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ON THE PRINCE OF WALES'S, THEN REGENT, AP PEARING AT THE FIRE IN SPRING-GARDEN,

1776.

HY Guardian, bleft Britannia, scorns to fleep, When the sad subjects of his father weep; Weak princes by their fears increase distress; He faces danger, and so makes it less. Tyrants on blazing towns may smile with joy; He knows, to fave, is greater than destroy.

VERSES

MADE TO A SIMILE OF MR. POPE,

HEN at our house the fervants brawl,

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And raise an uproar in the hall;
When John the butler, and our Mary,
About the plate and linen vary :
Till the fmart dialogue grows rich,
In fneaking dog! and ugly bitch!
Down comes my lady like the devil,
And makes them filent all and civil.
Thus cannon clears the cloudy air
And fcatters tempefts brewing there :
Thus bullies fometimes keep the peace,
And one fcold makes another cease.

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ON A FINE WOMAN WHO HAD A DULL

HUSBAND.

I.

WHEN on fair Celia's eyes I gaze,

And bless their light divine;

I ftand confounded with amaze,
To think on what they shine.

II.

On one vile clod of earth fhe feems

To fix their influence;

Which kindles not at those bright beams,

Nor wakens into fenfe.

III.

Loft and bewilder'd with the thought,

I could not but complain,

That nature's lavish hand had wrought

This faireft work in vain.

IV.

Thus fome, who have the ftars furvey'd,

Are ignorantly led,

To think thofe glorious lamps were made

To light Tom-Fool to bed.

OCCASIONED

OCCASIONED BY HIS FIRST VISIT TO LADY WARWICK AT HOLLAND-HOUSE.

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I.

EARING that Chloe's bower crown'd
The fummit of a neighbouring hill,

Where every rural joy was found,

Where health and wealth were plac'd around,
To wait like fervants on her will.

II.

I went, and found 'twas as they said,
That every thing look'd fresh and fair;
Her herds in flowery paftures ftray'd,
Delightful was the green-wood shade,
And gently breath'd the balmy air.

III.

But when I found my troubled heart
Uneafy grown within my breaft,

My breath come fhort, and in each part
Some new diforder feem to ftart,

Which pain'd me fore and broke my

IV.

Some noxious vapour fure, I faid,
From this unwholfome foil must rife ;
Some fecret venom is convey'd
Or from this field, or from that shade,
That does the powers of life furprize.

reft:

V. Soon

V.

Soon as the fkilful Leach beheld

The change that in my health was grown:
Blame not, he cry'd, nor wood nor field;
Diseases which fuch tymptoms yield,
Proceed from Chloe's eyes alone.

VI.

Alike the kills in every air,

The coldeft breaft her beauties warm;
And though the fever took you there,
If Chloe had not been fo fair,

The place had never done you harm.

STANZA S

TO LADY WARWICK ON MR. ADDISON'S GOING TO IRELAND.

I.

YE Gods and Nereid nymphs who rule the sea!

Who chain loud storms, and still the raging main!

With care the gentle Lycidas convey,

And bring the faithful lover fafe again.

II.

When Albion's fhore with chearless heart he left,
Penfive and fad upon the deck he stood,

Of every joy in Chloe's eyes bereft,

And wept his forrows in the fwelling flood.

III. Ah,

III.

Ah, faireft maid! whom, as I well divine,
The righteous gods his just reward ordain;
For his return thy pious wishes join,

That thou at length may'ft pay him for his pain.

IV.

And fince his love does thine alone pursue,
In arts unpractis'd and unus'd to range;
I charge thee be by his example true,
And fhun thy fex's inclination, change.

V.

When crowds of youthful lovers round thee wait,
And tender thoughts in sweetest words impart;
When thou art woo'd by titles, wealth, and state,
Then think on Lycidas, and guard thy heart.

VI.

When the gay theatre fhall charm thy eyes,
When artful wit shall speak thy beauty's praise ;
When harmony shall thy soft soul surprize,
Sooth all thy fenfes, and thy paffions raise :

VII.

Amidft whatever various joys appear,

Yet breathe one figh, for one fad minute mourn; Nor let thy heart know one delight fincere,

Till thy own truest Lycidas return.

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