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To grace me in Miranda's e 4 
T 0 nobler works I 1 fix her name, 


5 And her prote8tion ſhall be! Fame. 


MADAM, 10 0 

N theſe lines, the concluſion of the Epi- 
[ thalamium I had the honor to preſent 
upon your happy nuptials, my muſe foretold 
the occaſion ſhe ſhould have for your future 


ſupport and protection, and the time is come = 


for her to avail herſelf of their influence. 


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DEDICATION. 


Tue generous manner in which you dt : 
always cheriſhed and cultivated every ſpark 
: of genius that has fallen within your obſer- 
vation, the indulgence and encouragement 5 
that JI in particular have received from you; ; ; 
7 theſe, Madam, render you the moſt proper ” 
5 perſon to give countenance e and ſupport to the 5 


preſent undertaking, 


* affords me great pleaſure to expreſs ä 
this public manner, the ſenſe I have of the = 
repeated favours I have received from you. 
and Mr. STRATFORD, who have ſhewn me 

| ſuch inſtances of eſteem and Protection as 

=} ſeldom expected, and ſeldomer received 
from the friendſhip of thoſe of AAS rank 

and fortune. N 


LONG 


DEDICA TION. 


Lons and happily may you live together, 


| ornaments of the exalted ſtation you were 


born to appear in, and examples of conjugal 


felicity. The marriage ſtate ſtands i in need 


of ſuch, to reſcue it from the contempt which = 


the abandoned and unthinking throw upon it; 
and the diſgrace i it ſuſtains from the unwor- 15 


1 of individuals: 1 


« Then ſhou' d men 1 learn to love by Virtue” $ rules, 


— And marriage be no more the jeſt of fools. | | 


T have the honour to be with all reſpeg, 
MAD AM, 

Vour moſt obliged, 
| — and obedient ſervant, 


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ADD REss ro T HE READE R, 


0 N T AL NI N G 
AN ACCOUNT OP SOME PART OF THIS COLLECTION, 
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REMARKS UPON MUSICAL COMPOSITION. 


HAVE as rang an antipathy to tedious 1 dull 

1 prefaces, as any perſon living; ; at the ſame time, 

am defirous to recommend myſelf to the favour of my i 
readers, by accounting for ſome things in this motley 
collection of fugitive pieces. I am ſenſible, that it is ne- 
ceſſary to obviate ſome reflections that will naturally ariſe 

in the reader's mind, and that have already afforded a ö 
ſubject for raillery, if not for criticiſm, There ſeems 


been 3 | 


. 


always to be a degree of vanity inf preſumption 3 in thoſe 


who believe themſelves capbble of entertaining, or in- 
25 forming the public ; ; the natural diſlike, mankind in 
0 general have to admit a ſuppoſed intimation of ſupe- 
riority in any reſpect, leads them to examine theſe 


pretenſions with Rrianeſs and to admit them with re- 


reluctance. 


On the other hand, the poor author puts himſelf mn. 


every body's power, riſks the reputation he has acquired 


among his friends, and ventures a certain for an uncertain 


| good; the generous and candid Part of the world have 
always. allowed, that a fair hearing at leaſt, is due to the 


perſon who runs ſo great a hazard to contribute to their ” 


entertainment. 


The fear 4 conkers: if 3 too far, 1 ſuppreſs | 


every effort of riſing genius, and deprive the world of 


the advantages it continullay receives from it. 


Every 


TY - Every x man muſt be conſcious of his talent before he 


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can. uſe it, and. if this conſciouſneks is free from pride, 8 
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1 impudence, and ſelf-conceit; I do not ſee that he is. 


juſtly blameable for endeavouring to avail himſelf of che 
talents he has received from his Creator, for it is his duty 


not to conceal and ſuppreſs, but to o cultivate, to improve, 


and to communicate. 


1 formerly believed, that I ought not to let myſelf be 


known for a ſeribbler, that my ſex was an inſuperable 7 


objection, that mankind i in general were prejudiced againſt 


its pretenſions t to literary merit; but I am now convinced 8 
= the miſtake, by daily examples to the contrary, I 
fee many female writers favourably received, admitted 

Into the rank of authors, and amply rewarded by the 


> public; 3 have been encouraged by their ſuccels, to 


ofter myſelf as a candidate for the "hos advantages. 1 
hope t thus much may ſerv as a general apology for this 1 


undertaking, 


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8 come now to 1 parts of it, as Si am apprehenſive 


; may. afford the reader a ſubject for animadverſion; * 
mean the Songs and the Oratorio: if the reader will favour > 
me with his attention, 1 hope to juſtify myſelf, as to the 

| motives that induced me to attempt this kind of writing; 
8 but I have ſomething to offer preparatory to this, which 
0 preſume will not be thought unneceſſiry nor unuſeful, 


and perhaps may not be the leaſt ee of any part 
| of the book. 


I have a . affection for muſic, I ſay affection ra- 
5 ther than paſſion, becauſe I am. not intoxicated by it, but 
can reduce the pleaſure ariſing from it, under the regu- | 
Wien of reaſon; | lam indeed too apt to moraliſe away 
| all my pleaſures, and whilſt 2 enjoy them am always 
inveſtigating the ſubject, and endeavouring to find out 
why I am pleaſed or diſpleaſed. 1 have read many books i 
upon the ſubje& of muſic, have reflected upon them, and 
= drawn ſuch inferences, as reaſon, and ſometimes as fancy 


have ſuggeſted to me ; but vocal muſic has more particu- — 


larly 


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larly n my attention. 1 tank conſidered the various i 
modes of harmony | of words and ſounds, whether ſepa- 7 5 
rately or united, and the wonderful effects of thoſe ſongs, 
where the Jubjett of the muſic, and the Subject of the 
- words were happily adapted to each other. Theſe ſpecu- 
. lations might be carried very far, but; 1 ſhall only purſue 
them ſo far as they are relative to the ſubject of this little 
eſſay. It has been matter of ſurpriſe to me, that when 
the rich and inexhauſtible ſtores of poetry our language 
affords, are open to every reader, the muſical compoſers 
in general ſhould chooſe to {et ſuch wretched traſh as 
chey generally do. When we look over the liſt of new. 
ſongs which are every year produced, and ſung at the 
public places of entertainment, we cannot but wonder 
that a compoſer of « common ſenſe, ſhould not endeavour 
to get ſomething above the vile and deſpicable ſtile, in 
which thoſe ſongs are generally written. An i ingenious 
writer of this "ge, thus hudicrouſly and happily deſcribes : 
them, 


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„ The -Raneligh hip that come down to 1 us, are i in 
a ile perfectly familiar, and are all caſt i in, the 1 fame 
mould. Colin meets Dolly, and they hold a dialogue 


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together, he gives her a fairing | to put in her hair and 


cc ſhe preſents him with a noſegay, and chen away they 


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| go together to church, where they give; advice to all £ 


the young nymphs. and ſwains, to get married as faſt 


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as chey can.“ 


It ; is very range that a G 6800 ear and taſte, ſhould 


be incapable of feeling the force of harmonious numbers, 

| as the talents ſeem to bear a ſtrong reſemblance to each 

a. yet, that they a are ſeldom united wants no proof, | : 

| as every ſingle perſon can recollect a thouſand inſtances, | 
wherein his ear hath been pleaſed, and his underſtanding 


diſguſted at at the fame time. 


hy this age, = current t of popular taſte r runs s ſtrongly 


| toward muſic, and fome attempts have been made to re- 


: concile | 


1 
concile ſenſe and found in the ſame compoſition : | but it 
has ſeldom ſucceeded. 15 1 4 not know any piece that has 
come for near it as the Maid of the Mill : : in moſt bf the 
ſongs, the characters are well expreſſed, in many of them | 
thought! is expreſſed by the found, but ſtill we know that 
the words were written to the Wolke, inſtead of the muſic - 
adapted to the words; uw much higher might muſical 


expreſſion be carried with this i in view? 


Whenever a genius ſhall ariſe, in which theſe two great 
ien are united in an eminent degree, the world will 


be ſurpriſed at the fea of the united 0 of oy 


” and muſic. 


In purſuing this ſubject, 3- Will offer to wile reader one 
1 of my excurſions of fancy, which will, as 1 apprehend, 
illuſtrate this ſubject better than dry reaſoning, 2 have 
called! my imaginary ſongs inſtances to prove, chat ſenſe | 


may as eaſily be ſet to muſic, as nonſenſe. 


SONG 


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AMOROUS 8 TE 
RECITATIVE. 
a x aufe be the food of love, play on, 

Give me exceſs of Is. that ſurſeiting, 


. The appetite ay ficken, fail, and dic. 


. 1 R. 
AFFETTUOS 0. 
3 That ſtrain again | — again that ſtrain |! 
It had a dying, dying fall ; 


Oh it came 0 er my car like the ſweet outh 


- | That breathes upon a bank of violets, 


Stealing and giving odour : 4? 
T he {weet air breathing on the violet, 
Stealing and giving odour — the Feet air 
| Stealing and giving odour. | 


SARS A 


The 


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The ade will obſerve, that the repetition tout not 
injure the ſenſe, the words themſelves are harmony, and, by 
the ſweetneſs of the ſound, ſeem particularly calculated to 

animate and abſt muſical expreſſion; . what an advantage 

D to a com poſer! 1 will give anot! her ſpecimen or two « of ex- 

trad from the beſt poets, that are peculiarly proper for this 
” purpoſe, but I will not tire my reader by the repe ition of che 
word 6„ but rei it to his fancy to conceive how farit may be 


Carried; for my part I think it an additional charm. 1 in the 


| monk, as well as giving ſcope e 0 the genius of the erat, 


e, , e 

CHEARFUL STYLE. 
A A0 

Ther morning *Y the meſſenger of ay, 
Saluted in her fong the morning grey; * 
And ſoon the ſun aroſe with beams ſo bright, 

All nature laugh'd to ſee the j joyous laght, 

| He with his tepid rays the roſe renews, 
| And licks the Saks flow rs, and on the dews. 


Dran 


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P N Y E 8 * * L E. 
ANDANTE AFFETTUOSO, 
Here 1 can ſit alone, unſeen of any, 8 

And to the nightingale $ complaining note, 

Time my diſtreſſes, and record my woes. 

5 O thou that doſt inhabit i in my b breaſt | 
| Leave not thy manſion ſo long deſolate, 
: Left, growing ruinous, the boiling fall, 

And leave no memory of what it was. 5 


OHAKESPEARE, 


Theſe inſtances will, I \Lapprehend, convey a Rrong idea of 
the effect of good poetry animated by muſic ; | they wilt bi 
| alſo ſhew that there muſt be harmony i in the words, and 
that fuch may be choſen for this purpoſe, as have ſtrength 
of thought and yet ſweetneſs, and even ſoftneſs in the 
ſound. Nothing 3 is more grating to a nice car, than harſh 
and uncouth words, uttered i in muſical ſounds, and the 


ſofter the muſic, fo much the ſtronger i is the contraſt. 


Pg 


- Indulging theſe 3 I have frequently com po- 


ed little ſongs for my own amuſement, in which I have 
' endeavoured to > ſoften the: harſhneſs of the ſound which 
| ſome words, in our language, give in muſic, without loſing 
ſight of the ſenſe, or the ſubject; A the reader will meet | 
with many ſpecimens | in this collection, and he will judge 


5 whether or no 1 have ſucceeded, | 


1 had once thoughts of trying my Arength at an opera, 
but I was diſcouraged by a friend, who told me e that if [ . 
ſhould produce the moſt finiſhed piece, a mulical profeſ- 
for would always give the preference againſt n me, to any 
one that would work cheaper. It ſhould have been ob- 
ſerved before, that i in many of Handel' 8 longs, the unity 


of. ſubject which 4 have been ſpeaking of i is wonder- 


fully preſer ved, we are ſurpriſed that a foreigner ſhould be _— : 


capable of it; but then in others of his, there! is ſuch * 
falling off, that it ſeems more like chance than deſign ; = 


as we cannot ſuppoſe that he was fully acquainted with 


the genius and powers of our language, the copiouſneſs of 


8 2 e which 


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which affordy the utmoſt ſeope bo che lügen in _ 
to ee ee e l of words. Fre 


Aid now 1 have brought my reader in fi he of the ſub= 

4 ject of Oratorios, (though perhaps he may think by a ſtrange . 
. round-about way) I had intended to inſert two into this ; 
| | | collection, as was mentioned in my firſt printed propoſals, : 


but having an offer from a compoſer for the finiſhed one, 


"2 was adviſed by my | friends t to withdraw i it, and to put in 
fome other pieces to fill up t the , 


Ir muſt appear very Range, that a perſon ſhould fit 

| down to write an ne without ee See to. do. 

piled ak in fuck e a manner as to ueber it any PPE | 
tion to attempt it; but becauſe they are generally written 
. 5 = or the uſe of a particular compoſer, and only printed | 
accompany the performance. It is certain that I thought 
EE myſelf employed, but 5 have Fince Bern told that 1 was 

— under a miſtake. 


In 


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in the year I 768, when Oratorios was fiſt performed 
at the Haymarket, a new one was produced called Abi- 
melech, it was ſet by : a young compoſer, of whom the 
public had conceived great expectations, and they were. 
not diſappointed. The muſic was approved, but the 
words were univerſally thought contemptible, much r more 
- fo, than any that had ever been ſeen in public before. 
have a 4 mind to give my readers a ſpecimen of it, as I 


- apprehend they will hardly have patience to read it, and 


alſo becauſe it will ſufficiently acquit me of es. 
in attempting to write ſomething better. 


AIR IN A BIMI L E G EI 
FOR SARAH. 


Away, away, begonez I will not hear, 
5 How can you tempt a harmleſs ſtranger -E 
From: fas ch a. love as thine, [ m fill'd with fear, 
And dread my chaſtity i in danger. — 
You've got a lovely queen, 
With her you ſhould be ſeen ; 


F here ply your ſuit and long, inconſtant ranger! 
CH ORU 8 


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CHORUS IN ABIMILECH, 


K Obey ye brave the king 8 command, 
And on your needful duty ſtand; 
With might defend the gates ye bar, 


Here we are |—Here we are |, 


I could produce from the recitatives, many lines ſtill more 


obvious to ridicule, but imagine theſe will anſwer my. pur- 
_ poſe. A friend of mine who was intimately acquainted with 


the compoſer, gave me this Drama to read, I told him 


thought i it was pity that ſo promiſing a genius: as his fr iend, 


ſhould not employ ; a writer more capable of doing juſtice 
"as his * 3 1 thought the fineſt muſic i in the world 
could not exclude the idea of burleſque, from ſuch a per- 


formance as that before me: he conſefſed that he had 


heard it condemned by many others. I then told him, 


that 1 thought myſelf able to do ſomething better for him, 
and that if his friend accepted my offer, | 1would 1 
vour to produce an Oratorio againſt the following ſeaſon. 


Accord- 


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Accordingly he acquainted the compoſer with my inten- | 
tions, and (as I underſtood) he accepted the offer, and I 
fat down th write for-him. 1 choſe the ſtory of Ruth, as 
being new, and affording a good ſubje& both to the wri- 
ter and compoſer, but before I had finiſhed two acts of i it, 
4 new Oratorio upon the ſame ſubject was performed for 


— i charity. Thus was I anticipated and obliged to ay Ruth N 
aſide, as being «non * 


I deſired my friend to inform the com poſer of what 


” had happened, and to aflure him that I would write another a 


with the utmoſt expedition, he did ſo, and T ſet about it 


immediately, and took the ſubject ſrom the ſtory of Abſa- 


lom's rebellion, the piece was begun and ended! in leſs than 


{1x weeks, yet within that time my compoſer had accepted - 


another, for which be deigned to make a flight excuſe. 


Though I could not be mortified by the man . 7 ac- 


cepted Abimelech, I was piqued to have thrown away my 5 


time to fo little purpoſe; i however, as mine was rejodied | 


before 


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before It was ſeen, my pride w was not injured. 1 ſhowed 
it to ſeveral of my friends who approved it, ſome adviſed 


me to print it together with that of Ruth, 1 thought 


them too inconſiderable to claim the attention of the 


public. I looked over my po- tical morſels and picked 


out part of the preſent collection, but after 1 had 
an offer for Abſalom, I altered my intentions as was be- 
fore related, but ſtill my friends adviſed me to perſevere 


" m regard to the publication of the other pieces. 1 was 


encouraged to rely upon them to indemnity me in the un- 
dertaking, and my ſucceſs has already juſtified the "= 
| tempt. 1 have infinite obligations to numbers from whom 
I had no right to expect it, as well as from thoſe who are : 
more immediately my friends, who have deft eee un- 


| | done to encourage and ſupport me. 


Thus have 1 given my readers an account of every 
i relative to this publication.” 1 have only farther to 


aſk of them to read and judge the following pieces with 25 


the — allowances for the Author, 
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George Bowyer, Eſq. 
Henry Bellas, 22 Exeter 


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Lord Richard Cavendiſh 


Lady Clayton 
Cæſar Corſellis, Eſq. 
John Cornwall, Eſq. 


Anthony Chamier, Eſq: 
Anthony Columbies, Eſq. 


Rev. Samuel Cooper, Brook = 
Mrs. Chute, N wo books 


Mrs. Cort 


Rev. Cantley, Co; prkorck 
Mrs. Coppin, South Tllainghem 


Mrs. Canning, Fingringho 


Peter Clarke, Eſq. Wudedber 
Mrs. Carter, of Tunſtall | 


Capper, Rector of Soham 
Mr. Cooper, Saxmundham 


Mrs. Carter, Ipfwich 
Mr. William Clarke, Ditto 


Mr. Joſeph Clarke, Vitto 


Mr. Johtr Curtis, Greſſenhall 
Mrs. Cobb, I. ytcham 


Maſter Thomas Willlam Ehateres, 
Colcheſter | 


Rev. 


. Drake, Felſtead 


2116 1 OF SUBSCRIBERS 


Mrs. Crop 
Rev. 


Cornwall, Reftor of South 
Hedingham | 


Mr. Richard Carter, Downham 
Mr.GeorgeCoytmore, Looe,Cornwall 
Richard Cracreft, Eſq. 

Philip Croſby, Eſq. 


; Sy Caulfield, _ 


9 


| Earl of Denbigh 
Counteſs of Denbigh _ 
Earl of Done gall, Two books 
| Counteſs of 7 1 two books 
Sir Robert Dalyell, Bart. 
SGovernor Devaynes 
Thomas De Grey, Eſq. 
John Damer, Eſq. two books 
Mrs. Damer, two books 
Mrs. Dives, two books 
Mrs. Dupree 
Mrs. Dickens 
George Drake, Eſq. 
P. Dennis, EW | 
Miſs Dennis, Colcheſter 
Dr. Daniel, Ditto 
Mr. Richard Dawes, Ditto 
John Dawſon, Eſq. 
George Doughty, Eſq. 
Miſs Doughty | 
Mrs. Douglas. 
Miſs D'O yly, Ip wich 
Miſs 1 D'ovly, Ditto 
Mr. Dobſon, TS... 
Mr. Francis Dalton, Swaſtham 


Mrs. Dalton 


Rev. John Dering, Rector of Hilgay 
Miſs Duſgate, E. Baſham. | 4-7 


Richard Down, ON ; 


©. 
Henry 3 Eg 
Captain Thomas Evans, R. N. 
Mrs. es Colchaller 


William Fiſher, Eſq. 


Mrs. Groſvenor 
SY 


Mrs. Ennew, Colcheſter - 
Mrs. Edwards 
Mrs. Edwards, Colchefter © 
Miſs M. Evatt, Ditto, one books: 
Miſs S. Evatt, Ditto 
Mrs. Eardley, Dizzo 

Rev. William Edwards 


Mrs. . Bures 


r. 'T mne mts 
Mrs. Ekins, 1 | 
Rev. Richard Eaton, Rector of 


— Downham 
Mr. Henry 


_ Miſs Edwards, Rhyd-Gorle, Car- 


Edgar, Ditto 


marthen 
Mrs. E Clapham, * 


F. 


Hon. Richard Viaparick, 
books 


Thomas E oley, Efq. 


Edward Frere, Eq. 


John Freeman, Eq. 
Oſborne Fuller, Eſq. 


MitsFolkard Woodbridge awo books ” 


Miſs C. Fox, Woodbridge | 
Miſs Fletcher, Cogan 


John Fenn, Eq. 
Rev. 
Mr. William Ford 


Ficklin, Hadley ; | 
Rev. James Fordyce, D. D. 


Alexander Fordyce, Elq. 
William Fordyce, Eſq. 


G. 


Lord Viſcount Gallway 
Lady Viſcountels Gall way 


Lord Viſcount Gage 
Lady Groſvenor 
Hon. James Grimſton 
Hon. William Grimſton 
Thomas Groſvenor, * 


Stephon 


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Stephen Peter Godin, Eſq. 
| Joſeph Girdler, Efq. 
Edward Greathed, Eig. 
Richard Glover, Eſq. 
Captain Leſlie Grove 
John Gurdon, Eſq. 
William Gibſon, Eſq. 
Miſs Barbara Gibſon, Kirby 
| Joſhua Grigby, Eſq. four books 
Dr. Griffith, Colcheſter = 
Mrs. Gray, Ditto 
Rev. Green, Wakes, colne 
— — d Tolleſhunt, 
Cs, Eg, 
Mr. William Grierſon 
Mr. Joſeph Green, Lexden 
Miſs Green, Lawford l 
Mrs. Jane Gullifer, Dedham 
Miſs M. Gullifer, Hanningfield 
Mrs. Greene, Elſing 
Golding Griggs, Eſq. 
_ Miſs Green, Chelmsford 
Mrs. Goulds, Colcheſter 
Mrs. Great, Ditto 
Rev. John Gent, Vicar of Stoke 
Rev. Dr. Gardiner 
Rev. Thomas George, Rector nd 
Weſt-Lexham 


Młr. Goodwin, Woodbridge | 


1 

Ducheſs Dowager of Hamilton: and 

Brandon, two books 

Counteſs of Harrington 

Lord Viſcount Hereford 

Rt. Hon. Lord Herbert, two books 

Hon. Nicholas Herbert, two books 
Hon. Mrs. N. Herbert, two books 

Rr. Hon. Thomas Harley 
Hon. Mrs. Harley 

Hon. Robert Harley 

Hon. and Rev. John Harley _ 

Hon. and Rev. William Harley 
Fall, Eſq. two books | 


| rs. areas 


Mrs. Hatton 
Mrs. Honeywood 


Mrs. Harriſon 


Mrs. Hays 


Mrs. M. Hays 
Mrs. Mariamne Hays 


—— Hamilton, Eſq. 


William Hamilton, Eſq. 


John Hadley, Eſq. 
John Heaton, Eſq. 
Captain Hart 

Captain Harvey 
Richard Hoare, Eſq. 
Abraham Hume, Eſq. 


Michael Hills, junior, Eſq. 
Mrs. How, Hanningfield 
Edward Buckworth Hern, Eſq. 
Dr. Hoſſack, Colcheſter 


Rev. Eden Howard; 3 


Rev. H. Homkey, E. Bergholr, we 
00008 | | 

1 Houghton, Halſted 

Mrs. Houſſaye, Colcheſter 
Mrs. Hallum, Ipſwich 
Mr. S. Howard, Harwich 


Mr. Hooker, Colcheſter 
Mrs. Holgate, E. Colne 


MWiſs C. Halſey, Woodbridge 


Mrs. Hunt, Creeting-hall 

Mr. Edward Haſelt, Ipſwich 
Gardiner Harwood, Gent. Norwich 
Mr. Robert Hogan, r 

Mr. Wilkam Hammond, Ipſwich 
Mrs. Harriſon, Coptfor d 
Richard Horne, Eſq. of nenten oke 


Capt. Horne, India Company 


James Hubbald, Eſq. my NE 


Hugh Higgins, Eſq. 
Mr. Haddock 


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2 William RS. Eſq. 


Hon. Mrs. Jerningham 


Commadore James, two books 
Mrs. James, two books 


Mig 


* LIST or SUBSCRIBERS. 


Mrs. Johnſon, Clarges- ſtreet 
Mrs. Jenney, Bredfield 
Mrs. Margaret Jenney, Norwich 
Miſs Jenkins | 

Mrs. James 
Daniel Jones, Efg. 

Thomas Jaxcomb, Eſq. 
Rev. Johnſon, Vicarof Wikhatn 
Rev. Matthias Jackſon, Norwich 

Mrs. Johnſon, Stanayay 

_ Miſs Jeaks, Enfield 

Mrs. TOO Norwich 


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Jl Kirby, Eſq p. R. S. 
Mrs. Kirby e 


Mrs. Kempe 
Mrs. Kerſteman, C olcheſter 
Mrs. Kelly WO 

Miſs Henrietta Maria Keke 

Mrs. Kelt, Woodbridge - 

N. George Kilby, Colcheſter 
Rev. King, Maſter of the free 
ſchool, Ipſwich : 

Mr. S. ie Cambridge 
Rev. John Kenderly, Norwich 
| Miſs King, Briſtlex 
Mr. John Kirby, Ipſwich 
Mr. William King, Ditto 
Mr. William Keymer, Colcheſter 
Thomas 2705 _ 4h 


Le 

; "0M LEgrange 8 
Lady Lloyd 
. Miſs Lloyd 


Sir William Lorraine, Burt. 
Henege Lloyd, Eſq. 


Charles Long, Efq. two books 


Mrs. Long, two books 

Charles Long, junior, Eſq. two books 
Dudley Long, Eſq. two books 
Beeſton Long, Eſq. two books 

Mrs. B. Long, two books. 

Mrs. Lewis, LWO books 


Miſs Lobb, 
E Langharne, Portſmouth 
John Livie, 18 8 


Edward Lewis, Eſq. two books 
Mrs. Lewis, two books . at? 


Miſs Lewis, four books . % 
| -Miſs Loubier, two books - LT; 


Thomas Lewis, 05 two books | 
Bibye Lake, Eſq. bg 


John Labord, Eſq. 


Mrs. Lambert, four . 
Thomas Lambart, Eſq. 


. Lynne, Eſq. 
Mrs. Lynne 


Mrs. Lynne, Colcheſter . 
Miſs Lynne, Ditto 


5 Major General Lawrence, four books 


Mrs. Lawrence, Colcheſter 


Mrs. Lupton, Ditto 


Mrs. Lidgould, Ditto 
Miſs Linds, Ditto. 


Miſs Lucas, Chelmsford 4 


Mrs. Long, Dunſton. 


Mrs. Lathbury, Woodbridge 
Richard Lloyd, Eſq. | 


Mrs. Leck, E. Dereham 
Rev. James Lambort, Fellow, Tri- | 


nity, College, Cambridge 
Elſing 


N Lord Viſcount Molyneux 


Lady Viſcounteſs Molyneux 


Right Hon. Lady Martha Mitborne | 
Hon. William Auguſtus Montague 


Sir John Moleſworth, Bart. two books | | 
Lady Moleſworth, two books - 
Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman 


Uher of the Black- Rod 
Daniel Matthew, Eſq. 


Mrs. Matthew 


William Burrel RARE Eſa. | 


Francis Burrel Maſſingbird, Eſq. 
Mrs. Maſſingbird 


George Medcalfe, Eſq, - 


Thomas Martin, Eſq. two books. 
Mrs. Middleton: 
Mrs. 


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Mrs. Money, E. Dereham 
Mrs. Mayhew, Colchefter 


Rev. Philip Morant, Colcheſter 


Mr. John Man, Downham 
William Middleton, Eiq. 

IL. Macleane, Eg. 

EKR. S. Moody, Eſq. of the Temple 
Robert Mure, Eſq. 

William Macbean, Eſq. 
| Mrs. Merick ih 


Mr. J. Norman 
Mrs. Norris 


Mrs. Money, bidrwich 


Mrs. Mills, North Elmherm 


Rev. Chriſtopher Munnings, E. Bil- 
ney 


| Mis Sarah Mendham, Greſſenhall 


Rev. Moore Meredith 


Mrs. Marriot, Needham 


Mr. John Marks, Norwich 


N. | 


Hon. and Rer. William Nevil, two 


books 


Roger North, Eſq. | 
Rev. Montague North, D. D. Rector 


of Sternfield, two books , 


Mrs. North, ditto. two books 


Miles North, Elg. Whiningron, 
Lancaſhire _ 


Mr. Fountain North, Jamaica 
Richard Norton, Eſq. 


Mrs. Neve, M: ddleton-Stony, Gon 
Mrs. Nevil, Billericay | 


Counteſs Dowager of Oxford 


Counteſs of Oxford 


Right Hon. Lady Orwell 
: Hugh Oſborne, Eſq. 


Mrs. Oſborne, three books 


Hugh Owen, Eſq. 


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| Mrs. Adocre, 
Mrs. Moller 


Rev. 


Mr. 8 


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BSCRIBERS. 


Rev. —— Quley, Stiſted 
Mr. J. Oldheld _ 
Mrs. Oſgood, aw books 


Mrs. N 


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Counteſs Paulett, two books 
Lord Viſcount Peterſham 
LG 3 Pamerſcourt, =o 

QOOKS | 


Right Hon. Lady * Poulett 


Lady Pettus 


Jon. John Proby 


Mrs. Plunkett, two books 
Mrs. Iſabel Pitt, four books. 
Mrs. Plant 

William Weller Pepys, Eq. 


Frederick Pigou, TE: 


Pinfold, Eſq. 


"Robert Par Bk. . 


George Pickard, Eſq. 

Dr. Pigot, Colcheſter 

Mrs. Pigot 

Miſs Pigot Herts 

Mrs. Pollit, Colcheſter 

Mrs. Parke, Needham 

Rev. Dr. 8 8 
Rev. Nunn Prettyman, Suren 


Mrs. Prettyman, Woodbridge 
Rev. Robert Potter, Skarning * 


Rev. Charles Poyntz, two books 


Rev. Jermyn Pratt, Wattlington 
Mr. George Patrick, Dedham 


Mr. Pentecoſt, Colcheſter 
Poke „ | 
Charles - Purvis, Eſq. Dargun, 

Suffolk 1 | 


Miss Purvis, Ditto 


Arthur Philip, Eſq. Lyndhurſt Hants | 
Richard Ea: INJ 


R. 8 


BR Mrs. Reeve, Colcheſter 
Mrs. Maria Reeve, Ipſwich 


A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS 
John Smith, Eſq. 


Sir John Ri * H 5 

Samuel Ruth rs books | 
Henry 5 | 

Hemp Raper; 

If. M. Rebo#, EG 

Mrs. Rebow y) 

William Round, 4 


James Round, Eſq. 


Mrs. Round 
John Round, Eg. 
William Roos, Eſq. two books 
Humphrey Rant, Efq. 
Miſs Ramſtorp 
_ Miſs Ramey, Yarmouth 
Miſs Ray, Ipſwich 5 
Mrs. Richardſon, C. 1 
Rev. William Rider, Sur-Maſter & 
St. Paul's School, London 
Rev. — Redrayne s 5 
Mr. Edward Ruſt, Maſſingham 
Mr. Richard Ruſt, Norwich + 


Mr. Thomas Reeve, Enfield 


Mr. Reinhold, Colcheſter, two books 
W. an Eſq. AM; 


. 
Counteſs Dowiae of Slielbuene _ 
RightHon. Lady Catharine Stanhope 


_ Miſs M. Smith, Sudbury 


Mrs. Cecilia Stanhope 


Mrs. Southhouſe 


Frederick Standett, Eſq. 


Mrs. Ständert 


Frederick Standert, | junior. Eh. 


Olborne Standert, Efq. 
Coll. Stephens 
Thomas Stiſted, Eſq. 
Mrs. Stiſted be 
Liſter Selman, Eſq. 


Bence Sparrow, Efq. 


Robert Sparrow, Eig. 


Samuel Sparrow, Eſq. 
Charles Lorraine 8 


* I 
Nicholas Styleman, 


Mrs. Styleman 


James Smyth, Eſq; 
William Say, Eſq. 


Thomas Suffield, Eſq. | 4 
Rev. Armine Styleman, Rector of 


Ringſtead 


Mrs. Styleman, Ringſtead 


Robert Sharrock, Eſq, 
Rev. P. Smychies, Colcheſter 


Rev. Yorick Smyrhies, Reder af - 


Right Hon. Lady Harriet Kani N 


Es Hon, Mr. Stanhope 

Francis Edwin Stanhope, Eſq. 
Lady Shadwell 
Hon. Edward Stratford, two books 
Hon. Mrs. Stratford, two books 
Sir Robert Smith, Bart. four books 
Sir John Strachan, Bart. Clapham | 
Mrs. Shaw, Epſom 
Mrs. Stephens, . Fareham, Hants 
Elliott Salter, Eſq. Windſor | 
Gordon Skelly, Eſq. Yarm, Yarkſhire 
Miſs Stow, Newington Butts, Surry, 


55 Mr. Skene 


Bentley 


Mr. Francis Smythies, Colcheſter 
_ Miſs S. Smythies, Ditto 


Miſs Charlotte Smythies 
Mrs. Sayer, Wrentham 


Mrs. Sewelt, Hutton 


Mrs. Smithin, Needham 


Mis Sterling, Colcheſter | 


Mrs. 
Mrs, 


Miſs Seaman, Ditto 

Mrs. S. Smith, Ditto | 

Mrs. Spinluff, C. Hedingham | 

Shuttleworth, Maldon ' 

Stow, Woodbridge 

Shave, Ipſwich _ 
Stephenſon 

Rev. John Smyth, Colcheſter 

Rev. Stevens, Fell. Trin. Coll. 

Cambridge, two os. - 
T. 


Mrs. 
Rev. 


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Mr. Squire, Ipſwich 

Mr. Starling, Chelmsford 

Rev. Robert Say, Swaffham 
Mrs. Stafford, Denver 
Rev. Peter Smith, Lytcham 
Mr. Edward Sutton, Norwich 


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Hon. Mrs, Tynte 
Lewis Teſſier, Eſq. 
Mrs. Teſſier 
Joſeph Tullie, Eſq. 
* Todd, Eſq. 
William Turnor, Eſq. 
Thomas Truſſor, Eſq. 
George Thomas, Eſq. 
Rev. John Tickell, Rector of Merſey 


Rev. Richard Taps, Nerwich 


Rev. Rich. Taylor, Rector of Blaxhall 
Miſs Tucker | | 
Mrs. Trelawny, two books | 
Mliſs Turner 

Mrs. Eliz. Tuffnel 

Miſs Maria Tuffnel 

Mrs. Tweed, Halſted 
Mr. Townſend, Copcſhall 
Mr. James Thorn, Wickler 
Mrs. Thorn 

Mrs. Turner, Norwich 
Mrs. Taylor, Colcheſter. _ 
Miſs 8. Toulmin, Crutched-friars 


U. 1 
5 Rev. Samuel e n 
Mrs. Uvedale, Boſmere | 
Miſs Sophia Uvedale 

Mrs. S. Uvedale 


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15 Right Hon. Earl vemey 


Dr. . 3 


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Lady Viſcounteſs Windſor, two books 
Rt. Hon. Lord Willoughby de Broke 
Rt. Hon. Lady Willoughby de Broke 

Hon. Mrs. Wingfield, two books 
Sir William Wiſeman, Bart. 

Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bart. 


George Woodroffe, Elq. 


Iſaac Wittington, Efq. 
William Wollaſton, Etq. 85 books 
Mr. Robert Wollaſton, R N . 


Samuel Watſon, . 


Prancis Willes, . 


Wilſon, Eſq. 


he John Watkins, Eſq. 
Mrs. Whetham 


Miſs Warren | 

_ Miſs Williams ; 

Mrs. Wall 1 
Miſs Waſhbourne, Edmondten : 
Mrs. Wegg,. Colcheſter 


Mrs. Whaley, Ditto 
Mliſs Jane Whaley. 
Charles Whaley, junior, 6. 
M.iſs Wynyard 
Mrs. Whight, e 


Mrs. Wilkinſon, Needham 
Miſs Walt, ys 


Miles Wallis, Eſq. 


Rev. Raphael Walſh 


Mr. Samuel Walker, ! E. Parka a 


Miſs Walker, Ditto 


Mr. William Walker, Ditto + 
Rev. GeorgeWright, eee 


Daniel Wilſon, Eſq. 


Rev. Neville Walter 
| Mr. was | 


Rev. 1 Youngs, Swaff ham 
Miſs Young, Halſted 


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WRITTEN AT PUTNEY IN THE YEAR MDCCLIX, 


TLL U 8 IV E joys "the gaudy world holds fork. 
[ To ſooth her children i in her ways untry ” By 
* entice them with a good of ſeeming worth, 
Then mock their Pins, and all their cares deride. 
5 imagination v warms he youthful heart, 

Prompts it to face the ſun's too pow rful rays; 
On Fancy $ pinions borne, with treacherous art 


It plays awhile, and wantons in the blaze. 


TTF 


'1 aſl d but what from Nature I cou'd trace 


Alas no more for me thoſe names ſurvive! 


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Altho condemn' din folitude to live, 


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But 4 too ſoon he waxen pinions uch 


And Icarus falls hoy” ring thro the air! 


The wiles of Folly are not known 7 


And Wiſdom but — us to delpaie; 


| N ot wealth, nor title fill d my ie brain, 


My ſoul abhor'd and ſhunn'd the edu d theme ; ; 


1 follow'd diſtant in the Mules train, 


And fu ng my artleſ lays beſide the fream. 


Did I indulge, in Fancy's ſoft embrace, bs 


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A wiſh, but Reaſon's dictates might approve > 


"I aſked the joys of friendſhip and of love. 


Vet from my ſoul they never ſhall be ras d, 


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N o more of bcndltip or of love to cate, 


From | wy 


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From a too . heart my ſorrow ſprung, 
An arrow barb” d with inſult enter'd deep; 
From infancy with various croſſes wrung, 


I 0oo ſoft to * yet too m_ to eg 


I woo'd not Fortunes ſmiles, 1 ſcorn'd her lure, 
Upon her altar not one off” ring lay; - 
She vow d my happinck ou d ne'er endure, 


But _y Joy * ſwifter chan the day. 


The laurel W is blaſted on my brow, 
i the cold blight of diſappointment chill d, 
Diſdain and Fortune have congeal d to ſnow 


The ray of gane that my boſom fll'd. 1 | L | 


ene e Eo a OS CO SOROS ne | 1 , 
1 : ths? 7 4 
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Oh let me underneath Petr ſhade, | 
My ſecret woes in ſoothing ſtr ains prolong 


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The flowing numbers ſwell along the glade, 


Till Thames re- echo and approve my ſong. 


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TO MY FRIEND MRS. - 


ON HER HOLDING AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE 
NATURAL EQUALITY OF BOTH THE-SEXES. 


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WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCLVI. 


IL EN C E beſt ſeives to diſapprove : 

F alſe reaſoning 3 in thoſe we love. EY ” 
Tho- t other day I held my tongue, OTE ** 1 
1 thought) you greatly in the wrong; ; : „ 

How could you ſo unfairly try d 


| With no one preſent to decide, 


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Argue the beſt, that woman can 


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Pretend to triumph o'er a man? e 


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I once was half of your opinion, 5 


But now ſubſcribe to their dominion. | 


PI — mom 8 "a 2 Nee 


—:.. !!!! III I GT 7 EN 5 


The ſame unchanging law that fixes, 


Eternal difference of ſexes, 15 


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Has for the wiſef ety aſſign'd 


Due bounds to either ſex's mind. 


85 Your heart with argument elated, 


Thinks both were e equal when eie, 
And holds its own imagination, 
That all depends on cultivation : L 
But to ſpeak plainly, in reality 
I don't believe in this equality, . 
- : But think that partial | heav' n deſign d, 

To them the more capacious mind ; 
And that their brains, dame Nature's college 
Are beſt receptacles for knowledge. 
Lend 1 me my friend a while your hand, 
I'll lead you over claſſic land, 

| To hear what ſages fam'd of at 
On this nice ſubject ſhall unfold, - 
Thus much may ſerve for introduction, 


Leading to pleaſure and inſtruction. 


—NoT every one can write that chuſes, 


But thoſe invited by the Muſes : 


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— Theſe are nine inte n 

| . Who dyell about the hill Parnaſſus. | 
' Their p patron whom they ſerve and follow, 
- A beardleſs youth—the Greek * 

: Still lovely, active, young, md 8 

He drives the chariot of the day, 

Teaches theſe girls polite behaviours, 

For which they grant him certain favours : : 
(But modeſt, ones you may be ſure, 
For they are virgins chaſte and pure.) r 

He leads their concerts, which they fill 
With wond rous harmony and ſkill; 
For he $ the prince of all mobel, 
| Beſide the greateſt of phyſicians, 
= He finds them muſic for their frolics, 


And cures their head-achs, nerves, and cholics. PER 


Fron out the ſide of this fam a mountain, 


Riſes a wit-inſpiring fountain; 5 
Which murmurs muſic as it plays, 
Laurcl its banks TIF: and —* 


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Kiev all the allen drink their fill, 
And then attempt to climb the hill; 
: (But firſt from trees the boughs they take, 
And garlands for their heads they make; 
Whoſe ſtrange effects, to us a wonder, 
Secure them from the power of thunder :} 
With pain and care they clamber up, 
And very rarely gain the top: 
But if they reach the Muſes ſeat, 
They have aſlign'd them a retreat. 
Apollo elf records their name, 
And gives it to the charge of Fame; 
— Who firſt diſplays to earth and ſky, 
Then folds it up and lays it by, 
- In her immortal library. 


Ne OW comes our caſe.— The ancients tell us, | 


_ Theſe nymphs were always fond of fellows ; 
For by their records it is clears - 
Few women ever have been there. 


Not that it contradicts their laws, 7 


But they aſſign the following cauſe; 


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The f ſacred Heliconian ſing, 
of which old poets ſweetly i 
| (Tho' modern writers only flout it, ; 
Alledging they can do without it) 
| Produces very ſtrange effects, 8 
On the weak brains of our ſoft ſex ; ; 
Works worſe vagaries | in the n 
Then Holland s gin, or royal Nancy. 
In ſhort, to what you will compare it, 
Few women's heads have ſtrength to bear it. : 


gee ſome with ſtrong and lively fancies, . 


Write eſſays, novels, and romances. 


Others by ſerious cares and pains. 
With politics 0 erſet their brains. E 
= Children, ome call themſelves of habos, | 
” By virtue of a pun, or rebus. 

Some much affect the Krain ſarrie, 
: And others all for panegyric. 


In all, and each of theſe you ** 


Strong markings of the female NY 


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Still juperſicial, light dad ri ; 4 


Looſe, unconnected, and precarious : 


Life and vivacity I grant, 

8 But weight and energy ly want; 
T hat ſtrength that fills the ay; page, | 
1 bids it live to future age. 


Now as it oft hath been evinc d, 


We do not love to be convinc'd; 


So if conviction give you grief, 


Reſtriction may afford relief. 
Exceptions to all gen ral = 


Are ſtill'd allow d of f in the ſchools : : 
And Phœbus s favours to the fair 
Are not impoſſible, tho rare. 
In Fame's great library, we're told, 
Some female names there are enroll'd ; 
Matrons of Greece, others of Rome, 


And ſome, to pleaſe you, nearer home: 


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| Moderns there are, France brags of maar. 


And England ſhews as good as any. 
See our Orinda {well the page, 
Carter, and Lenox grace t this age ; 
But leaving theſe conſign d to Fame, 
Luſus Naturæ is their name. 
As ſome among the men we : find, 
Effeminate i in form and mind; 
Some women maſculine are ſeen 
In mind, behaviour, and in mien: 
For Nature ſeldom kindly mixes, 5 
The qualities of both the ſexes. 


Theſe inſtances are ſometimes quoted, 


As owls are ſhown, but to be hooted.. . 


Dare 1 now to ope your eyes and ſee, 


1 Theſe truths exemplified i in me. 


What tho' while yet an infant young, 


© MUS numbers trembled on my tongue; 


As youth advanc' d, I dar d aſpire, 


Ad rrembling ſtruck the — lyre, - 


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What by my talents have I oy” 
By thoſe I lov'd to be diſdain” " 
By ſome deſpis d, by others fear d, 
0 Envy d by fools, by witlings jeer " 


See what ſucceſs my labours crown 'd, 
By birds aid beaſts alike difown' FY 
"Thoſe talents that were once 2 pride, 5 


1 find it requiſite to lud; 


For what i in man is moſt reſ pegel, 
In woman 8 form ſhall be rejected. 


Thus have I prov” d to demonſtration, 


The fallacy of your oration. 


8 {You need not let the fellows know it, 
2 They'll praiſe the wit, but damn the poet.) 
7 This Point illuſtrated, my friend, 

Brings my long ſtory to its end. 


When you have read it o'er at leiſure, 


Keep it—or burn it—at your pleaſure. 


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K, the terror of F rancel 


| : In their new regimentals hey ſtrut and they bluſter, d' ; 


In another three years we ſhall ſee how they muſter. 
Do not think I intend to excite you to laughter, 1 JD 
For a wiſe man, who Kees what will happen hereafter, 
Foreſceing their actions, ſo many, ſo glorious, 


Is now planting laurels to crown them victorious. 


” 1 the year 17 58, a gentleman known to all his friends by the epithet: 
of the prophet, was planting a garden, and wrote to a friend to-ſend him 


all the different kind of laurels ; he received upwards of thirty ſorts, which. 


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is 8 ſaid that Apel, peruſi ing theſe lies 
| Began all his enſigns to brandiſh ; 


5 He then on his fide i in a rapture reclines, 


And calls = his e ſtandiſh. 


- 9 chiefs faid the God for their Munch muſt wait, : 7 


Nor till they receive them can thank her; 


_ But a quicker reward ſhall from me be her aue, 


T hen pauſing | he drew on his. banker. 5 


: Meſſicurs Profit . a date 918 days, 


Pay to Sappho, or order as follow, 


5 For value receiv'd, a crown of freſh bays, 


And account for t. to me 


: & APOLLO. 


RARNASSUS, JULY XXV, MDCCLIX: 


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A REPLY TO THE FOREGOING VERSES. | 


WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCLIX- 


" CRY D to Phoebus in deſpair 31 i 
Oh hear this once thy ſu ppliant $ prayer, 
8 And grant the boon I crave | 
Since nought but Envy or Dian, 
Repay thy childrens care and pain, 


Reſume the giſt you gane! 


What tho while yet an infant young, 
0 Thy numbers trembled on my nn 3 
No greater joys 1 found: 

Thy choſen ſons 1 learn'd to praiſe, 

My heart retain'd thy fav rite lays, 

And eccho'd back the found! | 


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: To thee my riper years devote, 
— thought and ſtudied, ſaid and wrote, 


But as thou deign' d inſpire 1 
1 ſhunn' d the ſervile beaten road, 


| The falſe applauſe by fook beſtow'd, 


For coxcombs to 1 | 


For thee ought ele did I FI a 
5 And thought thy dictates ny wiſe, 
Thy accents only ſweet! 


E en Fortune $ charms to me were none, 


1 ſhunn'd her ſmiles, deſpis d her frown, 


N or flatter' d rich or. | great... 


By N 8 wiles diſtreſs d and cod, 

In life's tempeſtuous ocean toſt, . 
'To gloomy thoughts a ſlave; 8 

Poetic hopes no longer live, 

No joy the « once low d viſions give, 


| Reſume the gift you gave k: 


Deſpair - 


Dieſpair not yet the God reply 50 e 
Thuy future hopes t me confide . 1 


Aud wait the Fates' decree, 5 7 LT: 7 4 


A ſon of mine, well known to Fame, OS OY 


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Hov W E V E R gain inſpires venal lays, . 
E ach honeſt heart a genuine tribute * 
R chearſes praiſe to merit only due, 

B eheld, acknowleg d, and admir d in you. 


D hem and friendſhip al our ſex ſhall pay, | 


, eſpect and love, o'er man confeſs your ſway, 


| Time's regiſter {hall your fair name diſplay. 


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'HI L E ardent wiſhes from the SAY riſe, 
And bring down all the bleſſings of the ſkies ; 3 


. A muſe conceal d, Who mingled ; in the throng, 
Thus paid the rribute of a nuptial Fong. 
- Hither ye loves ye graces here repair 
7 And ſhed your influence on this charming N 
| - From vulgar fight be all your forms conceal d, 
= And to the Poet $ eye alone reveal d. 


| Plutus to all apparent ſtands conſeſs d, 
"W ith vanity in tawdry gauzes refed; L 
"yp hey ſtand conſpicuous at the altars de, | „ . L 
"Ons Br" d the bridegroom, and one hail d the bride. 

Merchant rejoice | Hymen provides for thee, 


Thy utmoſt wiſh, a bride of quality! 


Ch happy maid, thou ſhalt not ſigh i in vain, 
F or that which riches always can obtain 4 


Hail 


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With times fair bloſſoms, ſhedding ſweets around | 


And may your bright poſterity inherit, ; We — 
Their mother 8 — father s noble ſpirit! = 
For thee oh 6+ 1 doth the muſe foreſee, 

A glorious fortune | in the fates decree „ 2 
If nought to blaſt my full-blown hopes befall 

Thy grandſons ſhall be dukes of — - hall. 


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The ſweeteſt flow'rets bring; hg 1 
A tribute to her beauty = 
55 The product of the ſpring: _ 5 
But tell her while ſhe views them, | 
And ſmells each fragrant flow'r ;, 5 
The hand of Time purſues them, : : . ; | : 
| Their ſpring returns no more. „„ 5 
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R ET INA nimis ne ſpernas vaſa monemus, 
Lautus erat Tuſeis Porſena fit libus. 


MART ILA. B. 


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TRANSLATION. 


Let none deſpiſe the Tuſcan vaſe too much, 


Porſenna was magnificent in ſuch. 


II. 


Behold af ancient times theſe choice remains, 
A mighty king 8 magnificence diſplays! 
While thou enjoy t thine Indian porcelain, 


Let me admire the rude Etruſcan vaſe. 


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; Retriev'd from ancient Nola's grave I come, 
Nola, renown'd long e er the birth of Rome! : 
Though rude my figures, tho uncouth my ſhape, 

” once contain'd Etruria's choiceſt grape; 

| Enjoy'd with feſtive wreaths, in rude abodes, 
Buy once our country's kings, now demi-gods. 


Modern, thou laugh'ſt at this antique deſign! 
Purſue thy trifles, and indulge me mine. 


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A failor' 8 breeding, w with a courtier's s art; 


A zealot's fury, with an. atheiſt's heart; * 


Theſe are thy honours N ot thy wild expence, 


F ed and ſupported by che public pence, 
Pour d forth i in awkward, ſplendid, motiy treats, 

5 Where dirt with cleanneſs, want with fulneſs meets.. 
Devour d by hungry parſons, ſots, and ſouls: 

| All well-pick d, ſervile, ſuppliant, fawning tools; 
| Who with dull flatt ry, and admiring eyes, 

: Applaud thy bawdy, blaſphemy, : and lies. 


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' PUBLISHED IN MDCCLIX. 


FRAGMENT v. VERSIFIED. 


Roll the fierce billows to the diſtant main. 


W hoſe duſky leaves diſcloſe a baleful green: 


Scatt er'd they fall, o'er Connals grave they read, 


And mark the ſpot, as ſacred to the dead; 


His aweſul ghoſt here walks its nightly round, 

When lowly ſtalks the hunter o er the wand. 

Who can, oh Connal, reach thy mighty race! 
Ot who the glory of thy fathers trace | 


Like the huge oak its tow' ring branches freed, 


Which rears againſt the wind its lay head. 


M T UM Ne 8 grey 1 aids upon the hills are : ſpread, | 
The dreadful whirlwind whiſtles round my head. = 


Dark thro' their narrow channels oer the Plain, 


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By whom ſhall Connal' $ ſtation be lupply- d FE: 
This deſart plain, the ſeat of dire alarms, 


Reſounded with the din of heroes arms; 


Here Connal fell extended on the ground, 


- - dying groans the diſtant plains reſound. 


Thy arm was like a ſtorm, when rais'd on gh, 


: T hy ſword a ray that glitter d i in the ſky ; . 


Thy ſtature like a rock, roſe o'er the plain 


Thy founding voice was heard beyond the main; 
Like flames of fire thy piercing glances ſhone, 
Where er thon trod'ſt, the war was all thy own D 


Thy ſword refiſtleſs, made whole armies Yield,” 


As children crop the thiſtles of the Gold + 


Thy foe, the mighty Dargo, ſtrode the ground, 


His ſteps were as the dreadful thunders ſound ; 


Dire terror fate on his contracted brow, 


As when two ſtorms encounter was the ſhow | 


T heir beamy fwords portending blazes yield, 


And the harſh a clang of weapons ſakes the geld. 


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The generous maid who Connal' J 1 poſſeſs * 
Was near, like men in ſhining armour dreſs' I 


To aid her hero to the field ſhe came, 


Dau ughter of Rinval, Crimora her name. > 


« Her hand ſuſtain' d the bow, her hair behind 


he Diſhevell d flew, in treſſes unconfin ” "oj 


She ſaw, ſhe fear d, the inſtant drew the . 


But miſs d the foe, and pierc d her lover's $ heart. : 


He faints! he falls! like ſome tall oak up-torn, = 
Or mountain from its ancient ſummit born; ; 
Hills, dales, and woods, re-eccho to her « ries, | 


The youth belov' d, ber Conaal bleeds! he dies 1 
Each day ſhe wept, and each ſuccceding night 


Veu'd the fad mourner till returning light. 


a She griev'd, till ward life attain'd its end, 
8 her love, her hero, and her friend. 


This ſacred earth encloſeth the remains, 


Of the: the lovelieſt pair that grac'd. the plains. 


Leaving the world, 1 ſeck the mournful ſhade, 


Here does their memory my foul "Ran "i 


Loud ſighs the wind, the dropping rains deſcend, _ 
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Thy ray aſſiſts the weaken” 4 fig ke . 5 No 
And Flora's ſelf to thee muſt owe, 
| - T he richeſt grace ſhe can beſtow, ” 
| — The ſhade reflected from the leaves, 


To ev ry flow'r new luſtre gives. 

Oh favourite colour, to my kent, : 
1 Thy brighteſt ray of hope inpart! 
= © Thy name adorns the brighteſt Gain, 
That ever trod the neighb' ring plain; 1 
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A LETTER TO A FRIEND. 
' WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCLIX, | 


o] my fault my 0a friend, 


And will this moment ſtrive to Re 


Thou ſay ſt that I {hou d write the news, 


of plays and op ras, balls and ſhews, 


"0c fortune loſers, fortune getters, 
But chiefly from the world of letters. 
5 1 know thy taſte, I ken aright, 
To know what modern authors write ; Y 
And gueſs from what applauſe | is ſhown, 


What hope remaineth for thy own. 


Full often J frequent the ſtage, 


To ſee the produce of this. age, 3 

And to fay truth, find nothing there, wn | 

in make a young adept deſpair, — | 
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| Full oft at t ſhop, or all, I ſtand, 
The doubtful volume in my hand, 


- And liſt to what the wile ones ſay, 
: - Whole work ſhall live a week, or tay 
1 hear and learn at their expence, 
Fathom their wit, and ſave my pence. 
Some authors hath this year brought forth, 
of higheſt fame and paſling worth, 
Triſtram like Maddox, mounteth high, 
Now ſeems to creep and then to fly; ph 
Now here, now there, We fee him ſprawl, 
And ſuffer pain leſt he ſha d fall; 
Me-ſeemeth that his looſe- ſpun papers, 55 


| Reſemble Sancho! 8 blanket capers. 


Next Hubert comes in ſolemn ſtate, 


With meaſur d ſtep, and prine cly gait. 
Speaketh of great and mighty things, 
| Nor praiſeth prieſts, nor popes, nor kings: 
To | injure either I'd be loth, Hh: 


Don t grudge the money — buy them ks 


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8 You think ; package you cannot fag it: 
We I make them pay us, never fear it. 
Go make a gentle charcoal | fire, 

Let it not blaze, nor yet expire; 

Y Next ſteep your papers in good ale, 

Of this year $ brewing—not too ſtale ; 
Then ſet your ſtill at work with care, 
; Preſerve the droppings ſtop 'd from air . 
Fach morning faſting ſnuff them up, 
Be careful not to loſe a drop. 


Then write away, no longer fear, 


'Thy . . . . ſhall do next year ; : 


From wit thus blent, a pile ſhall riſe, 


Its centre earth, its crown the ſkies, 8 


A SONG. 


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When Venus woo'd him to her arms ; 
Nor ſuch Narciſſus modeſt grace, dlicon | 
Who lov'd his own inchanting face: 5 
heſe tales of 8 „ E049 
No more ſhall move „ E fy 
Be to the wind Fe por 
855 Their names conſign 5 | : 
For they were coy, but Lycidas is kind. 


THE PARROTS TO JACONETTA. 


Where to various creatures; he women compar d, 


To birds, beaſts, and inſects, that lurk | in the graſs, 


Za Te o an ant, to a bee, to an ape, to an aſs; 


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Who for wit, and for wiſdom, was my fam d; 
Jevented a fable to better our e To 


T he good to admoniſh, the evil to vex. 


And their different qualities lily declar d. 


And no character there, is more bappily fired ; 
T For wherever you go they ſo greatly abound, 


That in ev ry place there may plenty be found. 


85 The parrot has nothing that's truly its own, 


But bor rows from all that it ever has 3 


And firſt the green parrot that” $ ſtately and proud, Z - 


So pert and ſo empty, loquacious and loud. 


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To poſſeſs all the talents that do others honour: 
Do you write, do you paint, do you ſing, do 1 play ? 
It will always excel you the very fame way. 
But it means nothing more, let it chatter or ſquall, 
15 Than to flutter, and ſputter, and cry pretty Poll. 
T he next kind of parrot I think worthy mention, 
Is a bird that poſſeſſes 1 no ſort of invention : J 
: But i its want of ideas it often conceals, | 
By following others quite cloſe at the heels. 
Do you tell an adventure, or ſpin out a hoy: 'S 
It will lay ſuch! another directly before ye; 
With ev ry thought and expreſſion in ſtore, 
That it heard you deliver the moment before; 5 5 
| But let not this bird be deſpis d. or + negleted, | 
For the trips that it makes, by itſelf are detected. 
But here comes a parrot i more bold and preſuming, 
Who your wit, and your memory fears not aſſuming, : 


But the ſtyle and the manner will always be known, 


Tho' it gives them verbatim, and ſwears tis its own. 


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: f Another more harmlef no meaning affords, 


| Like an eccho it only repeats your laſt words. 


80 they borrow and wire-draw, and alter, and ſpoil, 

To ſpin out a letter in Grandiſon $ ſtile; 1 
While all the reſult from their labours we find, : 
Is that thoughts are but ſhadows, and words are but Lind. 


5 Tom Stentor's loud voice, lady Rantipole's lungs ! 5 
Vet ! ne er cou d go thro the whole talkative tribe, 
Nor each ſpecics of mimickry fully deſeribe. 


But avoiding the errors of theſe wretched elves, 


If this whimkical trifle ſhou d move you to Mughter; 15 


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But are wofully puzzled about their inditing; 


Oh had I hundred of Pollaver's tongues, = 


Let us think, let us ſpeak, let us act fot ourſelves. 


You may draw me ſome outlines to fill up hereafter; is 


Now to ſenſe, now to nonſenſe, to proſe and verſe leaning, 


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Unheeding hears me ſigh . 1 
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0 ſpeak b bold cruths, t to «leh a vicious age, 


Was once eſteem d, che province af the ſtage. h 


Bright 3 in her native charms fair virtue ſhone, 


Young poets wha propos d this noble end, 


Made ev ry wiſe and honeſt heart their friend; 
And tim rous merit, cheriſh'd with applauſe, | 


Became aſſur d, and fought i in honour” 8 cauſe. 


Candor ſat judge, ſhe ponder d o'er the lays, 


| Diſpens d her cenſures, or beſtow'd her praiſe: 
Too long, alas Caprice aſſum d her name, 
Damn'd young deſert, and blaſted infant tame 1 
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An unknown author $ damning ſhou'd be fear a, 


. Our Addiſon was once condemn d unheard; 


From a young Poet bean this offspring hurl * 
Now ſtands the ſcorn, or pity of the world. 
The parent dares not yet preſume to own, 

- The doubtful features of this firſt· born ſon. 
If your unbiaſe d hearts beſtow a name, 


He'll place it boldly ; in the lift of Fame; | 


He 11 promiſe ever to remain your debtor, 


Kad if encourag d now may pleaſe you better. 
| = To the firſt laurels his bold heart aſpires, 


= _ For Phœbus genuine ray his boſom fires. | 


— Uphill he pants, his ſpeed outſtrips the wind, „„ 
3 Nor fears he ought but to be left behind. „%%%%ͥͤ;́ũ P NV E | 


To canvaſ for Jour favor he diſdains, 


His honeſt muſe no ſervile flatt ry ſtains ; 


From Nature 8 ample field thoſe flow rs he brou gte, 


For ornament and uſe a garland wrought. 


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3 OOO WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCLXI. 
. * NEAT H the ſhade of the Aonian grove, 
=. Where beauteous flow'rs immortal grow; 
3 With careful hand a wreath I wove : 
Intended to adorn young Cæſar's brow: — 
And conſecrate to the third George's name 
Oh ever dear to Britain, dear to Fame! 


The muſe's piercing eye boldly explores, 
All that or heav'n or earth contains; 
| Searches thro Nature's richeſt ſtores, 


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And all her gloriovs attributes explains: 
But to the higheſt pitch extends her ſihtt. 


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When Virtue's pow'rs exalt her daring flight. 


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Come thou who courtly Horace boſom fir d, 


When ks Auguſtus Praiſe he 1 | 
Who Prior and Addiſon inſpir > 
"When to Naflau, high prais d the lyre they ſtrun gt 


Give me to dignify my prince's name, 


With milder virtues, and far ſweeter ande! 


Teach me to ling the virtues of bis youth, | 
= * he dawning of the brighter day, 

lk CE = His filial duty, love of truth, 

| * Benevolence and piety diſplay: 


Ni His heart enlarg d, his comprehenſive incl, 


Whoſe love extends to the whole human kind! 


Britannia wipes her pious tears away, 
Her grateful voice is heard to heav'n 3 
She tells aloud her promis 4.4 Joys; 
©. How ſveet, how fair a hope to her i is giv” n: : 


Faction i is dead ; her form no more ſhall riſe, 


But prayers and love united Pierce the ſkies! 


When 


e When with ſucceſs thy virtuous toils are crown'd, 
And peace ſhall bleſs thy native land ; , - L J 
0 Then ſhall chy gen rous cares be own' d, 
And Britain bleſs thy gentle, healing hand: 
| This glorious taſk propitious heav'n aſlign'd, : 5 1 
"= Tu thee, the beſt and faireſt of mankind ! N = 1 
when Gallia's vaunts ſhall be no more, 1 
. When Te the olive wrenth ſhall be 5 5 
he promis d harveſt ſhall be o'er, T- 
And all on hopes in certainty be loft; i 1 
> ſhall the raptur'd bard in nobler lays, | 
ing Britain's happineſs, and George's praiſe. 
ih ; SONG 


PARAPHRASED FROM THE PFREN © 
HERE lives a ſhepherd in the vale, 
Tender, conſtant, and ſincere ; 


| Who dares not tell his tender tale, 


Leſt he offend his charmer's ear: 


i= 1 cannot, dare not tell his name, 
4 But ſay, cou'd you his paſſion blame? 
His heart enſhrines the cruel fair, 


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His daily muſe, his nightly dream; 
1 cannot, dare not tell his name, 
But ſay, cou'd you his paſſion blame? 


Of all his thoughts the conſtant theme; 


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When in her preſence he appears, VVV 
He veils the ſecrets of his eyes 

More deep reſpect his paſſion wears, HL FRET „„ 
2 han even ſhe caiſcarce futmiſe +. I IT 
I cannot dare not tell his name, 1 UN 
But ſay, cou'd you his paſſion blame? | 
Ah, ſhou'd his love itſelf betray, Ys 
. her auſterity offend! LEES #1 | 
Her cruelty wou'd drive away, 
At once the lover, and the Mend: ET 
2 cannot, dare not tell his name | = Fr „ | 3 
But ſay, coud you his paſſion blame ? | 5 


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I S a violent ſtorm, for the pilot deſpairs, 


The failor leaves ſwearing, and falls to his pray'rs. 


A white-liver'd fellow | we hated and curſt, 
Wou'd fain know which end of the ſhip wou'd fink firſt : 
: The ſtern, ſays the pilot, will ſooneſt 90 down; 
Nay then, ſays old Envy, the day is my o. n! 
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Oh ye gods I for no other favour implore ye 1 
But grant he may drink the ſalt water before me! 


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r her ornament deplore, 


The great, the good Lucinda 3 is no more! 1 4 


True honour weeps O er this beloved name, 


Dear to mankind, to virtue, and to fame. 


Friendſhip inſpires the lay, lave void of art, 
And ſorrow ſpeaks the language of the heart. 


Sincerity 1 in native luſtre bright, 


Whoſe thoughts, words, actions, dare the ſtrongeſt light. | 


Flatt' ry give place | and be the notes | raiſe, 


Plain as the virtues I aſpire to praiſe! 


Of noble birth, hs of far nobler mind, 


She breath'd benevolence to all DR 


With wiſdom, truth, integrity, enducd, 


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As wiſe, as parent, miſtreſs, or as friend? 
vprigbt herſelf, wou d human faults conceal, 
And oer each blemiſh throw compaſſion's 5 velt. 
Patron of worth diftreſs' d, friend of the poor, 
Honour d in youth, in age reſpected more. 
Tho ſeventy years on earth her virtues ſhone, 
For ber afflicted friends, ſhe died too ſoon. 85 
Let me that honour claim; oh ever dear 4 
And may 1 late attain chat glorious ſphere, 55 
Where thy pure foul with ſacred converſe bleſt, 
Unfading honours ſhares, eternal reſt! 

Bold with, for virtues paſſive at the belt! 
[Whilſt her $ like pureſt gold have ſtood the teſt; 
The hardeſt trials nature cou 'd fuftain, et, 
The ſtings of grief, of fortune, and of pain. 
Brighteſt her luſtre ſhone when ſharpeſt try d, 

_ Chearful ſhe liv'd, and unrepining died. 

Oh be a death like her's my daily pray i 
And Ty my latter end her bleſlings ſhare | | 


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0 more Fr grief Flirtilla . 
Nor heave another figh; 


Drive not the roſes from thy check, 
Nor dimn that ſparkling eye: : 
Tho- Phœbus ſhine not ev'ry day, 


He grows more precious by delay. 


By faſhion form 4 wick niceſt care, 
Thy well-choſe dreſs is laid; 
That ſtudied negligence of air, 


Thy purpoſe has betray d. 
Thy heart repines to loſe a "On 


And burns impatient of delay. 


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8 To beauty's power, add ſtronger arms, 
5 . And decorate thy mind : 
Eſteem not wholly loſt this day, NN 
But gain reflection from delay. 
| Let modeſty take place of pride, e 8 
1 Simplicity of art; e 
Reeaſon oer vanity preſide, y 
And virtue clothe thy heart : 
= Thus dreſs'd thou ſhalt ſome future da 
5 Conquer like Fabius by dela 1 


H Cynthia, radiant queen of night, 


And all the glitt'ring o 
** you, and to the gentle air, 


1 ſigh my love, and my deſpair ! 


Witneſs, I leave the world to dwell, 
Beſide the tomb of Afſtrophel ! 
Witneſs againſt me when I move, 


From theſe, the dear remains of love 


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Whilſt I cure a jealous lovery 3 7 ff ht HG 95 


And his rival's arts betray. - 


All his gifts, his boaſted treaſure, - 
Have no value in my eyes; F 
Sive diſguſt inſtead of pleaſure, 7 HH 
| Sordid greatheſs 1 deſpiſe. | 
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Can to me no joys impart 3 5 
Tis the hand that gives the bleſſing, 
TY Stamps its value on the heart. 


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But the beſt, the deareſt treaſure, ©... þ 
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E youth who oft frequent the "RP place, 
Where the moſt aweful name of God reſides { ! 
> I ye to aſk for freſh ſupplies of grace, 


—— 0 dit * 2 * good or ill betides? 


Or come ye math to be « entertain d, 
. To tell your tales, your pleaſures, your alarms; J 
] To reckon o'er the conqueſts ye have gain . 


Or join to — good David $ oi}. 


Oh cardlel youth, unſettled, heedleſs late, 
source of our deareſt j joys, our deepeſt woes! 
5 On thee un! cen a thouſand dangers wait, 


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And ſprightly dance within life s brittle mounds 3 yi 
Mingle i in pleaſures cup with glad ſurpriſe, p 
Nor fear to * preſcribed bounds. 


Proceed, Tet ev'ry * be ſtrew d with flow'rs! 
stern Reaſon hence let paſſion take the rein! 

Sue grave thoughts, enjoy the fmiling hours, 
And ſcoff at age, infirmitics, : and pain! 


l not Religion with her TINY face; J 

| Her ſerious glance, thy pointed wit deftriys ; | 

'Ti is time enough to join her grave grimmace, 
Let not the P deprive thee of thy * 


Proceed, apace 2 circling hours roll round, 
Too ſoon ſhalt thou their ſpeedy flight deplers; z 
What bring ſt thou to ſupport the heavy found, 


Youth, ſportive wit, and pleaſures are no more:? 


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Youth, ſpirit, ſtrength, and time to ee ? 


- Theſe precious gifts abus d, are only his, 
Who "yy thee all thing richly to . 


Art thou ſecure een ſorrow” s ſecret ling? 
May not misfortunes on thy ſteps attend? 
Some fated hour may bring them on its wing, | 


| Clad in the form of lover, brother, friend. 


will wanton mixes draw forth the ſting of TY 
Can vain farcaſtic wit relieve the ſmart? nal ave 
The balm of comfort ſhall theſe friends beſtow, WAVY 
Or aggravate the 2 * heart? 


Who then mal ſhield thee in that loony hour, | 
With tender pity on thy ſteps attend EIT 

| Ah, who ? but he who made thee by his power! 2 
Hear this, ye careleſs, and make God your friend. 

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But they who lightly ſerve his majeſty, 
Shall in his ballance be eſteemed light. 


oh friends the iwefot hour will ſoon arrive, 


When ev ry idle thought ſhall diſtant 77 


Let us look up to him by whom we live, 


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And aſk his aid to teach 1 us how to die! 


1 T hy; joys ſhall live, thy ſoul's beſt hopes increaſe : 
1 Oh let his praiſe, thy choiceſt hours employ, 
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RECITATIV E. 


ROM out the croud of vanity and noiſe, 


| Compos' d of giggling girls, and wanton boys: 
Clodio withdrew his Laura, and apart, | 
T hus ſhow the diQtates of an anxious heart, i 5 f 
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Wou 4 you wiſh to keep your lover, 
Lay theſe wanton airs aſide; ; 
Do not all your charms diſcover, 


Let diſcretion be your guide. 


When the obj ect is deſerving, 
And your heart declares for one; - 
All your charms for * reſerving, 


i | Shou the reſt he reigns alone. 


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smiles and 158 to all imparted, 
Have no value, no regard, 2 
But to be by all deſerted, 


Is the vain Coquette's. reward. 7 


RBCITATIVE. 


Laura, who ſcarce her paſſion cou'd conſtrain, Te 
Laugh d at his leſſon—paus d- and laugh 'd ag un; ] l 


Contempt and ſcorn, ſat obvious on her face, 


Pointed each glance, yet heighten d every grace; 


Provokingly ſhe ſmil d, and—ſtay ſhe cry M4: 


And hear "wy anſwer to . . and pride! 


A FE R. 
When men \ like you u pretend to preach, 
And dare their muſty morals teach; 
Tis fi their wiſdom we defy, 
And thus «in equal ſtrains —_ 


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Did men of faſhion live by rule, 
And act by laws from wiſdom's ſchool; 


We'd take the ſober air with caſe, 


From you we learn the ways to pleaſe. | 


When all that's ſerious you deſpiſe, 


And laugh to ſcorn the grave and wiſe 5 
; We learn the ſecret to ſubdue, 


And captivate Gch fops as you * 


Tis levity's your pride and boaſt, 


And wanton airs attract you moſt ; 


And ſhe that wou'd ſucceſsful prove, 
Muſt act the character you love. 


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ON THE MONTH OF MAY. 


"© U aſk me e why the wink May, 


The favourite theme of many a lay ; j 


Remains unſung ſo long 1 ? 
Ah when I think what notes were ſung, 


How oft for this the lyre Was s rung 


How exquilite the long! 


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; ET Far diſtant in the tuneful train, 

|  RcluQantly I raiſe the ſtrain, | 
1 e And trembling touch the lyre; * 
1 vet friendſhip calls and 1 obey, i 


Aſtella claims the tribute lay, 
She ſhall the ſong inſpire. 


| She taſtes the ſweets of Maia's charms, 
Her boſom beats with ſoft alarms ; 


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Beholds the winged ſongſters fly, 
| Raptur' d attends their melody, 


And hears the tale of love. . 


beware, 4 lovely fiend ant 
The winged archer ſets the ſnare 3 ; 
He does the ſong inſpire : : | 
Lurking unſeen, he takes his aim, 
From either ſex his tribute claim, 


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His love s reward aſk and obtain; 


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And ſilently endure: 


Muſt baniſh hope, deſpair 1 
And patiently ſuſtain the grief, 


That heay n alone can cure. 


Buch are the rights men o'er us claim, 


Honour in them, in us is ſhame ; 


The bounds of both they fix: 


Vet, (in this age at leaſt) how few : 
Afford the juſt protection due, 


Jo our defenceleſs ſex! _ 


: Our 1 of life i is ; quickly bY er, 


: The ſpring of youth returns no more ; 


N O more its ſweets renew : 


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Spring not the branches from: the root, 
Will F olly's plant bear Wiſdom's fruit: 

Or youth s fair hope fulfil? 
With ſteady hand thy paſſions re rein, 


Follow i in Virtue's ſober train, 


And mount her facred hill. 


5 She ſhall from ev'ry woe defend, 
Thro' ev'ry path thy ſteps attend 
And pluck the ſting from age: 5 

Life's winter, with! its joyleſs train 

Of cares, infirmities and pain, 


MNcortality's laſt ſtage 1 : 


Let us indulge the moral lay, 

And yet enjoy the chearful May ; 
With reaſon for our guide! 

Her beaut'ous products varied hues; 

Her evening walks, her morning dews, bs 

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His darts unpointed, and unbent his bow. 


Who ſhall aſſay that wond rous bow to bend, 
Or who thoſe feather d weapons aim to ſend ? 


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And the tough bow with equal arm uprears. 
As that which erſt the great Ulyſſes own'd, 
None but Telemachus to bend was found. 
This fated bow is heav'n' son gift, deſign + 
fa ſcourge and ſhame degenerate mankind. 
8 From age to age theſe pointed darts were ſent, 5 
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Nor Fear, nor Shame, harrow the guilty breaft ; - 


Vice uncontroul d now tramples oer the land, 


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And Folly rears her ſcepter of command; 
Jointly they 1 vow each other to ſuſtain, 

: And o'er the guilty land triumphant reign. 
Lo Impudence, with Faction by his ſide, 
Offspring of Vice, o er her bold troops preſide | 
. In ſolemn league the ſhameleſs bands unite, 

| | To put fair Virtue” s modeſt ſons to flight. 
The reſt {hall yield to Folly” 8 gentle way, 

And to her daughter Faſhion tribute Pay. 


| She holds. a flatt ring mirror in one hand, 


T he other waves 4 potent n magic wand; 


Before the glaſs her harlot form ſhe bende, 


Alters eternally, but never mends. 


« She from the virgin” 8 check the WE ſhall tear 


= 08 Of modeſty, and plant a BF FR there, 


The patron of tranſlating authors * 


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And dare aver, Genius from hence is flown ; 5 


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Or in French frippery diſplay their own, 


Peace to your works, and everlaſting reſt! 
leſt in your labours, i in your mind too bleſt: 
The ſoft Saturnian age by: Pope foretold, 

Repaye your toils, and turns your lead to wok | 
Oh cou'd I this degen'rate age rehearſe, 7 
In Pope s keen lays, or Churchill's manly verſe | 115 
T hen ſhou' d my arm the pond' rous bow uſtain, 
And not one pointed ſhaft ſhou d fly i in vain. 


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THE PRAISE OF SHAKESPEARE, 
4 n s O D y. 


'P I R I T of Shakeſpeare ! ls didft alone aſcend 
The higheſt heaven of i invention j 


And broughteſt thence a ray of ſacred fre, 
With which impregnated thy fancy wrought. 

And as thy mental eye beheld ideas, 

Thy bold imagination bodied forth 

The forms of things unknown, and gave to nothing 
A local habitation, and & ane 
Oh next to Homer, and like him inſpir Ph 
” By Nature only, or by Nature” 5 Lord; . 

What thoughts, What words can 1 ſpeak thy praiſe? 
Such as are drawn from thy own ſacred works, 
Can beſt deſcribe thy genius and thy ſoul! 
Tho time hath drawn tints of obſcurity _ 


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That Night veil, they cannot hide thy luſtre, +; 
; Thy perſpicuity i is all thy own. 
'Lo where the beſt of thy cotemporaries, 
Aſk rather a tranſlation than a comment | 
And when with thee compar 'd, how dim, how faint, 
Obſeur d with ſmoak of time and pedantry, 
Een learned Johnſon ſeems a pedagogue, 


Concealing poverty of wit and genius 


. In ſounding words and Phraſes of the ſchools. 
Hail greateſt maſter of the Engliſh tongue E 
Thou mad ſt the language bend beneath _ lest, 
Proud to expreſs thy vaſt conceptions | 
- Oh ſtrength and pillar of our theatre * 
If yet thy ſpirit hover oer the land, 
Refin'd to a pure intelligence z 3s 
Give to this ſpiritleſs, exhauſted age, 
One ray of thine originality, 
| Lo w here the; genius of the modern ſtage, 
Diſclaiming inborn firength, and native fire 8 


Stiffen' d in buckram and adorn' d with lace, 


In foreign frippery, with mincing n 
Tranſlates and imitates from him of F rance, 
"TO ſtrengthen and uphold his theatre, Ry 
Sometimes thy honour' d name proclaims a eaſt, 
But few can reliſh or digeſt its firength, 
The weak, enervate, ſenſeleſs multitude, - 
Forſake the wholſome food, and <« prey on n garbage.” : 
- T he native genius of our mother tongue, 
2. - ſtrength of thought, and cloſeneſs of expreſſion. 
But foreign ornaments, and falſe refinements, 
Cortupt the ſtrength and vigour of our language, 
And poliſh ſenſe to inſipidity. 
Oh for that great, that comprehenſive ile, 
: Which much expreſs d, and yet much more imply d! 7 
Where i is 1t to be found but i in thy works, 
And thoſe who write from Nature s ſource like thee ? 
And yet ſome minds of ancient breed and ſtrength, 
Dare to diſdain the fopperies of faſhion, 
And hang enraptur d o'er thy ſacred page. 
II 1 forget thee, or forego thy praiſe, 


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Then let the ray of genius be extin®, 


Which warms my boſom when I ſcan thy thoughts 5 
And ſends a faint, reflected copy back, 
The image of a ſtrong impreſſion! 

No, I will ſtudy thy immortal works, 


: Till I tranſcribe from N ature ind from thee, 
5 A work of fancy that the world ſhall own, 
True oftspring of the oreat original, 


THE 


A] L Dryden, poliſher of Engliſh verſe, - 


Let me in flowing lines thy praiſe rehearſe ; 5 


May ſtrength and ſweetneſs mingle i in the Wy | 
That ſtrive thy perfect eloquence to praiſe! B 5 
Nor yet from errors clear, nor free from blame, 1 
« Great are thy faults, but glorious i is thy flame. 3 
. Thou took ſt the ru gged ore from the rich mine, 
In fancy's glowing furnace to rener 
Forth came a ſtructure glorious to the fight, 


Where Nature' 8 charms, with rules of art unite 3 17 


« Firm Doric pillars found the ſolid hal Fi . 
80 © The gay Corinthian holds the middle place; EY , | 


And all below i is ſtrength, and all above is grace. EP 
Oh cou'd I thus, thy various works explore, 25 


And purge the Wa from the miar ore! 


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TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM KIEBURN, BO 


WRITTEN, IN THE YEAR MDCCLXIX, 


E who with ſocial talents bleſt, © && 
(By all eſteem d, by few poſit). 8 5 1 : 2 
Know every feature to. unbend, oy 
And heartfelt mirth around extend; 
| Drive melancholy! $ miſt away, „„ 
And be like ſunſhine to the day. : E Y 


Now bring your cypreſs wreaths, and mourn 


2 Over lamented Kilburn': 8 urn. 
8 For who like him poſeſt the power 
« To brighten every darkſome hour,” f 
The rigid brow of care beguile, 
And gild the face with chearful ſmile? 
Cold i is that heart, and ſtill that tongue, 


On which contending clients hung. 5 


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: While een hs rival wranglers mourn 


The ſpirit that ſhall ne'er return, 


| Weave ye the wreath to crown his he arſe 


Whilſt o'er his tomb I hang this verſe ; 


: T he tribute of an honeſt heart, 


As free from flat” ry, as from art. 


15 Enroll'd 'd with honour be thy name, 


Sweet i is the breath of virtue's fame! 


: Pleaſant ſhall thy remembrance be, 


To all that love ſociety; 


And ever ſhall thy image reſt _ | . 
- Euſbrin'd | in ry worty be. 


A PICTURE 


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BY ANOTHER HAND. 


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o vain fantaſtic ornament ſhe wore, 


 Artleſs and unadorn' d ſhe pleas d the more; 
8 Health o'er her looks a genuine luſtre caſt, 
Which others ſtudied beauty far furpaſe'd. 
1 Her eye ſerene, yet darting heav ny fire, 
Did gen rous love, and ſacred awe inſpire ; ; 
Each feature pleas d, their harmony expreft, 
The ſettled peace that dwelt within her breaſt; 
15 Auguſt ſhe ſtood, yet modeſt was her air, 
Majeſtcally n mild, and amiably ſevere, 


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BY ANOTHER HAND. 


0 N G have I ought, the wiſh of al, 
— ® True happineſs to Sad; . 
= Which ſome will wealth, ſome pleaſure call, 


And ſome a virtuous mind. 


voltcicat wealth to wh * 
oOf want the doleful ſcene; 35 
And Joy enough to gild the day, 1 


And make life's courſe ſerene. 


Virtue enough to aſk the heart, 
Art thou ſecure within? 

5 Haſt thou perform d an honeſt part? 
—— Hel thou no Nn fin? 


This to perform, theſe t A 5 
Muſt raiſe a noble joy; . „ ĩ © 
And conſtitute that happineſs, 60 . | 
Which nothing can deſtroy. %% oo 
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Who write in verſe, or write in proſe $ 
3 Flatter'd by hope, reſtrain'd: by fear, 
By fate impell d to perſevere. — 
When i in the world their works they venture; 
Ex pos d to ev ry blockheads cenſure z E 
The fop, who ne er knew: how to thinks 
Can loll the tongue, or tip the wink. 


The ſolemn coxcomb, ſeeming wiſe, 


Shall all pretence to wit deſpiſe. 

| The critics, once a ſep rate kind; 
Are now within no. bounds: confin d 
For in this age of wit and learning, 


All have the talent of diſcerning; 


THE CRITIC AT AL 


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All can cu an author's merit, 


And prove his ſtrength, and ſcan bis ſpirit; ; 

While each a hand will kindly lend, 

His worſt to laſh, his beſt to mend. 
- This truth to thee, dear Tom, 1 ll 


Tis of importance, mark it well : 


As introduction to a tor, 
1 have reſery'd to bring before ye; 

| Pregnant with meaning as with mirth, 
dent from the town that gave us birth. 
A pariſh-c clerk of grave — 

- Of books poſſeſt a {mall aſſortment ; | 
8 What kind they were we may bes, 180 


Only by marking their effect; 


For books ill- choſe, and ill- digeſted, 


Serve but to make a man affected, ; 


The fumes aſcending to the brain,” 


Made him conceited, proud, and vain, 


Aſſume the critic air and pride, 


And authors, and their works deride. 


NF Br "I 
His folemn phiz, and mental labours, | 


b Gain 'd him reſpect among his neighbours, - 


The i ign rant, ſwallow d down the bait, 
And thought his wit and learning great : 
They oft appeal d to his deciſion, 


: While ſome who held him i in deriſion, 
Mov 4 with diſdain and indignation, | 


Conſpir d againſt his repu tation. | 
A ſchoolmaſter who laid the plan, 


5 Brought to him Pope” 8 Eſſay on Man: : 
« See here a poem juſt come out, 


Which ſome folks make a tir ous x; 


0 But my opinion I reſerve, 


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Before I give my judgment « on it. 
Well—leave it here—the critic cries, | 
With look demure, and half ſhut a6 85 
The end of ſelf. importance chewing, L 

Z AﬀeQing thought—then ſpeech renewing— ? 


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« It will + require conſiderations, 

cc Before I o1ve determination; 

cc . muſt have time to think about it, 

ce I never praiſe c or blame without i it. 

He leaves the book i in Hypher $ clutches, 
And the event, at diſtant watches. 25 

A month elaps d again he came, 
Friend Hypher, you are much to blame, 
You! ve kept my book a month and more, 
And never ſaid why, or wherefore, 
* has ever ſince haunted ! my brain, 

1 want to read it o er r again. 

You've examin d i it e re this, 


Pray tell us — is it much amiſsꝰ 


0 © Why friend—I linkin may vB faid, 


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The man had a good rhyming head. 


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Who i is this author—do you know him? 


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Tis on i whole—a pretty poem. 


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« Yet there are many ſtrong objections, 


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"Arifing from mature reflections. 


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« I had begun the work to Py 


6 But had not time to make an end. 


Jou 11 find ſome pretty obſeryations, 
4 And will approve my alterations. 2 
80 faying he produc” d the book, 

- The owner caſt an eager. look, 

. Surpris 'd cach leaf throughout to Py 
All blotted, ſcratch' d, and interlin' d: 

His anger kindled as he ſpoke, 

And. from his lips this language. broke. | 

You blockhead, Puppy, dunce and fool!” 

” Go ſend your ignorance, to ſchool. 

You alter Pope you mend his tile * 

'Twould make a very Cynic ſmile. | 

Pay for my book you' ve pleas d to ſoil, 


And con this leſſon, the mean while ; i 


Long ſince ſome brethren of our claſs, 


2 Suſpected you to be an aſs: 


Sent me to prove your empty boaſt, 


And I have found you to my cot. 


None 


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: Ne one hi ſuch fools as s you deny, | 


This Pope 8 infallibility. 
Go learn a truth, of which you' ve need, 


; * before they Judge ſhou' d read. 


Dear Tom, while J this tale = 
Do not you tremble for my fate? 

Leſt J, by « ev'ry one review d, 
By gen ral cenſure be perſu 41 

Or if eſcap d the common rand, 

-— Mm wreck d u pon my native land. 

The foil with critics doth abound, 

The ſhrewdeſt judges ie are wd 


And how can 1 allowance hope, . 


Where parjſh-clerks correct a Pope. 


PERSONS IN THE DRAMA. 


RUTH. 
NAOMI. 


 ORPAH. ” 
VVV 


TIE KINSMAN OF ELIMELECH, 


: THE SERVANT OF BOAZ. 


3 CHORUS OF MOABITES. 


CHORUS OF REA PER. 8 
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0 further n Where yonder turrets ſtand, 


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, Return in peace. Accept my thanks and bleſſings. 


My native city riſes to my view; 


CHORUS or MOABITES. 
Adieu, thou matron moſt diſtreſt, 
May'ſt thou in Judah' s land find reſt | 


91 
hs + hy woes forget, thy hopes _ 


Live i in comfort, die | in peace, 1 


R E C IF A 1 1 V . 
NA O MI. 5 
wen have ye ſhewn, by deeds of virtuous love, 

' Your kindneſs to the living and the dead. 

-— Return my daughters to your native land, 

geek comfort in the boſom of your friends; j 


Nor longer waſte your youth i in fruitleſs grief, 


With one who can with nought but tears repay you. 


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No chearing ray of comfort left, 
All hope of fair poſterity 3 is fled : 
No longer then with me remain, £23 
:  Nought can I {hare with you but pain, 
F or all wy Joys a are buried with the dead. 
RECITATIVE 


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RE OCITATI VE. 


 ORPAH. 
Afliced parent! let thy ſoul accepts  - 


The kindly aid of ſweet ſociety 3 j 
= Let us attend thee to thy native place, 


And by our duteous cares allay thy ſorrows. 


$ Gia. 
0 R P A H. 
Let me thy fate, thy fortunes 8 * 
My truth declare, my ſervice e 5 
Double each 3j joy, div ide each care, 


B/ W acts of fl love. 


FE E C I T-AT 1 . E. 

| R UT H. 
_= har d thy 3 joys, let me partake thy arrows, Wt 
85 Alas | 1 have too juſt a claim to both. 


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T ho bending with the weight of gre, 
1 riendſhip can give thy ſoul relief; 
Tis her's to raiſe the drooping heart, 
And hope's $ reviving balm impart 3. * 
| She ſhall enfold thee 1 5 
And lull thy ſorrows into reſt,” | 


RE CITATIVE. 
N AO MI. 
Ales my ghar for your ſakes 1 grieve, 
- That the Almighty hath chaſtiſed me. 
1 wou id return alone to Beth chem, — 
And lay my head with. my ſoreſather's duſt. 
Oh Death | thy quiet and refreſhing ſhade, 
Shall yield a long end undifturb'd vepoſe 3. 
From all the fruitleſs toils and vanities 
That wait on human wiſhes, hopes and cares | . 


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i OR PAH. 
Ah parent, friend, how ſhall we part! 
N AO MI 
: My ſoul returns 5 your grateful love. 
TT TRE: 
Ab may ſt thou hours of comfort prove! 
N A OM I. 
Adieu ye children of my heart Y 8 
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| Ah parent, friend, how ſhall we part | 


R E C 1 T A T. 1 V E. 

N A O MI. 

Behold, thy Giter i is departed home, 

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Return my daughter, ſeek thine own repoſe, 


May peace and happineſs attend thy ſteps. 


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Let me not leave thee, bid me not return, 
My foul deſires to dwell where thou abid' 1 
Thy God, thy land, thy people ſhall be mine, £1 
For life, or death, * never will forſake thee ; ; 
For where thy bones repoſe ſhall mine be laid. 
The mighty God puniſh my breach of faith, 
” If ever r ought but death part me and thee 1. 


RECITATIVE. 
NAOMI. 


Oh wond' rous proof of r more than filial live! 


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What words can ſhew the heart's true gratitude? 8 


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The Lord reward | thy man and virtue! 


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My ſoul's fad burthen I recline ; "i 
And feel ſweet hope revive : 
_ With thee TI ſhare my lot, my | heart, : 
Nor from thy fide will eber depart; 


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RECIT ATI v "2 
A BETHLEHEMITE MAN. 


Is not this Naomi, our friend and ſiſter, 


Who went to ſojourn i in the land of Moab? 


- Let us adyance to help her on her way, 


And welcome her to this her native Heng 


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"= our friend, is come 


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No more ſhall we thy abſence mourn, 


Made joyful by thy wiſh'd return. | 


R E 0 IT A T I v F. 
N A 0 * * 
Speak 1 not of joy, call me not Naomi, | 
But by ſome name expreſling bitter grief: : 
] went out full, and am returned empty, 


«A childleſs parent, and a widow d wife” 


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NA O MI. 
5 Ah never let fond parents gueſs, : 
Nor graſp at future happineſs > 
But reckon children tranſient j Joys, 


Which, one hour gives, the next deſtroys: 


1 vainly dar d to think theſe bleſſings mine, 
Till he wh gave, . d me to — 


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A BETHLEHEMITE MAN. 
Alas what worldly bleſſings are ſecure = 
Sh Each holds his bliſs by an uncertain tenure. 5 


The he Lord who gave, can alſo take away. 


Confeſs his hand, adore him 1 in thy ſuff rings, 
Who like a father doth correct his children ; 4 
Wounds but to heal, chaſtiſes but to ſave. | 


$0NG AND CHORUS. 
Ceaſe thou, oh matron, to lament thy loſs, ic 
Think what an off ring thou to God halt ſent; $4#7 
With meckneſs bear thy ſorrows bitter croſs, TT 
And uche bin with patience what he lent: 
Z T his if thou do, he will an offspring give, : 


That to the world 8 laſt pd ſhall make thy name to live. 


- END OF THE FIRST ACT. 


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R E 0 1 T A T I V b. 
1 
E T me not eat the bread of idleneſs, 
Nor be a burthen to my aged parent; 
2 Behold the ſeaſon opens to my view, 
The means to uſe "my induſtry for both. 


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And in my duty find my joy: 
Excited by this gen rous end, 


To ſerve my parent and my friend. 


RECITATIVE. 
NAOMI 


| Go then! in peace chou comfort o mine a8, 5 


Go to the field and glean the needful grain ** 
= Oh may ſt thou light upon a file foil, 
Whole | gen rous lord ſcatters a large remain, „ 


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The Lord who hears the ravens cry, 


- And gives them needful food; 
Will his own offspring ſure ſupply, 
With all things for their good. 


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R E 0 1 T A T 1 V E. 
SERVANT OF BOAZ. 


R AI SE we the Lord, who bids the circling year 
F ulfil its courſe | he regulates the ſeaſons. 


- His ak drop fatneſs on the fertile earth : 
Which bring, her various products to perſection, 
Z * his creatures hearts with food and el 


CHORUS OF REAPERS. 
| Theſe are thy gifts oh bountcous Lord, 
: To thee inceſſant praiſes : 3 
Who madeſt all things by thy word, 


In earth and ſea, in air and 8 


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Full of FR bleſſings of the year, 9 


With golden ſmiles our fields appear ; ; 
- The waving ranks of bearded grain, 
Crown and enrich the fertile plain ; 3 
The flowing bowl, the chearſul ſmile | 


Amply reward the farmer s toil, 


R ECITATIVE. 
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. he God has you fo chearfully i 
Smile on your labours, and accept your praiſes „ 
May peace and plenty flouriſh and increaſe, 


Corn, wine and oil reward the toiler's care | 


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; Accurs 'd be bs whoſe folded doors, 
Withhold the ripen'd grain 
c Whoſe ſordid foul his wealth adores, 


And wrongs the lab ring a 


The poor man's fighs i in ſilence riſe, 


And call down vengeance from the ſkies. 


R E 0 1 T &T I V E. 
A RK 1 P E R. 
- The Lord be with thee, and increaſe thy bleſſings? ? 
May all thy favours to the poor and wretched, 
: Return an hundred fold into thy boſom. 


CHORUS OF REAPERS. 
All praiſe to God we firſt expreſs, T7 
Whoſe gifts our tongues proclaim ; 


This duty paid, we next addreſs, 


Gas bountcous maſter” s name : 


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Whoſe gen rous heart, and open hand, 


Spread joy and plenty thro” his land. 


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How ſxyeet t to labour i in the land of freedom # 
To dwell with thoſe who ſerve the living God, * 
And bear thile grateful \ voices s ſound his 8 a 


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T he Lord an alien doth receive ; 5 
Among his own enroll d; yp. 
He lets me 8 his bleſſed will, 
Guides me to his moſt holy hill, 


And keeps me in his fold. 


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R B E 1 T A 1 I * E. 
B O A Z. 

Who is this a and induſtrious fair one, 
Whoſe pious numbers charm the liſt'ning ear; 
Til the ſoul hang delighted on the ſound, 

And ſe ſeems to ſte * harmony? 


R E 0 1 T A T 1 V E. 
SERVANT OF BOAZ. 

1 5 ls 4 is ; that damſel from the land of Moab, 
Whoſe faith i in God, and love of Naomi, 
Made her ſorlake her country and her friends, 
To dwell with N aomi in Bethlehem. ho 
At her deſire the come to glean thy field, 


And wrought with 1 us from the firſt dawn of Gay 


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7 hy pious love to me is known, 


3 hy praiſe in all the land is ſhewn, 


Bleſſin TS 4 


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| Bleſſings attend thy virtuous name, 
Dear to thy parent, dear to fame! 


5 May Iſrael” s God thy truth regard, 
And give end work its full rears 


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: Hear me my ami go not from my elde, 
But eat thy morſel with my ſervants here; * 
- - And drink of that my young men have provided, 


l have commanded them concerning thee. 


R E c I T A FI * E. 
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1 what am I, that thou ſhould ſt notice me, 
. That 5 ſhou d find ſuch favour i in thy tight, 
| Who am a ſtranger and an alien? 


Accept the tribute of the wit! 8 Wanne; 3 


_ My mother Naomi who claims thy Kindred, 


— WM better ſpeak her gratitude for both. | 


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= The | Joys that from its bounty flow ; 
20 eaſe the burthen' d heart: 
* 0 him the privilege 1 is giv n, 
— imitate the Lord of heav n, 


And good to all impart. 


RE CATAT IR 
RUTH. 

Say i is there not a law | in Ifracl, 

When any man of property dies childleſs 
5 That the moſt near of kin ſhould buy his land, 
And make the dead man's name to be de d? 

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| Be not offended at thy handmaid 8 words, 
Art thou not a near kinſman to the dead 

? Elimelech, and his two childleſs ſons ? ? 


B OAZ. 
I undefined the purport of thy monks, 


And ſtand aſtoniſh'd at thy wond'rous virtue! 85 


R m 
B O AZ. 


Faithful 3 in * in deed, in word, 
May "| thou be bleſſed at the Lord, 


Who to thy huſband': 8. houſe ſuch kindneſs Thy" 40 


No act of love didſt thou omit, 
No length of time made thee forget, 


But at the end thy gen'rous cares renew d. 


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0 worthy z a houſe Wai 
Whom Judah's daughters ever ſhall remember l 
How willingly would I perform for thee 
a The office of a kinſman to the dead! 5 


; But know there i is a nearer than i 


Whom I will ſee and queſtion on this matter. 8 


; If he refuſe to do the kinſman's part, 
As the Tord liveth before whom we 1 
I will myſelf perform it for thy ſake ! 
| Return my daughter, to thy worthy parent, 


Commend me to her, and remain aſſur d 


1 will not oi till I have finiſh d this. - 


CHORUS OF REAPERS. 
Maker omnipotent! fountain of light! 


T hou allo mad ſt the day, and thou the nj ght | 


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The moon's 's reſplendent orb which we behold, 
The firmament thus ſpangled with bright gold ; 
: Our days i in uſeful works employ” d are bleſt, 


Our * made 1115 Foy quiet, balmy reſt. 
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for. Ernot, 7. Ernſt; ; after William Hamilton, Eſq; put eight books; 
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