The crown majestic Juno wore,
And Cynthia's brow the crefcent bore,
An helmet mark'd Minerva's mien,
But fmiles diftinguifh'd Beauty's queen.

Her train was form'd of fmiles and loves,
Her chariot drawn by gentleft doves;
And from her zone, the nymph may find,
'Tis Beauty's province to be kind.

Then fmile, my fair; and all whose aim
Afpires to paint the Cyprian dame,
Or bid her breathe in living ftone,
Shall take their forms from you alone.

THE RAPE OF THE TRAP, A BALLAD; WRITTEN AT COLLEGE, 1736. BY THE SAME,

His breakfast, half the morning,

He constantly attended; And, when the bell rung For evening-fong,

His dinner fcarce was ended.

Huge tomes of geo-graphy,
And maps lay all in flutter;
A river or a fea

Was to him a dish of tea,

And a kingdom-bread and butter.

Such havoc, fpoil, and rapine,
With grief my Muse rehearses;

How freely he would dine
On fome bulky school-divine,
And for defert-eat verses.

Was bought, you need not doubt on't; And fuch was the gin,

Were a lion once in,

He could not, I think, get out on't.

With cheese, not books, 'twas baited;
The fact, I'll not bely it;

Since none, I tell ye that,

Whether scholar or rat,

Minds books, when he has other diet.

But more of trap and bait, fir,

Why fhould I fing-or either? Since the rat, with mickle pride, All their fophiftry defy'd;

And dragg'd them away together.

Both trap and bait were vanish'd,
Through a fracture in the flooring;
Which though so trim

It now may feem,

Had then a dozen, or more in.

Then answer this, ye fages;

(Nor think I mean to wrong ye) Had the rat, who thus did seize on The trap, lefs claim to reafon,

Than many a fage among ye?

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Dan

Dan Prior's mice, I own it,
Were vermin of condition?
But the rat, who chiefly learn'd
What rats alone concern'd,
Was the deeper politician.

That England's topfy-turvy,

Is clear from thefe mishaps, fir, Since traps, we may determine, Will no longer take our vermin, But vermin take our traps, Sir.

Let fophs, by rats infefted,

Then truft in cats to catch 'em;
Left they prove the utter bane
Of our Audies, where, 'tis plain,
No mortal fits-to watch 'em.

W

A SIMILE. BY THE SAME.

A

HAT village but has often feen

The clumsy shape, the frightful mien, Tremendous claws, and fhagged hair, Of that grim brute, yclep'd a Bear? He from his dam, as wits agree, Receiv'd the curious form you Who with her plastic tongue alone Produe'd a visage like her own.

fee;

By which they hint, in mystic fashion,
The powerful force of education.

Perhaps yon tural tribe is viewing,
E'en now, the strange exploits of Bruin;
Who plays his antics, roars aloud,
The wonder of a gaping crowd!

So have I known an aukward lad,
Whose birth has made a parish glad,
Forbid, for fear of fenfe, to roam,
And taught by kind mamma at home,
Who gives him many a well-try'd rule,
With ways and means-to play the fool.
In sense the fame, in ftature higher,
He fhines, ere long, a rural squire;
Pours forth unwitty jokes, and fwears,
And bawls, and drinks-but chiefly stares!
His tenants of superior sense

Carouse and laugh at his expence;
And fure the pastime I'm relating
Must prove as pleasant as Bear-bating.

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