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A CANDID
Α Ρ Ρ Ε Α L
From the late
DEAN SWIFT
TO THE
Right Hon. the EARL of 0-7.
Abfentem qui rodit Amicum
Qui non defendit alio culpante, folutos
Qui captat riſus Hominum, famamque Dicacis,
Fingere qui non viſa poteſt
, commilla tacere
Qui nequit, bic niger eft.
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HOMER
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Printed for W.OWEN, at Homer's Head, near Temple-Bar.
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To the Right Honourable the
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T was not in that Hour of Night,
When Shades moleſt, and Dreams; af
fright
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The diſcompos'd unſettl'd Brain,
And Darkneſs reaſſumes her Reign,
When
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When weak Imaginations Dread
Uhlocks the Manſions of the Dead:
The Sun had haſtined to adorn,
The Beauties of the riſing Morn,
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And call d forth Nature to furvey
The future Labours of the Day ;
The Bee fagacious to devour HT
The Sweetneſs of the vernal Flower
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The Herd to graze, the conſtant Dove
To tell ſoft Tales of nuptial Love.
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When confeious Byłe with wild Surprize
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Saw the ſtern Brow, the ſteadfaſt Eyes,
In Angér reď’ning to a Flame,
A'nd" as in very Lite the fame,
Neglected Dreſs, and careleſs Mien,
in swimu L'osolil on
Confefs’d the viſionary Dean.
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Excuſe
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Excuſe my Lord
Lord that I intrude,
In Time abrupt, in Manner rude,
Forms I abhor
you ſee me here
To claim the Favour of your Ear,
Is there not 0-y a Cauſe
To ſcreen from vulgar Eyes the Flaws,
To trace with Candour where we can
The Failings of a once lov'd Man?
Reflect on that forgotten Day
When thou, when 0-y could ſay
“ To thee dear Swift theſe Leaves I ſend
“ The Preſent ſmall, fincere the Friend.
Expreſſion happy to impart
The Senſe of an ingenuous Heart,
Conſpicuous
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Conſpicuous Friend! The Caſe is clear,
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Nay to my lateſt Hour finĉere.
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Skill'd to adapt obfcurer Praiſe
To Numbers low, and feeble Lays,
Diſtinguiſhid Cenſure to expoſe
In ſmooth epiftolary Proſe.
How juſt, how like in every Scene
The Portrait to the living Dean!
But muſt Vaneſſa's wretched Fame;
Reſerv'd for Obloquy and Shame,
Muſt harmleſs Sheridan attend.
A ſcorn’d, reproach’d, defenceleſs Friend?
My Whiteways faithful Story told
Inform the World the Dean grows old,
Impair'd
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Impair’d in Health, and loft in Mind,
The Scourge and Terror of Mankind.
O deeply learn'd in Books and Men!
I do allow your Lordſhip’s Pen
Deſcribes with exemplary Skill
My Death, my Fortune, and my Will;
But as to that obliging Hint
Of Fondneſs to appear in Print,
That Title my good Lord to Fame
Is what I never meant to claim,
Nor take as my ſuperior Due,
What juſtly appertains to you.
Ariſe triumphant from the Spoil
Ye undeſerv'd Remarks of Boyle!
For Virtue's Aid, and Learning's Uſe,
Refine elaborate Abuſe,
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Correct the wrong, reclaim the wild, ,
And help to form the fav’rite Child
Explain good Manners, teach good Senfe,
At poor departed Swifi's Expence.
What more remains ? A fimple Tale :
(Permit an injur'd Shade to rail)
Devoid of Humour, Taſte and Wit,
But ſhou'd a ſingle Inſtance hit,
Let conſcious Thought the Moral tell
And then-ungentle Earl farewel !
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Purſue new Tracts with new Delight,
The Dean is dead
and you may write.
A thoughtleſs Clown; -As Stories - fay,
Obſerv'd a Serpent in his Way, ...
Bedeck'd with many a ſhining Föld.
Of Topaz; Amethyſt, and Gold,
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The little gentle Brute careſs’d,
An eaſy, fond, familiar Gueſt.
For him wou'd oft his friendly Care
Screen the rude Breath of northern Air,
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For him the op'ned Breaſt diſcloſe
The tender Seat of ſoft Repoſe.
Soon as the faithleſs Mate eſpies
His folded Hands his heavy Eyes,
Rage, Envy, Bitterneſs conſpire
With all the horrid Forms of Ire.
In Vain the helpleſs Wretch declaims
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On Love, on Friendſhip (empty Names !)
Solicits, hopes, implores, admires,
And in the cruel Graſp expires.
FINI S.
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