The Gods came downward to behold the Wars, 
 Sharpning their Sights, and leaning from their Stars : 
 The Neighing of the generous Horfe was heard. 
 For Battel by the bufy Groom prepar'd. 
 Ruftling of Hai'nefs, Rattling of the Shield, 
 CLittVing of Armour furbifh'd for the Field. 
 The greedy Sight might there devour the Gold 
 Of glittering Arms, too dazling to behold ; 
 And polifh'd Steel that caft the View afide. 
 And crefted Motions with their plumy Pride. 
 Knights, with a long Retinue of their Squires, 
 In gaudy Liveries march, and quaint Attires : 
 One lacVi the Helm, another held the Lance, 
 A third the fhining Euckler did advance : 
 The Courfer paw'd the Ground with reiliefs Feet, 
 And fnorting, foam'd and champ'd the golden Bit. 
 The Smirhs and Armourers on Palfreys ride, 1 
 
 Files m their Hands, and Hammers at their lide ; ^ 
 
 And Nails for loofen'd Spears, and Thongs for Shields provide.) 
 
 (Dryd, Pal, c:^ Arc, 
 
 Peace leaves the violated Fields, and Hate - 
 Both Ai-mies urges to their mutual Fate. Drycf, V'lrg, 
 
 The gloomy Throngs look terrible from far, 
 Difclofmg flow the horrid Face of Wa-. 
 The thick Battalions move in dreadful Form, 
 -As louring Clouds advance before a Storm. -H/^r. 
 
 A Cloud of blinding Duft is rais'd around ; 
 Laboui's beneath their Feet the trembling Ground. Brjd, Virg, 
 
 Advancing in a Line, they couch their Speai'S, 
 And lefs and lefs the middle Space appears. 
 Thick Smoke obfcures the Field, and fcarce are feen 
 The neighing Ccurfers, and the fhouting Men. 
 In diftance of their Darts they ftop their Courfe, 
 Then Man to Man they rufh, and Horfe to Horfe ; 
 The Face of Heav'n the flying Jav'lins hide, . 
 
 And Deaths unfcen are dealt on either fide. ^ Vryd, Virg, 
 
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 Thick Storms of Steel from either Army fly. 
 And Clouds of clafhing Darts obfcure the Sky. Dryd, Virg. 
 
 Thus equal Deaths are dealt with equal Chance, 
 By turns they quit their Ground, by turns advance 5 
 Vidors and VanquiQi'd in the vanous Field, 
 Not wholly overcome, nor wholly yield : 
 The Gods from Heav'n furvey the fatal Strife, 
 And mourn the Miferies of human Life. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 Now bearded Darts, and fatal Jav'lins fly. 
 And Balls of Fire hifs thro th' enlightened Sky. 
 Each on his Foe midive Deftru^^ion pours. 
 And Death receives and gives in. feather'd Show*rs. Blau 
 
 To the rude Skock of War both Armies came. 
 Their Leaders equal, and their Strength the fame ; 
 With Spears afar, with Swords at hand they ftrike J 
 And Zeal of Slau^ter fires their Souls alike. 
 The Soldiers dauntlefs thus maintain the Field, 
 And Hearts are pierc'd, unknowing how to yield : 
 They Blow for Blow return, and Wound for Wound; 
 And Heaps of Bodies raife the level Ground. J^ryd, Vir§m 
 
 And now both Hofts their broken Troops unite, 
 In equal Ranks, and mix in mortal Fight. 
 They ilrike, they pufh, they throng the fcanty Space, 
 Refolv'd on Death, impatient of Difgrace ; 
 And where one falls, another fills his place. Dryd, Vtrg, 
 
 An undiftinguifh'd Noife afcends the Sky, (Dryd, Virg,. 
 
 The Shouts of thofe who kill, and Groans of thofe who die.. 
 
 The Fight grows hot, the whole War's now at work. 
 And the goar'd Battel bleeds in ev'iy Vein. Shak, K, Lear, 
 
 When Greeks join'd Greeks^ then was the. Tug of War ; 
 The labour'd Battel fweat, and Conqueft bled. Lee Alex,. 
 
 Now dying Groans are heard, the Fields are ftrew*d 
 With fallen Bodies, and are drunk with Blood. 
 Arms, Horfes, Men, on heaps together lie ; 
 Confus'd the Fight, and more confus'd the Cry. 
 The Sands with ftreaming .Blood are fanguine dy*d, 
 ^nd Death with Honoui* fought on ev*ry fide. Dryd, Virg* 
 
 What Noife of Arms, what Shouts the Air confound ! 
 What Ruin, what flain Heaps deform the Ground ? 
 The Dead make Bulwarks, wliich the Living climb, 
 That in the Air rife, like our Walls, fublime. BUl\ 
 
 Dead Corps imbofs the Vale with little Hills. CoixiL 
 
 His fmoking Horfes at their utmofl Speed 
 IlQ lal"he.s on, and urges o'er the Dead ; 
 
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 Their "Fetlocks i-un with Blood, and when they bound. 
 The Gore and gathering Duft are dafli'd around, Dryd, Virg* 
 
 The Rear fo prefs'd the Front, they could not wield 
 The angry Weapons, to dilpute the Field. Br'jd, V'trg, 
 
 They Darts with Clamour at a diilance drive, 
 And only keep the languifh'd War alive. Dr'jd» Virg, 
 
 The frighted Soldiers, when their Captains fly. 
 More on their Speed than on their Strength rely. 
 Confus'd in Fight they bear each other down. 
 And fpur their Horfes headlong to the Town ; 
 Driv'd by their Foes, and to their Fears refign'd. 
 Not once they turn, but take their Wounds behind. 
 Thefe drop the Shield, and thofe the Lance forego. 
 Or on their fhoulders bear the flacken'd Bow *. 
 The Hoofs of Horfes, with a rattling Sound, 
 Beat thick and ITiort, and Ihake the folid Ground. 
 Black Clouds of Duft come rolling in the Sky, 
 And o'er the darken'd Walls and Rampires fly. 
 All prefling on, Puifuers and Purfu'd 
 Are crufh'd in Crouds, a mingled Multitude, 
 Some happy few efcap'd : The Throng too late 
 Rufh on for Entrance, till they choke the Gate. 
 Then in affright the folding Gates they clofe. 
 But leave their Friends excluded with their Foes. 
 The Vrnquifh'd ciy, the Viftors loudly fhout, 
 'Tis Terrour all within, and Slaughter all without. 
 Blind in their Fear, they bound againft the Wall ; 
 Or to the Moats purfu'd, precipitate their Fall. Dryd, Virg, 
 
 Then planting at the Walls a Scaling-Ladder, 
 I mounted fpight of Show'rs of Stones, Bars, Arrows, 
 And all the Lumber which they thunder'd down, 
 i left the Walls, to fly among my Foes, 
 And, like a baited Lion, dy'd my felf 
 All over with the Blood of thofe bold Hunters ; 
 Till fpent with Toil, 1 battel'd on my Knees, 
 riuck'd forth the Darts that made my Shield a Foreft, 
 And hurl'd them back with moft unconquer'dFuiy. Lee Alex, 
 
 Now Peals of Shouts came thund'ring from atar. 
 Cries, Threats, and loud Laments, and mingled War ; 
 Louder, and yet more loud, we hear th' Alarms 
 Of human Cries diftindV, and clafhing Arms : 
 New Clamours and new Clangors now arife. 
 The Sound of Trumpets mbc'd with fighting Cries. 
 1 he Fire confumes the Town, the Foe conunands : 
 
 And 
 
C 491 > 
 And armed Hofts, an unexperienc'd Force^ 
 Break in, and Foes for Entrance prefs without. 
 To fev'ral Pofts thefr Parties they divide ; 
 Some block the narrow Streets, fome fcour the widei 
 The Bold they kill, th'Unwary they furprize ; 
 Who fights finds Death, and Death finds him who flies. 
 The Warders of the Gate but fcarce maintain 
 Th'unequal Combat, and refift in vain. 
 We heard: And Heav*n that well-born Souls infpires. 
 Prompts us thro lifted Swords and rifing Fires 
 To run, where clafhing Ai-ms and Clamour calls^ 
 And rufh undaunted to defend the >f^alls. 
 The paflive Gods behold the Greeks defile 
 Their Temples, and abandon to the Spoil 
 Their own Abodes ; we, fpeble few, confpire 
 To fave a finking Town involved in Fire. 
 We leave the narrow Lanes behind, and dare 
 Th'unequal Combat in the publick Square ; 
 Night was our Friend, our Leader was Defpair. 
 What Tongue can tell the Slaughter of that Night ? 
 What Eyes can weep the Sorrows and Affright ? 
 An antient and imperial City falls ; 
 The Streets are fill'd with frequent Funerals : 
 Houfes and holy Temples float in Blood, 
 And hoflile Nations make a common Flood. 
 Not only Trojans fall, but in their turn 
 The Vanquifh'd triumph, and the Viftors mourn. 
 Ours take new Courage from Defpair and Night, 
 Confus'd the Fortune is, confus'd the Fight ; 
 All Parts re'found with Tumults, Plaints, and Fears, 
 And griefly Death in fundiy Shapes appears: 
 New Clamours from the th'invefted Palace ring ; 
 So hot th'Affault, fo high the Tumult rofe. 
 While ours defend, and while the Greeks oppofe ; 
 As if all Ilium elfe were void of Fear, , 
 And Tumult, War, and Slaughter only there. 
 Their Targets in a Tortoife caft, our Foes 
 Secure advancing, to the Turrets rofe : 
 Some mount the Scaling-Ladders, fome more bold 
 Swerve upwards, and by Pofts and Pillai'S hold : 
 Their left Hand gripes their Bucklers in th'Afcert, 
 While with the right they feize the Battlement. 
 From their demolifh'd Tow'rs the Trojans throw 
 Huge Heaps of Stones, that falling, crufhthe Foe 5 
 
 And 
 
C 492 ) 
 And heavy Benms and Rafters, from the Sides, 
 And gilded Roofs come tumbling from on hi^-h^ 
 The Marks of State and antient Royahv. 
 The Lightning flies not fwifter than the Fall, 
 Nor Thunder louder than the ruin'd Wall. 
 Down goes the Top at once ; the Greeks beneath 
 Are piece-meal torn, or pounded into Death. 
 Yet more fucceed, and more to Death are fent ; 
 We ceafe not from above, nor they below relent. 
 The Guards below, fix'd in the Pafs, attend 
 The Charge undaunted, and the Gate defend. 
 
 The Intantiy 
 Rufh on in Crouds, and the barr'd Pallage free. 
 Ent'ring the Court, with Shouts the Skies they rend. 
 And flaming Firebrands to the Roofs afcend. 
 Pyrrhusy among the foremoft, deals his Blows, 
 And with his Ax repeated Strokes beftows 
 On the ftrong Doors : Then all their Shoulders ply, 
 Till from the Pofts the brazen Hinges fly. 
 He hews apace, the double Bars at length 
 Yield to his Ax and unrefiiled Strength. 
 A mighty Breach is made : The Rooms conceal'd 
 Appear, and all the Palace is reveal'd. 
 The fital Work inhuman Pyrrhus plies, 
 And all his Father fpaikles in his Eyes. 
 -Nor Bars, nor fighting Guards his Foes fuflain. 
 The Bars are broken, and the Guards are flain. 
 ]n rufh the Greeks, and all th'Apartments fill ; 
 Thofe fev/ Defendants which they find, they kill : 
 Where'er the riiing Fire had left a Space, 
 They enter and poiTefs the Place. 
 The fearful Matrons nin from Place to Place, 
 And kifs the Threfholds, and the Pofts embrace : 
 Driv'n like a Flock of Doves along the Sky, 
 The Images they hug, and to the A^-.avs fly ; 
 But the proteding Gods are deaf to Pray'rs. Diyd. V'lrg* 
 
 The vrond'ring Babes from Mothers Breads are rent, 
 And fuffer Ills they neither fear'd nor meant: 
 No filver Rev'rence guards the ftooping Age, 
 Ko Rule or Method ties their boundlefs Rage. 
 Kothing but Fire and Slaughter meets the Eyes, 
 Nothing the Ear but Groans and difmai Cries. CowU 
 
 Now'march the bold Confederates thro the Plain, 
 V^' eli hors'd, well clad, a rich and Ihining Train. 
 
 Silent 
 
C 493 3 
 Silent they move ; majeftically flow, 
 Like ebbing Nile, or Ganges in hk Flo\v<r 
 The Trojans view the dufty Cloud from far. 
 And the dark Menace of the diftant War. 
 
 They from the Rampire faw it rife, 
 Black'ning the Fields, and thick'ning thro the Skies. 
 And when the rolling Clouds approach the Walls, 
 They arm, and man the Works, prepare the Spears, 
 And pointed Darts: Then fliut their Gates ; with Shouts afcend 
 Their Bulwai-ks, and fecui-e, their Foes attend. 
 For their wife Gen'ral with forefeeing Care, 
 Had charg'd them not to tempt the doubtful War: 
 Kor, tho provok'd, in open Fields ad^•ance ; 
 But clofe within their Lines attend their Chance. 
 Unwilling, yet they keep the ftrict Command j 
 And fourly wait in Arms the hoflile Band. 
 
 The Foe then fac'd the Lines, 
 Amaz'd to find a daftard Race, that run 
 Behind the Rampires, and the Battel fhun. 
 All clad in fhining Arms, the Works inveft ; 
 Each with a radiant Helm, and waving Creft. 
 The Trojans from above their Foes beheli. 
 And with arm'd Legions all the Rampn-es fill'd : 
 Seiz'd v;ith Affi-ight, their Gates they firft explore; 
 Join Works to Works with Bndges ; Tow'r to TowV. 
 The Soldiers draw their Lots, and as they fall. 
 By turns relieve each other on the Wall. 
 
 The Volfans bear their Shields upon then- Head, 
 And rufhing fonvard, form a moving Shed ; 
 Thefe fill the Ditch, thofe pull the Bulwarks down ; 
 Some raife the Ladders, others kale the Town. 
 But where void Spaces on the Walls appear, 
 Or thm Defence, they pour their Forces there. 
 With Poles, and miflive Weapons, from afar. 
 The Trojans keep aloof the rifing ^X'ar. 
 Tbey roll down Ribs of Rocks, and unrefifled Weight, 
 To break the Penthoufe vridi the pond'rous Blow ; 
 Which yet the patient Vcljians undergo : 
 But could not bear th'uneqal Combat long ; 
 For where the Trojans find the thickeft Throng, 
 The Ruin falls : Their fcatter'd Shields sive way, 
 And their crufh'd Heads become an eafy Prey. 
 They flirink for Fear, abated oF their Rage, 
 Nor longer dai-e in a blind Fij^ht engage. 
 
 Conien:-' 
 
C 494 ) 
 Contented now to gaul them from below. 
 With Darts and Slings, and with the diftant Bow, 
 They blazing Pines within the Trenches threw, 
 Broke down the Palifades j the Trenches won. 
 And loud for Ladders call, to fcale the Town. 
 The Ditch with Faggots fiU'd, the daring Foe 
 Tofs'd Firebrands to the fteepy Turrets throw. 
 There flood a Tow'r, amazing to the Sight, 
 Built up of Beams, and of ftupendous Height} 
 Art and the Nature of the Place confpir'd 
 To furnifh all the Strength that War requir'd. 
 To level this, the bold Italians join ; 
 The wary Trojans obviate their Defign : 
 With weighty Stones o'erwhekn their Troops below. 
 Shoot thro the Loopholes, and fharp Jav'lins throw. 
 Turnusy the Chief, tofs'd from his thund'ring Hand, 
 Againft the wooden Walls, a flaming Brand : 
 It ftuck, the fiery Plague : The Winds were high ; 
 The Planks were feafon'd, and the Timber dry. 
 Contagion caught the Pofls ; it fpread along, 
 Scorch'd, and to diftance drove the fcatter'd Throng. 
 The Trojans fled ; the Fire purfu'd amain. 
 Still gath'ring faft upon the trembh'ng Train j 
 Till crouding to the Corners of the Wall, 
 Down the Defence, and the Defenders fall. 
 The mighty Flaw makes Heav'n it felf refound. 
 The dead and dying Trojans ftrew the Ground. 
 The Tow'r that follow 'd on the fallen Crew, 
 Whelm'd on their Heads, and bury'd whom it flew ; 
 Some ftuck upon the Darts themfelves had fent j 
 All the fame equal Ruin yndeiwent. 
 
 Undaunted they no Danger fliun ; 
 From Wall to Wall the Shouts and Clamours run. 
 They bend their Bows, they whirl their Slings around : 
 Heaps of fpent Aitows fall, and ftrew the Ground ; 
 And Helms, and Shields, and rattling Arms refound. 
 The Combat thickens, like the Storm that flies 
 From Weftward, when the fliow'ry Kids arife. 
 
 And now the Trojan Troops 
 Prefuming on their Strength, the Gates unbar. 
 And on their own accord invite the War. 
 Arm'd on the Right and on the Left they ftand, 
 And flank the Paflage, 
 
 1 
 
 JA 
 
C 491 ) 
 In flows a Tide of Latians, when they fee 
 The Gate fet open and the PafTage free. 
 
 But foon repuls'dj they fly, 
 Or in the well-defended PaTs they die. 'pryd* Vlr^ 
 
 The dreadful Bufinefs of the War is over ; - ^ 
 
 And Slaughter, that, from yefter Morn till Even, 
 With giant Steps, pafs'd ftriding o'er the Pield, 
 Befmear'd, and horrid with the Blood of Nations, 
 Now weary fits among the mangled Heaps, 
 And flumbers o*er her Prey. Rowe TamerTi 
 
 WAVES. See Enjoyment* " 
 
 So fwelling Sui-ges with a thund'ring Roar, 
 Driv'n on each others Backs, infult the Shore 5 
 Bound o'er the Rocks, incroach upon the Land, 
 And far upon the Beach ejeft the Sand : 
 Then backward with a Swing they take their way, 
 Repuls'd from upper Ground, and fesk their Mother Sea ; 
 With equal Hurry quit th'invaded Shore, (y'trg* 
 
 And f^vallow back the Sand and Stones they fpew'd before. Dry dm 
 
 Par off we hear the Waves with furly Sound 
 Invade the Rocks, the Rocks their Groans rebound. 
 The Billows break upon the founding Strand, 
 And roll the rifing Tides impure with Sand. Dryd. Virg« 
 
 WEEPING. See Funeral, Grief, Sorrow, Tears. 
 
 Her brimful Eyes that ready ftood. 
 And only wanted Wijl to weep a Flood, 
 Releas'd their watry Stor^f, and pour'd amain. 
 Like Clouds, low-hung, a fober Show'r of Rain ; 
 Mute, folemn Sorrow, free from female Noife, 
 Such as the Majefty of Grief deftroys. Dryd» Sig* ^ Gulf, 
 
 O'er her Adonis fo 
 Fair Venus mourn*d , and with the precious Show'r 
 Of her warm Tears, cherifh'd the springing Flow'r. WalU 
 
 So filver Thetis an the Phrygian Shore, 
 Wept for her Son, foreknowing of his Fate : 
 The Sea-Nymphs fate around, and join'd their Tears, 
 While from his loweft Deep old Father Ocean 
 Was heard to groan, in pit)' of their Pain. Ko'Ji'e Ulyjf* 
 
 She filently a gentle Tear let fall 
 From either Eye, and wip'd them with hei* Hair ; 
 Two other precious Drops that ready ftood, 
 Each in their cryftal Sluice, he, e'er they fell, 
 Kifs'd, as the gracious Signs of fweet Remorfe, 
 And pious Awe, that fear'd to have offended, 7>^ilf» 
 
C49^ ) 
 A Show'r of Tears flow'd down her lovely Face, 
 Which from her Grief receiv'd yet fweeter Grace. Blac* 
 
 So thro a watry Cloud, 
 The Sun at once feems both to weep and fhine. Dryd, Sec* Love, 
 
 She came weeping forth, 
 Shining thro Tears, like April-Suns in Show'rs, 
 That labour to overcome the Cloud that loads them. 
 While two young Virgins, on whofe Arms flie Ican'd, 
 Kindly look'd up, and at her Grief grew fad. 
 As if they catch'd the Sorrows that fell from her ; 
 Ev'n tlie leud Rabble, that were gathered round 
 To fee the Sight, ftood mutewhen they beheld her, 
 Govern'd their roaring Throats, and grumbled Pity. Otw,Ven,Pref» 
 
 Dumb Sorrows feiz'd the Standers by. 
 The Queen above the reft, by Nature good, 
 The Pattern form'd .of perfeft Woman-hood, 
 Por tender Pity wept : when fhe began. 
 Through the bright Qiiire th'infedious Virtue ran ; 
 All drop'd their Tears. Dryd. Pal,<^ Arc, 
 
 The Tears run gufhing from her Eyes, 
 And ftop^d her Speech in pompous Train of Woe. Vryd, Virg' 
 See where flie fits ; and in what comely wife 
 
 Drops Tears more fair than others Eyes j . 
 Ah ! charming Maid ! let not ill Fortune fee 
 Th'Attire thy Sorrow wears. 
 Nor view the Beamy of thy Tears, 
 For (lie'll ftill come to drefs herfelf in thee. 
 Ne'er did I yet behold fuch Glorious Weather, 
 
 As this Sun-fhine and Rain together. Coi^l* 
 
 With Head declin"'d, 
 Like a fair Flower furcharg'd with Dew, fhe weeps. Bryd, 
 
 Then fetting free a Sigh from her fair Eyes, *• 
 She wip'd two Pearls, the Remnant of wild Show'rs, 
 Which hung likeDropsupon the Bells of Flow'rs. Dryd^SecLove* 
 
 So Morning Dews on new-blown Rofes lodg. 
 By the Sun's am'rous Heat to be exhard. Otw. Orph, 
 
 Why art thou wet with weeping, as the Earth, 
 When vernal Jove defcends in gentle Show'rs, 
 To caufe Increafe, and blefs the Infant Year ^ 
 When ev'ry fpiry Grafs and painted Flow'r 
 Is hung with pearly Drops of heav'nly Rairi. Roive Ulyjf. 
 
 In Palamon, a manly Grief appears, 
 Silent he wept, aQiam'd to fiiew his Tears, Dryd, P^iL ^ Mc, 
 
 Bear 
 
C 497 ) 
 Beai" my Weaknefs, 
 If thiwviiig thus my Ai-ms about thy Neck, 
 I play the Boy, and blubber in thy Bofom. Otiv^ Yen, Pref, 
 
 Look Emperor ! this is no common Dew ^ 
 I have not wept thefe forty Years, but now 
 My Mother comes afrefh into ray Eyes, 
 I cannot help herSoftnefs. 
 
 By Heav'n he weeps ! poor good old Man lie weeps ! 
 The big round Drops courfe one another down 
 The Furrows of his Cheeks. D^jd. All for Lo%e» 
 
 His Eyes, 
 Altho unus'd unto the melting Mood, 
 Drop Tears more faft than the Arabian Tree 
 Her medicinal Gums. Shak* OtheL 
 
 Behold his Sorrow ftreamfng from his Eyes, Drjd* Virg, 
 
 Companion quelfd 
 Iii§ beft of Man, and gave him up to Tears. Milt, 
 
 WELCOME. 
 Welcome as kindly Show'rs to long-parch'dEarth.Dr.5//?;;.Fry. 
 "Welcome as Mercy to a Man condemned j 
 Welcome to me as to a finking Mariner 
 The lucky Plank that bears him to the Shore. Lee Qedlp* 
 
 Welcome as the Light 
 To chearflil Birds, or as to Lovers Night. Vr'jd, T<yr. Lo'ut* 
 Welcome as happy Tidings after Pears. Otw, Orph, 
 
 WIFE. See Marriage, Husband. 
 
 Who loves to hear of Wife ? Otw, Orph. 
 That dull infipid thing without Defires, 
 And without Pow'r to give them. Dry^. Vlrg. 
 
 When you would give all worldly Plagues a Name 
 Worfe than they have already, call 'em Wife ! 
 But a new-marry'd Wife's a feeming Mifchief, 
 Full of herfelf : Why what a deal of Horrour 
 Has that poor Wretch ^ come that wedded yefterday ? Otzv,Orph* 
 
 O wretched Husband ! while fhe hangs about thee. 
 With idle Blandifhments, and plays the fond one; 
 Ev'n then her hot Imagination wanders. 
 Contriving Rior, and loofe Scapes of Love ; 
 And whilellie clafps thee clofe, makes thee a Monfter. RoweTamerjn, 
 
 We hope to find 
 That help which Nature meant in Woman-kind 
 To Man, that Supplemental Self defign'd ; 
 
 } 
 
 But 
 
( 498 ) 
 But proves a burning Cauftick when apply'd : y 
 
 And Adam fure could with more Eafe abide, (Batch.C 
 
 The Bone when broken, than when made a Bride. Cong, Old\ 
 What hunt a Wife **' 
 
 On the dull Soil ? Sure a ftanch Husband 
 Of all Hounds is the dulleft. Wilt thou never. 
 Never be wean'd from Caudles and Confeftions ? 
 What feminine Tale haft thou been lift'ning to, 
 Of unair'd Shirts, Catarrhs, and Tooth-ach got 
 By thin-foalM Shooes ? otw, Ven, Pref, 
 
 Wives, like good Subjeas, who to Tyrants bow, 
 To Husbands, tho unjuft, long Patience owe ; 
 They were for Freedom made. Obedience we, - 
 Courage their Virtue, ours is Chaftity : 
 
 Reafon it felf in us muft not be bold. 
 
 Nor decent Cuftom be by Wit controul'd 5 
 
 On our own Heads we defperately ftray. 
 
 And are ftill happieft the vulgar way. i^dU 
 
 To fo perverfe a Sex all Grace is vain ; "^ ' 
 
 It gives them Courage to offend again : 
 
 For with feign'd Tears they Penitence pretend, 
 
 Again are pardon'd, and again offend ; 
 
 Fathom our Pity when they feem to grieve, 
 
 Only to try how far we can forgive : 
 
 Till launching out into the Sea of Strife, 
 
 They fcorn all Pardon, and appear all Wife. Dryd. Anren* 
 
 WINDS. See Molus, Storms, Tempefts. 
 He views with Horrour next the noify Cave, 
 
 Where with hoaife Din imprifonM Tempefts rave 5 
 
 Where clam'rous Hui'ricanes attempt their Flight, 
 
 Or, whirling m tumultuous Eddies, fight. Car, 
 
 Thus rag'd the Goddefs, and with Fury fraught 5 
 
 The reftlefs Region of the Storms ftie fought. 
 
 Where in a fpacious Cave of living Stone, 
 
 The Tyrant JEolus from his airy Throne, 
 
 With Pow'r imperial curbs the ftruggling Winds, 
 
 And founding Tempefts in dark Prifons binds. 
 
 This way and that, th'impatient Captives tenil. 
 
 And preftlng for Releafe the Mountain rend. 
 
 High in his Hall th'undaunted Monarch ftands, 
 
 And fhakes his Scepter, and their Rage commands ; 
 
 Which did he not, their unrefifted Sway 
 
 .Would fweep the World before 'em ivi their way : 
 
C 499 ) 
 Eaith, Air, and Seas, thro empty Space would roll. 
 And Heav'n would fly before the driving Soul. 
 In fear of this, the Father of the Gods ^ 
 
 Confin'd their Fuiy to thefe dark abodes, S» 
 
 And lock'd them fafe within, opprefs'd with Mountain Loads : 3 
 Impos'd a King with arbitrary Sway, 
 To loofe their Fetters, or their Force allay. Vryd, Vlrg* 
 
 Nor were thofe bluft'ring Brethren left at large, 
 On Seas and Shores their Fury to difcharge ; 
 Bound as they are, and circiunfaib'd m Place, 
 They rend the World refiftlefs where they pafs j 
 And mighty Marks of Mifchief leave behind. 
 Such is the Rage of their tempeftuous kind. 
 Firft Eurus to the rifing Morn is fent, 
 (The Regions of the balmy Continent) 
 And Eaftern Realms, where early Perjians run 
 To greet the bleft Appearance of the Sun. 
 "Weftwai'd the wanton Zeph<yr wings his Flight, 
 Pleas'd with the Remnant of departing Light. 
 Fierce Boreas^ with his OfF-fpring iflues forth ^ 
 
 T'invade the frozen Waggon of the Noith : 
 While xfi'owning Atijler feeks the Southern Sphere, 
 And rots with endlels Rain tli'unwholefom Year. Dr'jd* Qvtdn 
 
 Thus when the rival Winds their Quarrel try. 
 Contending for the Kingdom of the Sky ; 
 South, Eaft, and Weft, on aiiy Couifes borne ; 
 The Whirlwind gathers and the Woods ace torn ; 
 Then Nereus ftrikcs the Deep, the Billows rife. 
 And, mix'd with Ooze and Sand, pollute the Skies. Vryd* Vtrg^ 
 
 As when a WWrlwind, rulhing to the Shore, 
 From the Mid-Ocean drives the Waves before 5 
 The painful Hind with heavy Heart forefees 
 The flatted Fields, and Slaughter of the Trees. X>ryi, Vir^^ 
 
 As when loud Boreas, with his bluft'ring Train, 
 Stoops from above, incumbent on the Main ; 
 Where'er he flies, he drives the Rack before, , , 
 
 And rolls the BiUows on tW^gea?z Shore. I>0^« ^*^i* 
 
 Like Boreas in his Race, when rufhing forth 
 He fweeps the Skies, and clears the cloudy North : 
 The waving Hai-veft bends beneath his Blaft, 
 The Foreft Ihakes, the Groves their Honours caft : 
 He flies aloft, and with imperious Roar . , 
 
 Purfaes the foaming Surges to the Shore ^*'y^' ^^^^* 
 
 Fierce 
 
C ^00 ) 
 ' Fierce Boreas flies 
 
 To puff away the Clouds, and purge the Skies : 
 Serenely while he blows, the Vapours driv'n 
 Difcover Heav'n to Earth, and Earth to Heav'n. Bryi, Ovid. 
 
 The South-Wind Ni2;ht and Horrour brings. 
 And Fogs are fliaken from his flaggy Wings. 
 Trom his divided Beard two Streams he pours. 
 His Head and rheumy Eyes diftil in Show'rs : 
 with Rain his Robe and heavy Mantle flow, 
 And lazy Mifts are louring on his Brow. Bryd, Ovid. 
 
 T \Z,?^J'^\^'^'^^ y^^ unfledg'd in Woods they lie, 
 in Whifpers hrft their tender Voices try : 
 Then ifllie on the Main with beU'wing Rage, 
 And Storms to trembling xMariners prefage. Dryd, Virg* 
 
 wr^l ^^'"^7 Winds, contending in the Sky, 
 With equal Force of Lungs their Titles tiy ; 
 They rage, they roar ; the doubtful Rack of Heav'n 
 Stands without Motion, and the Tide undriv'n : 
 Each bent to conquer, neither Side to yield. 
 They long fufpend the Fortune of the Field. Vryd^ Vim 
 
 WINTER. 5^^ Year. 
 No Grafs the Fields, no Leaves the Forefts weai' j 
 The frozen Earth lies buiy'd there below ^ 
 
 A hilly Heap, feven Cubits deep in Snow, > 
 
 And all the Weft Allies of ftormy Boreas blow. J 
 
 The Sun fiom far peeps with a Cckly Face, 
 Too weak the Clouds and mighty Fogs to chafe, 
 .When up the Skies he (hoots his rofy Head, 
 Or in the ruddy Ocean feeks his Btd. 
 Swift Rivers are with fudden Ice conftrain'd. 
 And ftudded Wheels are on his Back fuftainM j 
 An Hofliy now for Waggons, which before 
 Tall Ships of Burden on its Bofom bore. 
 The brazen Cauldrons with the Froft are flaw'd. 
 The Garment, ftiff with Ice, at Hearths is thaw'd : 
 ^'ith Axes firft they cleave the Wine, and thence 
 % Weight the folid Portions they difpenfe. 
 From Locks uncomb'd, and from the frozen Beard, 
 Long Icecles depend, and crackling Sounds are heard. 
 Mean time perpetual Sleet, and driving Snow, 
 Obfcure the Skies, and hang on Herds below. 
 The ftarving Cattel perifli in their Stalls, 
 Huge Oxen ftand inclos'd in wintry Walls 
 
 Of 
 
( $01 ) 
 of Snow congeaPd ; whole Herds are biiry'd thei'6 
 Of might}' Stags, and fcarce their Horns appear. , 
 
 The dextrous Huntfman wounds not thefe afar 
 With Shafts oi* Darts, or makes a diilant V^'ar 
 >X^ith Dogs, or pitches Toils to ftop their Flight, 
 But clofe engages in unequal Fight ; 
 And while they ftrive in vain to make their way 
 Thro Hills of Snow, and pitifully bray, 
 Aflaults with Dint of Suords or pointed Spears, 
 And home^^^rd on his back the joyful Burden bears. 
 The Men to fubterranean Caves retire, 
 Se-cure from Cold, and croud the cheaiful Fire ; 
 With Trunks of Eltns and Oaks the Hearth they Toad, 
 Nor tempt th'lnclem^ncy of Heav*n abroad. 
 Their jovial Nights in Frolicks and in Play 
 They pafs, to drive the tedious Hours away ; 
 And their cold Stomachs with crown'd Goblets chear 
 Of windy Cyder, or of barmy Beer : 
 Such are the cold Ripheayi Race, and {iich 
 The favage Scythian^ and unwarlike Butch ; 
 Where Skins of Beafts the rude Barbarians vveai'. 
 The Spoils of Foxes, and the furr)^ Bear. Dryd, Vir^t 
 
 Then when the fleecy Skies new-clothe the Wood, {Vir^, 
 And Cakes of ruftling Ice come rolling down the Flood. J)ryd, 
 
 W^en gagg'd with Ice the Waves no longer roar. 
 But with ftiff Arms embrace the filent Shore ; 
 When naked Hills in frozen Armour ftand. Blac* 
 
 Behold yon Mountain's hoary Height, 
 Made higher with new Mounts of Snow ; 
 Again behold the Winter's Weight 
 Opprefs the lab 'ring Woods below ; 
 And Streams with icy Fetters bound, 
 Benumb'd and cramp'd to folid Ground. 
 With well-heap'd Logs diiTolve the Cold, 
 And feed the genial Heat with Fires j 
 Produce the Wine, that makes us bold. 
 And fprightly Wit and Love infpires : 
 For what hereafter fhall betide, 
 
 God, if 'tis worth his Care, provide. Dr^d, Hcrl 
 
 WISDOM. See Prudence. 
 ^ Wlfdom's too froward to let any find 
 She tai himfelf, or Pleafure in his Mind ; 
 She (hakes Vyhat fhe gives ; her Help dcftroys : 
 
 ^ "'uage, and difturbs our Joys. How, Ind, €iueen, 
 
 Wlfdcro's 
 
( ^02) 
 
 Wirdom's an Eventiefs of Soul, 
 A fteddy Temper which no Cares controul, 
 No PafTions ruffle, no Defires inflame ; ^ 
 
 Still conftant to it felf, and ftill the fame. Oldh» 
 
 The Wife and Adive conquer Difficulties 
 By daring to attempt them : Sloth and Folly 
 Shiver and fhrink at fight of Toil and Hazard, 
 And make th* Impoffibility they fear. Rowe Amh» Stepm% 
 
 But Wifdom is to Sloth too great a Slave, 
 ^one are fo bufy as the Fool and Knave, Dr'^d^ Med* 
 
 Vain Boaft of Wifdom, 
 That v^ith fantaftick Pride, like bufy Children, 
 Builds Piper-Towns and Houfes, which at once (Stepm* 
 
 The Hand of Chance o'er-turns, and loofly fcatters. Rowe Amb, 
 WISHES. 5^^ Content. 
 
 Look round the habitable World, how few 
 Know their own Good, or knowing it, purfue ! 
 How void of Reafon are our Hopes and Fears ! 
 "What in the Condud of our Life appears 
 So w^ell defign'd, fo luckily begun, 
 But when we have our Wifh, we wifh undone ? 
 Whole Houfes of their whole Defires poflefs'd, 
 Are often ruin'd at their own Requeft. 
 In Wars and Peace things hurtful we require. 
 When made obnoxious to our own Defire. Vryd* Juv, 
 
 So blind we are, our Wifhes are fo vain, (mode* 
 
 That what we moft defire, proves moft our V:[mJ)ryd,Mar,Ala 
 
 With Laurels fome have fatally been-eiw^MiM; 
 Some, who the Depths of Eloquence have found. 
 In that unnavigable Stream were drown'd. 
 Some ask for envy'd Pow'r, which publick Hate 
 Purfues, and hurries headlong to their Fate. 
 All wifh the dire Prerogative to kill ; 
 Ev'n they would have the Pow'r, who want the Will. Dryd, ^uv, 
 
 'Tis plain from hence, that what our Vows requeft. 
 Are huitful things, or ufelefs at the beft. Vryd, Juv, 
 
 Such is the gloomy State of Mortals here. 
 We know not what to wifh, nor what to fear. Dryd* 
 
 We go aftray 
 In ev'17 Wifh, and know not how to pray : 
 For he who grafp'd the World's exhaufted Store, 
 Yet never had enough, but wifh'd for more ; yj^'^* 
 
 Rais'd a top-heavy Tow'r of monftrous height, ^iit. Vryd- 
 Which inould'ring crulh'd him underneath tfip " What 
 
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C 503 ) 
 
 What then remains ? Are we depriv'd of Will ? 
 Mull we not wifli, for fear of wifhing ill ? 
 Receive my Counfel, and fecurely move ; 
 Intruft thy Fortune to the Pow'rs above j 
 Leave them to manage for thee, and to grant 
 What their unerring Wifdom fees thee want. 
 In Goodnefs, as in Greatnefs, they excel : 
 Oh ! that we lov'd our felves but half fo well ! Vryd, ^ui^ 
 WIT. 
 A thoufand different Shapes it bearsj 
 Comely in thoufand Shapes appears. 
 'Tis not a Tale, 'tis not a Jeft, 
 Admir'd with Laughter at a Feaft ; 
 Nor florid Talk, which can this Title gain : 
 The Proofs of Wit for ever muft remain. 
 ^Tis not to force fome lifelefs Verfes meet. 
 
 With their five gouty Feet ; 
 All ev'ry where, like Man's, muft be the Soul, 
 And Reafon the inferiour Pow'rs ^ontroul. 
 Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each Part ; 
 That fhews more Coft than Art. 
 'Tis not when two like Words make up one Noife, 
 (Jefts for Dutch Men, and Englifh Boys) 
 In which who finds out Wit, the fame may fee 
 In Anagrams and Acroftick Poetr)\ 
 
 Much lefs can that have any place. 
 At which a Virgin hides her Face ; 
 Such Drofs the Fire muft purge away : 
 'Tis juft 
 The Author blufh, there where the Reader muft. 
 'Tis not fuch Lines as almoft crack the Stage, 
 
 When Bajazet begins to rage : 
 Nor a tall Metaphor in the Bombaft way. 
 Nor the dry Chips of fhort-lung'd Seneca : 
 Nor upon all things to intrude, 
 And force fome odd Similitude. 
 What is it then, which, like the Pow'r Divine, 
 We only can by Negatives define ? 
 In a true Piece of Wit all things muft be. 
 
 Yet all things there agree : 
 As in the Ark, join'd without Force or Strife, 
 All Creatures dwelt, all Creatures that had Life. 
 Or as the primitive Forms of all, 
 
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 Which without Dlfcord and Confufioii lie. 
 
 In that Grange Mirrour of the Deity. Cowi, 
 
 'Tis not a FlaOi of Fancy, ^vhich fometimes 
 Dazling our Minds, fets oft' the ilighteft Rhynie« : 
 Bright as a Blaze, but in a moment done j j " 
 
 True Wit is everlafting, like the Sun. Norm* 
 
 Wit, like a luxuriant Vine, 
 Unlefs to Virtue's Prop it join, 
 Firm and ered tow'rd Heav'n bound, 
 Tho it with beauteous Leaves and pleafant Fruit be crownM, 
 It lies deform'd and rotting on the Ground. CowL 
 
 Wit, like Beauty, ti'iumphs o'er the Heart, 
 When more of Nature's feen, and lefs of Art. Prior*, 
 
 Wit, like Tierce Claret, when 't begins to pall, 
 Negleded lies, and 's of no ufe at all j 
 But in its full Perfedion of Decay, 
 Turns Vinegar, and comes again in play. Roch, 
 
 Unequally th' impartial Hand of Heav'n, 
 Has all but this one only Elefling giv'n. 
 
 In Wit alone 't has been munificent, p 
 
 Of which fo juft a iliare to each is fent, > 
 
 That the moft Avaritious are content. ^ 
 
 For none e'er thought, the due Divifion's fuch. 
 His own too little, or his Friend's too much. Rech* 
 
 Great Wits are fure to Madnefs near ally'd, 
 And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide. Dryd. Abf» v' Achiti ' 
 Great Wits and Valours, like great States, 
 Do fometimes fink with their own Weights. 
 Th' Extremes of GI017 and of Shame, 
 Like Eaft and Weft become the fame. 
 No Indian Prince has to his Palace 
 More FoU'wers, than a Thief to th'Gallows. Hnd, 
 
 WITCH. See Defpair, Necromancer. 
 What are thefe 
 So withered, and fo wild in their Attire, 
 That look not like th' Inhabitants of the Earth, 
 And yet are on it ? Live you, or are you ought 
 That Man may queftion ? You feem to underftand me, 
 By each at once her choppy Fingers laying 
 Upon her skinny Lips. 
 If you can look into the Seeds of Time, 
 And fee which Grain will grow, and which will not 5 
 I conjure you by that which you profefs, 
 To anfwer me : ' 
 
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( 505 ) 
 
 Tho' you untie the Winds, and let *em fiahc 
 Againft the Churches ; tho' the yefty Waves 
 Confound and fwallovv Navigation up ; 
 Tho' bladedCornbe lodg'd, and Trees blown dowflj 
 Tho' Caftles topple on their Warders Heads: 
 Tho' Palaces and Pyramids do flope 
 Their Heads to their Foundations : 
 
 Ev'n till Deftrudion ficken, anfwer me. ^hah. Much 
 
 The mumbling Beldam mutters thus her Channs. 
 On the Corner of the Moon 
 Hangs a vapVous Drop profound, 
 I'll catch it e'er it come to Grounds 
 Which diflill'd by magick Slights, 
 Shall raife artificial Sprights, 
 Thrice the brinded Cat has mewM, 
 Twice and once the Hedge-pig whin'd ; 
 Harper crie^, 'tis time, 'tis time : 
 Round about the Cauldron go. 
 In the poyfon'd Entrails throw : 
 Pour in Sow's Blood that has eaten 
 Her nine Farrow : Greafe that's {'/^ttt 
 From the Murtherer's Gibbet throw 
 -Into the Flame. 
 Toad that under the cold Stone 
 Days and Nights has thirty one 
 Swelter'd Venom fleeping got, ' 
 
 Boil thou firfl i'th' charmed Pot, 
 Fillet of a fenny Snake 
 In the Cauldron boil and bake. 
 Eye of Neut, and Toe of Frog, 
 Wooll of Bat, and Tongue of Dog, 
 Adder's Fork, and Blind- Worm's Sung, 
 Lizard's Leg, and Howlet's Wing, 
 For a Charm of pow'rful Trouble, 
 like a Hell-broth boil and bubble. 
 Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wool^ 
 Witches Mummy, Maw and Gulph 
 Of the ravin'd Salt-Sea Shark, 
 Root of Hemlock, digg'd i'th' Dark 5 
 Liver of blafpheming 5^^^, 
 Gall of Goats, and Slips of Yeugh, 
 Sliver'd m the Moon's Eclipfe ; 
 Nofe of Turk, and Tartar's Lipsj 
 
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( 506 ) 
 
 Finger of Birth-ftrangled Babe ^ 
 
 Ditcli-delivei-'d by a Di'ab, I 
 
 Make the duel thick and flab : J 
 
 Add thereto a Tyger*s Chaldron 
 Tor th* Ingredients of our Cauldron. 
 Cool it with a Baboon's Blood, 
 Then our Charm is firm and good. S/jak, Mach^ 
 Smear'd with thefe pow'rfiil Juices, on the Plain 
 He howls a Woolf among the hungry Train ; 
 And oft the mighty Negromancer boafts. 
 With thefe to call from Tombs the ftalking Ghofts, 
 And from the Roots to tear the Handing Corn, 
 Which whirl'd aloft to diflant Fields is.born: 
 Such is the Strength of Spells. Bryd, Virgin 
 
 Pale Phoebe, drawn by Verfe, from Heav'n defcen^jls, 
 A.nd Circe cjiang'd with Charms Vlyffes Friends. 
 Verfe breaks the Ground, and penetrates the Brake, 
 And in the winding Cavern fplits the Snake j 
 Verfe fires the frozen Veins. Dryd, yirg^ 
 
 Renown'd for magick Arts, her Charms unbind 
 The Chains of Love, or fix 'em to the Mindj 
 She flops the Currents, leaves the Channel dry. 
 Repels the Stars, and backward beats the Sky. 
 The yawning Earth rebellows to her Call, 
 Pale Ghofts afcend, and Mountain Afhes fall. Drjd. Virg^ 
 
 I fr.v Canidia here, her Feet were bare. 
 Black were her Robes, and loofe her flaky Hair ; 
 With her fierce Sagana went (talking round. 
 Their hideous Howling Oiook the trembling Ground. 
 A Palenefs, cafting Horrour round the Place, 
 Sat dead, and terrible on cither's Face. 
 Their impious Trunks upon the Earth they caft. 
 And dug it with their Nails in frantick Hafte : 
 A Cole-black Lamb then with their Teeth they tore 
 And in the Pit they pour'd the reeking Gore. • ; 
 
 By this they forc'd the tortur'd Ghofts from Hellj 
 And Anfwers to their wild Demands compel. 
 Two Images they brought of \>^ax and Woollj 
 The waxen was a little puling Fool, 
 A chidden Image, ready ftill to skip 
 Whene'er the woollen one but fnap'd his Whip : 
 
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( 507 ) 
 
 Oil Hecate aloud this Beldam calls, 
 
 TiJtpho7ie as loud the other bawls. 
 
 A thoufand Serpents hifs'd upon the Ground, 
 
 And Hell-hounds compafs'd all the Garden round. 
 
 Behind the Tombs, to fhun the horrid Sight, 
 
 The Moon skulk'd down, or out of Shame or Fright. S/<r^./f<>r, 
 
 Not uglier follow the Night-Hag, when call'd 
 In Tecret, riding through the Air, fhe comes, 
 Lur'd with the Smell of Infant-Blood, to dance 
 With L.7pA-r«^ Witches, while the lab'ring Moon 
 Eclipfes at their Charms. Milt, 
 
 But fee, they're gone. 
 The Earth has Bubbles as the Waters have. 
 And thefe are fome of them : They vanifhed 
 Into the Air, and what feem'd corporal 
 Melted as Breath into the Wind. Shak, Mach, 
 
 WO G L F. 
 
 So roams the nightly Woolf about the Fold, 
 Wet with defcending Show'rs, and ftifF with Cold ; 
 He howls for Hunger, and he grins for Pain, 
 His gnafhing Teeth are exercis'd in vain j 
 And impotent of Anger, finds no Way 
 In his diftended Paws to grafp the Prey. 
 The Mothers liften, but the bleating Lambs 
 Securely fw'ig the Dug beneath the Dams. Dryd, Vif^* 
 
 As when a Woolf, pinch'd by nodurnal Cold 
 And Hunger-flarv'd,rcours round the lofty Fold j 
 He licks his rabbid Jaws, and feems poflefs'd 
 Already of his Prey, and bloody Feaft. 
 He offers oft to enter, w^hile the Lambs 
 Affrighted tremble round their bleatii^ Dams. Blac, 
 
 As hungry Wolves, with raging Appetite, 
 Scour through the Fields, nor fear the flormy Night ; 
 Their Whelps at home expeft the promis'd Food, 
 And long to temper their dry Chaps in Blood. Dryd, Virg^ 
 
 As when a prowling Woolf, 
 "Whom Hunger drives to feek new Haunts for Prey, 
 Watching where Shepherds pen their Flocks at Eve, 
 In hurdled Cotes amid the Field fecure. 
 Leaps o'er the Fence with eafe into the Fold. Milt, 
 
 So fiezes the grim Woolf the tender Lamb, 
 In vain lamented by the bleating Dam. Dryd. Virg^ 
 
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( 508 ) 
 As when the Woolf has torn a Bullock s HiJe 
 At unawares, or ranch'd a Shepherd's Side, 
 Confcious of his audacious Deed he flies. 
 And claps his quiv'ring Tail between his Thighs. Dvyd. Virg, 
 
 Such Rage inflames the Woolf 's wild Heart and Eyes, 
 'Robb'd, as he thinks, unjuftly of his Prize; 
 Whom unawares the Shepherd fpies, and draws 
 The bleating Lamb from out his rav'nous Jaws. 
 The Shepherd fain himfelf he would altail. 
 But Fear above his Hunger does prevail: 
 He knows his Foe's too fl:rong, and mult be gone 5 
 He grins as he looks back, and howls as he goes on CovjL 
 L YC A G N turned litto a Woolf. 
 The Tyrant in a Fright for Shelter gains 
 The neighb'ring Fields, and fcours along the Plains : 
 Howling he fled, and fain he would have fpoke, 
 Eut human Voice his brutal Tongue forfook j 
 About his Lips the gather'd Foam he churns^. 
 And breathing Slaughter, ftlU with Rage he burns. 
 But on the bleating Flock his Fury turns. 
 His Mantle, now his Hide, with rugged Hairs, 
 Cleaves to his Back, a famifh'd Face he bears. 
 His Arms defcend, his Shoulders fink away. 
 To multiply his Legs for Chace of Prey. 
 He grows a Woolf, his Hoarinefs remains. 
 And the fame Rage \\\ other Members reigns j 
 His Eyes flill fparkle in a narrower Space, 
 His Jaws retain the Grin and Violence of Face. Dryd. Ovid' 
 RGMULUSandREMUS nurs'd by a Woolf. 
 The Cava of Mars was drefs'd \vith mofl)' Greens j 
 There by a Woolf were laid the martial Twins , 
 Intrepid on her fwelling Dugs they hung. 
 The Fofter-Dam loU'd out her fawning Tonglie; 
 They fuck'd fecure, while bending back her Head, (Dry. Firg, 
 She lick'd their tender Limbs, and form'd them as they fcd^ 
 yVQMAN. 
 Thou'rt Woman, a true Copy of the fii-ft. 
 In whom the Race of all Mankind was cui-ft : 
 Your Sex by Beauty was to Heav'n ally'd. 
 But your great Lord, the Devil, taught you Pride, 
 He too an Angel, till he durft rebel, 
 And you are fure the Stars that with him fell, i ' 
 
 Weep 
 
( 509 ) 
 
 Weep on ! a Stock of Tears like Vows you have. 
 
 And always ready when you would deceive. Ccw, Do?i Carl 
 Oil Virtue! Virtue! what art thou become. 
 
 That Men fhould leave thee for that Toy a >X'onian ! 
 
 Made from the Drofs and Refufe of a Man : 
 
 Heav'n took him fleeping when he made her too ; 
 
 Had Man been waking he had ne'er confented. Drj, Span. Fr^ 
 Out of my Sight, thou Serpent, that Name beft 
 
 Befits thee, with him leagu'd, thy felf as falfe. 
 
 And hateful j nothing wants, but that thy Shape, 
 
 Like his, and Colour ferpentine, may fhew 
 
 Thy inward Fraud, to warn all Creatures from thee. Milt, 
 Thy all is but a Show, 
 
 Rather than folid Virtue ; all but a Rib, 
 
 Crooked by Nature. Oh why did God, 
 
 Creator wife, that peopled higheit Heav'n, 
 
 With Spirits mafculine, create at lall: 
 
 This Novelty on Earth.' this fair Defeft 
 
 Of Nature, and not fill the World at once 
 
 With Men, as Angels, without Feminine, 
 
 Or find fome other way to generate Mankind ? Mih^ 
 
 Ah Traitrefs ! Ah ingrate ! Ah feithlefs Mind I 
 Ah Sex invented fiift to damn Mankind! 
 Nature took care to drefs you up for Sin 5 
 Adprn'd without, unfinifh'd left within : 
 Hence by no Judgment you your Love diredj 
 Talk much, ne'er think, and M\ the wrong afft^. 
 So much Self-love in your Compofure's mix'd. 
 That Love to others flill remains unfix'd. 
 Greatnefs, and Noife, and Shew, are your Delight ; 
 Yet wife Men love you in their own Defpight : 
 And finding in their native Wit no Eafe, 
 Are forc'd to put your Folly on to pleafe, Dryd, /^uren^ 
 
 Intolerable Vanity ! j'oui* Sex 
 Was never in the right: You're always falfe 
 Or (illy ; ev*n your Dreflies are not more 
 Fantaflick than your Appetites : You think 
 Of nothing twice : Opinion ypu have none : 
 To Day you're nice, to Morrow not fo free ; 
 Now fmile, then frown, now forrowfiil, then glad. 
 Now pleas'd,now not, and all you know not why. 
 Virtue you aiFedtj laconftancy you pra^ice j 
 
 X3 m 
 
-And when your IdofeDefires once get Dominion, 
 
 No hungry Churl feeds coarfer at a Feaft ; 
 
 Ev'ry rank Fool goes down. OfV},Or^^l 
 
 The Sex was firft in Mock'ry of us madej 
 They are the falfe, deceitful Glafles, where 
 We gaze, and drefs our felves to all the Shapes 
 Of Folly. What is't Woman cannot do ? 
 She'll make a Statefman quite forget his Cunning, 
 And truft his deareft Secrets to her Breaft, 
 Where Fops have daily Entrance :. Make a Priefl:, 
 Forgetting the Hypocrify of 's Office, 
 Dance and fhew Tricks, to prove his Sti'ength and Brawni 
 Make a Projector quibble j an old Judge 
 Put on falfe Hair and paint 5 And after all, 
 Tho' fhe be known the lewdeft of her Sex, 
 She'll make feme Fool or other think fhe's honeft. C^-w;. C. Mari . 
 For 'tis in vain to think to guefs 
 At Women by Appearances : 
 That paint and patch their Imperfeftions 
 Of intelledual Complexions ; 
 And dawb their Tempers o'er with Waflies, 
 As artificial as their Faces. Hud, 
 
 Who can defcribe , 
 
 Their AfFeftation, Pride, 111 Nature, Noife, 'i\ 
 
 Pronenefs to change, ev'n from the Joy that pleas'd themf* ' 
 So gracious is their Idol, dear Variety, 
 That for another's Love, they would forego 
 An Angel's Form to mingle with a Devil's. 
 Thro' ev'ry State and Rank of Men they wander, , 
 
 Till ev'en their large Experience takes in all | 
 
 The diff'rent Nations of the peopled Earth. Rovj, Amb,Ste2. 
 
 Fatally fair they are, and in their Smiles 
 The Graces, little Loves, and youn^ Defires inhabit 1 
 But all that gazcL^upon them^^vre undone 5 
 For they are falfe, luxurious in their Appetites, 
 And all the Heav'n they hope for is Variety. 
 One Lover to another flill fucceeds ; 
 Another, and another after that. 
 And the laft Fool is welcome as the former; 
 Till having lov'd his Hour out, he gives place, (Fair Pen, 
 And mingles with the Herd that went before hiili, Roiv* 
 
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( 5" ) 
 
 ^fethought ev'n now I mark'd the Starts of CsuIIt 
 That fhook her Soul, tho' damn'd Dillimulation, 
 Skreen'd her dark Thoughts, and fet to publick View 
 A fpedous Face of Innocence and Beauty. 
 Oh f'alfe Appearance! What is all our Sov'reignty, 
 Or boafl-edPow'r, when they oppofe their Arts t 
 Still they prevail, and we are found the Fools : 
 With fuch fmooth Looks, and many a gentle Word, 
 The firft fair She beguil'd her eafy Lord : 
 Too blind with Love and Beauty to beware. 
 He fell unthinking in the fatal Snare ; 
 
 Nor could believe that fuch a heav'nly Face, [Ro^u) Fair Pen, 
 Had bargained with the Devil, to damn her wretched Race . 
 
 Henceforth not name a Woman j 
 'Tis Treafon to my Ear, They are 
 The Bane of Empire, and the Rot of Pow'r ! 
 The Caufe of all our Mifchiefs, Murders, Mnllacres ! 
 What Seas of Blood they've fpilt In former Ages r 
 Woman, that dooms us all to one fure Grave, 
 And fafter darrwis, than Providence can fave. LeeQciiJiPt^it. 
 
 Each Inconvenience makes their Virtue cold, 
 Biit Womankind in Ills is ever bold, Dryd, Ju^^\ 
 
 Oh Woman, Woman, Woman ! All the Gods 
 Have not fuch Pow'r of doing Good to Men, 
 A» you of doing Harm ! Dryd. All fcr Lo've. 
 
 I'd leave the World for him that hates a Woman I. 
 Woman, the Fountain of all human Frailty ! 
 What mighty Ills have not been done by Woman ? 
 Who was't betray'd the Capitol ? A Woman ! 
 Who was the Caufe of a long ten Years War, 
 And laid at lafl old Troy in Afhes \ a Woman ! 
 Who loft Mark Anthony the World ? a Woman I 
 Deflrudive, damnable, deceitful Woman ! 
 Woman, to Man firft as a Blefling given. 
 When Innocence and Love were in their Prime; ^ 
 Happy a while in Paradife they lay. 
 But quickly Woman long'd to go aftray : 
 Some foolifh new Adventure needs mult prove, , 
 And the firft Devil fhe faw, fhe chang'd her Love.. 
 To his Temptations lewdly fhe inclin'd 
 Her Soul, and for an Apple damn'd Mankiad. CtWtCrph', 
 
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 But I forget my felf, and rove 
 Keyond th' Inftiudlon of my Love r 
 Forgive me, Fair! and only blame 
 Th' Extravagancy of my Flame j 
 Since 'tis'too much at once to fhow 
 Excefs of Love and Temper too : 
 All I have faid that's bad and true, 
 Vas never meant to aim at you. Hud, 
 
 Oil Woman ! lovely Woman \ Nature made you 
 To temper Man : We had been Brutes without you. 
 Angels are painted fair to look like you. 
 There's in you all that we believe of Heav'n 5 
 Amazing Brightnefs, Purity, and Truth, 
 Eternal Joy, and everlafting Love. Ofw. Ven, Vref, 
 
 Under how hard a Fate are Women born! 
 Priz'd to their Ruin, or expos'd to Scorn. , 
 
 Ix v;e v>\int Beauty, we of Love defpair. 
 And are befieg'd like Frontier-Towns if fair WaIU 
 
 How hard is the Condition of our Sex, 
 Thro' ev'ry State of Life the Slaves of Man! • 
 In all the dear delightful Days of Youth, 
 A rigid Father dilates to our Wills, 
 And deals out Pleafure with a fcanty Hand : 
 To hif, the Tyrant Husband's Reign fucceeds : 
 Proud with Opinion of fuperiour Reafon, 
 He holds domeftick Bufinefs and Devotion 
 All v/e are capable to know, and fhuts us. 
 Like cloyfter'd Ideots, from the World's Acquaintance, 
 And all the Joys of Freedom. Wherefore are we 
 Born with high Souls, but to aiTert our felves. 
 Shake off this wild Obedience they exad:. 
 And claim an equal Empire o'er the World. Row* Fair P^». 
 
 Unhappy Sex! whofe Beauty is your Snare 5 
 Expos'd to Trials, made too frail to bear. Dryd, Auren* 
 
 Women are govern'd byaftubborn Fatejl 
 Their Love's infuperable as their Hate^ 
 No Merit their Averfion can remove. 
 No ill Requital can efface their Love. Walh 
 
 For I who made them, know their inwatd State ; 
 No Woman, once well-pleas'd, can throughly hate : 
 I gave 'em Beauty to fubdue the Strong j 
 A mighty Empire ! But it lails not long ; 
 
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( 1'i ) 
 
 I gave *eni Pride to make Mankind their Slave, 
 But in Exchange, to Men 1 Flatt'ry gave. 
 Th' offending Lover, when he loweft h'es. 
 Submits to conquer, and but kneels to rife. Drjd. yiuren:^ 
 
 [Spoken by Jufitei\ 
 
 Why was 1 made with all my Sexes Sohnefs, 
 Yet want the Cunning to conceal its PoUies \ 
 I'll fee Caftalio j tax him with his Falfhood j 
 Be a true Woman, rail, proteft my Wrongs, 
 Refolve to hate him, and yet love him ftiU. 0/w. Qrphi 
 
 A ftrange diflembling Sex we Women are. 
 Well may we Men, when we ourfelves deceive. 
 Long has my fecret Soul lov'd Troilus : 
 I drunk his Praifes from my Unkle's Mouth, 
 As if my Ears could ne'er be fatisfy'd. 
 Why then, why faid I not, I love this Prince ? 
 How could my Tongue confpire againft my Heart, 
 To fay I lov'd him not ? O child ilh Love I 
 'Tis like an Infant fi'oward in his Play, 
 And what he mofl defires, he throws away. Ska. TroiL & Cref, 
 
 Forbidding me to follow, fiie invites me : 
 This is the Mould of which I made the Sex ; 
 I gave them but one Tongue to fay us Nay, 
 And two kind Eyes to grant. Dr.ci. 4mph. Spokenhy ^up^t^ 
 
 Our thoughtlefs Sex is caught by o-Ttward Form 
 And empty Noife, and loves it feif in Man. Drjd, Oedip^ 
 
 Hard Fate of Lovers, fubjed to our Laws ! 
 Fools we mufl have, or elfe we cannot fway. 
 For none but Fools will Womankind obey: 
 If they prove flubborn, and refift cur Will, 
 We exercife our PowV, and ufe 'em ill : 
 The paflive Slave, that whines, adores, and dits. 
 Sometimes we pity, but we flill defpife : 
 But when we doat, the felf-fame Fate we prove j 
 Fools at the befl, but double Fools in Love. 
 We rage at firft with ill-diflembled Scorn j "J 
 
 Then, falling from our height, more bafely mourn; f 
 
 And Man, th' infulting Tyrant, takes his Turn ; -^ 
 
 Leaves us to weep for our nedetted Charms, 
 And hugs another Miflrefs in his Arms: 
 And that which humbles our proud Sex the mofl. 
 Of all our flighted Favours makes his Boaft. Dryd, Clem, 
 
Pleas'd to be happy, as you're pleas'd to blefs, (Fair Pen. V* ^ 
 
 And confcious of youl•^5^orth, can never love you lefs. Row; ^Z | 
 
 Women, like Summer-Storms, a while are cloudy i ' I 
 
 Some wifh a Husband Fool, but fuch are curft* 
 For Fools perverfe of Husbands are the Worft : 
 All Women would be counted chafte and wife. 
 Nor fhould our Spoufes fee, but with our Eyes : 
 For Fools will prate, and tho' they want the Wit 
 To find clofe Faults, yet open Blots will hit : 
 Tho* better for their Eafe to hold their Tongue j 
 For Womankind was never in the Wrong : ,, 
 
 So Noife enfues, and Quarrels lafl for Life, {ofB^h'sTale^.y. 
 Tiie Wife abhors the Fool, the Fool the Wife. Dry. The Wify 
 
 "Were you, ye Fair, but cautious whom you truft. 
 So many of your Sex would not in vain 
 Of broken Vows, and faithlefs Men complain. 
 Of all the various Wretches Love has made. 
 How few have been by Men of Senfe betray'd? 
 Convinc'd by Reafon, they your Pow'r confefs, 
 ~* ' " ; happy, as you're pleas'd to blefs, 
 IS of your>5^orth, can never loveyo 
 like Summer-Storms, a while are cloudy 
 Burft out in Thunder, and impetuous Show'rsj 
 But ftrait the Sun of Beauty dawns abroad, 
 And all the fair Horizon is ferene. Row. TitmcrU 
 
 Women, to the brave an eafy Prey, 
 Still follow Fortune where fhe leads the way. Dry. Pal, ^ Arc. 
 For Women born to be controul'd. 
 
 Stoop to the forward and the bold ; 
 
 Affed the haughty and the proud. 
 
 The gay, the frolick,. and the loud. 
 
 Who firft the gen'rous Steed oppreft, 
 
 Not kneeling did falute the Beaft j 
 
 But with high Courage, Life, and Force 
 
 Approaching, tam'd th' unruly Horfe. 
 
 Unwifely we the wifer Eaft 
 
 Pity, fuppofing them opprefl", 
 
 "With Tyrant's Force, whofe Law is Will;, 
 
 By which they govern, fpoil, and killj 
 
 Each Nymph, but moderately fair. 
 
 Commands wi^h no lefs Rigour here. 
 
 Should fome b vave r?^r;^,that walks among 
 
 His twenty L. fles bright and young. 
 
 And beckons 10 the willing Dame, 
 
 Frcferv'd to qi«nch bis prefent Flame,. 
 
(• 5>5 ) 
 
 Behotd as many Gallants here. 
 
 With modeft Guife, and filent Fear, 
 
 All to one Female Idol bend, 
 
 Whilft her high Pride does fcarce defcend 
 
 To mark their Follies j he would fwear 
 
 That thefe her Guards of Eunuchs were ; 
 
 And that a more majeftick Queen, 
 
 Or humbler Slaves he had not feen.! IVair^ 
 
 For Women, you know, feldom fail. 
 To make the ftouteft Men turn Tail, 
 And bravely fcorn to turn their Backs 
 Upon the defp'rateft Attacks. H«/, 
 
 They wound like ParthianSyyfhile they fly. 
 And kill with a retreating Eye ; 
 Retire the more, the more we prefs. 
 To draw us into Ambufhes. Hud^^ 
 
 WORDS. 
 "Wovds with the Leaves of Trees Refembance hold. 
 In this Refpeftj where ev'ry Year the old 
 Fall off, and new ones in their Places grow : 
 Death is the Fate of all things here below. 
 If Man, and Nature's >5rorks fubmit to Fatr, 
 Much lefs muft Words expeft a lafting Date : 
 Many, which we approve for current now. 
 In the next Age out of Requeft will grow : 
 And others, which are now thrown out of Door5, 
 Shall be reviv'd, and come again in Force, 
 If Cuflom pleafe, fi-om whom their Force they draw> 
 Which of our Speech is the fole Judge and Law. Cld^. Hcri 
 Words are but the Pidures of our Thoughts. Dryd. 
 
 His Words replete with guile. 
 Into her Heart too eafy Entrance won. Milt. 
 
 In her Ears the Sound 
 Yet rung of his perfwafive Words, impregn'd 
 With Reafon, to her Seeming, and with TiaithJ Mih^ 
 
 Teach me, fome Pow'r, that happy Ai't of Speech,, 
 To dre(s my Purpofe up in gracious Words j 
 Such as may foftjy fleal upon her Soul, 
 And never waken the tempeftuous Paflions. Roiu, Fair, PeMi 
 WORLD. 
 The World's a ftormy Sea, 
 Whofe ev'ry Breath is ftrew'd witli Wrecks of Wretches, "" 
 That daily perifh in.it. RQW,jimb,$tef 
 
 Where. 
 
( T.6 ) 
 
 Where folld Pains fiieceed our ftnColcfs Joys, 
 And fliort liv'd Pleafiires fleet like paflinff Dieatns.Ro^^, FaUnt, 
 
 The World's a Wood^ in which all lofe their Way, 
 Tho' by a different Path each goes aftray^ Roch^ 
 
 The World's a Labyrinth, where un^uided Men, 
 Walk-up and down to find their >5^earniers: 
 No fooner have we meafur'd with much Toil, 
 One crooked Path in hope to gain our Freedom, 
 But it betrays us to a new Affliclion. Beau. Ni^ht-walker. 
 TV Q K M S. See Creat'mu 
 WOUNDS, 
 
 His Face and Limbs were one continu'd Wound 5 
 Difhoneft, with lopt Arms the Youth appears. 
 Spoil 'd of his Nofe, and fhortenVl of his Ears. Dryd. Virg^ 
 
 Then with a fpeeding Thruft his Heart he found j -^ 
 
 The luke-warm Blood came rufhing thro' the Wound, > 
 And fanguin Streams diftain'd the facred Ground. Dry. Firg. ) 
 
 Scars of Honour feam'd his manly Face. Blac, 
 
 With many a Wound llie made her Bofom gay, ^ 
 
 Her Wounds like Floodgates, did themfelves difplay, L 
 
 Thro' which Life ran in fcarlet Streams away. Lee Nero.j: 
 
 The yawning Wound 
 Gufh'd out a purple Sneam, and xlain'd the Ground, Dr. /^r. . 
 
 The gaping Wound gufh'd out a crimfon Flood. Dry. Vi:'g» 
 Like dumb Mouths, liis Wounds 
 Open'd their ruby Lips. Shah ^ulX^f, 
 
 There Duncan lay ; 
 His filver Skin lac'd with his golden Blood, 
 And his gafh'd Stabs look'd like a Breach in Nature 
 Por Ruin's wafteful Entrance. Sh^k.Mach, 
 
 Old as I am, and quench'd with Scars and Sorrows, 
 Yet could I make this wither'd Arm do Wonders j 
 And open in an Enemy fuch Wounds, 
 Mercy would weep to look on. Roch. FaUnt, 
 
 They made bare their Breafts, 
 Lac'd with long Scars and ftudded o'er withThrufts, 
 The noble Wardrobe of the Scarlet War. LeeMithr. 
 
 He bar'd his Breaft, and (hew'd ^ is Scars, 
 As of a furrow'd Field, well plough'd with Wars. Dry.Ovid^ 
 
 Clofe by each other laid they prefs'd the Ground, 
 Their manly Bofoms pierc'd with many a grlefly Wound, 
 Nor well alive, nor wholly dead they were. 
 But fome faint Signs of feeble Life appear; 
 
 Tfac 
 
(!>7) 
 
 The wand'ring Bi-eath was on the Wfng to part, (^ ^rc. 
 Weak was the Pulfcj and hardly heav'd the Heart. Dryd. Pal, 
 WRETCH. 
 
 Look who comes herel a Grave unto a Soul : 
 Holding th' eternal Spirit 'gainft her \^i\\^ 
 In the vile Prifon of 'afflicted Breath. Shak. K, John. 
 
 To be a Dog, and dead. 
 Were Paradife to fuch a State as his j 
 He holds down Life, as Children do a Potion, 
 With flrong Reluftance, and convulfive Struggltngs: 
 While his Misfortunes prefs him to difgorge it. Ro-u;, TamcrU 
 
 To know no Thought of Reft, to have the Mind 
 Still miniftring frefh Plagues, as in a Circle, 
 Where one Difhonour treads upon another. 
 What know the Fiends beyond it ! i?o-xy. Tamcrl, 
 
 There's not a Wretch that lives on common Charity, 
 But's happier far than me : For I have known 
 The lufcious Sweets of Plenty ; Ev'ry Night 
 Have flepc with foft Content about my Head, 
 And never wak'd but to a joyful Morning; 
 Yet now muft fall like a full Ear of Corn, {Ven.Pref, 
 
 Whofe Bloflbmc 'fcap'd, hut's wither'd in the Rip'ning. O^iy. 
 
 Then looking on the neighb'ring Woods, we law 
 The ghaftly Vimge of a Man unknown : 
 An uncouth Feature, meagre, pale and wild j 
 Afflictions foul and terrible Difmay 
 Sate on his Looks: His Face impair'd and worn 
 With Marks of Famine, fpeaking fore Diftrefs ; 
 His Locks were tangled, and his fhaggy Beard 
 Matted with Filth. Add. invg. 
 
 Then from the Wood there bolts before our Sight, 
 Somewhat, betwixt a Mortal and a Spright; 
 So thin, fo ghaftly meagre, and fo wan. 
 So bare of Flefh, he fcarce refembled Man. 
 This thing all tatter'd was : lliaggy his Beard : 
 His Cloaths were tagg'd with Tnorns, and Filth his Limbs 
 
 (befmear'd, Drjd» Virg, 
 YEAR. 
 
 Perceiv'fl thou not the Procefs of the Year: V 
 
 How the four Seafons in four Forms appear, ^ 
 
 Refembling human Life in ev'ry Shape they wear \ -* 
 
 Spring firft, like Infancy, fhoots out her Head, -v 
 
 With milky Juice requiring to be fed j C 
 
 Helplefs, though freflb, arid wanting to be l«d. i 
 
 The 
 
( 5iS ) 
 
 The green Stem grows in Stature and In Size, 
 But only feeds with Hope the Farmer's Eyes. 
 Then laughs the childidi Year with Flowrets crown'd. 
 And lavimly perfumes the Fields around. 
 But no fubftantial Nourifhment receives j 
 Infirm the Stalks, unfolid are the Leaves. 
 Proceeding onward whence the Year began ; 
 The Summer grows adult, and ripens into Man: 
 This Seafon, as in Men, is moft replete 
 With kindly Moifture, and prolifick Heat, 
 Autumn fucceeds, a fober tepid Age, 
 Not froze with Fear, nor boiling into Ragej 
 More than mature, and tending to Decay, 
 When our brown Locks repine to mix with odious Grey, 
 Laft Winter fweeps along with tardy Pace j 
 Sour is his Front, and furrow 'd is his Face. 
 His Scalp if not difhonour'd quite of Hair, (Ovid* 
 
 The ragged Fleece is thin, and thin is worfe than bare, Drjd, 
 T G U T H. 
 The Spring of Life. The Bloom of gawdy Years. 
 Before the tender Nerves had ftrung his Limbs, 
 And knotted into Strength. Shak. Troll. ^ Cref, 
 
 Then, paft a Boy, the callow Down began 
 To fhade my Chin, and call me firft a Man. Dryd. Virg, 
 
 The Down of Manhood on his Face appears. 
 And bloomy Beauty grac'd his youthful Years. BUc, 
 
 Youth does a thoufand Pleafures bring. 
 Which from decrepid Age will fly. 
 Sweets that wanton i'th Bofom of the Spring, 
 
 In Winter's cold Embraces die. CongK 
 
 Secure thofe golden early Joys, 
 
 That Youtn, unfowr'd with Sorrows, bears $ 
 E'er with'ring Time the Tafte deftroys, 
 
 With Sicknefs and unwieldy Years. 
 For aftive Sports, for pleafing Refl, -% 
 
 This is the Time to be pofTefs'd^ ^ 
 
 The Befl is but in Seafon beft. J 
 
 The pointed Hour of promifs'd Blifs, 
 The pleafing Whifper in the Dark> 
 The half-unwillirfg willing Kifs, 
 
 The Laugh that guides thee to the Mark, 
 When the kind Nymph would Coyncfs feign, ^ 
 And hides but to be found again, t 
 
 Thefe, thefc are Joys the Gods for Youth ordain. Dryd.Her,} 
 
 In 
 
(519) 
 In Youth alone unhappy Mortals Hvej 
 But ah I the mighty Blifs is fugitive: 
 Difcolour'd Sicicnefs, anxious Labours come. 
 And Age, and Death's inexorable Doom. Dryd, Firg^ 
 
 All the good Wine of Life our drunken Youth devours, 
 Sournefs and Lees, which to the Bottom fink. 
 
 Remain for latter Years to drink ; 
 Until fome one, offended with the Tafte, (CoiuL 
 
 The Veffel breaks, and out the wretched Reliques run at laft. 
 
 The Rofe is fragrant, but it fades in time. 
 The Vi'let fweet, but quickly paft the Prime. 
 White Lillies hang their Heads, and foon decay. 
 And whiter Snow in Minutes melts away: 
 Such, and fo with'ring is our blooming Youth. ^ Dfyd. Thetc, 
 
 Grief feldom joyn'd with blooming Youth is feen; 
 Can Sorrow be where Knowledge fcaixe has been ; 
 Fortune does well for heedlefs Youth provide. 
 But Wifdom does unlucky Age mifguide. Hovj, Ind. §Meefi. 
 ZEAL. 
 .Zeal is the pious Madnefs of the Mind. Dryd. Tjr. Love. 
 And Confidence in Sin, when mix'd with Zeal, 
 Seems Innocence, and looks to mofl as well. Cree, Juu^ 
 
 Zeal's a dreadful Termagant, 
 That teaches Saints to tear and rant j 
 And Li^ependants to profefs 
 The-^odtrine of Dependances : 
 Turns meek and fneaking fecret Ones 
 To Raw-heads fierce, and Bloody Bones, 
 And not content with cndkfs Quarrels 
 Againlt the >5^icked and their Morals, 
 The Ghibiliyis for want of Guelfs, 
 Divert their Rage upon themfelveS, Htfd. 
 
 ZONES. 
 VWe Girdles bind the Skies : The torrid Zone 
 Glows with the paffing and re-pafling Sun. 
 Par on the Right and Left, th'Extreams of Heav'n, 
 To Frofls and Snows and bitter Blafts are giv'n. 
 3etwixt the midfl:, and thefe the Gods aflign'd 
 Two habitable Seats for Human-kind : 
 And crofs their Limits cut a flopir^ Way, 
 Which the twelve Signs in beauteous Order fway : 
 Two Poles turn round the Globe : One feen to rife 
 O'er Scjthian Hills, and one in Libyan Skies, 
 
 The 
 
( 520 ) 
 The firft fubllme In Heav'n : The laft is whirl'd 
 Below the Regions of the nether World. 
 Around our Pole the fpiry Dragon glides. 
 And, like a wand'ring Stream, the Bears ^widts i 
 The lefs and greater, who by Fate's Decree 
 Abhor to dive beneath the Southern Sea. 
 There, as they fay, perpetual Night is found. 
 In Silence brooding on th' unhappy Ground : 
 Or when Aurora leaves our Northern Sphere, 
 She lights the downward Heav'n, and rifes there. 
 And v/h-en on us (he breaths the living Light, 
 Red Fefper kindles there the Tapers of the Night. Dry, y}r^. 
 
 And as five Zones th' i^thereal Regions bind, 
 Pive correfpondent are to Earth aflign'd. 
 The Sun, with Rays diredly darting down. 
 Fires all beneath, and fries the middle Zone. 
 The two beneath the diftant Poles complain 
 Gf endlefs Winter and perpetual Rain. 
 Betwixt th' Extreams two happier Climates hold 
 The Temper that partakes of Hot and Cold. Dryd. Ov'td, 
 
 FINIS. 
 
A 
 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 O F 
 
 RHYMES. 
 
 Quelquefujet qu on traitey ou plat f ant oufublimey 
 Que toujour 5 le honfens s^accorde avec la Ri/^e; 
 Vun r autre vainement ilsfemhlent fe haiVy 
 La Rime eft un efclave, & ne doit quobetr. 
 Lors qu a la lien chercher d* ahord on s'evertue^ 
 Vefprit a la trouver aifement s* habitue ; 
 Au joug de la Raifonfans peine elle flechity 
 Ety loin de la gener, la fen iX l\nrkhit, 
 Mais lors quon la neglige, elle devient rebeSey 
 Et pour la ratrapery lejens €Ourt apres elle. 
 
 B O I L E A U- 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed by S. B. for C. Rivington, at the 
 
 Bible and Croum in St. Paul's Church-yardj 
 near the Chapter-Houfe. 1714. 
 
41 
 
 THE 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 THIS DlBhnary contains a CcV.eBhn of fuch Words 
 only^ as both for their Senfe and Sound are judg'd 
 niofi -proper for the Rhymes of Heroick Foetry. 
 For which Reafon are omitted^ 
 
 I. All Burlefque Words ^ and fuch ivhofe Signification can 
 he employed only in SubjeBs of Drollery. 
 
 II. All uncommon Words, and that are of a generally un- 
 known Signification; as the Names of Dijiempers that are un- 
 ufual\ mofi of the ^erms of Arts and Sciences; all proper 
 Names both of Ferfons and Places ; together with all Vedan- 
 tick hard Words ^ whofe Sound is generally as harjl) and un- 
 f leafing as their Senfe is dark and obfcure. 
 
 III. All Bafe, Low Words ; By which I mean fuch as are 
 9iever met with hut in the Mouth of the Vulgar, and never 
 iis^d, neither in Converfation or Writing, by the better and 
 more polite Sort of People. 'The French call them Des Mots 
 Bas, but our Language fcarce allows us a Term to difiin- 
 guijh them. Andifany fuchareinferted, the Reafon is, becaufe 
 they are us'd in a Figurative, as well as in their proper Signifi- 
 cation ; Thus Starch properly, fignifies only that which Lan~ 
 dreffes ufe, to fiiffen Linnen : In which Senfe it can hardly 
 find Placeman Heroick Poem ; hut in its Figurative it may: 
 For 'tis us'd to exprefs an ABion done with AffeBation, and 
 we fay a St3iYch*d, for a formal, fiiff, affeBed Perfon. There- 
 fore I have not omitted it^ nor any of the like Nature. 
 
 IV. All Ohfolete^ Spurious, and Mifcompounded Words ^ 
 which are unworthy the Dignity of Style required in an He- 
 roick Poem ; Cnjus Didio debet effe perfefta, & abfoliita. 
 
 V. All the Words that ought not to end a Verfe ; as the 
 particles An^ And, As, Of, The^ Qpc. together with all the 
 
 Words 
 
T'he'P REFAC E. Hi 
 
 Words of move than three Syllables that ha^^e their Accent upon 
 the fourth Syllable from the lajl- ; ^i Diirolucenefs, Niggaid- 
 lineCs, Vindicated, and the like ^ ivhofe Accent being^o far 
 removed from their final Syllable^ they ought never to end a 
 Verfe in any Sort of Poetry ivhatfoever. 
 
 VI. The "Terminations that have not more than one Word 
 that can be employed to end a Verfe in Heroick Poetry. Thus 
 becaufe there are no Words that rhyme to Badge but Fadge 
 fltwrf Cadge ; thefirji of ivhich is a Low Word^ and the laji 
 very uncommon, being a Term in Falconry, and known but 
 to a few, the Termination ADGJE is intirely omitted. 
 
 VII. All the Words that end in M^te E, preceded by the 
 LiquidL and another Confonant ; asthofe in BLE,CLE,I)LE^ 
 &c. For, bejtdes that mojl of them are double Rhymes, all 
 which, as Jhallbefaid hereafter, are excluded this DiBionary^ 
 the Sound of their laji Syllable is fo very weak and languijh^ 
 ing, that the Verfes that end in any of them, can neverbe grace- 
 ful in the Delivery^ nor pleajlng to the Ear. 
 
 VIII. Almoji all the Words that are compounded with any of 
 the Particles, Out, Re or Un ; for they may not only be eajily 
 formed from their Simples, whiih are to be found under their 
 refpeBive Terminations, but are fo very numerous in our Lan^ 
 guage, that to have inferted them, would have increased this 
 DiBionary to afar greater Bulk than theVclume would permit : 
 For this laji Reafon, and for that they are feldom implofd at 
 the End of Verfes^ mojl of the Polyfyllahles in AL, ANCE^ 
 ANT, ATE, ENCE, ENT, ESS, OUS, and r preceded by a 
 Confonant, which are the Terminations with which our Lan- 
 guage mofi abounds, have found no Place here. As have not 
 likewife {becaufe they are all double Rhymes) any of the Words 
 in ION, or of the Polyfy liable s in ING, of both which there is 
 an infinite Number. ThisDiBionary would likewife have been 
 fwelVd to a much larger Volume, had the fame Word been in- 
 ferted feveral times^ according to its differe?2t Significations ; 
 As Beam, a great Piece of Timber in Building ; Beam of a 
 Coach or Waggon ; Beam of a Stag ; Beam of a Ballance ; > 
 Beam or Ray of Light ^ &c. But fearing to be t9D prolix in a 
 Work of this Nature, I have not done it. However^ the Words^ 
 which, tho' written alike, differ both in Senfe and Sound, are 
 inferted fever ally, according to their various Pronunciations. 
 Thus Bow is placed twice under the Termination OW: Firfi 
 among thofe whofe W is filent, as Crow, Grow, 8^^. And then 
 among thofe whofe W is founded; as Cow, Yow^Qrc. Among 
 
 Z z the 
 
iv The P K E F A C E to 
 
 thefrji 'tis a Noun^ and fgnif.es the Wcapn fo calld^ and 
 [e'^^eral ether things; among the lafi^ a Vtrh^ to Bow or Bend. 
 
 IX. All the 'Terminations that contain only Derivative 
 Words. 'Thus becaufe there are no Words that end in AILD^ 
 but the Participles of the Verbs in AIL^ the Termination 
 AILD is omitted ; it being eafy to find all the Words of thofe 
 Rhymes by looking for the Termination of their Primitives .-. 
 For Example^ fo find the Rhymes ifo Prevail'd, confder it fqi 
 he the Participle of the Verb Prevail, fwhofe Termination is 
 AIL. Sqq ATLy and you Jl:>aUfind]r{zi\, Silly Be\va.i\^ and all 
 the other Verbs of that Rhyme, ivhofe Participles are the only 
 Words that rhyme to Prevail'd. 
 
 X. Lafily^ the Terminations ASM, ISM, and OSM J not 
 cnly becaufe they contain none but uncommon Words, deriv'd 
 from the Greek, but aJfo beco-ufe they properly belong to the dou- 
 ble Rhymes ; all ivhich^ as ivell as moft of the treble, are, for 
 the Reafonsalledg'd intlie Rwhs for making Verfcs, omitted 
 in this Colleclion. Which ^ as If aid before^ is^compos'd ofafele^ 
 Number offuch ufual Words as are of the befl Senfe, ayidihat 
 for the Agreeablenefs of their Sound are mofi proper to be em^ 
 plofd in the Rhymes of Heroick Verfe. 
 
 Thus having given a port Account of the Words omitted in 
 this DiBionary ; it will be necejfary to fay fomething of the 
 Method and Difpofition of thofe that are contaifi'd in it. 
 
 In looking for a Word, conjlder the five Vowels A,E,I,0,XI ; 
 4nd begin at the Vowel that precedes the laji Confonant of the 
 Word : Tor Example, to find Perfwade, and the Words that 
 rhyme to it, D is the lafi Confonant, A the Vowel that pre^ 
 cedes it, look for ADE, and you will find Mzdc, Fade, Invade, 
 and all the other Words of that Rhyme. 
 
 In like manner, if a Word end in two or mora Confonanis^ 
 hegin at the Vowel that immediately precedes the fir fl of them : 
 For Example, Land; N is the firfi of the final Confonant s^ 
 A the Vowel that precedes it. See AND^ and you find Band^ 
 Stand, Command, Qpc. 
 
 But if a Diphthong, that is fo fay, two or more Vowels to. 
 gether, precedes the lafi Confonant or Confonatits of a Word, 
 hegin at the firfi of thofe two Vowels ; Thus to find the 
 Rhymes to Difdain, look not for IN, but for AIN, and you 
 will find Brain, Chain, Gain, c^c 
 
 To find a Word that ends in a Dipthong, preceded by a 
 Confonant ; begin only at the firfi Vowel of the Diphthong : 
 For Example, to find the Rhymes to Subdue^ look fox UE^ and 
 you will find ClwGy DuCjEnfue, &>c, 
 
 Ajtd 
 
the Diciionary 0/ R h y m e s. v 
 
 And the Words that end ina ftnple Voifel^ preceded by a Con- 
 fonant^ are found by looking for that Vowel cniy. Except always 
 the Words that end in Mute E^ which are conjl.intly found by 
 the fame Adethod that has been already prefcvib'tt for fnding 
 the Rhymes to Perfwa-ie , whofe jinal E is jilent^ and feriies 
 only to lens then the Sound of toe A in thelajl Syllable. 
 
 Except alfo the Words m T, which areplacd under the Ter^ 
 mination lE^ not 07ily becaufe their Sound is exactly the fa .le^ 
 but alfo becaufe they may be indifferently written either with 
 a T or lE^ as Dy or Die, Ly or Lie, Dejy or Defie, ^c. 
 
 The Wordsthat rhyme JlricUy one to another^ tho' they differ 
 in OrthagraphVy are plac'd under the fame Termination, Thus 
 the Words in AIGN, AIN, ANE^ EIGN^ atidEIN, are placed 
 together^ becaufe their Terminations have exa^Jy tie fame 
 Sound: But as there are more Words in AIN, han n ^ny other 
 of thofe Terminations^ I haz-e plac'd them allunder Alls' ; atui 
 from their refpeclive Terminations have referred thither. 
 
 The Verbs are 07ily in the Injinitive^ and the Nouns in the 
 Siytpular ; and from the Terminations to which any Tenfe^ 
 Verfon^ or 'Participle of a Yerh^ or any 'Plural of a Noun 
 rhymes^ I havj referred to the Termijiation of the Primitive of 
 that Verb or Noun. For Example.^ after the Rhymes in AZE^ I 
 fay^ Alfo the third Per{l:»n prefent of the Verbs, a;icl Plurai orf 
 the Nouns \\\ AY, EIGH, and EY. The Reader is dejn-'d to 
 fee thofe Terminations^ and from the Primitive Wcrds of them ^ 
 as Day, Ray, Delay, Neigh, Convey, l^c. he will e^yfil) form 
 Days, Rays, Delays, Neigh?, Conveys, &c, all which rlyne 
 ptrfeBlyto the Words in 'AZE. 
 
 So after the Rhymes in ADE^ ^f^J-, Alio the Participles of 
 the Verbs in AY, EIGH, and EY. See the Verbs of thofs 
 Tertninations^ and by forming their Participles^ you find they 
 atlrhyme to the 'Words in J^DE ; as from Play, Neigh, Con- 
 vey, &c. Play'd, Neigh'd, Convey'd', &'C. 
 
 I have obfervd the like Methodthro' the whole Courfe of this 
 DiBionary^ as to all the regular Nouns and Verbs : But the 
 Tenfes.^ Perfons^ and Participles of all the Irregular Vtrhs^and 
 Plurals of all the Irregular Nouns ^ are found under the fev ral 
 Terminations to which they rhyme. Thus Fought, Sought, 
 T hou^ht,^r^ plac'd under OUGHT^ without referring to IGHT^ 
 EEKflNK^ the Termination of the Verbs y^e^ht. Seek, Think, 
 from whence they are derivd. Men/V plac'd under EN., with^ 
 out referring to AN^ the Termination of its Singular^ 
 Man. 
 
 Z I Ohfervt 
 
vi the PREFACE to 
 
 Ohferve therefore^ that ivhene'ver I fay Ferfojis^ or Partici- 
 ples of Verbs ^ or Plurals of Nouns ^ I mean only offuch as are 
 Regular in their Formation ; the Irregular Being always found 
 under the Terminations to ivhich they rhyme. 
 
 Obferve alfo that the Participles and PreterperfeB TenfeS 
 of. all the Regular Verbs being exactly the fame ^ whenever I 
 had occafion to refer to them^ I hazie made choice of the Word 
 Participle J rather than PreterperfeB Tenfe. 
 
 Some Words are plac'd tivice^ becaufe they are pronounced 
 differently^ as DrdUght ; ivhich Dryden rhymes both to the 
 Words in AFT^ and OUGHT; and therefore I have put it //»-. 
 der both thofe Terminations. * 
 
 But as there are fever al Words ^ ivhofe Terminatioas^ tho* 
 different in Writing^ are pronounced alike ; fo there are other i 
 that agree in Orthography , but differ in Sound. Thus, the 
 Words in ASE have two different ^Sounds ; fome of them are 
 pronouncd like ACE, others like AZE ; thejirjh of which I 
 have p'acd under ACE, the latter under AZE^ and from the 
 Termination ASE have referrd to the two other. 
 
 The Words in OVE have three different Sounds^ as Love, 
 Prove, R.cve ; and though they are all placed under their own 
 Termination, yet they do not in StriBnefs rhyme to one another. 
 Therefore to dijlinguifh them from- each other ^ a little Space is 
 left in the Printing bet^ween the different Rhymes. 
 
 There are alfo fever al other Terminations of like Nature^ 
 ivhofe different Sounds are dijlinguip'd in like manner. 
 
 I have already f aid that all the "Double andmofi of the Tre^ 
 lie Rhymes are omitted in this Alphabet ; yet by obferving the 
 Method I am going topropofe^ the greatefi Part of the Double 
 Rhymes may be difcoverd. 
 
 Mojl of cur Double Rhymes conjlfi in derivative Words ^ and 
 terminate either in ED^ ER, ES, EST, ING, or LY. 
 
 Derivative Words are thofe that are form' d from Primitives^ 
 which mufi be either Verbs or Nouns. The Primitivt: of a 
 Verb is the Infinitive ; the Primitive of a Noun is the NomL 
 native Singular. 
 
 Now all the Derivative Words, whofe Primitives are ae. 
 cevted on the lafi Syllable, and that are form'd by the Increafe 
 of a Syllable to their Primitives, thereby become Double 
 Rhymes. 
 
 For it is a Rule^ {and 1 think without any Exception') That 
 all Derivatives flill retain the Accent of their Primitives, that 
 is to fay ^ on the fame Syllable : From whence it follows, that 
 ihe Accent that was en the lafi Syllable of a Primitive, ot 
 
 Original 
 
the DiBionary of K n y u 1 s. vH 
 
 Original IVord^ mufi be on the laji fave one of its Derivathe^ if 
 it he form' d by the Incre.tfe of a Syllalle to its Primitive ; from 
 whence it confequently follows ^ that fuch aDenvatiie muji be 
 a Double Rhyme. For Example^to'Ewzdey and to Ax'i(e are 
 Primitives^ accented upon the laji Syllable^ and therefore are 
 Single Rhymes; Evading and hnCm^ are Gerunds form'' d from 
 them by adding the Syllable ING, and being accented on the 
 lafifave one, thereby become Double Rhymes. Now to find the 
 Rhymes to ^vzding, conjlder it to be a Derivative, and fee the 
 l^ermination of its Primitive, which is ADE; and the Gerunds 
 of all the Verbs of that Rhyyv.e, that are accented on the lafl 
 Syllable, muji necejfarily rhyme to Evading: As from Fade, 
 V/ade, Perfwade, &>c. Fading, Wadin^,^ Perfwading, &c. 
 In like manner tofindihe Rhyme to to Avinng, fee ISE, and yot* 
 willfind Advik, Chaftife, Defpile, and many other ; whofe 
 Gerunds all rhyme to Arifing, as Advifing, Chafiifing, &c. 
 
 "The Ohfervation cf this Rule only will lead you to the Dif^ 
 covery of an Infinite Number of Double Rhymes ; For all the 
 Verbs of the Englifo Tongue, whether Regular or Irregular, and 
 of what 'Termination foever they he, form their Gerunds by ad- 
 ding the Syllable Ing to the Infinitive ; and therefore if their 
 Infinitives rhyme, their Gerunds muji of Confequence do fo toe; 
 and if their Infinitives be acce^-tted on the lafi Syllable, their 
 Gerunds by the Inoreafe of the Syllable Ing are accented on the 
 lafi fave one, and thus become Double Rhymes. 
 
 The Double Rhymes in ED are generally only the' T article 
 •pies of the Regular Verbs ; of which there are two Sorts t 
 One that will admit of an Elificn of the E that precedes their 
 Confonant, and one that will not. 
 
 Thofe that will admit of an EUfion always ought to be us'd 
 fo ; and it is a Fault to make Loved two Syllables, and Ama- 
 zed three, by which Means they become Double Rhymes ; in- 
 fiead of how'd, which is but one Syllable, and Aioczz'd, which 
 is but two, and both of them Single Rhymes. 
 
 Thofe that will not fuffer the likeElifion, and confcquently 
 are Double Rhymes, are only the Participles of the Regular 
 Verbs that end in D orT, or in Mute E preceded by D or T, as 
 from the Verbs to Land, Grant, Perfwade, and Hate, are 
 farm'd the Participles Lznded, Granted, Perfwaded, Hated : 
 Which will not admit of fuch an EUfion, and therefore are 
 Double Rhymes. The Method of finding the Rhymes to thefe 
 Words is the fame as has been already prefcrih'd for finding the 
 Rhymes to the Words in ING, that is to fay, by feeking the 
 Terminations of the Infinitives from whence they are form''d ; 
 tvhich are AND, ANT, ADE, ATE: Z 4 Mary 
 
viii rthe P RE FAC E to 
 
 Many of the Double Rhymes in ER^ are either the Compara^ 
 the DepreiJ of Adjeciives, and form' d by adding ER to the.r Po- 
 fitive^ or Nouns Verbal form'd by the Addition of ER to their 
 Infinitive. For Example^ to find a Rhyme to Plainer /^^ Co?«- 
 parative of ?\2Lm^ fee the Termiyiation of the Fofltive^ ivhich is 
 yllN. and you ivilljind the Verb to Gain, from whence is form'd 
 the Noun Verbal Gimer ; Vain, /row whence the Comparative 
 Vaiii er ; Profli n e from whence Profa n er, Qfc. 
 
 "The like Method may alfo be obferv'dfor finding the Double 
 Rhyme in ES, EST, and LY. 
 
 Thofe in ES, confiji of the Third Terfon Vrefent of the Verbs ^ . 
 And of the Flural Numbers of the Nouns wh of e final Letters 
 r.re CE^ CH, GE, S, SE, SH, X, or ZE, and that are formed 
 by adding the Syllable ES to their Primitive. 
 
 "Thofe in ES'l, confijlofthe Superlative Degrees of AdjeBives^ 
 formed by addding EST to their Fojttives ; and of the Second Per- 
 fon Prefent of Verbs form'd by adding EST to their Infinitive. 
 
 Thofe in LT^ conjiji in Adverbs form'd from AdjeHives^ by 
 adding the Syllable LT to their Pofltive. 
 
 This Method may be alfo ufeful for finding of Rhymes to 
 Original Words. For Example^ to Morning, which being ac. 
 (cnted on the laji fave one^ is a Double Rhyme : See the Ter^ 
 mination of that Syllable., which is ORNj and you will find 
 Scoi-n, Adorn, Qpc. whofe Gerunds are. Scorning^ Adorn- 
 ing, Qf>c. 
 
 There are alfo feveral other Double Rhymes that confifi in 
 Derivative Words ^ and may be found by the fame Metbod. Of 
 this Nature are fever ul Participles in EN, that are formed irre- 
 gularly; as Given, Driven, Qt-c. from the Verbs inlVE; Taken, 
 Forfaken, Qpc. from tbofe in AKE ; and fome others. 
 
 As fcr the Treble Rhymes inferted in this DiBionary; I have 
 not retain d them as fuch.^ but as they rhyme to the Words ac- 
 cented upon thelajl Syllable ; that is to fay ^ to Single Rhymes: 
 Thus Tendernefs rhymes as Well to Confefs, as to Slendernefs. 
 Y-Qiyto Chanty and]u{{\^y.^aswellastoS2.iitx.y. But the Rea- 
 fen why mo fi of the Treble^ and all the Double Rhymes are 
 omitted^ may be feen in The Rule for making Verfes. And fa 
 much for the Matter and Method of the following Alphabet. It 
 may now be expeBed that I fhould fay fomething of the Vfe~ 
 fufnefs of it. 
 
 And here I will not pretend that it is a Work offuch a Na- 
 ture ^ as can be of any farther life to the Publick in general^ 
 than as it may be a Help and Eafe to thofe Perfons who apply 
 themfelves to the making EngHflo Verfes: And they ^ Ipre- 
 
 fumcy 
 
the DiElionary o/R h y m e s. xi 
 
 fume ^ will reap fome Advantage hy it ; fince in a Moment 
 and avithout 'Trouble^ they may herefindWords^ that for a con^ 
 fderable Space of 'Time their 'Thoughts have in vain keen la^ 
 touring to recover. 
 
 An Infiance of this we daily meet wiih in Converfation ; 
 where we often find ourfehes at a h/s for a Word to exprefj 
 our Meaning : Nay^fometimes for the Names ofPerfons ivith 
 ivhom we are converfant enough^ and more than perfcnally 
 acquaitited. 
 
 Befides^ I dare almoj} affirm ^ that the Difficulty of finding 
 Rhymes^ has been the unlucky Caufe that has frequently re- 
 duced evenihe bejl of our Foets to take up with Rhymes that 
 have fcarce any Confonance^ or Agreement in Sound. 
 
 Rhyme' is by all allowed to be the chief Ornament of Verfifi^ 
 cation in any of the Modern 'Languages ; and therefore the 
 more ExaB we are in the Obfervation of it^ the grsatcr Ap~ 
 plaufe our ProduBions of that Nature will defervedly chal- 
 lenge and find. 
 
 The Italians, ^/:'e Spaniards, and the Trench, and among 
 them Men eminent for their Learning and Farts, have not 
 thought their "Times mijpent in comp§fing DiBionnries that con- 
 tain all the Words of their Languages, difpos'd Alphabetically 
 according to their fever al Rhymes, and which have been prints 
 edin all Volumes, and received with general Approbation. 
 
 But if after this, and much more that migft be added in De- 
 fence of fuch a Work, any fhould be of Opinion that my Time 
 has been thrown away >n this Compofition ; fo fuch I freely con- 
 fefs, that while I was about it, I have often refeBed on the 
 Operofe nihil agit of Seneca, and applfd it to my felf. 
 
 A 
 
C' ) 
 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 O F 
 
 RHYMES. 
 
 AB. 
 
 Debafe 
 
 Abftraa 
 
 Jade 
 Lade 
 
 
 Enchafe 
 
 Compad 
 
 TJLab 
 JD Crab 
 
 
 Contrad 
 
 Made 
 
 ACH. 
 
 Detraa 
 
 Shade 
 
 Stab 
 
 Ach 
 
 Diftrad 
 
 Spade 
 
 Scab 
 
 Attach 
 
 Enad 
 
 Trade 
 
 
 Detach 
 
 Extrad 
 
 Wade 
 
 ACE. 
 
 
 Exaft 
 
 Degrade 
 DifTwade 
 
 Brace 
 
 ACK. 
 
 Protraa 
 
 Chace 
 
 Back 
 
 Subflrad 
 
 Evade 
 
 Face 
 
 Black 
 
 Tranfad 
 
 Invade 
 
 Grace 
 
 Crack 
 
 Catarad 
 
 Perfwade 
 
 Lace 
 
 Hack 
 
 AndthePc 
 
 ir- Blocade 
 
 Mace 
 
 Knack 
 
 ticiples of t 
 
 be Brigade 
 
 Pace 
 
 Lack 
 
 Verbs ill ACK. Cafalcade 
 
 Place 
 
 Pack 
 
 
 Mafquerade 
 
 K2ce 
 
 Quack 
 
 AD. 
 
 Renegade 
 
 Trace 
 
 Rack 
 
 Add 
 
 Retrograde 
 
 Apace 
 
 Sack 
 
 Bad 
 
 Serenade 
 
 Deface 
 
 Slack 
 
 Clad 
 
 Ambiifcade 
 
 Iftace 
 
 Smack 
 
 Gad 
 
 Cannonade 
 
 Difgrace 
 
 Snack 
 
 Glad 
 
 Palifade 
 
 Di'fhce 
 
 Stack 
 
 Had 
 
 
 Mifplace 
 
 Tack 
 
 Lad 
 
 Aid 
 
 Embrace 
 
 Track 
 
 Mad 
 
 Braid 
 
 Grimmace 
 
 Wrack 
 
 Sad 
 
 Maid 
 
 Interlace 
 
 Attack 
 
 Pad 
 
 Afraid 
 
 Ketrace 
 
 
 
 Upbraid 
 
 
 ACT. 
 
 ADE. 
 
 AndthePar- 
 
 Bafe 
 
 Aft 
 
 Blade 
 
 ticiples of the 
 
 Cafe 
 
 Trad 
 
 Fade 
 
 Verbs in AY, 
 
 Abale 
 
 Attrad 
 
 Glade 
 T * 
 
 EY,and EIGH. 
 AFE. 
 
AFE. 
 
 Chafe 
 
 Safe 
 
 Vouchfafe 
 
 AFF. 
 ChafF 
 Draflf 
 GrafF 
 Qiiaff 
 Staff 
 EngrafI 
 Epitaph 
 €enotaph 
 Paragraph 
 
 Laugh 
 
 AFT. 
 
 Aft 
 
 Abaft 
 
 Craft 
 
 Graft 
 
 Shaft 
 
 Raft 
 
 Waft 
 
 Draught 
 
 Ingraft 
 
 Handicraft 
 
 A DiStmary 0/ R h t m e s 
 
 i 
 
 Tag 
 
 Wag 
 
 Stag 
 
 Swag 
 
 Snag 
 
 AGE. 
 Age 
 
 Cage 
 
 Page 
 
 Rage 
 
 Sage 
 
 Stage 
 
 Swage 
 
 Wage 
 
 Ga^e 
 
 Aflwage 
 
 Engage 
 
 Diiengage 
 
 Enrage 
 
 Prefage 
 
 Appennage 
 
 Concubinage 
 
 Heritage 
 
 Hermitage 
 
 Parentage 
 
 Perfonage 
 
 Pafturage 
 
 Patronage 
 
 Jail 
 
 Mail 
 
 Nail 
 
 Pail 
 
 Fail 
 
 Quail 
 
 Sail 
 
 Tail 
 
 Trail 
 
 Wail 
 
 Aflfail 
 
 Avail 
 
 Detail 
 
 Bewail 
 
 Entail 
 
 Prevail 
 
 Retail 
 
 Countervail 
 
 Ale 
 
 And the Par- Pilgrimage 
 ticiples of the Villanage 
 Verbs in AFF Equipage 
 and AUGH. 
 
 Bag 
 
 Brag 
 
 Drag 
 
 Flag 
 Gag 
 
 Jag 
 
 Hag 
 
 Lag 
 Nag 
 
 AG, 
 
 Bale 
 
 Dale 
 
 Gale 
 
 Hale 
 
 Male 
 
 Pale 
 
 Sale 
 
 Scale 
 
 Stale 
 
 Tale 
 
 Vale 
 
 Whale 
 
 Impale 
 
 Exhale 
 J/D. See .4DE. Regale 
 AlGHTv.ATE Nightingale 
 AlGN.v.ANE^tW 
 
 AlM.SeeAME Appertain 
 AIN. 
 
 Gtim . 
 
 Lain 
 
 Main 
 
 Pain 
 
 Plaia 
 
 Rain. 
 
 Slain 
 
 Sprain. 
 
 Stain 
 
 Strain 
 
 Swain 
 
 Traill 
 
 Vain 
 
 Again 
 
 Abflain 
 
 Amain 
 
 Attain 
 
 Complain 
 
 Contain 
 
 Conflrain 
 
 Detain 
 
 Difdain 
 
 Difirain 
 
 Enchain 
 
 Entertain 
 
 Explain 
 
 Maintain 
 
 Obtain 
 
 Ordain 
 
 Pertain 
 
 Refrain 
 
 Regain 
 
 Remain 
 
 Reflraiix 
 
 Retain 
 
 Suflain 
 
 AIL. 
 Ail 
 BaU 
 Fail 
 Flail 
 Frail 
 Hail 
 
 Blain 
 
 Brain 
 
 Chain 
 
 Drain 
 
 Fain 
 
 Gain 
 
 Daign 
 Arraign 
 Campaign 
 Soveraign 
 
 Feign 
 
 Reign 
 
3 
 
 A DiElionary 0/ R h y m e s. | 
 
 Feign 
 
 Flake 
 
 Mineral 
 
 ALF. 
 
 Vein 
 
 Lake 
 
 Myftical 
 
 Calf 
 
 Kein 
 
 Make 
 
 Mufical 
 
 Half 
 
 
 Quake 
 
 Natural 
 
 Behalf 
 
 B.ne 
 
 Rake 
 
 Original 
 
 ALK. 
 
 Cane 
 
 Sake 
 
 Paftoral 
 
 Balk 
 
 Crane 
 
 Shake 
 
 Pedeftal 
 
 Chalk 
 
 Fane 
 
 Slake 
 
 Perfonal 
 
 Stalk 
 
 Lane 
 
 Snake 
 
 Phyfical 
 
 Talk 
 
 Mane 
 
 Stake 
 
 Poetical 
 
 Walk 
 
 Plane 
 
 Take 
 
 Political 
 
 Calk 
 
 Vai-.e 
 
 V/ake 
 
 Principal 
 
 Hawk 
 
 Wane 
 
 Awake 
 
 Prodigal 
 
 
 Profane 
 
 Betake 
 
 Prophetical 
 
 ALL. 
 
 Hurricane 
 
 Spake 
 
 Rational 
 
 All 
 
 
 For fake 
 
 Satirical 
 
 Ball 
 
 AINT. 
 
 Miflake 
 
 Reciprocal 
 
 Call , 
 
 Faint 
 
 Partake 
 
 Rhetorical 
 
 Fall ■ 1 
 
 Paint 
 
 Overtake 
 
 Several 
 
 Gall ' 
 
 Plaint 
 
 LTndertake 
 
 Temporal 
 
 Hall 
 
 Qiiaint 
 
 Befpake 
 
 Tragical 
 
 Pall 
 
 Saint 
 
 
 Tyrannical 
 
 Shall 
 
 Taint 
 
 AL. 
 
 Carnival 
 
 Small 
 
 Acquaint 
 
 Cabal 
 
 Schifmatical 
 
 Stall 
 
 Attaint 
 
 Canal 
 
 Whimfical 
 
 Tall 
 
 Complamt 
 
 A'iimal 
 
 Arfenal 
 
 Thrall ': 
 
 Coiiiiraint 
 
 Adn^iral 
 
 There are ma 
 
 -Wall 
 
 Reflraint 
 
 Cannibal 
 
 ny Words o 
 
 f Appall 
 
 
 Capital' 
 
 this Terminati 
 
 -Befall 
 
 Feint 
 
 Cardinal 
 
 on; but as the) 
 
 r Enthrall ' 
 
 Tcint 
 
 Comical 
 
 are feldom us'd Foreflall 
 
 
 Coniueal 
 
 to end Verfes 
 
 , Inflall 
 
 AIR. V. ARE. Ccrporal 
 
 'tis needlefs tc 
 
 > Mifcall 1 
 
 MSE.v. AZ.E. Cdmm^l 
 
 infert them. 
 
 Recall ■ 
 
 AIT. V. ^rE. Critical 
 
 
 
 AiTH.v.ATH. Feftival 
 
 ALD. 
 
 Caul ^ 
 
 ^/Z£.^.^Z£. Funeral 
 
 Bald 
 
 Bawl 
 
 
 General 
 
 Scald 
 
 Brawl 
 
 AKE. 
 
 Hospital 
 
 Fmerald 
 
 Crawl 
 
 Ake 
 
 Literval 
 
 AndthePar 
 
 . Scrawl 
 
 Bake 
 
 Liberal 
 
 ti'ciples of th( 
 
 J Sprawl 
 
 Brake 
 
 Madrigal 
 
 Verbs ill ALL 
 
 . Squawl 
 
 Cake 
 
 Litteral 
 
 
 . 
 
 Drali^e 
 
 Magical 
 
 ALESqqALL 
 
 , ALM. 
 
 Calift 
 
A DiStionary 
 
 Lamb 
 
 AME. 
 Blame 
 Came 
 Darac 
 Fame 
 
 Calm 
 
 Balm 
 
 Pfalm 
 
 Palm 
 
 Qualm 
 
 Becalm 
 
 Embalm 
 
 AlmSjWhich Flame 
 rhymes to the Frame 
 Plurals of the Game 
 Nouns, and 3d Lame 
 PerfonsPrefent Name 
 of the Verbs Same 
 of" this Termi- Shame 
 Tame 
 
 0/ Rhymes 
 
 Can 
 Clan 
 
 nation. 
 
 ALT. 
 
 Halt 
 Malt 
 Salt 
 Exalt 
 
 Revolt 
 
 Fault 
 Vault 
 Affault 
 Default 
 
 ALVE. 
 
 Calve 
 Salve 
 
 AM. 
 Am 
 Cram 
 Dam 
 Dram 
 Ham 
 Ram 
 Swam 
 Anagram 
 Epigram 
 
 Dam 
 
 Defame 
 
 Inflame 
 
 Mifname 
 
 Became 
 
 Misbecame, 
 
 Overcame 
 
 Aim 
 
 Claim 
 
 Maim 
 
 Acclaim 
 
 Declaim 
 
 Difclaim 
 
 Exclaim 
 
 Proclaim 
 
 Reclaim 
 
 AMP. 
 
 Camp 
 
 Champ 
 
 Pamp 
 
 Stamp 
 
 Lamp 
 
 Decamp 
 
 Encamp 
 
 AN. 
 
 Fan 
 
 Man 
 Pan 
 Plan 
 Ran 
 
 Scan 
 
 Span 
 
 Tan 
 
 Began 
 
 Trepan 
 
 Unman 
 
 Foreran 
 
 Partifan 
 
 Arufan 
 
 Pelican 
 
 Caravan 
 
 Courtefan 
 
 4 
 
 Extravagance 
 
 Ignorance 
 
 Inheritance 
 
 Lnempe ranee 
 
 Maintenance 
 
 Exorbitance 
 
 Ordinance 
 
 Concordance 
 
 Sufferance 
 
 Suftenance 
 
 Temperance 
 
 Utterance 
 
 Arrogance 
 
 Vigilance 
 
 Expanfe 
 Inhanfe 
 
 ANCH, 
 Branch 
 Swan Lanch 
 
 Wan Blanch 
 
 Thefe two Ranch 
 fometimes Hanch 
 
 rhyme to the Stanch 
 Words in ON. AND. 
 Band 
 
 Ban 
 Braa 
 
 ANCE. 
 Chance 
 Dance 
 Glance 
 Lance 
 Trance 
 Prance 
 Litrance 
 Advance 
 Romance 
 Mifchance 
 Complaifance 
 Circumflance 
 Countenance 
 Deliverance 
 Confonance 
 Diifonance 
 
 Brand 
 
 Grand 
 
 Hand 
 
 Land 
 
 Rand 
 
 Sand 
 
 Stand 
 
 Strand 
 
 Wand 
 
 Command 
 
 Countermand 
 
 Demand 
 
 Disband 
 
 Expand 
 
 Gainfland 
 
 With/land 
 
 Underhand 
 
 Repri^ 
 
s 
 
 A Diiiionary of R h y m i 5. j| 
 
 Reprimand 
 
 
 AP. 
 
 fon Prerent ol 
 
 Aland Dryd. ANT. 
 
 Cap 
 
 the Verbs ini 
 
 
 Ant 
 
 Chap 
 
 AP. 
 
 'ANE.v. AIN, C2int 
 
 Clap 
 
 
 
 Chant 
 
 Crap 
 
 APT. 
 
 ANG. 
 
 Grant 
 
 Flap 
 
 Apt 
 
 Bang 
 
 Pant 
 
 Gap 
 
 Adapt 
 
 Ring 
 
 Plant 
 
 Hap 
 
 And thePar- 
 
 Gang 
 
 Rant 
 
 Lap 
 
 ticiples of the; 
 
 Hang 
 
 Slant 
 
 Map 
 
 Verbs in AP. 
 
 Pang 
 
 Aflant 
 
 Pap 
 
 
 Tang 
 
 Complaifant 
 
 Rap 
 
 AR. 
 
 Twang 
 
 Difplant 
 
 Sap 
 
 Bar i 
 
 Harangue 
 
 Enchant 
 
 Scrap 
 
 Car 
 
 
 Gallant 
 
 Snap 
 
 Far 
 
 ANGE. 
 
 Implant 
 
 Strap 
 
 Gnar 
 
 Change 
 
 Recant 
 
 Tap 
 
 Jar 
 
 Range 
 
 Supplant 
 
 Wrap 
 
 Mar 
 
 Grange 
 
 Tranfplant 
 
 Enwrap 
 
 Scar 
 
 Strange 
 
 Abfonant 
 
 Mifliap 
 
 Spar 
 
 Eft range 
 
 Adamant 
 
 Entrap 
 
 Star 
 
 Arrange 
 
 Arrogant 
 
 
 Tar 
 
 Exchange 
 
 Combatant 
 
 APE. 
 
 War 
 
 Interchange 
 
 Confonant 
 
 Ape 
 
 Afar 
 
 
 Cormorant 
 
 Cape 
 
 Debar 
 
 . ANK. 
 
 Protefiant 
 
 Chape 
 
 Unbar 
 
 Bank 
 
 Significant 
 
 Gape 
 
 Catarrh 
 
 Blank 
 
 Vifitant 
 
 Grape 
 
 Particular 
 
 Shank 
 
 Covenant 
 
 Rape 
 
 Perpendicular 
 
 Clank 
 
 DilTonant 
 
 Scape 
 
 Secular 1 
 
 Dank 
 
 Difputant 
 
 Scrape 
 
 Angular 
 
 Drank 
 
 Elegant 
 
 Shape 
 
 Regular 
 
 Flank 
 
 Elephant 
 
 Efcape 
 
 Popular 
 
 Frank 
 
 Exorbitant 
 
 
 Singular 
 
 Lank 
 
 Converfant 
 
 ^PH.See^jFF. Titular 
 
 Plank 
 
 Extravagant 
 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 Prank 
 
 Ignorant 
 
 APSE, 
 
 Scimitar 
 
 :Rank 
 
 Infignificant 
 
 Lapfe 
 
 Calendar 
 
 Thank 
 
 Inhabitant 
 
 Elapfe 
 
 Colendar 
 
 Difrank 
 
 Militant 
 
 Relapfe 
 
 
 Mountebank 
 
 Predominant 
 
 Perhaps 
 
 ARB. 
 
 
 Sycophant 
 
 And thePlu- Barb 
 
 'ANSE, See 
 
 Vigilant 
 
 raloftheNounsGarb ' 
 
 ANCE. 
 
 Petu]^ 
 
 audThudPei 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 ARC«i' 
 
A DiSiionary of R h t m e s.^ 
 
 ARCE. Fare' Were Clark 
 
 Farce Glare Where Dark 
 
 Scarce Hare E'er Lark 
 
 And thePlu- Knare Ne'er Mark 
 
 raloftheNounsMare Elfewhere Park 
 
 and Third Per- Pare Whate'er Shark 
 
 fon Prefent of Rare Howe*er Spark 
 
 in Scare Howfoe'er Stark 
 
 Share Whene'er Embark, 
 
 Where-e'er Remark 
 
 Verbs 
 
 the 
 AR. 
 
 ARCH. 
 
 Arch 
 
 March 
 
 Parch 
 
 Starch 
 
 Countermarch 
 
 ARD. 
 
 Bard 
 
 Card 
 
 Guard 
 
 Hard 
 
 Lard 
 
 Nard 
 
 Shard 
 
 Yard 
 
 Bombard 
 
 Difcard 
 
 Regard 
 
 Diffeeard 
 
 Literlari 
 
 Retard 
 
 Snare 
 
 Spare 
 
 Square 
 
 Stare 
 
 Tare 
 
 Ware 
 
 Aware 
 
 Beware 
 
 Compare 
 
 Declare 
 
 Enfnare 
 
 Prepare 
 
 Air 
 
 Chair 
 
 Fair 
 
 Hair 
 
 Lair 
 
 Pair 
 
 Stair 
 
 Affair 
 
 Debonnair 
 
 And the Par- Defpair 
 ticiples of the Impair 
 Verbs in AR- Repair 
 
 Ward 
 
 Bear 
 
 Award 
 
 Pear 
 
 Reward 
 
 Swear 
 
 ARE. 
 
 Tear 
 
 Are 
 
 Wear 
 
 Bare 
 
 Forbear 
 
 Blare 
 
 Forfwear 
 
 Care 
 
 
 Dare 
 
 Jhere 
 
 Heir ARL; 
 
 Coheir Gnarl 
 
 Their Snarl 
 
 Theirs Marl 
 
 Unawares 
 
 Which rhyme ARM^ 
 to the Plurals Arm 
 of the Nouns Barm 
 and Third Per- Charm 
 fons Prefent of Farm 
 the Verbs of Harm 
 this Termina- Alarm 
 tion. Difarm 
 
 ARF. 
 Scarf 
 Dwarf 
 Wharf 
 
 ARGE. 
 Barge 
 Charge 
 Large 
 Targe 
 Difcharge 
 O'ercharge 
 Surcharge 
 Enlarge 
 
 ARK. 
 Ark 
 Bark 
 Cark 
 
 Swarm 
 Warm 
 
 Thefe \i& 
 Words rhyme 
 to the TerHii- 
 nation ORM, 
 
 . ARN, 
 Barn 
 Yarn 
 
 Warn 
 Fore-warn 
 
 Thefe Two 
 rhyme to the 
 words inORN. 
 
 Carp 
 
 ARP. 
 
 Harp 
 
A DiElionary 0/ R h y m e s. 
 
 Harp 
 
 Glafs 
 
 Task 
 
 Cat 
 
 Sharp 
 
 Grafs 
 
 
 Chat 
 
 Warp 
 
 Lafs 
 
 ASP. 
 
 Fat 
 
 Counterfcarp 
 
 Mafs 
 
 Afp 
 
 Flat 
 
 
 Pafs 
 
 Clafp 
 
 Gnat 
 
 ARSH. 
 
 Alafs 
 
 Gafp 
 
 Hat 
 
 Harfh 
 
 A mafs 
 
 Grafp 
 
 Mat 
 
 Marfli 
 
 Cuirafs 
 
 Hafp 
 
 Pat 
 
 
 Repafs 
 
 Wafp 
 
 Plat 
 
 ART. 
 
 Surpafs 
 
 
 Rat 
 
 Art 
 
 Morafs 
 
 AST. 
 
 Sat 
 
 Cart 
 
 
 Blail 
 
 Sprat 
 
 Dart 
 
 "Was ■ 
 
 Caft 
 
 That 
 
 Hart 
 
 Has 
 
 Haft 
 
 Vat 
 
 Mart 
 
 
 Laft 
 
 
 Part 
 
 ASE. See ACE Mid 
 
 Squat 
 
 Sm^rt 
 
 and AZ2. 
 
 Paft 
 
 What 
 
 Start 
 
 
 Vaft 
 
 Thefe two 
 
 Tart 
 
 ASH. 
 
 Faft 
 
 may rhyme to 
 
 Apart 
 
 Afh 
 
 Agall 
 
 the Terminati- 
 
 Depart 
 
 Cadi 
 
 Avaft 
 
 on OT. ' 
 
 Impart 
 Difpai t 
 
 Clafh 
 
 Forecafl: 
 
 
 CraOi 
 
 Overcafl 
 
 ATCH. 1 
 
 Counterpart 
 
 DaOi 
 
 Outcaft 
 
 Catch 
 
 Heart 
 
 FlaOi 
 
 Repaft 
 
 Hatch 
 
 
 Gafli 
 
 And the Par- Latch 
 
 Thwart 
 
 Gnafh 
 
 ticiples of tLe Match 
 
 Athwart 
 
 Hafli 
 
 Verbs in ASS 
 
 . Patch 
 
 Thefe TwoLafli 
 
 
 Scratch 
 
 rhyme to th 
 
 ePlafh 
 
 ASTE. 
 
 Smatch 
 
 wor^sin ORT. Rafh 
 
 Bafte 
 
 Snatch 
 
 
 Slafh , 
 
 Chafle 
 
 Thatch 
 
 ARTH. 
 
 ThraOi 
 
 Hafte 
 
 Watch 
 
 See 
 
 TraOi 
 
 Pafte 
 
 Difpatch } 
 
 EARTH. 
 
 Quafli 
 
 Tafte 
 
 
 
 WaOi 
 
 Waftc 
 
 ATE. 
 
 ARVE. 
 
 Abafh 
 
 Diftafte 
 
 Bate ' ! 
 
 Carve 
 
 
 And thePar- Date i 
 
 Starve 
 
 ASK. 
 
 ticiples of the Fate 
 
 
 Ask 
 
 Verbs in ACE. Gate 
 
 AS and ASS, 
 
 Bask 
 
 
 Grate 
 
 Afs 
 
 Cask 
 
 AT 
 
 Hate 
 
 Brafs 
 
 Flask 
 
 Bat " 
 
 Late 
 
 Clais 
 
 Mask 
 
 Brat 
 
 Mate 
 
 
 
 
 im 1 
 
Pate 
 Plate 
 Prate 
 Rate 
 
 Sate 
 
 Scate 
 
 Slate 
 
 State 
 
 Abate 
 
 Alate 
 
 Belate 
 
 Collate 
 
 Create 
 
 Debate 
 
 Dilate 
 
 Elate 
 
 -Eftate 
 
 Ingrate 
 
 Innate 
 
 Rebate 
 
 Relate 
 
 Sedate 
 
 Tranflate 
 
 Abdicate 
 
 Abominate 
 
 Abrogate 
 
 Accelerate 
 
 A DiSlionary 0/ R h y m e 
 
 Arrogate EfFeminate 
 
 Articulate 
 
 Affafiinate 
 
 Calculate 
 
 Capitulate 
 
 Captivate 
 
 Celebrate 
 
 Circulate 
 
 Coagulate 
 
 Elevate 
 
 Emulate 
 
 Eflimate 
 
 Elaborate 
 
 Equivocate 
 
 Eradicate 
 
 Evaporate 
 
 Exap^erate 
 
 Commemorate Exalperate 
 
 Commiferate Expoflulate 
 
 Communicate 
 
 Comt^cffionate 
 
 Confederate 
 
 Congratulate 
 
 Congregate 
 
 Confecrate 
 
 Contaminate 
 
 Corroborate 
 
 Cultivate 
 
 Candidate 
 
 Cc operate 
 
 Celibate 
 
 Confiderate 
 
 Confulate 
 
 Capacitate 
 
 Debilitate 
 
 Accommodate Dedicate 
 
 Accumulate Degenerate 
 
 Accurate Delegate - 
 
 Adequate Deliberate 
 
 Affedionate Denominate 
 
 Advocate Depopulate 
 
 Adulterate Dillocate 
 
 Aggravate Deprecate 
 
 Agitate Difcriminate 
 
 Alienate Derogate 
 
 Animate Diflipate 
 
 Annihilate Delicate 
 
 Antedate Difconfolate 
 
 Anticipate Defolate 
 
 Antiquate Defperatc 
 
 Arbitrate Educate 
 
 Exterminate 
 
 Extricate 
 
 Facilitate 
 
 Fortunate 
 
 Generate 
 
 Gratulate 
 
 Hefitate 
 
 Illiterate 
 
 Illuminate 
 
 Imitate 
 
 Immoderate 
 
 Impetrate 
 
 Importunate 
 
 Imprecate 
 
 Inanimate 
 
 Innovate 
 
 Infligate 
 
 Intemperate 
 
 Intimate 
 
 Intimidate 
 
 Intoxicate 
 
 Intricate 
 
 Invalidate 
 
 Inveterate 
 
 Inviolate 
 
 Irritate 
 
 Legitimate 
 
 Magiftrate 
 
 Meditate 
 
 Mitigate 
 
 Moderate 
 
 Neceffitate 
 
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 Nominate 
 
 Obflinate 
 
 Participate 
 
 PafTionate 
 
 Penetrate 
 
 Perpetrate 
 
 Perfonate 
 
 Potentate 
 
 Precipitate 
 
 Predeftinate 
 
 Predominate 
 
 Premeditate 
 
 Prevaricate 
 
 Procraftinate 
 
 Profligate 
 
 Prognoflicate 
 
 Propagate 
 
 Recriminate 
 
 Regenerate 
 
 Regulate 
 
 Reiterate 
 
 Reprobate 
 
 Reverberate 
 
 Ruminate 
 
 Separate 
 
 Sophiflicate 
 
 Stipulate 
 
 Subjugate 
 
 Subordinate 
 
 Suffocate 
 
 Terminate 
 
 Tolerate 
 
 Temperate 
 
 Vindicate 
 
 Violate 
 
 Unfortunate 
 
 Bait 
 
 Plait 
 Strait 
 Wait 
 Await 
 
 Great 
 
 Freight 
 
9 
 
 A Dttfionary q; K h y m e s. 
 
 Freight 
 
 And the Par 
 
 . 
 
 Raw 
 
 Eight 
 
 ticiples of the 
 
 J AUNSE. 
 
 Saw 
 
 Straight 
 
 Verbs inAW. 
 
 See 
 
 Straw 
 
 Weight 
 
 
 ONSE. 
 
 Thaw 
 
 Height 
 
 AVE. 
 
 
 Withdraw 
 
 
 Brave 
 
 AUNT. 
 
 Forefaw 
 
 Conceit 
 
 Cave 
 
 Aunt 
 
 
 Deceit 
 
 Gave 
 
 Gaunt 
 
 AWD.i;.AUD. 
 
 Receipt 
 
 Grave 
 
 Flaunt 
 
 AWK.-y.ALK. 
 
 
 Crave 
 
 Jaunt 
 Haunt 
 
 AWL. V. ALL. 
 
 ATH. 
 
 Have 
 
 
 Bath. 
 
 Knave 
 
 Taunt 
 
 
 Path 
 
 Lave 
 
 Vaunt 
 
 AWN. 
 
 
 Nave 
 
 Avaunt 
 
 Brawn 
 
 y/ruUv.OTHVzvG 
 
 
 Dawn 
 
 
 Rave 
 
 AUSE. 
 
 Fawn 
 
 Hath 
 
 Save 
 
 Caufe 
 
 Pawn 
 
 raich 
 
 Shave 
 
 Claufe 
 
 Spawn 
 
 
 Slave 
 
 Paufe 
 
 Drawn 
 
 ATHE. 
 
 Stave 
 
 Applaufs 
 
 Gnawn 
 
 Bathe 
 
 "Wave 
 
 Becaufe 
 
 Sawn 
 
 Swathe 
 
 Behave 
 
 AadtheP] 
 
 u- Yawn 
 
 Scathe 
 
 Deprave 
 
 ral oftheNouns Withdrawn 
 
 Rathe 
 
 Engrave 
 
 and Third Per- Lawn 
 
 
 Outbrave 
 
 fon Prefent 
 
 ofThawn 
 
 AUB. See OB- Forgave 
 
 the Verbs 
 
 in 
 
 
 Mifgave 
 
 AW. 
 
 AX. 
 
 AUCE 
 
 Architrave 
 
 
 Ax 
 
 See 
 
 
 AUST.-i/.OST.Flax 
 
 AUSE 
 
 AUGH,v.AFF. 
 
 Tax 
 
 AUCH 
 
 
 AW. 
 
 Wax 
 
 See 
 
 AUGHT. 
 
 Aw 
 
 Lax 
 
 OACH 
 
 See 
 
 Craw 
 
 Relax 
 
 
 OUGHT. 
 
 Chaw 
 
 And the Plu- 
 
 AUD 
 
 
 Daw 
 
 ral oftheNouns 
 
 Fraud 
 
 AVLT. 
 
 Claw 
 
 and Third Per- 
 
 Laud 
 
 See 
 
 Draw 
 
 fon prefent of 
 
 Applaud 
 
 ALT. 
 
 Flaw 
 
 the Verbs in 
 
 Defraud 
 
 
 Gnaw 
 Jaw 
 
 ACK. 
 
 Bawd 
 
 AUNCH. 
 
 Law 
 
 AY. 
 
 
 Launch 
 
 Maw 
 
 Bay 
 
 Broad 
 
 Paunch 
 
 Paw 
 
 Bray 
 
 Abroad 
 
 
 
 Clay 
 
 Dar 
 
A DiBionary 
 
 o/Rhymes. to 
 
 Day 
 
 Affray 
 
 Roundelay 
 
 Maze 
 
 Dray 
 
 Allay 
 
 Virelay 
 
 Raze 
 
 Tray 
 
 Array 
 
 Neigh 
 
 Amaze 
 
 Flay 
 
 Afiray 
 
 Inveigh 
 
 Eraze 
 
 Fray 
 
 Away 
 
 
 Imblaze 
 
 Gay 
 
 Belay 
 
 Prey 
 
 
 Hay 
 
 Bewray 
 
 Grey 
 
 Ad ays 
 
 Jay 
 
 Betray 
 
 They 
 
 Raife 
 
 Lay 
 
 Decay 
 
 Convey 
 
 Praife 
 
 May 
 
 Defray 
 
 Obey 
 Difobey 
 
 Always 
 
 Pay . . 
 
 Delay 
 
 Difpraife 
 
 Pray 
 
 Difarray 
 
 Purvey 
 
 Phrafe 
 
 Ray 
 
 Say 
 
 Difplay 
 Difmay 
 
 Survey 
 
 Paraphrafe 
 And the Pk: 
 
 Slay 
 
 Effay 
 
 AZE. 
 
 ral of theNouns 
 
 Spray 
 
 Forelay 
 
 Craze 
 
 and Third Per- 
 
 Splay 
 
 Gainfay 
 
 Daze 
 
 fon Prefent of 
 
 Stay 
 
 Inlay 
 
 Blaze 
 
 the Verbs in 
 
 Stray 
 
 Relay 
 
 Gaze 
 
 AY,EIGH,and 
 
 Sway 
 
 Repay 
 
 Glaze 
 
 EY. 
 
 Way 
 
 V/ithfay 
 
 
 
 E and EA. 
 
 B-^ech 
 
 Creak 
 
 Screek 
 
 See 
 
 Leech 
 
 Freak 
 
 Sleek 
 
 EE. 
 
 Speech 
 
 Leak 
 
 Week 
 
 
 Befeech 
 
 Peak 
 
 Shriek 
 
 EACE 
 
 
 Speak , 
 
 
 See 
 
 EAD. 5^5 EDE Sneak 
 
 EAL. 
 
 EASE. 
 
 and EEd. 
 
 Steak 
 
 Deal 
 
 
 
 Squeak 
 
 Heal 
 
 EACH. 
 
 EAF. 5^tfIEF. Streak 
 
 Meal 
 
 Beach 
 
 
 Weak 
 
 Peal 
 
 Bleach 
 
 EAGUE. 
 
 Wreak 
 
 Seal 
 
 Breach 
 
 League 
 
 Befpeak 
 
 Steal 
 
 Each 
 
 
 
 Teal 
 
 Peach 
 
 Intrigue 
 
 Cheek 
 
 Veal 
 
 Preach 
 
 Fatigue 
 
 Creek 
 
 Weal 
 
 Leach 
 
 Brigue 
 
 Leek 
 
 Zeal 
 
 Teach 
 
 
 Meek 
 
 Squeal 
 
 Appeach 
 
 EAK. 
 
 Reek 
 
 Anneal 
 
 Impeach 
 
 Beak . 
 
 Seek 
 
 Appeal 
 
 Mifteach 
 
 Bleak 
 
 Peek, or 
 
 Conceal 
 
 
 Break 
 
 Pique 
 
 Congeal 
 
 Repeal 
 
JI 
 
 Repeal 
 Reveal 
 
 Eel 
 
 Heel 
 
 Feel 
 
 Keel 
 
 Kneel 
 
 Peel 
 
 Reel 
 
 Steel 
 
 ,-Wii>el 
 
 EALM. 
 See ELM. 
 
 EALTH. 
 Health 
 Stealth 
 V/ealth 
 Common- 
 
 wealrh 
 
 EAM. 
 
 Beam 
 
 Brea m 
 
 Cream 
 
 Dream 
 
 Gleam 
 
 Seam 
 
 Scream 
 
 Steam 
 
 Stream 
 
 Team 
 
 Deem 
 
 Seem 
 
 Teem 
 
 Befeem 
 
 Mifdeem 
 
 Efteem 
 
 Difefieem 
 
 Foredeem 
 
 Redeem 
 
 A Ditlionary of Kwt 
 
 EAP. See EEP 
 
 and EP. 
 EAR.^eeEER. 
 
 Phlegm 
 
 Scheme 
 
 Blafpheme 
 
 Extreme 
 
 Supreme 
 
 EAN. 
 
 Bean 
 
 Clean 
 
 Dean 
 
 Glean 
 
 Lean 
 
 Mean 
 
 Wean 
 
 Yean 
 
 Demean 
 
 Unclean 
 
 Convene 
 
 Obfcene 
 
 Serene 
 
 Terrene 
 
 Intervene 
 
 Demefne 
 
 Keen 
 
 Queen 
 
 Skreen 
 
 Green 
 
 Spleen 
 
 Between 
 
 Careen 
 
 Fcrefeen 
 
 Mien 
 
 Machhie 
 
 EANS. 
 
 See 
 ENSE. 
 
 EANT. 
 See 
 
 ENT. 
 
 . EARD. 
 Beard 
 Heard 
 Herd 
 Sherd 
 
 And thePar- 
 ticiples of the 
 Verbs in ER. 
 
 EARCH. 
 Search 
 Refearch 
 Perch 
 
 EARL. 
 
 Earl 
 
 Pearl 
 
 Girl 
 
 EARN. 
 See ERM.. 
 
 EARSE. 
 See ERSE. 
 
 EART. 
 See ART. 
 
 EARTH. 
 Earth 
 Dearth 
 Hearth 
 Birth 
 Mirth 
 
 EASE. 
 
 Ceafe 
 Leafe 
 Greafe 
 Deceafe 
 
 MES. 
 
 Decreafe 
 Encrcafe 
 Releafe 
 Surceafe 
 
 Peace 
 Piece 
 
 Niece 
 Apiece 
 
 Frontifpiecc 
 
 Fleece 
 
 Geefe 
 
 EASH 
 See 
 
 ESH.. ; 
 
 EAST. ^ 
 Eaft 
 Feaft 
 Leail 
 Beaft 
 Left 
 Prieft 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticles of the 
 Verbs in EASE. 
 
 EAT. 
 Beat 
 Bleat 
 Cheat 
 Eat 
 Feat 
 Heat 
 Meat 
 Neat 
 Seat 
 Pleat 
 Treat 
 Wheat 
 Compleat 
 Defeat 
 Efcheat 
 
 Eflfeat 
 
A DiBionary 
 
 0/ Rhymes. iz 
 
 Efireat 
 
 Interweave 
 
 Dilrefpea 
 
 Milled 
 
 Intreat 
 
 
 DifafTea 
 
 
 Retreat 
 
 Sleeve 
 
 Diffea 
 
 Said 
 
 
 Eve 
 
 EfFea 
 
 Bread 
 
 Feet 
 
 
 Elea 
 
 Dread 
 
 Fleet 
 
 Grieve 
 
 Ejea 
 
 Dead 
 
 Gleet 
 
 Thieve 
 
 Erea 
 
 Head 
 
 Greet 
 
 Aggrieve 
 
 Expea 
 • Indirea 
 
 Lead 
 
 Meet 
 
 Ate hie ve 
 
 Slead 
 
 Sheet 
 
 Believe 
 
 Inlea 
 
 Spread 
 
 Sleet 
 
 Disbelieve 
 
 Infpea 
 
 Thread 
 
 Street 
 
 Relieve 
 
 Neglea 
 Objea 
 
 Tread 
 
 Sweet 
 
 Reprieve 
 
 Behead 
 
 Difcreet 
 
 Retrieve 
 
 Projea 
 
 O'erfpread 
 
 
 Conceive 
 
 Protea 
 
 Maidenhead 
 
 Mete 
 
 Deceive 
 
 Recollea 
 
 
 Obfolete 
 
 Perceive 
 
 Reflea 
 
 EDE. V. EED. 
 
 Replete 
 
 Receive 
 
 Rejea 
 
 
 Concrete 
 
 
 Relpea 
 
 EDGE. 
 
 
 EB. 
 
 Selea 
 
 Edge 
 
 EATH. 
 
 Ebb 
 
 Subjea 
 
 Fledge 
 
 Breath 
 
 Webb 
 
 Sufpea 
 
 Hedge 
 
 Death 
 
 Glebe 
 
 Architea 
 
 Ledge 
 
 
 
 Circiimfpea 
 
 Pledge 
 
 Heath 
 
 ECK. 
 
 DiaUa 
 
 Sedge 
 
 Sheath 
 
 Beck 
 
 Intellea 
 
 Wed^e 
 
 Teeth 
 
 Check 
 
 And the Par 
 
 - Alledge 
 
 
 Deck 
 
 ticiples cf th 
 
 t Privilege 
 
 Breathe 
 
 Neck 
 
 Verbs in ECK. 
 
 Sacriledg« 
 
 Sheathe 
 
 Peck 
 
 
 Sortilege 
 
 Wreath 
 
 Fleck 
 
 ED. 
 
 
 Inwreath 
 
 Speck 
 
 Bed 
 
 EE, 
 
 Bequeath 
 
 Wreck 
 
 Bled 
 
 Bee 
 
 Seeth 
 
 
 Fed 
 
 Fee 
 
 Beneath 
 
 ECT. 
 
 Fled 
 
 Free 
 
 Underneath 
 
 Sea 
 
 Bred 
 
 Glee 
 
 
 Abjea 
 
 Af^a 
 
 Led 
 
 Knee 
 
 EAVE. 
 
 Red 
 
 Lee 
 
 Cleave 
 
 Correa 
 
 Shed 
 
 Sec 
 
 Heave 
 
 Incorrea - 
 
 Shred 
 
 Three 
 
 Leave 
 
 Collea 
 
 Sped 
 
 Thee 
 
 Weave 
 
 Dejea 
 
 Wed . 
 
 Tree 
 
 Bereave 
 
 Detea 
 
 Abed 
 
 Agree 
 
 Inweave 
 
 Pirea 
 
 Inbred 
 
 Aee 
 
 Decree 
 
Decree 
 
 Degree 
 
 Difagree 
 
 Foreiee 
 
 O'erfee 
 
 Pedigree 
 
 He^ 
 
 Me 
 
 We 
 
 She 
 
 Be 
 
 Jubile 
 
 Key 
 
 Flea 
 
 Pea 
 
 Plea 
 
 Sea 
 
 EECE. 
 See EASE. 
 
 EECH. 
 See EACH. 
 
 EED. 
 Creed 
 Bleed 
 Breed 
 
 Deed 
 
 Feed 
 
 Heed 
 
 Meed 
 
 Need 
 
 Reed 
 
 Speed 
 
 Seed 
 
 Srecd 
 
 Weed 
 
 Exceed 
 
 Prcceed 
 
 Succeed 
 
 Indeed 
 
 Concede 
 
 A DiSlwnary 0/ R h Y m e s. 
 
 Impede Leer 
 
 Intercede Sheer 
 
 Precede Seer 
 
 Recede Sleer 
 
 Supercede Sneer 
 
 Steer 
 Bead Tweer 
 
 Knead Veer 
 
 Lead Pikeer 
 
 Mead Domineer 
 
 Plead Compeer 
 
 Read Engineer 
 
 Implead Mutineer 
 
 Miflead Pioneer 
 
 Privateer 
 EEF. ^ee lEF. Charioteer 
 EEK. V. EAK. Chanticleer 
 EEL. i;. EAL. Career 
 EEM. V. EAM. Mountanier 
 •EEN. V. EAN. 
 
 Bier 
 
 EEP. 
 
 Creep 
 
 Deep. 
 
 Keep 
 
 Peep 
 
 Sheep 
 
 Sleep 
 
 Steep 
 
 Sweep 
 
 Weep 
 
 Afleep 
 
 Cheap 
 Heap 
 
 EER. 
 Beer 
 
 Deer 
 
 Fleer 
 
 Gecr 
 
 Peer 
 
 Mcer 
 
 Rear 
 
 Cafhiere 
 
 Chear 
 
 Clear 
 
 Dear 
 
 Ear 
 
 Fear 
 
 Hear 
 
 Near 
 
 Sear 
 
 Smear 
 
 Spear 
 
 Tear 
 
 Year 
 
 Appear 
 
 Befmear 
 
 Difappear 
 
 Endear 
 
 Here 
 
 Sphere 
 
 Adhere 
 
 Cohere 
 
 Interfere 
 Perfevere 
 Revere 
 Auftere 
 
 Severe ^ 
 
 Sincere 
 Hemifphere 
 ArrearSjWhich 
 rhymes to the 
 Plurals of the 
 Nouns, and 3d 
 PerfonsPrefent 
 of the Verbs 
 of this TermW 
 nation. 
 
 ESSE. See 
 EEZE. 
 
 EST, See 
 EAT, 
 
 EETH. 
 See 
 EATH. 
 
 EEVE, 
 
 See 
 EAVE. 
 
 EEZK 
 Breeze 
 Freeze 
 Sneeze 
 Squeeze 
 Wheeze 
 
 Eafe 
 
 Greafe 
 
 Pleafe 
 
 Teaze 
 
 Appeafe 
 
 Difpeafe 
 
 Thefe 
 
 Frieze 
 
A DiSlionary of 
 
 Rhymes, 
 
 
 Frieze 
 
 Fell 
 
 
 Hem 
 
 Seize 
 
 Hell 
 
 ELK. 
 
 Stem 
 
 DilTeize 
 
 Knell 
 
 Elk 
 
 Them 
 
 AndthePlu-Qiiell 
 
 Whelk 
 
 Diadem 
 
 ral of the 
 
 Sell 
 
 
 Stratagem 
 
 Nouns and sd 
 
 I Shell 
 
 ELM. 
 
 
 Perfon Prefent Smell 
 
 Elm 
 
 EME. See 
 
 of the Verbs in 
 
 Spell 
 
 Helm 
 
 EAM, 
 
 EE. 
 
 Swell 
 
 Realm 
 
 
 
 Tell 
 
 Whelm 
 
 EMN. 
 
 Cleft 
 
 Well 
 
 O'erwhelm 
 
 Condemn 
 
 Deft 
 
 Yell 
 
 
 Contemn 
 
 Left 
 
 Eefel 
 
 ELF. 
 
 EMPT. 
 
 Theft 
 
 Compel 
 
 Help 
 
 Tempt 
 
 Weft 
 
 Difpel 
 
 Whelp 
 
 Attempt 
 
 Bereft 
 
 Excel 
 
 Yelp 
 
 Contempt 
 
 
 Expel 
 
 
 Exempt 
 
 EG. 
 
 Foretel 
 
 ELT. 
 
 
 Egg 
 
 Impel 
 Rebel 
 
 Belt 
 
 EN. 
 
 Do 
 
 Beg 
 
 Dealt 
 
 Den 
 
 Dreg 
 
 Repel 
 
 Dwelt 
 
 Hen 
 
 Leg 
 
 Refel 
 
 Felt 
 
 Fen 
 
 Pel 
 
 Cittadel 
 
 Melt 
 
 Ken 
 
 
 Infidel 
 
 Pelt 
 
 Men 
 
 ElGH.y. ^r. Sentinel 
 
 Smelt 
 
 Pea 
 
 EIGHT. See 
 
 Parallel 
 
 W^elt 
 
 Ten 
 
 ATE. 
 
 
 
 Then 
 
 ELGN.vMN 
 
 •. ELD. 
 
 ELVE. 
 
 When 
 
 EIL. V. AIL 
 
 .Held 
 
 Delve 
 
 Wren 
 
 EIN. V. AIN, Geld 
 
 helve 
 
 Denizen 
 
 EINT See 
 
 Upheld 
 
 Twelve 
 
 
 AINT 
 
 Withheld 
 
 
 ENCE. 
 
 EIR. V. ARE 
 
 . Beheld 
 
 ELVES. 
 
 Fence 
 
 EIT. V. ATE 
 
 . And the Par 
 
 - Elves 
 
 Hence 
 
 EIVE.V.EAVE 
 
 '. ticiples of the Themfelves 
 
 Pence 
 
 EIZE. See 
 
 Verbs in EL. 
 
 And the Plu- Thence 
 
 EEZE. 
 
 
 raloftheNouns Whence 
 
 
 . ELF. 
 
 in ELF,and jd Scnce 
 
 ELL. 
 
 Elf 
 
 Perion Prefent Defence 
 
 Bell 
 
 Pelf 
 
 of the Verbs in Expence 
 
 Cell 
 
 Self 
 
 ELVE. 
 
 Offence 
 
 Dwell 
 
 Shelf 
 
 
 Pretence 
 
 Ell 
 
 Himfelf 
 
 EM. 
 
 Commence 
 
 
 
 Giok 
 
 Abltinence 
 < 
 
 H 
 
 Cir- 
 
1$ A DiEiionary 0/ R h y m e s. 
 
 Circumference Immenfe Cornmenci 
 
 Conference 
 
 Confiden.e 
 
 Confeque^ce 
 
 Continence 
 
 Benevolence 
 
 Intenfe 
 Proper fe 
 Difpenfe 
 Sufpenfe 
 Preoenfe 
 
 Concupifcence Iiicenfe 
 Difference Frankincenfe 
 
 Diffidence 
 
 Diligence 
 
 Eloquence 
 
 Eminence 
 
 Evidence 
 
 Excellence 
 
 Impenitence 
 
 Impertinence 
 
 Impotence 
 
 Impudence 
 
 Improvidence 
 
 Incontinence 
 
 Indifference 
 
 Indigence 
 
 Indolence 
 
 Inference 
 
 Intelligence 
 
 Innocence 
 
 Magnificenc« 
 
 Munificence 
 
 Negligence 
 
 Omnipotence 
 
 Penitence 
 
 Preference 
 
 Providence 
 
 Recompence 
 
 Reference 
 
 Refidence 
 
 Reverence 
 
 Vehemence 
 
 Violence 
 
 Cenfe 
 Senfe 
 Denfe 
 Condenfe 
 
 Co'itend 
 Defe d 
 Depend 
 Defcend 
 Didend 
 Expend 
 Extend 
 Fore fend 
 
 Cleanfe 
 
 Alfo the Plu- Impend 
 ral of the Mifpend 
 Nouns and 3dObtend 
 Perfon Prefent Offend 
 of the Verbs in Portend 
 
 ENE V, EAN, 
 
 ENGE. 
 
 Avenge 
 Revenge 
 
 ENGTH. 
 
 Length 
 Strength 
 
 ENSE. 
 
 See 
 ENCE. . 
 
 EN. 
 
 Pretend 
 
 
 Protend 
 
 ENT. 
 
 ENCH. 
 
 Sufpend 
 
 Bent 
 
 Bench 
 
 Tranfcend 
 
 Dent 
 
 Clench 
 
 Unbend 
 
 Lent 
 
 Drench 
 
 Apprehend 
 
 Pent 
 
 Quench 
 
 Comprehend 
 
 Rent 
 
 Stench 
 
 Condefcend 
 
 Scent 
 
 Tench 
 
 Difcoramend 
 
 Sent 
 
 Trench 
 
 Recommend 
 
 Shent 
 
 Wench 
 
 Reprehend 
 
 Spent 
 
 Wrench 
 
 Dividend 
 
 - Tent 
 
 Intrench 
 
 Reverend 
 
 Vent 
 
 Retrench 
 
 
 Went 
 
 
 Friend 
 
 Abfent 
 
 END. 
 
 Befriend 
 
 Meant 
 
 Bend 
 
 Fiend 
 
 Afcent 
 
 Blend 
 
 And the Par- 
 
 - Affent 
 
 End 
 
 ticiples of th< 
 
 J Attent 
 
 Fend 
 
 Verbs in EN. 
 
 Augment 
 
 Lend 
 
 
 Cement 
 
 Mend 
 
 ENDS. 
 
 Confent 
 
 Rend 
 
 Amends. To Content 
 
 Send 
 
 which rhyme 
 
 ' Defcent 
 
 Spend 
 
 the Plurals o 
 
 fDiifent 
 
 Tend 
 
 the Nouns, and Event 
 
 Vend 
 
 Third Perfon 
 
 Extent 
 
 Amend 
 
 Prefent of the Foment 
 
 Attend 
 
 Verbs in END 
 
 Frequent 
 
 Afcend 
 
 
 Indent 
 
 Intent 
 
A DiSiionary of R h y m e s. 
 
 i6 
 
 Intent 
 
 Diffident 
 
 NouriQimeiit 
 
 
 Invent 
 
 Diligent 
 
 Nutriment 
 
 Ept. 
 
 Lament 
 
 Difpafragement 
 
 Occident 
 
 Accept 
 
 Milbent 
 
 Document 
 
 Omnipotent 
 
 Except 
 
 O'eripent 
 
 Element 
 
 Opulent 
 
 Intercept 
 
 Prefent 
 
 Eloquent 
 
 Ornament 
 
 
 Prevent 
 
 Eminent 
 
 Parliament 
 
 And the Par- 
 
 Relent 
 
 Equivalent 
 
 Penitent 
 
 ticiples of the 
 
 Repent 
 
 EltabliOiment 
 
 Permanent 
 
 Verbs in EP, 
 
 Refent 
 
 Evident 
 
 Pertinent 
 
 and of fome of 
 
 Oftent 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Prefident 
 
 the Verbs in 
 
 Ferment 
 
 Excrement 
 
 Prevalent 
 
 EEp. 
 
 Outwent 
 
 Exigent 
 
 Provident 
 
 
 Underwent 
 
 Experiment 
 
 Punifliment 
 
 ER. 
 
 Mifcontent 
 
 Firmament 
 
 Ravifliment 
 
 Err 
 
 Unbent 
 
 Fraudulent 
 
 Regiment 
 
 Her 
 
 Circumvent 
 
 Government 
 
 Refident 
 
 Aver 
 
 Difcontent 
 
 Imbelliniment 
 
 Redolent 
 
 Defer 
 
 Reprefent 
 
 Imminent 
 
 Rudiment 
 
 Infer 
 
 Abflinent 
 
 Impenitent 
 
 Sacrament 
 
 Deter 
 
 Accident 
 
 Impertinent 
 
 Sediment 
 
 Interr 
 
 Accomplifh- 
 
 Implem'ent 
 
 Sentiment 
 
 Referr 
 
 ment 
 
 Impotent 
 
 Settlement 
 
 Transfferr 
 
 Admonifliment Impnfonment 
 
 Subfequent 
 
 Conferr 
 
 Acknowledge 
 
 - Improvident 
 
 Supplement 
 
 Prefer 
 
 ment 
 
 Impudent 
 
 Intelligent 
 
 Paiterr 
 
 Aliment 
 
 Incident 
 
 Tenement 
 
 Adrainifler 
 
 Arbitriment 
 
 Incompetent 
 
 Temperament 
 
 Waggon€r 
 
 Argument 
 
 Incontinent 
 
 Tefianjent 
 
 Iflander 
 
 Banifhment 
 
 Indifferent 
 
 Tournament 
 
 
 Battlement 
 
 Indigent 
 
 Turbulent 
 
 Arbiter 
 
 Blandilhment 
 
 Innocent 
 
 Vehement 
 
 Charader 
 
 AftoniQiment 
 
 Infolent 
 
 Violent 
 
 Villager 
 
 Armipotent 
 
 Inflrument 
 
 Virulent 
 
 Cottaeer 
 
 Bellipotent 
 
 Irreverent 
 
 Accoutrements Dowager 
 
 Benevolent 
 
 Languifhment 
 
 Which 
 
 Forraeer 
 
 Chaftifement 
 
 Ligament 
 
 rhymes to their Pillager 
 
 Competent 
 
 Lineament 
 
 Plurals. 
 
 Voyager 
 
 Compliment 
 Confident 
 
 Magnificent 
 
 
 Malfacre 
 
 Management 
 
 EP. 
 
 Gardiner 
 
 Continent 
 
 Medicament 
 
 Step 
 
 Slanderer 
 
 Corpulent 
 
 Malecontent 
 
 Leap 
 
 Flatterer 
 
 Detriment 
 
 Monument 
 
 Reap 
 
 Jdolater 
 
 Different 
 
 Negligent ^ 
 
 
 Provender 
 
 A a 
 
 Theatre 
 
17 
 
 Theatre 
 
 Amphitheatre 
 
 Foreigner 
 
 Lavender 
 
 MefTenger 
 
 PaiTenger 
 
 Sorcerer 
 
 Interpreter 
 
 OjScer 
 
 Mariner 
 
 Harbinger 
 
 Minifter 
 
 Regifter 
 
 Caaifter 
 
 Choirifter 
 
 SophiAer 
 
 Presbyter 
 
 Lawgiver 
 
 Philofopher 
 
 Aflrologer 
 
 Loiterer 
 
 Prifoner 
 
 Grafshopper 
 
 Aflronomer 
 
 Sepulchre 
 
 Thunderer 
 
 Traveller 
 
 Murderer 
 
 Ufurer 
 
 ERCB. 
 
 See 
 
 EARCH, 
 
 ERCE. 
 
 See 
 ERSE, 
 
 ERD. 
 
 Sec 
 
 EARD. 
 
 ERE.sr .EER, 
 
 A DiSiionary 0/ R h y m e s. 
 
 Pierce ' Lefs 
 
 ERGE. 
 
 And the Piu 
 
 -Mefs 
 
 Ab/lerge 
 
 raloftheNoun 
 
 s Prefs 
 
 Verge 
 
 and Third Per 
 
 - Srrefs 
 
 Emerge 
 
 fon Prefent of 
 
 Dirge 
 
 the Verbs in Acqujefce 
 
 - 
 
 ER. 
 
 Accefs 
 
 ERN. 
 
 
 Addrefs 
 
 Chern 
 
 ERT. 
 
 Allefs 
 
 Dern 
 
 
 Comprefs 
 
 Fern 
 
 Wert 
 
 Confefe 
 
 Stern 
 
 Advert 
 
 Carefs 
 
 Concern 
 
 Affert 
 
 Deprefs 
 
 Difceni 
 
 Avert 
 
 Digrefs 
 
 Qiiern 
 
 Concert 
 
 Difpoffefs 
 
 
 Convert 
 
 Diftrels 
 
 Earn 
 
 Controvert 
 
 Excefs 
 
 Learn 
 
 Defert 
 
 Exprefs 
 
 Yearn 
 
 Divert 
 
 Impre fs 
 
 
 Expert 
 
 Opprefs 
 
 ERSE. 
 
 Infert 
 
 Poffefs 
 
 Herfe 
 
 Invert 
 
 Profefs 
 
 Verfe 
 
 Pervert 
 
 Recefs 
 
 Abfterfe 
 
 Subvert 
 
 Reprefs' 
 
 Adverfe 
 
 
 Redrefs 
 
 Averfe 
 
 ERVE. 
 
 Succefs 
 
 Con verfe 
 
 Serve 
 
 Tranfgrefs 
 
 Difperfe 
 
 Nerve 
 
 Adulterefs 
 
 Immerfe 
 
 Sw^erve 
 
 Bafhfulnefs 
 
 Perverfe 
 
 Conferve 
 
 Bitternefs 
 
 Reverfe 
 
 Deferve 
 
 Chearfulnefs 
 
 Traverfe 
 
 Obferve 
 
 Comfort lefs 
 
 Afperfe 
 
 Preferve 
 
 Comlinefs 
 
 Interfperfe 
 
 DiiTerve 
 
 Dizzinefs 
 
 Univerfe 
 
 Subferve 
 
 Diocefs 
 
 Rehearfe 
 
 
 Drowfinefs 
 
 
 ESS. 
 
 Eagern efs 
 
 Amerce 
 
 
 Eafynefs 
 
 Coerce 
 
 Blefs 
 
 Embaifadrefs 
 
 Commerce 
 
 Cefs 
 
 Emptinefs 
 
 
 Chefs- 
 
 Evennefs 
 
 Fierce 
 
 Drefs 
 
 Fatherlefs 
 
 Tierce 
 
 Ghefs 
 
 Filthinefs 
 Foolidineft 
 
Fooliflmefs 
 
 Forgetfulnefs 
 
 Forward nefs 
 
 Frowardnefs 
 
 Fruit fill nefs 
 
 Fuiromnefs 
 
 Giddinefs 
 
 Greed in efs 
 
 Gentlen efs 
 
 Govern efs 
 
 Happinefs 
 
 Haughtinefs 
 
 Heavinefs 
 
 Heinoufners 
 
 Hoarinefs 
 
 Hollownefs 
 
 Holiaefs 
 
 Idlenefs 
 
 Lafciviournefs 
 
 Lawfulnefs 
 
 Lazinefs 
 
 Littlenefs 
 
 Livclinefs 
 
 Loftinefs 
 
 Lion efs 
 
 Lowlinefs 
 
 Manlinefs 
 
 Mafterlefs 
 
 Mightinefs 
 
 Motherlefs 
 
 Motionlefs 
 
 Naked nefs 
 
 Needinefs 
 
 Noifomnefs 
 
 Number! efs 
 
 Patron nefs 
 
 PeeviTinefs 
 
 Perfidioufneis 
 
 Pitilefs 
 
 Poetefs 
 
 Prophetefs 
 
 Ranfomlefs 
 
 Readintfs 
 
 Kighcecufncfs 
 
 DiSiionary 
 
 0/ R H Y M E S. 18 
 
 Shepherd efs 
 
 
 Get 
 
 Sorcerefs 
 
 EST. 
 
 Jet 
 
 Sordid nefs 
 
 
 Fret 
 
 Spiritlefs 
 
 Beft 
 
 Let 
 
 Sprightlinefs 
 
 Cheft 
 
 Met 
 
 StublDornefs 
 
 Creft 
 
 Net 
 
 Sturdinefs 
 
 Drefl 
 
 Set 
 
 Surlinefs 
 
 Gueft 
 
 Spet 
 
 Steadinefs 
 
 Jeft 
 
 Wet 
 
 Tendernefs 
 
 Neil 
 
 Whet 
 
 Thoughtful- 
 
 Pefl 
 
 Yet 
 
 nefs 
 
 Que ft 
 
 .Debt 
 
 Uglinefs 
 
 Reft 
 
 Abet 
 
 Uneafinefs 
 
 Teft ' 
 
 Beget 
 
 Unhappip efs 
 
 Veft 
 
 Belet 
 
 Vorarefs 
 
 Weft 
 
 Forget 
 
 Ufefulnefs 
 
 Arreft 
 
 Regret 
 
 Wakefulnefs 
 
 Atteft 
 
 Alphabet 
 
 "Wantonnefs 
 
 Bequeft 
 
 Amulet 
 
 "Weaponlefs 
 
 Conteft 
 
 Anchoret 
 
 Warinefs 
 
 Deteft 
 
 Cabinet. 
 
 \V i Hi ngn efs 
 Wicked nefs 
 
 Digeft 
 
 Epithet 
 
 Diveft 
 
 Parapet 
 
 Wildernefs 
 
 Impreft 
 
 Rivulet 
 
 Wretchednefs 
 
 Inveft 
 
 Violet 
 
 Drunkennefs 
 
 Infeft 
 
 Coronet 
 
 
 Moleft 
 
 Counterfeic 
 
 ESE. 
 
 Obteft 
 
 
 See 
 
 Proteft 
 
 Sweat 
 
 EEZE, 
 
 Requeft 
 
 Teat 
 
 
 Suggeft 
 
 Threat 
 
 ESH. 
 
 Unfeft 
 
 
 Flelli 
 
 Intereft 
 
 ETCH. 
 
 FreHi 
 
 Manifeft 
 
 Fetcii 
 
 Mefli 
 
 
 Stretch 
 
 Threfli 
 
 Breaft 
 
 Wretch 
 
 AfreOi 
 
 Abreaft 
 
 Sketch 
 
 RefreOi 
 
 And the Par 
 
 _ 
 
 
 ticiples of the 
 
 ESK. 
 
 Verbs in ESS. 
 
 ETE. V. EJT. 
 
 Desk 
 
 
 EVE. V. SAVE. 
 
 Grotefque 
 
 ET. 
 
 EUM. See 
 
 Eurlefqte 
 
 Bet 
 
 UME, 
 
 
 Aa i 
 
 EW, 
 
Ip 
 
 A DiBionary 0/ Rh y m es. 
 
 
 Askew 
 
 Imbue 
 
 Annex 
 
 EW. 
 
 Bedew 
 
 Purfue 
 
 Perplex 
 
 Blew 
 
 Efchew 
 
 Subdue 
 
 Convex 
 
 Brew 
 
 Renew 
 
 Adieu 
 
 Complex 
 
 Chew 
 
 Review 
 
 Purlieu 
 
 Circumfle\- 
 
 Drew 
 
 Withdrew 
 
 Perdue 
 
 AndthePlu: 
 
 Ew 
 
 Interview 
 
 Refidue 
 
 ral Number of 
 
 Flew 
 
 
 
 the NounSjand 
 
 Grew 
 
 Clue 
 
 EJ^D, 
 
 Third Perfon 
 
 Knew 
 
 Cue 
 
 See 
 
 Prefent of "thp 
 
 Hew 
 
 Due 
 
 EUD. 
 
 Verbs in ECK, 
 
 Jew 
 
 Glue 
 
 
 
 JMew 
 
 Hue 
 
 
 EXT. 
 
 New 
 
 Rue 
 
 Evm, 
 
 Next 
 
 Strew 
 
 Scrue 
 
 See 
 
 Pretext 
 
 View 
 
 Sue 
 
 UNE. 
 
 And the ParJ 
 
 Threw 
 
 True 
 
 
 ticiple of the 
 
 Yew 
 
 Accrue 
 
 EX. 
 
 Verbs in EX. 
 
 Crew 
 
 Enfue 
 
 Sex 
 
 
 lew 
 
 Endue 
 
 ¥ex 
 
 EX. See At. 
 
 Anew 
 
 Imbrue 
 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Infcribe 
 
 Twice 
 
 Concife 
 
 IB. 
 
 Prefcribe 
 
 Vice 
 
 Paradife 
 
 Bib 
 
 Prcfcribe 
 
 Advice 
 
 
 Crib 
 
 Subfcribe 
 
 Entice 
 
 ICKw.ITCH, ' 
 
 Drib 
 
 Tranfcribe 
 
 Device 
 
 
 Glib 
 
 Superfcribe 
 
 
 ICK. 
 
 Nib 
 
 
 Artifice 
 
 Brick 
 
 Rib 
 
 ICE. 
 
 Avarice 
 
 Chick 
 
 Squib 
 
 Dice 
 
 Cockatrice 
 
 Kick 
 
 
 Ice 
 
 Benefice 
 
 Lick 
 
 IBF. 
 
 Mice 
 
 Cicatrice 
 
 Nick 1 
 
 Bribe 
 
 Nice 
 
 Edifice 
 
 Pick \ 
 
 Scribe 
 
 Price 
 
 Orifice 
 
 Quick 
 
 Tribe 
 
 Rice 
 
 Precipice 
 
 Sick 
 
 Afcribe 
 
 Slice 
 
 Prejudice 
 
 Slick \ 
 
 Circumfcrib^ 
 
 Spice 
 
 Sacrifice 
 
 Stick 
 
 Dercribe 
 
 Thrice 
 
 
 Thick 
 
 Imbibe 
 
 Trice 
 
 Rife 
 
 Trick 
 
 
 
 
 Arith- 
 
A DiBionary t 
 
 7/ R H Y M 
 
 Arithmetick 
 
 Chide 
 
 
 Afthraatick 
 
 Glide 
 
 IDST. 
 
 Cholerick 
 
 Hide 
 
 Midft 
 
 Catholick 
 
 Pride 
 
 Aimdil 
 
 Flegmatick 
 
 Ride 
 
 
 Hcretick 
 
 Side 
 
 IE. or Y. 
 
 Rhetorick 
 
 Slide 
 
 By 
 
 Schifmatick 
 
 Stride 
 
 Buy 
 
 Splenatick 
 
 Tide 
 
 Cry 
 
 Lunatick 
 
 Wide 
 
 Die 
 
 Afterick 
 
 ' Bride 
 
 Dry 
 
 Politick 
 
 Abide 
 
 Eye 
 
 Empirick 
 
 Guide 
 
 Fly 
 
 
 Afide 
 
 Fry 
 
 ICT. 
 
 Aftride 
 
 Fie 
 
 Stria 
 
 Befide 
 
 Hie 
 
 Add'd 
 
 Beftride 
 
 Ly 
 
 Afflia 
 
 Betide 
 
 Pie 
 
 Convid 
 
 Subdivide 
 
 Ply 
 
 Inflift • 
 
 Confide 
 
 Pry 
 
 Contradia 
 
 Decide 
 
 Rye 
 
 Jnterdid 
 
 Deride 
 
 Shy 
 
 And the Par 
 
 -Divide 
 
 Sly 
 
 ticiples of the Prefide 
 
 Spy 
 
 Verbs in ICK. 
 
 Provide 
 
 Sky 
 
 
 Subfide 
 
 Sty 
 
 la. 
 
 Mifguide 
 
 Tic 
 
 Bid 
 
 
 Try 
 
 Chid 
 
 It)ES. 
 
 Vie 
 
 Hid - 
 
 Ides 
 
 Why 
 
 Kid 
 
 Befides 
 
 
 Lid 
 
 Which rhym 
 
 sHiah 
 
 Slid 
 
 to the Plurals Nigh 
 
 Rid 
 
 of the Nouns 
 
 , Sigh - 
 - Tfiigh 
 
 Beflrid 
 
 and Third Per 
 
 Forbid 
 
 (bns of th< 
 
 
 Pyramid 
 
 Verbs of this Ally 
 
 
 Termination. 
 
 Apply 
 
 Parricide 
 
 
 Awry 
 
 Homicide 
 
 tt)GE. 
 
 Belie 
 
 Regicide 
 
 Bridge 
 
 Comply 
 
 
 Rid£;e 
 
 Decry 
 
 IDE. 
 
 Abridge 
 
 Defie 
 
 Bide 
 
 
 Defcrjr 
 ^a 5 
 
 E S. 
 
 10 
 
 Deny 
 
 Imply 
 
 Efpy 
 
 Outvie 
 
 Outfiy 
 
 Kelv 
 
 Reply ^ 
 
 Supply 
 
 Untie 
 
 Amplily 
 
 Beautify 
 
 Certity 
 
 Crucinc 
 
 Deifie 
 
 DiEjnifie 
 
 Ed'ifie 
 
 F.^mfy 
 
 Fortify 
 
 G ratine 
 
 Glorify 
 
 Imdemnif? 
 
 Juftity 
 
 Magnify 
 
 Modifv 
 
 Mollify 
 
 Mortify 
 
 Pacific 
 
 Petrify 
 
 Purifie 
 
 Putrifie 
 
 Plurify 
 
 Chymiftry 
 
 Qualify 
 
 Katifie 
 
 Redifie 
 
 Sanftity 
 
 Satisfie 
 
 Scarifie 
 
 Signify 
 
 Specific 
 
 Stupifie 
 
 Terrifie 
 
 Teftifie 
 
 Verify 
 
 Aer% 
 
11 
 
 Verfify 
 Viliy 
 Vitnfy 
 ViVify 
 
 Academy 
 
 Apofiacy 
 
 Confpiracy . 
 
 Confed'racy 
 
 Exftafy 
 
 Democracy 
 
 "Embaily 
 
 fallacy 
 
 Legacy 
 
 Supremacy 
 
 Lunacy 
 
 Privacy 
 
 Piracy 
 
 Malady* 
 
 Remedy 
 
 Tragedy 
 
 Comedy 
 
 CcfmograpKy 
 
 Geography 
 
 Elegy 
 
 Certainty 
 
 Sov'reignty 
 
 Lovalty 
 
 Djfloyalty 
 
 Penalty 
 
 Cafuaky 
 
 Ribaldry 
 
 Chivalry 
 
 Infamy 
 
 Conilancy 
 
 Fealty 
 
 Cavalry 
 
 Bigamy 
 
 Polygamy 
 
 Vacancy 
 
 Liconftancy 
 
 Infancy 
 
 Company 
 
 A DiBionary of Rhymes. 
 
 Dittany 
 
 Accompany 
 
 Tyranny 
 
 Villany 
 
 Anarchy 
 
 Monarchy 
 
 Lethargy 
 
 Incendiary 
 
 Infirmary 
 
 Library 
 
 Salary 
 
 Sand'uary 
 
 Votary 
 
 Auxiliary 
 
 Contrary 
 
 Diary 
 
 Granary 
 
 Rofemary 
 
 Urgency 
 
 Infantry 
 
 Knavery 
 
 Livery 
 
 Recovery 
 
 Robery 
 
 Novelty 
 
 Antipathy 
 
 Apathy 
 
 Sympathy 
 
 Idolatry 
 
 Galaxy 
 
 Husbandry 
 
 Cruelty 
 
 Enemy 
 
 Blafphemy 
 
 Prophecy 
 
 Clemency 
 
 Decency 
 
 Emergency 
 
 Inclemency 
 
 Regency 
 
 Progeny 
 
 Energy 
 
 Poverty 
 
 Liberty 
 
 Property 
 
 Adultery 
 
 Artery 
 
 Artillery 
 
 Battery 
 
 Beggery 
 
 Bribe ry 
 
 Bravery 
 
 Delivery 
 
 Drudgery 
 
 Flattery 
 
 Gallery 
 
 Imag'ry 
 
 Lottery 
 
 Mifery 
 
 Myilery 
 
 Nurfery 
 
 Railery 
 
 Slavery 
 
 Sorcery 
 
 Treachery 
 
 Difc every 
 
 Tapeftry 
 
 Majefty 
 
 Modefly 
 
 Immodefly 
 
 Honefly 
 
 Difhone/ly 
 
 Court efie 
 
 Herefy 
 
 Poefie 
 
 Poetry 
 
 Secrefie 
 
 Leprofie 
 
 Perfidy 
 
 Subfidy 
 
 Drapery 
 
 Symmetry 
 
 Geometry 
 
 Drollery 
 
 Policy 
 
 Prodigy 
 
 Mutiny 
 
 Deftiny 
 
 Scrutiny 
 
 Hypocrifie 
 
 Family 
 
 Ability 
 
 Acclivity 
 
 Avidity 
 
 AfTiduity 
 
 Civility 
 
 Community 
 
 Concavity 
 
 Confanguinity 
 
 Conformity 
 
 Congruity 
 
 Diuturnity 
 
 Facility 
 
 Falfity 
 
 Familiarity 
 
 Formality 
 
 Generofity 
 
 Gratuity 
 
 Humidity 
 
 Abfurdity 
 
 Aftivity 
 
 Adverfity 
 
 Affability 
 
 Affinity 
 
 Agility 
 
 Alacrity 
 
 Ambiguity 
 
 Animofity 
 
 Antiquity 
 
 Aufterity 
 
 Authority 
 
 Brevity 
 
 Calamity 
 
 Capacity 
 
 Captivity 
 
 Charity 
 
 Chaflity 
 
 Civility 
 
 Credulity 
 
 m 
 
Credulity 
 
 Curiofity 
 
 Finery 
 
 Declivity 
 
 Deformity 
 
 Deity 
 
 Dexterity 
 
 Dignity 
 
 DiCparky 
 
 Diverfity 
 
 Divinity 
 
 Enmity 
 
 Enormity 
 
 Equality 
 
 Equanimity 
 
 Equity 
 
 Eternity 
 
 Extremity 
 
 Fatality 
 
 Felicity 
 
 Fertility 
 
 Fidelity 
 
 Frugality 
 
 Fu:urity 
 
 Gravity 
 
 Hoftility 
 
 Humanity 
 
 Humility 
 
 Immanity 
 
 Immaturity 
 
 Immenfity 
 
 Immorality 
 
 Imm.ortality 
 
 Immunity 
 
 Immutability 
 
 Impartiality 
 
 ImpofTibility 
 
 Impetuofity J 
 
 Improbity 
 
 Inanity 
 
 Incapacity 
 
 Incivility 
 
 Incongruity 
 
 Inequality 
 
 DiSlionary of Rhyme s. 
 
 ^"'^'"^"•-" Allegory 
 Armory 
 Fadory 
 Pillory 
 
 2^ 
 
 Indemnity 
 
 Infin ty 
 
 Inflexibility 
 
 InftabiJity 
 
 Invalidity 
 
 Jollity 
 
 Lenicy 
 
 Lubricity 
 
 Magnanimity 
 
 Majority 
 
 Mediocrity 
 
 Minority 
 
 Mutability 
 
 Nicety 
 
 Perverfity 
 
 Perplexity 
 
 PerfpJcuity 
 
 Pofierity 
 
 Privity 
 
 Probability 
 
 Probity 
 
 Propenfity 
 
 Rarity 
 
 Rapidity 
 
 Sagacity 
 
 Sanftity 
 
 Senfibiiity 
 
 Senrualicy 
 
 Solidity 
 
 Temerity 
 
 Timidity 
 
 Tranquillity 
 
 Virginity 
 
 Viability 
 
 Univerfity 
 
 Trumpery 
 
 Faculty 
 Treafury 
 Ufury 
 Augury 
 Importunity 
 Impunity 
 Impurity 
 Inadivity 
 Inability 
 Incredulity 
 Tnd;gnity 
 Infidelity 
 Infirii.ity 
 iniquity 
 Integrity 
 Laity 
 Liberality 
 Malignity 
 Maturity 
 Morality 
 Mortality 
 Nativity 
 NeceiTity 
 Neutrality 
 Nobiiity 
 Obfcurity 
 Opportunity 
 Partiality 
 Perpetuity 
 Polterity 
 Priority 
 Prodigality 
 Profperity 
 Purity 
 Apology Qiiality 
 
 Genealogy Quantity 
 Etymology Scarcity 
 Simony Security 
 
 Symphony Severity- 
 Soliloquy Simplicity 
 A a 4 
 
 Sincerity 
 
 Solemnity 
 
 Stciili y 
 
 Stupidity 
 
 Trinity 
 
 Vicuity 
 
 Validity 
 
 Vanitv 
 
 Vivacity 
 
 Unanimity 
 
 Uniformity 
 
 Unity 
 
 Anxiety 
 
 Gayety 
 
 Impiety 
 
 Piety 
 
 Satiety 
 
 Sobriety 
 
 Society 
 
 Variety 
 Cuftody 
 Melody ' 
 
 . Philoiopliy 
 Aftroiicmy 
 Anatomy 
 Colony 
 Gluttony 
 Harmony 
 Agony 
 Gallat\try 
 Canopy 
 Hidory 
 Memory 
 Vidory 
 Cialumny 
 Injury 
 Luxury 
 Penury 
 Perjury 
 Ufury 
 Induflry 
 
 lECE. See 
 EASE, 
 
 lElF. 
 
23 
 
 lEF. 
 
 Chief 
 
 Fief 
 
 Grief 
 
 Thief 
 
 Bdicf 
 
 Belief 
 
 Brief 
 
 Beef 
 
 Leaf 
 
 Sheaf 
 
 Deaf 
 
 lEGE. 
 Liege 
 Siege 
 Oblige 
 Difoblige 
 AfTiege 
 BeCe^e 
 
 JELD. 
 Field 
 Shield 
 Wield 
 Yield 
 Afield 
 
 A DiBionary 0/ R h y m e s." 
 
 Stiff 
 Whiff 
 
 IFT. 
 Drift 
 Gift 
 Lift 
 Rift • 
 Sift 
 Shift 
 Thrift 
 Adrift 
 
 IG. 
 Big 
 Dig 
 Fig 
 Pig 
 
 m 
 
 Sprig 
 Twig 
 Swig 
 
 Mill 
 
 Fill 
 
 Quill 
 
 Rill 
 
 Shrill 
 
 Skill 
 
 Spill 
 
 Still 
 
 Swill 
 
 Thrill 
 
 Till 
 
 Trill 
 
 Will 
 
 Di/liU 
 
 Fulfill 
 
 Inftill 
 
 Camomil 
 
 Codicil 
 
 Daffadil 
 
 Volatil 
 
 Utenfll 
 
 ILD. 
 Child 
 
 And the Par- IGVE: See 
 ticiples of fome EAGTJE, 
 cfthe Verbs in IKE. 
 EAL. Dike 
 
 lEN. V. EEN, Like 
 JENDv.END. Pike 
 lERCE. See Spike 
 
 ERCE. Strike 
 
 lEST.v.EAST.AYikQ 
 JEVE^v.E AVE Didike 
 
 lGE,v.IEGE 
 IGH. See IE. 
 IGHT. v.ITE. Mild 
 IGN. V. INE. Wild 
 
 And the Par- 
 
 Exile 
 
 E'erwhile 
 
 Reconcile 
 
 Revile 
 
 Stile 
 
 Guile 
 
 Beguile 
 
 ILK. 
 Milk 
 Silk 
 
 ILT. 
 Gilt 
 Jilt 
 Hilt 
 Qiiilt 
 Guilt 
 Spilt 
 Stilt 
 Built 
 Tilt 
 
 ILTH. 
 
 Filth 
 Tilth 
 
 ticiples of the Brim 
 Verbs in ILL. Dim 
 Grim 
 
 IM. 
 
 IFF, 
 
 Fife 
 
 Knife 
 
 Life 
 
 Rife 
 
 Strife 
 
 Wife 
 
 Cli/T 
 Skiff 
 
 IFF. 
 
 Oblique 
 ILL. 
 Bill 
 Chill 
 Drill 
 Gill 
 Fill 
 Hill 
 111 
 
 Km. 
 
 ILE. 
 
 Bile 
 
 Chyle 
 
 File 
 
 Ifle 
 
 Mile 
 
 Pile 
 
 Smile 
 
 Style 
 
 Tile 
 
 Vile 
 
 While 
 
 Wile 
 
 Awhile 
 
 Compile 
 
 Defile 
 
 Him 
 
 Kim 
 
 Skim 
 
 Slim 
 
 Swim 
 
 Trim 
 
 Limb 
 
 1MB. See IM, 
 
 and IME. 
 Chime 
 Clime 
 Climb . 
 Crime 
 Lime 
 
 Prime 
 
Prime 
 
 Mime 
 
 Rhyme 
 
 Time 
 
 Slime 
 
 Grime 
 
 iTiyme 
 
 Sublime 
 
 Maritime 
 
 IN, 
 Chin 
 Din 
 
 Fin 
 
 Gin 
 
 (jrin 
 
 In 
 
 Inn 
 Kin 
 
 Betimes Pin 
 
 Sometimes Sin 
 Which rhyme Shin 
 to the Plurals Skin 
 of the Noun*, Spin 
 and Third Per- Thin 
 Tons Prefent of Twin 
 the Verbs of Tin 
 the preceding Win 
 Termination. Begin 
 Within 
 IMN. AiTaiTin 
 Hymn Javelin 
 
 Limn Magazin 
 
 Which may 
 be rhym'd to INCE. 
 thofe in IM. Mince 
 Prince 
 IMP. Quince 
 Imp Rince 
 
 Limp Since 
 
 Pimp Wince 
 
 Gimp Convince 
 
 Evince 
 IMPSE. 
 Glimpfe INCH-. 
 
 Which rhymes Clinch 
 to the Plurals Flinch 
 of the Nouns, Inch 
 and Third Per- Pjnch 
 fon Prefeat of Winch 
 the Verbs of INCT. 
 the foregoiug Diflinft- 
 Termination. Extind 
 
 0/ Rhymes. *} 
 
 Inftinft Twine 
 
 Precind Vine 
 
 Succina Whine 
 
 And the Par- Wine 
 ticiples of fome Combine 
 of the Verbs in Confine 
 INK. Decline 
 
 IND. ' Define 
 Bind Divine 
 
 Blind Incline 
 
 Find Infhrine 
 
 Jlind Entwine 
 
 Kind Gpine 
 
 Grind Calcine 
 
 Mind Recline 
 
 Rind Refine 
 
 Wind Repine 
 
 Behind Supine 
 
 Unkind ITndermine 
 
 Remind Countermine' 
 
 And the Par- Interline 
 ticiples of the Superfine 
 Verbs in INE. 
 
 Concubine- 
 Refcind Difcipline 
 
 Which rhymes Feminine 
 to the Parti- Libertine 
 ciples of theMafcu'ine 
 Verbs in IN. Magazine 
 
 INE. Grigine 
 
 Brine Porcupine 
 
 Chine Serpentine 
 
 Dine Heroine 
 
 Fine 
 
 Line Thefe Poly- 
 
 Mine fyllables in ' 
 
 Nine INE, ar-e often 
 
 Pine rhym'd to tiicfe. 
 
 Shine in IN. 
 
 Shrine 
 
 Swine Sign 
 
 Kine AlTiga 
 
 Thine Configa 
 
 Trine X)eiign 
 
 A a $ Rciign 
 
^5 
 
 Kefrgn 
 
 ING, 
 
 Bring 
 
 Cling 
 
 Fling 
 
 King 
 
 King 
 
 Sii.g 
 
 Sliug 
 
 Spring 
 
 Stng 
 
 ^rrmg 
 
 5wing 
 
 Y/ing 
 
 Tv'ring 
 
 Thing 
 
 INGE. 
 Cringe 
 Fringe 
 Hinge 
 Si,ige 
 Springe 
 Swuige 
 Twnge 
 Iniringe 
 
 INK 
 
 Blink 
 
 Brink 
 
 Chink 
 
 Clink 
 
 Dunk 
 
 irik 
 
 Link 
 
 Pnik 
 
 Shrink 
 
 Sink 
 
 Si ink 
 
 Stifik 
 
 Th.nk 
 
 Bethink 
 
 f Oitchii.k" 
 
 A DiEiionary o/R h y m e s. 
 
 INT. 
 Dint 
 Flint 
 
 Hint 
 
 Lint 
 
 Mint 
 
 Print 
 
 Squint 
 
 Alquint 
 
 Impjiut 
 
 IP. 
 Chip 
 Clip 
 Dip 
 Drip 
 Hip 
 Lip 
 Nip 
 Kip 
 Scrip 
 Ship 
 Sip . 
 Skip 
 Slip 
 Saip 
 Srrip 
 Tip 
 Trip 
 Whip 
 Atrip 
 Equip 
 Elderfliip 
 Fellowfiiip 
 Workmanfliip 
 Rival (hip 
 IPE. 
 Gripe 
 pipe 
 Kipe 
 Snipe 
 Type 
 Stripe 
 W ipe 
 Ar<.hetype 
 
 Prototype 
 
 Higher 
 Brier 
 
 IPSE. 
 
 Choire 
 
 Eclipfe 
 
 Fryar 
 
 And the PI 
 
 u- 
 
 ral oftheNouns IRGEv.ERGE 
 
 and third Per- 
 
 fonoftheVerbs IRL. 
 
 in IP. 
 
 Girl 
 
 
 - Whirl 
 
 IR. See UR 
 
 . Twirl 
 
 IRCH. 
 
 
 See 
 
 IRM. 
 
 URCH. 
 
 Firm 
 
 IRD. V. URD. Affirm 
 
 IRE. 
 
 Confirm 
 
 Gire 
 
 Infirm 
 
 Dire 
 
 
 Fire 
 
 IRST.v.VRSr 
 
 Ire 
 
 IRT.vXJRT, 
 
 Lyre 
 
 
 Mire 
 
 Girt 
 
 Qiiire 
 
 Skirt 
 
 Sire 
 
 
 Spire 
 
 IRTH. 
 
 Squire 
 
 
 Hire 
 
 Birth 
 
 Wire 
 
 Mirth 
 
 Tire 
 
 See EARTH. 
 
 Attire 
 
 
 Acquire 
 
 IS and ISS. 
 
 Admire 
 
 Blifs 
 
 Afpire 
 
 Hifs 
 
 Coijfpire 
 
 His 
 
 Defire 
 
 Is 
 
 Enquire 
 
 Kifs 
 
 Inti.e 
 
 Mifs 
 
 Expire 
 
 This 
 
 I.fpire 
 
 Abvfs 
 
 Require 
 
 A mifs 
 
 Retue 
 
 Submifs 
 
 Tranfpire 
 
 Lilniifs 
 
 Nigher 
 
 Remifs 
 Whizz 
 
 ISE. 
 
A DiSlionary of 
 
 ISE. V. ICE. Exorcilt 
 and IZE, Herbalift 
 Humourift 
 Oculifl 
 Organifl 
 Satirift 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the 
 Verbs in ISS. 
 
 ISH. 
 Didi 
 Fifh 
 WiOi 
 CuiOi 
 
 ISK. 
 Brisk 
 Frisk 
 Risk 
 Whisk 
 Disk 
 Bafilisk 
 Tamarisk 
 
 ISP. 
 Crifp 
 Lifp 
 Wifp 
 
 1ST. 
 Fift 
 
 Lift 
 
 Mift 
 
 Twift 
 
 Wrift 
 
 AfTift 
 
 Confift 
 
 Defift 
 
 Exift 
 
 Infift 
 
 Perfift 
 
 Refift 
 
 Subfift 
 
 Akhymift 
 
 Amethyfl 
 
 Anatcmift 
 
 Ancagonill 
 
 Annalift 
 
 Antichrift 
 
 Evangelift 
 
 Euchar:fl 
 
 IT 
 Bit 
 
 Cit 
 
 Fit 
 
 Flit 
 
 Grit 
 
 Hit 
 
 Knit 
 
 Nit 
 
 Pit 
 
 Quit 
 
 Sit 
 
 Slit 
 
 Spit 
 
 Split 
 
 Twit 
 
 Whit 
 
 Wit 
 
 Writ 
 
 Admit 
 
 Acquit 
 
 Commit 
 
 Emit 
 
 Omit 
 
 Outwit 
 
 Permit 
 
 Remit 
 
 Submit 
 
 Tranimit 
 
 Benefit 
 PerquiiiC 
 
 ITCH, 
 Bkch 
 
 Rhymes. 
 
 2 
 
 Ditch 
 
 Infinisa 
 
 Flitch 
 
 Parafite 
 
 Hitch 
 
 Profelyte 
 
 Itch 
 
 Requilite 
 
 Pitch 
 
 Apponte 
 
 Stitch- 
 
 Oppofite 
 
 Switch 
 
 Exquifite 
 
 Twitch 
 
 Expedite 
 
 Witch 
 
 
 Bewitch. 
 
 Blight 
 
 
 Benight 
 
 .Nitch 
 
 Bright 
 
 Which 
 
 Fight 
 
 Rich 
 
 Flight 
 
 Enrich 
 
 Fright 
 
 ITE. 
 
 Hight 
 
 Bte 
 
 He^igkt 
 
 Elite 
 
 Knight 
 
 Cite 
 
 Light 
 
 Kite 
 
 MiRht 
 
 Mite 
 
 Night 
 
 Quite 
 
 Plight 
 
 Rite 
 
 Right 
 
 Smite 
 
 Tight 
 
 Spite 
 
 Sight 
 
 Trite 
 
 Slight 
 
 White 
 
 Spight 
 
 Write 
 
 Spright 
 
 Contrite 
 
 Wight 
 
 Difunite 
 
 Affright- 
 
 Defpite 
 
 AUght 
 
 Endite 
 
 Anght 
 
 Invite 
 
 ForeGglic 
 
 - Excise 
 
 Delight 
 
 Incite 
 
 Defpight 
 
 Polite 
 
 Unfight 
 
 Requite 
 
 Upright 
 
 Recite 
 
 Benight 
 
 Unite ^ 
 
 Bedight 
 
 Reunite 
 
 Oveffight 
 
 Aconite 
 
 itH, 
 
 Appetite 
 
 Fnth 
 
 Favourite 
 
 Pith 
 
 Hypocrite 
 
 Smith 
 
 .uu: 
 
27 
 
 ITHE. 
 Hithe 
 Blithe 
 Scythe 
 Tkhe 
 V/rithe 
 Lithe 
 
 IVE. 
 Gyve 
 Give 
 Hive 
 Dive 
 Drive 
 Kive 
 Shrive 
 Strive 
 Thrive 
 Arrive 
 Co: nive 
 Contrive 
 Deprive 
 Derive 
 Alive 
 Kevive 
 Survive 
 
 Give 
 Live 
 Sivc 
 
 0. See 00, 
 and or/'. 
 OACH. 
 Broach 
 Coach 
 Poach 
 Abroach 
 Approach 
 Licroach 
 j'.eproach 
 Detauch 
 OAD.v. AUO. 
 
 aid ODE, 
 OAF. V. OFF, 
 
 A DiSiionary of, R h y m e s^ 
 
 Fcrgi 
 
 Ou Jive 
 
 Fugitive 
 
 Laxative 
 
 Narrative 
 
 Prerogative 
 
 Primitive 
 
 Senficive 
 
 Vegetive 
 
 Affirmative 
 
 Alternative 
 
 Contemplative 
 
 DemOi Arative 
 
 Diminutive 
 
 Diflributive 
 
 Donative 
 
 InquiGtive 
 
 Lenitive 
 
 Negative 
 
 Perfpedive 
 
 Pofitive 
 
 Preparative 
 
 Provocative 
 
 Purgative 
 
 Keiiorative 
 
 IX. 
 Six 
 Fix 
 Flix 
 
 Mix 
 
 Affix 
 
 Infix 
 
 Prefix 
 
 Transfix 
 
 Intermix 
 
 Crucifix 
 
 Advifc 
 
 Authorize 
 
 Canonize 
 
 Chaftife 
 
 Civilize 
 
 Comprize 
 
 Critic ife 
 
 And the Phi-Defpife 
 ral of theNoujis Devife 
 and 5d Perfon Enterprize 
 Prefent of the Excife 
 Verbs in ICK. Exercize 
 Idolize 
 IXT. Immortalize 
 
 Premife 
 Betwixt Revife 
 
 which rhymes Signalize 
 to the Partici- Solemnize 
 pies of the pre- Surprize 
 ceding Termi- Suffice 
 nation 
 
 ISE and IZE, 
 Prize 
 Rife 
 Size 
 Wife 
 Guife 
 Diifguife 
 
 Surmize 
 Sympathize 
 Tyrannize 
 And the Plu- 
 ral oftheNouns 
 and 3d Perfon 
 Prefent of the 
 Verbs in IE and 
 Y.SeealfolCE. 
 
 OAK, V. OKE. 
 OAL. V. OLE. 
 OAM.v.OME. 
 OAN.v.ONE. 
 OAP, V. OPE, 
 OAR. V. ORE. 
 OARV.v.ORV 
 
 OAST V. osr, 
 
 OAT V. OTE, 
 OA'fB.YOTll. 
 
 OB. 
 
 Fob 
 Knob 
 
 Mob 
 Rob 
 Sob 
 Throb 
 
 Daub 
 Bedaub 
 
 QBE 
 
 Globe 
 
 Lobe 
 
 Probe 
 
 Robe 
 
 Conglobe 
 
 OCE,y,OSE. 
 
 OCK. 
 
 Block 
 
 Clock 
 
 Crock 
 
 Cock 
 
 Dock 
 
 Frock 
 
 Flock 
 
 Knock 
 
 Lock 
 
 Meek 
 
 Rock 
 
 Shock 
 
A DJBicnary 
 
 Shock OFF. 
 
 Stock ScofF 
 
 Off 
 OCT. 
 
 Cough 
 Concoft Trough 
 
 which rhymes 
 to the Parti- OFT. 
 ciples of the Oft 
 VerbsinOCK. Croft 
 
 Soft 
 
 OD. 
 
 Clod 
 
 God 
 
 Nod 
 
 Plod 
 
 Odd 
 
 Rod 
 
 Shod 
 
 Sod 
 
 Trod 
 
 ODE. 
 Bode ^ 
 
 Mode 
 
 Ode 
 
 Rode 
 
 Strode 
 
 Abode 
 
 Corrode 
 
 Explode 
 
 Forebode 
 
 Incommode 
 
 Epifode 
 
 Shrewd 
 
 Goad 
 Load 
 Road 
 Toad 
 
 OE. 
 
 Aloft 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the. 
 Verbs in OFE. 
 
 OG. 
 
 Bog 
 
 Clog 
 
 Dog 
 
 Fog 
 
 Frog- 
 
 Ho| 
 
 Jog 
 
 Log 
 
 Agog 
 
 OGUE. 
 
 Rogue 
 
 Vogue 
 
 Difembogue 
 
 Prorogue. 
 
 Collogue 
 
 Dialogue 
 Epilogue 
 Synagogue 
 Catalogue 
 Pedagogue 
 The laft rhyme 
 alfo to the 
 Words of the 
 foregoing Ter- 
 See C?f . mination. 
 
 o/Rhymb 
 
 OICE. 
 Choice 
 Voice 
 Rejoice 
 
 diD. 
 Void 
 Avoid 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the 
 yerbs in OY. 
 
 OIL. 
 Boil 
 Broil 
 Coil 
 Foil 
 Moil 
 Oil 
 Soil 
 Spoil 
 Toil 
 Defpoil 
 Imbroil 
 Recoil 
 Turmoil 
 Difimbroil 
 
 OIN. 
 
 Coin 
 
 Groin 
 
 Join 
 
 Loin 
 
 Adjoin 
 
 Conjoin 
 
 Disjoin 
 
 Injoin 
 
 Purloin 
 
 Rejoin 
 
 Subjoin 
 
 OINT. 
 
 Joint 
 Oliit 
 
 5^ ^W 
 
 Point. 
 
 Anoint 
 
 Appoint 
 
 Difappoint 
 
 Disjoint 
 
 Counterpoint 
 
 OlSE;, 
 
 Noife 
 
 Poife 
 
 Counterpoife 
 
 And the Plu- 
 ral oft heNount 
 and Third. Per- 
 fon Prefcnt of 
 the Verfjs iia 
 OY. 
 
 OISTi 
 
 HoiA 
 Moift 
 Rcjoy^cl 
 
 OIT. 
 Coit 
 Exploit 
 
 OKE. 
 Broke 
 Choke 
 Smoke 
 Spoke 
 Stroke 
 Yoke 
 Befpoke 
 Invoke 
 Provoke 
 Revoke 
 Choak 
 Cloak 
 Oak 
 Soak 
 Stroke 
 
 OL. 
 
^p 
 
 A DiBiomry 0/ R h v m 
 
 ES^ 
 
 OL. 
 
 Foal 
 
 Roam 
 
 Alone 
 
 toll 
 
 Soal 
 
 Comb 
 
 Attone 
 
 Ext/>n 
 
 Goal 
 
 
 Enthrone 
 
 Capitol 
 
 Soul 
 
 OMB'V.OOM- Dethrone 
 
 
 Bowl 
 
 OMPT. 
 
 PoUpone 
 
 OLD. 
 
 Droll 
 
 V. OUNT 
 
 
 Bold 
 
 Prowl 
 
 CN» See U2V. Groan 
 
 Cold 
 
 Roll 
 
 On 
 
 Loan 
 
 Pold 
 
 Scroll 
 
 Conn 
 
 Moan 
 
 Gold 
 
 Toll 
 
 Anon 
 
 
 Hold 
 
 Troll 
 
 Upon 
 
 Own 
 
 Mold 
 
 ControU 
 
 Gone 
 
 Grown 
 
 Old 
 
 Enroll 
 
 Undergone 
 
 Shewn 
 
 Scold 
 
 
 Amazon 
 
 Sown 
 
 Sold 
 
 OLN. 
 
 Cinnamon 
 
 Blown 
 
 Told 
 
 Stoln 
 
 Comparifon 
 
 Known 
 
 Behold 
 
 Swola 
 
 Caparifon 
 
 Flown 
 
 Infold 
 
 
 Garrifon 
 
 Thrown 
 
 Unfold 
 
 OLT. 
 
 Skeleton 
 
 Difown 
 
 Uphold 
 
 Bolt 
 
 Union 
 
 O'crthrown. 
 
 Wkh-hold 
 
 Colt 
 
 Juppon 
 
 
 Foretold 
 
 Holt 
 
 
 ONG. 
 
 Manifold 
 
 Dolt 
 
 OND. 
 
 Long 
 
 Marygold 
 
 Molt 
 
 Bond 
 
 Prong 
 
 And the Par- Jolt 
 
 Fond 
 
 Song 
 
 ticiples of 
 
 the Revolt 
 
 Pond 
 
 Strong 
 
 .Verbs m OLE. Thunderbolt 
 
 Beyond 
 
 Thong 
 
 
 
 Abfcond 
 
 Throng 
 
 OLE. 
 
 OLVE. 
 
 Correfpond 
 
 Wrong 
 
 Bole 
 
 Solve 
 
 Defpond 
 
 Along 
 
 Dole 
 
 Abfolve 
 
 Vagabond 
 
 Among 
 
 Jole 
 Hole 
 
 Convolve 
 
 Diamond 
 
 Belong 
 
 Involve 
 
 
 Prolong 
 
 Mole 
 
 Devolve 
 
 ONE. 
 
 
 Pole 
 
 Diffolve 
 
 Bone 
 
 ONCE. 
 
 Sole 
 
 Revolve^ 
 
 Drone 
 
 See 
 
 Stole 
 
 
 Crone 
 
 VNCE.- 
 
 Whole 
 
 OM. V. VM- 
 
 Prone 
 
 ONGUE. 
 
 Shole 
 
 OME. 
 
 None 
 
 See 
 
 Cajole 
 
 Dome 
 
 Stone 
 
 VNG- 
 
 Condole 
 
 Lome 
 
 Shone 
 
 
 Parole 
 
 Home 
 
 Tone 
 
 ONK^^.miK* 
 
 Patrole 
 
 Tome 
 
 Lone 
 
 
 Piftole 
 
 
 Throne 
 
 ONSE. 
 
 Coal 
 
 Foam 
 
 Zone 
 
 Sconfe 
 
 Enfconie 
 
 I 
 
EnfcOnfe 
 Afcaunfe 
 
 ONT. 
 
 Font 
 front 
 Affront 
 Confront 
 
 Want 
 
 OO. 
 
 Coo 
 
 Shoo 
 
 Too 
 
 Woo 
 
 Do 
 
 Ado 
 
 Undo 
 
 Who 
 
 Thro' 
 
 You 
 
 OOD. 
 Brood 
 Food 
 
 Mood 
 
 Rood 
 
 Good 
 
 Stood 
 
 Hood 
 
 Wood 
 
 Withfbod 
 
 Underftood 
 
 Brotherhood 
 
 Livelihood 
 
 Likelihood 
 
 Neighbour- 
 hood 
 Widowhood 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples oi the 
 Verbs in OO. 
 
 Wou'd 
 
 A DiEiionary of Rh y m 
 
 Whom 
 
 £S. 
 
 3^ 
 
 Cou'd 
 Shoud 
 
 OOR 
 
 Hoof 
 Proof 
 
 Roof 
 
 Woof 
 
 Aloof 
 
 Difproof 
 
 Reproof 
 
 Behoof 
 
 OOK. 
 
 Book 
 
 Brook 
 
 Cook 
 
 Crook 
 
 Hook 
 
 Rook 
 
 Shook 
 
 Took 
 
 Miftook 
 
 Undertook 
 
 Forfook 
 
 Betook 
 
 OOL. 
 
 Cool 
 
 Fool 
 
 Pool 
 
 School 
 
 Stool 
 
 Tool 
 
 Befool 
 
 OOM. 
 
 Bloom 
 
 Broom 
 
 Doom 
 
 Gloom 
 
 Groom 
 
 Loom 
 
 R£)om 
 
 Spoom 
 
 Bomb 
 
 Tomb 
 
 Womb 
 
 Entomb 
 
 OON. 
 
 Boon 
 
 Moon 
 
 Noon 
 
 Soon 
 
 Spoon 
 
 Swoon 
 
 Buffoon 
 
 Lampoon 
 
 Poltroon 
 
 OOP. 
 
 Coop 
 
 Hoop 
 
 Loop 
 
 Scoop 
 
 Stoop 
 
 Troop 
 
 Whoop 
 
 Droop 
 
 Swocp 
 
 OOR. 
 
 Boor 
 Door 
 Poor 
 
 Floor 
 
 Moor 
 
 Tour 
 
 Your 
 
 Amour 
 
 Paramour 
 
 OOSE* 
 
 Goofe 
 Loofe 
 
 OOT. 
 
 Boot 
 
 Coot 
 
 Root 
 
 Foot 
 
 Shoot 
 
 Soot 
 
 Hoot 
 
 OOTH. 
 
 Booth 
 Sooth 
 Smooth 
 
 Tooth 
 Youth 
 Uncouth 
 
 CDZE. 
 
 Ooze 
 
 Nooze 
 
 Whofe 
 
 Choofe 
 
 Lofe 
 
 Ufe 
 
 OP. 
 
 Chop 
 Dop 
 
 Drop 
 
 Crop 
 
 rop 
 
 Lop 
 
 Pop 
 
 Prop 
 
 Shop 
 
 Sop 
 
 Stop 
 
 Swop 
 
 Top 
 
 Underprop 
 
 OPE. 
 
5T 
 
 A DiSlionary of Km 
 
 OPE. 
 
 Cope 
 
 Ambaffador 
 
 More 
 O'er 
 
 Grope 
 
 ORCH. 
 
 Ore 
 
 Hope 
 
 Scorch 
 
 
 Mope 
 
 Torch 
 
 Ffore 
 
 Pope 
 
 Porch 
 
 Pore 
 
 Rope 
 
 
 Score 
 
 Scope 
 
 ORCE. 
 
 Shore 
 
 Slope 
 
 Force 
 
 Snore 
 
 Ope 
 
 Corfe 
 
 Sore 
 
 To^pc 
 
 Divorce 
 
 Store 
 
 Trope 
 
 Inforce 
 
 Swore 
 
 Aflope 
 
 Perforce 
 
 Tore 
 
 Elope 
 
 
 Wore 
 
 Interlope 
 
 Source 
 
 Adore 
 
 Telefcope 
 
 Refourcc 
 
 Afore 
 
 Heliotrope 
 
 Courfe 
 
 Afhore 
 
 Horofdope. 
 
 Difcourfe 
 
 Deplore 
 
 Antelope 
 
 Re courfe 
 
 Explore 
 
 
 Intercourfe 
 
 Implore 
 
 Moap 
 
 
 Refiore 
 
 Soap 
 
 Coarfe 
 
 Forbore 
 
 ■I 
 
 Hoarfe 
 
 Forfwore 
 
 OPT. 
 
 
 Heretofore 
 
 Adopt 
 
 ORD. 
 
 Hellebore 
 
 And the Par- Cord 
 
 Sycamore 
 
 ticiples of the Lord 
 
 
 .Verbs in OP 
 
 , Accord 
 
 Boar 
 
 
 Record 
 
 Goar 
 
 OR. 
 
 Abhor'd 
 
 Oar 
 
 Abhor 
 
 
 Roar 
 
 Metaphor 
 
 Hoard 
 
 Soar 
 
 Creditor 
 
 Sword 
 
 Four 
 
 Counrellor 
 
 Afford 
 
 
 Confeflbr 
 
 Board 
 
 ORGE. 
 
 Competitor 
 
 Aboard 
 
 Foree 
 
 Emperor 
 
 And the Par- Gorge 
 
 Anceflor 
 
 ticiples of th 
 
 e Difeoree 
 
 Progenitor 
 
 Verbs m ORE. Regorge 
 
 Confpirator 
 
 
 
 Orator 
 
 ORE. 
 
 ORK. 
 
 Senator 
 
 Bore 
 
 Cork 
 
 SuccefTor 
 
 Core 
 
 Ork 
 
 Conqueror 
 
 Gore 
 
 Fork 
 
 Governor 
 
 Lore 
 
 Stork . 
 
 uts. 
 
 Pork 
 Work 
 
 ORLD. 
 
 World 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the 
 yerbsiaURL. 
 
 OKM. See 
 
 ARM* 
 Form 
 Storm 
 Conform 
 Deform 
 Inform 
 Perform 
 Reform 
 MifinforjD 
 Transform 
 Uniform 
 Multiform. 
 
 >Worm 
 
 OrN. See 
 
 AKN. 
 Born 
 Corn 
 Horn 
 Scorn 
 Thorn 
 Adorn 
 Suborn 
 Unicorn 
 Capricorn 
 
 Shorn 
 Sworn 
 Born 
 Torn 
 Worn 
 Forborn 
 Forlorn 
 forfv/orn 
 O/crborn 
 
A DlBionary 0/ R h y m e 
 
 Overborn Dofe 
 
 3^ 
 
 Mourn 
 
 CRsE' y 
 ORCE^ 
 Horfe 
 Unhorfe 
 Endorfe 
 Remorie 
 
 Jocofe OSS 
 
 Morofe Bofs 
 
 Crofs 
 GrOfs Drofs 
 
 Engrofs Lofs 
 
 Mofs 
 OSE, cr OZE. Tofs 
 
 Clofe 
 
 Chofe 
 
 Doze 
 
 Glofe 
 
 Froze 
 
 OKST. V 
 TJRST 
 
 ORTS<iiART.lio{e 
 
 Short 
 
 Sort 
 
 Confort 
 
 Diftort 
 
 Exhort 
 
 Extort 
 
 Re fort 
 
 Retort 
 
 Snort 
 
 Port 
 
 Port 
 
 Sport 
 
 Comport 
 
 Difport 
 
 Effort 
 
 Export 
 
 Import 
 
 Report 
 
 Support 
 
 Tranfport 
 
 Court 
 
 ORTH. 
 
 Eorth 
 Eourth 
 North 
 Worth 
 
 OSE. 
 
 Clofe 
 
 Pofe 
 Profe 
 Thofe 
 Rofe 
 Compofe 
 Depofe 
 Difclofe 
 Difpofe 
 Difcompofe 
 Expofe 
 Impofe 
 Inclofe 
 Interpol 
 Oppofe 
 Propofe 
 Recompofe 
 Repofe 
 Suppofe 
 Tranfpofe 
 Arofc 
 Appofe 
 Prefuppofe 
 Poreclofe J( 
 And the Plu- L 
 
 Acrofs 
 Imbofs 
 OST. 
 
 Coft 
 
 Froft 
 
 Loft 
 
 Toft 
 
 Accoft 
 
 Imbofs'd 
 
 Exhauft 
 Holocauft 
 
 Ghoft 
 
 Hoft 
 
 Moft 
 
 Poft 
 
 Roft 
 
 Coaft 
 Boaft 
 Toaft 
 
 ral of theitnot 
 Nouns and Not 
 Third P^rfonPlot 
 Prcfcnt pf the Pot 
 Verbs of the Scot 
 Termination Shot 
 OW. ^' Sot 
 
 OT. See AT* 
 
 Clot 
 Cot 
 Got 
 Hot 
 
 rot 
 
 or 
 
 Spot 
 
 Trot 
 
 Rot 
 
 Blot 
 
 Grot 
 
 Begot 
 
 Forgot 
 
 Allot 
 
 Befot 
 
 Complot 
 
 Abricot 
 
 Counterplot 
 
 OTCH, 
 Botch 
 Crotch 
 Notch 
 
 Watch 
 
 ote; 
 
 Cote 
 
 Note 
 
 Lote 
 
 Mote 
 
 Quote 
 
 Rote 
 
 Vote 
 
 Smote 
 
 Wrote 
 
 Denote 
 
 Promote 
 
 Remote 
 
 Devote 
 
 Antidote 
 
 Bloat 
 
 Boat 
 
 Coat 
 
 Doat 
 
 Float 
 
 Gloat 
 
 Goat 
 
 Moat 
 
 Oat 
 
 O*erfloat 
 
33 
 
 O*erfioat 
 
 Afloat 
 
 Throat 
 
 OTH. 
 
 Broth 
 
 Cloth 
 
 Froth 
 
 Moth 
 
 Troth 
 
 Betroth 
 
 Wrath 
 
 Both 
 
 Lothe 
 
 Sloth 
 
 Oath 
 
 Loath 
 
 Cloath 
 
 Growth 
 
 A DiSiionayy 0/ R h v m e s.' 
 
 OVE. 
 
 Clove 
 Grove 
 Rove 
 
 Srrove 
 
 Throve 
 
 Drove 
 
 Wove 
 
 DevQve 
 
 Alcove 
 
 Inwove 
 
 Interwove 
 
 Dove 
 
 Glove 
 
 Shove 
 
 Love 
 
 Above 
 
 017. See OOy Move 
 and OW' Prove 
 OVBT.v^OUT Approve 
 Behove 
 
 OUCH. 
 Couch 
 Crouch 
 Pouch 
 Slouch 
 Vouch 
 Avouch 
 
 OUD. 
 Cloud 
 Croud 
 Loud 
 Proud 
 Shroud 
 Aloud 
 O'ercloud 
 
 Difapprove 
 
 Difprove 
 
 Improve 
 
 Remove 
 
 Reprove 
 
 Befought 
 
 Bethought 
 
 Methought 
 
 Caught 
 
 Fraught 
 
 Taught 
 
 Draught 
 
 Yacht 
 
 Rebound 
 Redound 
 Re found 
 Surround 
 Rcnown'd 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of fome 
 of the Verbs xn 
 OWN. 
 
 0171. V. OLE, OVNG.v^UNG 
 and OWL- 
 
 OUNT. 
 OULD. Count 
 Mould Fount 
 
 And the Par- Mount 
 ticiples of the Amount 
 verbs in OWL. Difmount 
 Remount 
 
 OUNCE. 
 Bounce 
 Flounce 
 Pounce 
 Ounce 
 Denounce 
 Pronounce 
 Renounce 
 
 OUND. 
 Bound 
 Found 
 Ground 
 OVGH- v. OF, Hound 
 OW, and UFF. Mound 
 Pound 
 
 OUGHT. 
 
 Bought 
 
 Brought 
 
 Forethought 
 
 Fought 
 
 Nought 
 
 AndtheParti- Ought 
 ciples of feve- Sought 
 ral oftheVerbs Thought 
 in OW. WrouRhc 
 
 Round 
 
 Sound 
 
 Wound . 
 
 Abound 
 
 Aground 
 
 Around 
 
 Confound 
 
 Compound 
 
 Expound 
 
 Profound 
 
 Surmount. 
 
 Account 
 
 Accompt 
 
 Difcount 
 
 Mifcount 
 
 OUF. V. OOJP. 
 
 OUR. 
 
 Lour 
 
 Pour 
 
 Sour 
 
 Tour 
 
 Deflour 
 
 Deveur 
 
 Cow*r 
 
 Bow'r 
 
 Flow'r 
 
 Pow'r 
 
 Show'r 
 
 Tow*r 
 
 OURGE-^ 
 See 
 
A DiSiionary 0/ Rht me 
 
 Outgrow 
 O'ergrow 
 Overflow 
 
 OXJKN'^'OKN Shout 
 and XJKN* Snout 
 Spout 
 OURS. Sprout 
 Ours Trout 
 
 which rhymes Stout 
 to the Plurals Devout 
 of the Nouns Without 
 and third Per- Throughout 
 fon Prefent of 
 the Verbs in Doubt 
 OUR i and Redoubt 
 YOURS, Mifdoubt 
 which rhymes Drought 
 in like manner 
 to the Termi 
 nation OOR. 
 
 OUTH. 
 Mouth 
 South 
 
 OUKSE. 
 
 See 
 OKCE. 
 
 See OOTH, 
 and OTH. 
 
 OVRT.y.OKir. OW. 
 
 Crow 
 
 OXIKTH. Blow 
 
 See Bow 
 
 ORTH. Flow 
 
 •OTO. See VS. Glow 
 
 Grow 
 
 OUSE. 
 
 Houfe . 
 Moufe 
 Chowfc 
 Sowfe 
 
 OUT. 
 
 Rout 
 
 Clout 
 
 Plout 
 
 Out 
 
 Prout 
 
 Gout 
 
 Grout 
 
 Rout 
 
 Scout 
 
 Know 
 Low 
 Mow 
 Ow 
 
 Row 
 
 Show 
 
 Sow 
 
 Stow 
 
 Slow 
 
 Snow 
 
 Throw 
 
 Tow 
 
 Allow 
 
 Below 
 
 Beflow 
 
 Foreknow 
 
 O'erflow 
 
 O'erthrow 
 
 Refiow 
 
 Sew 
 
 Shew 
 
 Strew 
 
 Beflirew 
 
 Forc{hcw 
 
 Oh 
 
 So 
 
 Lo 
 
 No 
 
 Tho* , 
 
 Ho 
 
 Go 
 
 Ago 
 
 rorego 
 
 Undergo 
 
 Fee 
 
 Doe 
 
 Roe 
 
 Sloe 
 
 Toe 
 
 Dough 
 
 Bow 
 
 Cow 
 
 Brow 
 
 Now 
 
 Prow 
 
 How 
 
 Mow 
 
 Plow 
 
 Sow 
 
 Vow 
 
 Avow 
 
 Allow 
 
 Difallow 
 
 s. 34 
 
 Thou 
 Bough 
 Plough 
 Slough 
 
 OWL.v. OLE, 
 
 Cowl 
 
 Fowl 
 
 Howl 
 
 Growl 
 
 Owl 
 
 Prowl 
 
 Foul 
 
 Seoul 
 
 orm.Y.ONE' 
 
 Brown 
 
 Clown 
 
 Crown 
 
 Down; 
 
 Drown 
 
 Frown 
 
 Town 
 
 Gown 
 
 Adown 
 
 Renown 
 
 Imbrown 
 
 OWSE. 
 
 See 
 OUSE* 
 
 OWZE. 
 
 Blowze 
 
 Browze 
 
 Carowic 
 
 Rowze 
 
 Spoufc 
 
 Efpoufe 
 
 And the Plu', 
 
 ral of the 
 
 Nouns and jd 
 
 Ferfon Prefent 
 
 ©f 
 
35 
 
 A DiBionavy 0/ R h y m e s." 
 
 of the Ver^ 
 
 in Orthodox 
 
 oY-: 
 
 Ann6y 
 
 OW. 
 
 Het&rodox 
 Anflche Plu 
 
 Boy 
 
 Convoy 
 
 
 -Buoy 
 
 Decov 
 
 OX. 
 
 ral of the 
 
 Coy 
 
 Deftr'oy 
 
 Box 
 
 Nouns and ^d Cloy 
 
 Ernploy 
 
 Pox 
 
 PerfonPrefem Joy 
 
 Enjoy 
 
 Ox 
 
 of the Verbs Toy 
 
 
 Equinox 
 
 of OCK. 
 
 Alloy 
 
 OZiS. v,OSE. 
 
 UB. 
 
 Obtufe 
 
 Blood 
 
 Solicitude 
 
 Club 
 
 Profufe 
 
 
 
 Cub 
 
 Reclufe 
 
 UDE. 
 
 Leud 
 
 Chub 
 
 
 Crude 
 
 Feud 
 
 Drub 
 
 VCH. V. 
 
 Rude 
 
 And the Par-. 
 
 Grub 
 
 vrcH. 
 
 Allude 
 
 ticiples of the 
 
 Rub 
 
 
 Conclude 
 
 Termiuatioa 
 
 Snub 
 
 UCK. 
 
 Delude 
 
 EW. 
 
 Shrub 
 
 Buck 
 
 Elude 
 
 
 Tub 
 
 Duck 
 
 Exclude 
 
 UDGE.; 
 
 
 Luck 
 
 Include 
 
 Drudge 
 
 UBE, 
 
 Pluck 
 
 Intrude 
 
 ' Grudge 
 
 Cube 
 
 Suck 
 
 Obtrude 
 
 Judge 
 
 ,Tube 
 
 Struck 
 
 Prelude 
 
 Trudge 
 
 
 Truck 
 
 Seclude 
 
 AdjuGge 
 
 UCE. . 
 
 Tuck 
 
 Altitude 
 
 Prejudge 
 
 Pruce 
 
 
 Fortitude 
 
 
 Sluce 
 
 UCT. 
 
 Gratitude 
 
 VK. SteElfi 
 
 Spruce 
 
 Condua 
 
 Interlude 
 
 
 Truce 
 
 Deduft . 
 
 Latitude 
 
 UFF. 
 
 Conduce 
 
 Inftruft 
 
 Longitude 
 
 Buff 
 
 Deduce 
 
 Obflrua 
 
 Magnitude 
 
 Cuff 
 
 Induce 
 
 Aquedud 
 
 Multitude 
 
 Bluff 
 
 Introduce 
 
 And the Par 
 
 - Solitude 
 
 Huff 
 
 Produce 
 
 ticiples of the Viciflltude 
 
 Gruff 
 
 Reduce 
 
 yerbsinUCK 
 
 »• Aptitude 
 Habitude 
 
 Luff 
 
 Seduce 
 
 
 Muff 
 
 Traduce 
 
 UD. 
 
 Ingratitude 
 
 Puff 
 
 Juice 
 Ufc 
 
 Bud 
 
 Ineptitude 
 
 Snuff 
 
 Cud 
 
 Inquietude 
 LaiTitude 
 
 Stuff 
 
 Abftrufc 
 
 Scud 
 
 Ruff 
 
 Abufe 
 
 Stud 
 
 Plenitude 
 
 Rebuff 
 
 Difufe 
 
 Mud 
 
 Promptitude 
 
 Counterbuff" 
 
 Excufe 
 
 
 Sejvitude 
 
 Rough 
 
 Mifufe 
 
 flood 
 
 
 Tough 
 
 Enough 
 

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 1 of Rhymes.' t 
 
 Enough 
 Slough 
 
 
 Scull 
 
 ULT. 
 
 
 
 Annul 
 
 Adult 
 
 UME. 
 
 
 
 Difannul 
 
 Confult 
 
 Fume 
 
 UFT 
 
 , 
 
 
 Exult 
 
 Plume 
 
 Tuft 
 
 
 Bull 
 
 Indult 
 
 Afllime 
 
 And the Par- 
 
 Full 
 
 Infult 
 
 Confume 
 
 ticiples of the Pull 
 
 Occult 
 
 Perfume 
 
 Verbs in 
 
 UFF. Wooll 
 
 Refult 
 
 Refume 
 
 
 
 Bountiful 
 
 DifEculc 
 
 Deplume 
 
 VG 
 
 
 Fanciful 
 
 
 Pre fume 
 
 Bug 
 
 
 Sorrowful 
 
 UM. 
 
 Rheum 
 
 Drug 
 
 
 Dutiful 
 
 Crum 
 
 
 Dug 
 
 
 Merciful 
 
 Drum 
 
 UMP. 
 
 Hu| 
 
 
 Wonderful 
 
 Grum 
 
 Bump 
 
 Lug 
 
 
 Worfliipful 
 
 Gum 
 
 Jump 
 Lump 
 
 Ru^ 
 
 
 
 Hum 
 
 Shrug 
 
 
 ULE. 
 
 Mum 
 
 Plump 
 
 Slug 
 Mug 
 
 
 Mule 
 
 Scum 
 
 Pump 
 
 
 Rule 
 
 Plum 
 
 Rump 
 
 Snug 
 
 
 Ridicule 
 
 Stum 
 
 Stump 
 
 o 
 
 
 Mifrule 
 
 Summ 
 
 Trump 
 
 VICE. V. 
 
 VSE 
 
 . Overrule 
 
 Swum 
 
 
 VWE.v. 
 
 IDE 
 
 
 Thrum 
 
 UN. 
 
 UILD. V 
 
 ILD 
 
 , ULGE. 
 
 Numii 
 
 Dun 
 
 VILE.v. 
 
 ILE 
 
 . Bulge 
 
 Benumn 
 
 Gun 
 
 VlLT.y 
 
 ILT 
 
 . Indulge 
 
 
 Nun 
 
 VINT.y 
 
 INI 
 
 . Divulge 
 
 Come 
 
 Pun 
 
 VISE. V. 
 
 ISE 
 
 
 Become 
 
 Run 
 
 indUSE. 
 
 * ULK. 
 
 Overcome 
 
 Shun 
 
 VIE. V 
 
 .IE, 
 
 Bulk 
 
 
 Sun 
 
 
 
 Hulk 
 
 Burthenfom 
 
 Stun 
 
 UKE 
 
 ^ 
 
 Sculk 
 
 Chriftendom 
 
 Tun 
 
 Duke 
 
 
 
 Cumberfom 
 
 Spun 
 
 Rebuke 
 
 
 ULSE. 
 
 Frolickfom 
 
 Begun 
 
 Puke 
 
 
 Pulfe 
 
 Humour fom 
 
 
 
 
 
 Impulfe 
 
 Quarrelfom 
 
 Son 
 
 UL. i-. ULL. 
 
 Expulfe 
 
 Troublefom 
 
 Won 
 
 Cull 
 
 
 Convulfe 
 
 Martyrdom 
 
 One 
 
 Dull 
 
 
 Repulfe 
 
 Hecatomb 
 
 Done 
 
 Gull 
 
 
 And the Plu 
 
 - 
 
 Undone 
 
 Hull 
 
 
 ral of th 
 
 e UMB. 
 
 
 Lull 
 
 
 Nouns and 3d Dumb 
 
 UNCE. 
 
 Mull 
 
 
 Pcrfon Prefent Thumb 
 
 Dunce 
 
 NulL 
 
 
 of the Verbs Succumb 
 
 Ounce 
 
 Trull 
 
 
 in ULL. 
 
 
 
 3« 
 
 UNCH, 
 
37 
 
 UNCH. 
 
 Btinch 
 Hunch 
 Punch 
 Lunch 
 Munch 
 
 UND. 
 
 Fund 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the 
 Verbs in UN. 
 
 UNE. 
 June 
 Prune 
 Tune 
 Irnportune 
 Jejune 
 Untune 
 
 A DiElionary 0/ R h y m e s. 
 
 UNK. UKB. Forfeiture 
 
 Drunk Curb Furniture 
 
 Slunk Dillurb Miniature 
 
 Shrunk Nouriture 
 
 Stunk URCH. Overture 
 
 Sunk Church Portraiture 
 
 Trunk Lurch Primogeniture 
 
 Monk Birch Sculpture 
 
 Temp'rature 
 
 UNG. 
 
 Clung 
 
 Dung 
 
 Flung 
 
 Hung 
 
 Rung 
 
 Strung 
 
 Sung 
 
 Sprung 
 
 Slung 
 
 Stung 
 
 Lung 
 
 Swung 
 
 Wrung 
 
 Unfung 
 
 Young 
 
 Tongue 
 
 UNGE. 
 Plunge 
 Spunge 
 Expunge 
 
 UNT. 
 Brunt 
 Blunt 
 Hunt 
 Runt 
 Grunt 
 Wont 
 
 UP. 
 
 Cup 
 Sup 
 Up 
 
 UPT. 
 
 Abrupt 
 
 Corrupt 
 
 Interrupt 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the 
 Verbs in UP. 
 
 UR. 
 Blur 
 Bur 
 Cur 
 Furr 
 Slur 
 Spur 
 Concur 
 Demur 
 Incur 
 Firr 
 
 Stir 
 Beflir 
 
 URD. 
 
 Curd URF. 
 
 Abfurd Turf 
 
 Bird Scurf 
 
 Word Turve 
 
 And the Par- 
 ticiples of the URGE. 
 Verbs in UR, Purge 
 Surge 
 
 URE. 
 
 Cure 
 
 Dure 
 
 Lure 
 
 Pure 
 
 Sure 
 
 Abjure 
 
 Allure 
 
 Affure 
 
 Demure 
 
 Conjure 
 
 Endure 
 
 Enure 
 
 Infure 
 
 Immature 
 
 Immure 
 
 Manure 
 
 Mature 
 
 Obfcure 
 
 Procure 
 
 Secure 
 
 Adjure 
 
 Calenture 
 
 Coverture 
 
 Epicure 
 
 Invel\iture 
 
 Urge 
 Scourge 
 
 URK. 
 Lurk 
 Work 
 
 URL. 
 
 See 
 IRL» 
 CWurl 
 Curl 
 Furl 
 Hurl 
 Purl 
 Uncurl 
 Unfurl 
 
 URN. 
 Burn 
 Churn 
 Spurn 
 Turn 
 Urn 
 Return 
 Overtuiji 
 Aturn 
 
 So. 
 
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 d/Rhymes!; 38 
 
 SojoufH 
 Adjourn 
 
 Degenerous 
 
 Odoriferous 
 
 USK. 
 
 Emulous 
 
 Ponderous 
 
 Busk 
 
 Rejourn 
 
 Fabulous 
 
 Ravenous 
 
 Husk 
 
 ■ 
 
 Frivolous 
 
 Rigorous 
 
 Musk 
 
 URSE. 
 
 Generous - 
 
 Slandetous 
 
 Tusk 
 
 Curfe 
 
 Hazardous 
 
 Solicitous 
 
 UST. 
 
 Nurfe 
 
 Idolatrous 
 
 Timourous 
 
 Buft 
 
 Purfe 
 
 Infamous 
 
 Valorous 
 
 Cruft 
 
 Accurfe 
 
 Miraculous 
 
 Unanimous 
 
 Duft 
 
 Disburfe 
 
 Mifchievous 
 
 Calamitous 
 
 Guft 
 
 Imburfe 
 
 Mountainous 
 
 
 Tuft 
 
 Re-imburfe 
 
 Mutinous 
 
 USE. 
 
 Muft 
 
 Worfe 
 
 NecefHtous 
 
 Chufe 
 
 Luft 
 
 
 Numerous 
 
 Mufe 
 
 Ruft 
 
 URST. 
 
 Ominous 
 
 Ufe 
 
 Thruft 
 
 Curft 
 
 Perillous 
 
 Abufe 
 
 Truft 
 
 Burft 
 
 Poifouous 
 
 Accufe 
 
 Aduft 
 
 Durft 
 
 Populous 
 
 Amuic 
 
 Adjuft 
 
 Difguft 
 
 Diitruft 
 
 A\^orft 
 
 Profperous 
 
 Difhife 
 
 Firft 
 
 Ridiculous 
 
 Excufe 
 
 Thirfl 
 
 Riotous 
 
 Infufe 
 
 Intruft 
 
 Athirft 
 
 Ruinous 
 
 Mifufe 
 
 Miftruft 
 
 Accurlt 
 
 Scandalous 
 
 Perufe 
 
 Robuft 
 
 
 Scrupulous 
 
 Refufe 
 
 Unjuft 
 
 URT. 
 
 Scurrilous 
 
 Suffufe 
 
 Joufts 
 
 Blurt 
 
 Sedulous 
 
 Transfufe 
 
 And the Par- 
 
 Flurt 
 
 Traiterous 
 
 Bruife 
 
 ticiples of the 
 
 Hurt 
 
 Treacherous 
 
 And the Plu 
 
 .Verbs in USS. 
 
 Spurt 
 
 Tyrannous 
 
 ral of the 
 
 
 Dirt 
 
 Venomous 
 
 Nouns and ^d But 
 
 Squirt 
 
 Vigorous 
 Viiianous 
 
 Peribn Prefen 
 
 tCut 
 
 Shirt 
 
 of the Verbs Glut 
 
 
 Adventureus 
 
 inEW. 
 
 Gut 
 
 US. , 
 
 Adulterous 
 
 
 Hut 
 
 Thus 
 
 Ambiguous 
 
 USH. 
 
 Jut 
 
 Incubus 
 
 Blafphemous 
 
 Bludi 
 
 Nut 
 
 Trufs 
 
 Dolorous 
 
 Brufh 
 
 Put 
 
 Overplus 
 
 Fortutious 
 
 CruOi 
 
 Shut 
 
 Us ^ 
 
 Gluttonous 
 
 HuQi 
 
 Strut 
 
 Difcufs 
 
 Gratuitous 
 
 Gufli 
 
 En-lut 
 
 Amorous 
 
 Incredulous 
 
 Flufh 
 
 Ru? 
 
 Boilterous 
 
 Leacherous 
 
 RuOi 
 
 Scuc 
 
 Clamorous 
 
 Libidinous 
 
 Bu!7i 
 
 Slut 
 
 Credulous 
 
 Magnanimous 
 Obltreperous 
 
 PuHi 
 
 Sm^'t 
 
 Dangerous 
 
 
 Abut 
 
 UTCH. 
 
3P 
 
 A Ditiionary oj K h y m e s. 
 
 UTGH. 
 
 Sute 
 
 Cotiftitute 
 
 Recruit 
 
 Hutch 
 
 Acute 
 
 Deftitute 
 
 
 Crutch 
 
 Compute 
 
 Diflblute 
 
 UX. 
 
 
 Confute 
 
 Execute 
 
 Flux 
 
 Much 
 
 Depute 
 
 Inftitute 
 
 Reflux 
 
 Such 
 
 Dilute 
 
 Irrefolute 
 
 And the Plu- 
 
 Touch 
 
 Difpute 
 
 Perfecute 
 
 ral of the 
 
 Retouch 
 
 Impute 
 Pollute 
 
 Profecute 
 
 Nouns and 3d 
 
 
 Proftitute 
 
 PerfonPrefent 
 
 UTE. 
 
 Refute 
 
 Refolute 
 
 ofthe Verbs in 
 
 Brute 
 
 Repute 
 
 Subftitutc 
 
 UCK. 
 
 Flute 
 
 Salute 
 
 
 
 Lute 
 
 Abfolute 
 
 Fruit 
 
 UZE. V. USE. 
 
 Mute 
 
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 Suit 
 
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