B 7 5 7 5 - s mia UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES ii t^^ liid.Hu aiumitr inv. ct The StCOND PART of Mifcelkny Poems. Containing Variety of New TRANSLATIONS OFT HE HNCIENT TOETS: Together with Several . ! ORIGINAL POEMS. By the Mofl Eminent Hands. Publiih^d by Mr^ DRY DEN. \ Nan dt'lcit alter KAurem't & ftmlli frondtfdt vir^.i mctAlIo. Vir£ The Fourth Edition. LONDON. i nted for J A c o n To m s o n at Shakefpear's 'Head over ngainit K atbarine-Street jg the Strand. M DGC XVI. CONTENTS. THE fecond Part of Abfalom and*) Achirophcl, with a Key to both^Vzgt i Taits. S The entire Epifddc of Mezentius and^ Laufus out of the Tenth Book of Vir- ^p. 3^ gil'j yEncids. By Mr. Dryden. 3 The Speech of Venus to Vulcan. By ^ Mr. Dr)dcn. ^-- +> Lucretius, the beginning of the Firfi Book. ? „ . /c Tr^nflAtedby Mr. Dryden. J P* 4- Lucretius, the beginning of the Seconds » Book Tr inflated by Mr. Dryden. ^^^ Tranfl.Uton of the Utter Part of the Third 7 Book o/ Lucrrtius ; again/i the F«>»r >P» S^ of Death By Mr. Dryden. 3 Lucretius, the Pourth Book. Cop.cerning'7 ^ the Nature of Love. By Mr. Dryden ^^' ^^ Trom L\xcrcn\i>BookW . B)'Afr, Dryden. p. ^8 Daphnis. From Theocritus Idyll. 27."? 1 j B^Mr.Drjdcn. ' f '''•^- Horace Lib. i.Odc 9, By Mr. Dryden. p. 72 Horat. Ode 29. Bouk 3. Paraphrased -y in Pindariq-jc Verfe, and infcrtbd to i the Right Honotirable Lawrence Earl r^' '^ c/(lochefter. £y Air. Dr)den. -* From Horace Epcd. 1. By A/r. Dryc'cn. p. 77 Baj^x t /o Gloriaaa, 1684.. p. 80 On Content. p. 8z The Chronicle. A Ballad. By Mr. Cowley, p. 84. A Se£:on of the Poets. By Sir John*) o Suckling. r "^ 2hc Stfjion of the Poets. p. 90 A3 li? CONTENTS. A SeJJion of the Voets. P- 9<5 Nbtvs from Hell, By Cspt. Alex. Radcliflfe. p. 99 A Call to the Guard by a Drum. Byi C/»/)/4/« Alexander Radcliffe. jP' ^^3 The Ramble. By Captain AIcx.RadclifFe. p. 108 A New Song of the Times ^ 1683. ^y\^ the Honourable William Wharton. J "' * ^^ On the Univerfiiy of Cimhridgt's Burn'p ing the Duke of Monmouth'j Pi3ure C^ i6S>-. Tooho was formerly their Chan- C"' cellar . By Mr, Stepney. j The Man of Honour. Written by the Ho- ? nouy able Mr. Montague. ^^' Song. To Caelia. A Song. The Duel of the Stags. A Song. A Song, A Song, on the Devil's Arfe of the Peak. By Ben. Johnfon. Scn^^. To Ceiia. By Ben. Johnfon. To Heaven. By Ben. Johnfon.. An Elegy. By Ben. Johnfon. Leges Convivales. By Ben. Johnfon. Rules fir the Tavern ^Icademy, &c. -^7 , „ Ben. johnf n. V' ^ Over the Door at the Entrance into ^^^ ^^ j-, Apollo. Bi Ben. Johnfon. V * Htr Man defer ibed by her own Dicla- \ men. i?^ Ben. Johnfon. 5 A Nymph's VxJJjon, By Ben. Johnfon. p. ifl An Eclogue en the Death of Ben. John-"? fon, bettseen Mcliboeas and Hylas >p. 1$^ Written by the Earl of Falkland. 3 Upon Ben. Johnfon. By Mr. H. Kirg. p. 1J5 To the Memory of Ben, Johnfon. ^y\^ ,5- Mr. ]afpcr Mayne. V ' p- 127 P' 118 p- 129 P- 140 p- 141 ■p- 141 p- 145- ibid. p- 146 p- 148 p- ^75 p- 174. ibid. p- 17/ p- 1.7^ p- 177 h- 179 CONTENTS. In Memory of the mofi Worthy Benjamin o ^^g Johnfon. By Mr. W. Cartwrighr. S^' A Song, A Song. An Aire on a Ground, A Song. A Song, Damon the Mower. By A. Marvell, Ifq, Ametas anj Thcftyiis making Hay- Ropes. By Andrew Marvell E/^, Some Verfes fent by a Friend to one •wh:^ 1 twice ventfir'd his Carcafs in Mar-Vp. 180 riage. J An Epitaph upon a Stumbling Hcrfe. p. loz Vrologue for Sir John Falftaff, rifngX. ^., flowlytofoftMuJick. "> ^* "^ Mufck's Empire, By A. Marvel), Efq^ p. i8f 7 he Garden. By Andrew Mar veil. Efqi p. 1 86 A Song. p. 1S7 A Song. p. 1 88 A Song. p. 189 A Dialogue between Daphney ^^^/Amintas. ibid. To the Lords ajfembled in Council: TheX Vetition of Tho. Brown. y P- ^ 9 The Contcderates; On the fr(i Happy X D,ty of the IfLini Princeis. j P- ^ 9 ^ A Letter from T. P. to Colonel H. occufi- \ on'd by the Colonel's tvoo late Letters, j "' 9> Cure for Green Sicknefs, 1702. _p. >97 On the Lord Lovelace'/ coming to Ox- fonifrom Glouccfter Goal in Decem-] ber, 16S0. _^ Adam's Sleep, p. 20 r A Song. . ibid. ^Hero'j Complaint to Leander. p. J02;- '^ A Song, p. 2o^_, CONTENTS. A New Catch. p. 2 of On Mr. Mikon'j TaraMfe Loft. By An- ? ., • , drew Marvell, Efq; ^ Senec. TragceJ. Thyefte Chor. 2.7 Trmjlated by Andrew Marvell, E/^i i"?' ^ A Song. ibid. .^ Trologm defyn'J for Tzmerhnc, butl o never fpuke . Written by Dr. G — th. 5 0» /^g Comtefs of D r Mijirefs to) King ] II. 1680. By the EArl>ip. 20^ ofD S 2he Golden Age rejlor'd. A 'Boem in Imi^ j tation of the fourth Fafioral of Virgil ; ( -^^-^^ fuppofed to have been taken from aC Sibylline Frophecy. ^ A Song by Sir George Etheridge. P ^^ 3 A Seng by Sir George Etheridge, ibid. A Song by Mr. J )hn How. p. 2 14 Tart of WirgxV s fourth Georgick. By Mr.l ^ ^ Creech. ^^' ' The fourteenth Ode of the (ecend Book of I Horace. f^' ^'9 The firfl Idyllium r/ Theocritus. Tran-l ^^^ fluted into Englifti. 3 P* The Re;{pers. The Tenth Idyllium ^' ^^^ The 2\enti th Idyllium ^/ Theocricus. 1 ^ By Mr. W.Bowles. ' ^ " S^'^>^ C O N T E N T S, Tp. i^i leftry. 3 A Song, By Mr. Drydctt. ?• ^TJ The Epifode of the Death of dmWh.') Tranjlated out of the Eleventh Book>p» 25-4. of Virgil J iEneids. By Mr. Stafford. 3 To my Heart. p. if^ Cato'j Anftoer to Labienus, when he ad- J vis' d him to confult the Oracle p. 261 piter Ammon. By Mr. Wolfeley. j A Letter to Sir Fleetwood Shepherd,-* ^ By Mr. Pryor. ^ ^ 5'tf»^ (?/ Bafler. -B^5;> George Etheridge. p. 26S A Prologue to Satyr. p. 169 2he For f^ ken Mifirefs: A Diaiogue bef ivpem Phyllis and Strephon. By Sir^^. 272 George Efheridge. j The Nature of U'omen; a Tranflatlon of) Fart of the Fourth Eclogue o/Mintuan.Sp. 275 A Satyr. ^ Stir George Echeridge to the Earl cfi Middkton. f ^' ^^ CONTENTS. A Letter from Mr. Drydcn to Sir George i „ , Etheridge. • ^}P-i8i Sir George EtheridgeV feccnd Letter to-t o the Lord Mid^Jeton. f P* *^+ On the Death of Mr. Oldham. p. iS^* Chevy- Chafe, by Order of the Bijhop of\ London. y^ Lucus Chcvinuf, Juflu Epifcopi Londi- ncnfis. A Song,, A Song. Remedy of Love. By Mr. Evelyn. An Ode written by Mr. Abraham Cow- ley, for Her Majefy, ^een t» King^ Ch.ries J, On Virtue. By Mr Evelyn. The Complaint, A Song to n Scotch? ' Tune, £y Mr. Tho. bcway. y' A Seng. P- 3 1 1 TheHiJh, p. 313 Prologue y by Major A (Ion. Ji'^^^'i' On the Death of Mr WAkr. ^p. S'f Prologue, to theVni'verfityofOxoT\,fpokin'^ , by Mr. Hart, at the AHing of the Si- lent Woman. Written by Mr. Dryden. > ! 'h epilogue, fpoken by the fame. Written by\ n Mr Dryden. fP- S^S Prologue to the Univerfity of Oxford, y 1674,. Spoken by Mr. H^^tt. Written L by Mr. Dryden. jP-3'9 epilogue fpchn at Oxford^ by Mrs,-t Marfha L Written by Mr. Dryden. f P' ^ Prologue to the Unrverfity of Oxford. P* 3^^ Prologue to the Univerfity of Oxford. By l Mr. Dryden. iPv' 5 The Vrohgue at Oxford, 16S0. By Mr.X Dryder* JPS^* C O N T E N T S* The Prologue to Al )umazir. Writtm by-^ . Mr Dry den. ^ fP* 3i>^ 'Prologue to Aviragu'? Revival Spoken by-t ^ Mr, Hart, Written by Mr. Drydcn. f P' "^ "Prologue fpoken the firft Day ef the King's? Houfe Aciing after the lire. Writ by^ip. ■^ij Mr. Dryden. \ Prologue for the Womeny nhen they ABedl at the old Theatre in Lincoln'j-inn- >p. 318 Fields Written by Mr. Drydcn. 3 A Prologue fpoken at the opening of the 1 New Houfe, March 26, 1674.. ^^'^ Sp* 3^5^" ten by Mr. Dryden. 3 Bpilogue, by thefatne Author. P* 35^ An Epilogue. Written by Mr. Dryden. p. 3 3 2, An Epilogue for the Kings Houfe. Writ 'l ^ ten by Mr. Dryden ^P* ^33 Prologue to the Princefs ofCkves, Written ~l b^ Mr Dryden. S^* ^^^ Epilogue to the Princefs of Clevcs. WrittenX 4y Mr. Dryden. 5P-33f The Fable of the Pot and Kettle^ as it roas -^ told by Colonel Thus the Night before ? p. ^^6 he Kifs'd'the King's Hand. ^ Cynifca: Or, the Fourteenth Idyllium'^ e/Theocri:us imitated By W. Bowles, ? p. 3 37 FellovD of Kings College, Cambridge. ^ Proteus: Being the Fourth Eclogue of-. Sannazarius. By W. Bowlesj FeUoy»>p. 340 of 2C/»^'i-Co/%e, Cambridge. ^ A Song, By Sir George Echeridge. p. 344 A Song. ByMr.]. H. ibid. Sappho'i Ode from Loneinu?, By Mr 7 W.Bowles ■ ^ ^P-34-5' 7he Thirteenth Ode of the Fourth Baok of 7 ^ ^ Horacc„ -"^PS^^ contents; Ti&« Grove. By the Earl of Rofcomon. p. 548 frologue to his Koydl Highnefs upon his -^ firfi Appear mce at the Duke's Jheatrt, / Jince his Return from Scotland, 1682. ("P* 349 By Mr. Dryden, -^ l^e Salisbury Ghoji. p. 3^0 Tht Beginning of a Pajloral on the Death"} of his Late Majefty, Written by Mr.^p, jj*^ Otway. J Of Nature's Changes. Trtm Lucretius, 1 Lib. V. By Sir Robert Howard. S ^^ ^^^ mgy XI. Lib. V. De^Trift. OviO complains of his three Years Banifh-^^^ t^^q ment. J Upon the late Ingenious Tranflation ofl Pere Simon'j Critical Hi/lory. By Vp. ^61 H. D. Efq; S Horti Arlingconiani. Ad Clariflimum "J Dominum, Henricum, Comitem >p. 354. Arlingrgniac, ^c. 3 Song, p. 5^7 On the Kin£sHoufe now Building atl ^ ^.q Wincheftfr. J P' 3<58 To a Lady, (whom he never favo, nor had 1 any Defcrtption of) to prove he Loves >p. 370 her. By a Verfon of ^ality. 3 Song by the fame Hand, p. 371 A Song, p. 372 On the Death of Melanfha. P« 373 To the Nightingale coming in the Spring. 7 Written by a Perfon of Quality in 1 680. 3 P' ^"^^ An Elegy. Written by Mr. W. O. P- S^r The Court-fro fpeSi. By Mr. Ch. Hopkins, p. 383 The The Second Part of AB SALO M AND ACHirOPHEU A POEM. '•"Si ^ds tamen H^c quoque^ Si^is Cap us Amove Leget The Third Edition, With a KE Y to both Parts. L O N D O N: Printed in the Year MDCCXVI. T O T H E READER IN the Tear 1680 Mr. Dryden mi" dertook the Poem of Abfalom and Achitophel, upon the Dcftre of King Charles the Second. "The Performance ivas applauded by every one 5 and fe* 'ueral Per fins pr effing him to write a Second Part^ he^ upon declining it hira* felf^ [poke to Mr. Tate to write one^ and gave him his Advice in the Di- reilion of it j and that Part beginning Page 135 line 27. Next thefc, a Troop of bufie Spirits prcfs, V oil 12, I2 To the Reader. afid ending Page i8, Line 34, To talk like Doeg, and to write liTcc thee. ([ontaining near two Hundred Ferfes^ were intirely Mr. DrydcnV Compofiti- om^ heftdes fome touches in other f laces. Zou will find ^ at -the End of this Part^ a true Key to both the Parts. The Second Part of ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. il N C E Men, like Beafts, eacli orlicra- Prey were made, Since Trade began, and Priefthood grew a Trade, Siace Realms were form'd, none- fure fo curft as tliofe That madly .their own Happineis oppofc; There Heaven it felf, and God-like Kings, in vain Showr down the Mxrina of a gentle Reign ; "While pamper'd Crowds to mad Sedition ran, And Monarchs by Indulgence are u;ido:ic. Thus Davii^s Clemency was fatal grown, While wealthy Faftion aw'd the wanting Throne,' For now their Sov'reign's Oideis to contemn Was held the Charter of Jeri/.fAltm, His Rights t' invade, his Tributes to refufe, A Privilege peculiar to the Jtvjs 5 As if from Heav'nly Call this Licence fell, And Jncob^s Seed were chofen to Rebel 1 Vol. U. B 3 6 The Second Part &f ^chitophel with. Triumph fees his Crimes Thus fuiced to the Madncfs of the Times ; And ^bfalom, to make his Hopes fucceed. Of flattering Charms no longer ftands in need j "While fond of Change, though ne'er fo dearly bought. Our Tribes out-ftrip the Youth's Ambitious Thought ; His fwifteft Hopes with fwifter Homage meet, And crowd their fervile Necks beneath his Feet. Thus to his Aid while prelfing Tides repair. He mounts and fpreads his Streamers in the Air. The Charms of Empire might his Youth mif-lead, Eut what can our befotted Ifrael plead ? Sway'd by a Monarch, whofe ferene Command Seems half the Blefling of our promis'd Land, Whofe only Grievance is excefs of Eafe ; freedom our Pain, and Plenty our Difeafe '. Tet, as all Folly would lay claim to Senfe, And Wickednefs ne'er wanted a Pretence, With Arguments they'd make their Treafon good. And righteous David's Self with Slanders load ; That Arts of foreign Sway he did afteft. And guilty Jebufites from Law prcteft, Whofe very Chiefs, convift, were never freed, Kay we have feen their Sacxificers bleed I Accufcrs Infamy is urg'd in vain^ While in the bounds of Senfe they did contain. But foon they launcht into th' unfathom'd Tid*, And in the Depths tliey knew difdain'd to Ride> For probable Difcoveries to difpence. Was thought below a penfion'd Evidence,; Mere Truth was dull, nor fuited with the^Port Of pamper'd Corah^ when a^vanc'd to Court, No lefs than Wonders now they will impofe. And Projects void of Grace or Senfe difclofe. Such was the Charge on pious Michal brought^ Michal that ne'er was cruel ev'n in Thought, The bell of Qiieens, and moft obedient Wife, Impeach'd of cmH Defigns on David's Life I Miscellany Poems^ 7 His Life, the Theme of her eternal Pray'r, *Tis fcarcc Co much his Guardian Angels Cvire^ Not Summer Morns fuch Mildnefs c:in difclole. The Hemton Lilly, nor the Siutron Kofe. Ncglefting each vain Tomp of Majefty, Tranfported Michal feeds her Thoughts on high. She lives with Angels, and as Angels do, Quits Heav'n fometimes to blcfs the World below. Where, cheri/ht by her Bounties plenteous Spring, Reviving Widows fmile, and Orphans O.n^. Oh I when rebellious Ijraei's Ciimes at height. Arc thrcatned with her Lord's approaching Fate, The Piety of Muhal then remain Jn Heaven's Remembrance, and prolong his Rciga, Lefs Defolation did the Peft purfue, That from Dah^s limits to Betrjhei/A flew, Lefs fatal the repeated Wars of Trrr, And lefs ferufalem*s avenging Fire. With gentler Terrour the!~e our State o'er-ran,. Than iince our Evidencing Days begvw ! On every Cheek a pale Confuhon fat, Cominu'd Fear Beyond the wcxft of Fate I Truft was no more, Art, Science, ufelefs m&de> All Occupations loft, but Corah's Trade, Mean while a Guard on modeft Cor^ih wait, If not for fafety, needful yet for State. Well might he deem each Peer and Prince his Slave ?: And Lord it o'er the Tribes which he could Save : Ev'n Vice in him was Virtue v/hat fad Fate But for his Honefty had feiz'd our State? And with what Tyranny had we been curft, Had Corah never prov'd a Villain firft ? T' have told his Knowledge of th' Intrigue in grofs Had been, alas, to our Deponent's lofs : The travell'd Levite had th' Experience got, To husband well, and make the beft of's Plot i And therefore like an Evidence of skill, Wuh v^iic Kefcives fecur'd his Pcriiou flill j 8 Tl'^ Second Part Vhore Virtue with fuch Wrongs they had purfii'd, As feem'd all hope of Pardon to exclude. Thus, while on private Ends their Zeal is built. The cheated Crowd applaud and tharc their Guilt, Such Pradices as thefe, too grofs to lye Xong unobferv'd by each difcerning Eye, The more judicious Ifraelites Unfpell'd, Though ftill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, JEv'n ^hfalom amidft the dazliug Beams Of Empire, and Ambition's flattering Dreams, Perceives the Plot (too foul to be excus'd) To aid Defigns, no lefs permcious, us'd. And (Filial Senfe yet ftriving in his Bread) Thus to KAchiio^htl his Doubts expreft. Why are my Thoughts upon a Crown employed. Which once obtain'd, can be but half enjoy'dJ Not fo when Virtue did my Arms require, And to my Father's Wars I flew intire. My Regal Pow'r how will my Foes refent, Wheu i my Self have fcaice my own Conlent J Miscellany Poems; 9 Give me a Son's unblemilht Truth agnin, Or quench rhe Sparks of Duty that remain. How flight to force a Tluone that Legions guard | The Task tome; to prove 'Jnjiift, how hard! And if th' imagined Guilt thus wound my Thought, What will it when the Tragick Scene is wrought? Dire War rauft firft be conjur'd from below. The Realm we'd Rule, we firll muft Overthrow j And when the Civil Furies are on wing **- That blind and undiftinguilht Slaughters fling, ( Who knows what impious chance may reach the C King? 3- Oh I rather let me Perilh in the Strife, Than have my Crown the Price of DavicCs Life! Or if the Tempeft of the War he ftand, In Peace, fomc vile officious Villain's Hand His Soul's anointed Temple may invade. Or, preft by clamorous Crowds, my Self be made His Murthcrer; rebellious Crowds, whole Guilt Shall dread his Vengeance till his Blood befpilt. W-iiich if my Filial Tendernefs oppofc. Since to ihe Empire by their Arms I rofe. Thole very Arms on me Ihall be cmploy'd, A new Uliirper Crown'd, and I Dcftroy'd : The fame Pretence of Publick Good will hold, -^ And new ^chitophels be found as bold S To urge the needful Change, peihaps the Old. ^ He laid. The Statefman with a Smile replies, (A Smile that did his riling Spleen difguifc) My Tiioughts prefum'd our Labours at an End, And ace we ftill with Confcience to contend ^ Whofe Want in Kings, as needful is allo'.\'d, As 'tis for them to rind it in the Crowd. Far in the doubtful Paflage you are gone, And only can be iafe by prelling on. The Crown's true Heir, a Prince fcvere and wife, Has viewM your Motions long with jealous Eyes: "Your Perfon's Charms, your more prevailing Arc.i-j Aud maiU'd youx Piogtefs in the Peoples Hwuts, . S 5 tt) The Secoitp Part of Whofe Patience h th' cfteft of ftinted Povv*r, But treafures Vengeance for the fatal Hour, And if remote the Peril he can bring, lour prefent Danger's greater from the King. Let not a Parent's Name deceive your Senfe, Nor truft the Father in a jealous Prince! Your trivial Paults if he could fo refent, To doom you little lefs than Banifliment, What Rage muft your Prefumption fince inspire ? Againft his Orders your Return from Tyre ? Nor only fo, but with a Pomp more high. And open Court of Popularity, The Faftious Tribes And this Reproof from thee* (The Prince replies) O Statefman's winding Skill,. They firft condemn that firft advis'd the 111 ! liluftrious Youth (return'd yAchito^'hel) Mifconftrue not the Words that mean you well. The Courfe you fteer I worthy Blame conclude. Bat 'tis becaufe you leave it unpurfu'd. A Monarch's Crown with Fate furrounded lies, Who reach, lay hold on Death that mifs thcPrizet Did you for this expofe your felf to fhow. And to the Crowd bow popularly low ! For this your glorious Progrefs next ordain. With Chariots, Horfemen, and a numerous TraiitJ With Fame before you like the Morning Star, And Shouts of Joy faluting from afar? Oh from the Heights you've reach'd but take a VieW| Scarce leading Lacifer cou'd fall like you I And muft I here my Ship-wrackt Arts bemoan? Have 1 for this fo oft made Ifrael groan I Your fingle Intcreft with the Nation weigh'd. And turn'd the Scale where your Dcfires were laid I Ev'n when at Helm a Courfe fo dang'rous mov'd To Land your Hopes, as my Removal proy'd, I not difpute (the Royal Youth replies) The known Perfeftion of your Policies, Nor in yAchitophel yet grudge or blame. The Piivilcge that Statefmcn ever cUim j MlSCEILLANY PoEMS. II ^ho private Interctl never yet purfu'd, But ftill pretended 'twas for others good : What rolitician yet e'er fcap'd his Fate, Who faving his own Neck not fav'd the St:m ? From hence on ev'ry hum'rous Wind that vecr'd. With Hiifted Sails a fev'ral Coucfc you ftcet'd. What Foim of Sway did David e'er purfuc, That feem'd like Abfolute, but fprung from you? Who x your Inrtancc qualht each penal Law, That kept diHcnting Fattious Jews in awe j And who fufpends fixt Laws, may abrogate. That done, form New, and fo enilave the State, Ev'n Property, whofe Champion now you ft.v;;d. And feem for this the Idol of the Land, Did ne'er fullain fuch Violence before, As when your Counfel fhut the P.oyal Store j Advice, that Ruine to whole Tribes procur'd. But fccret kept till your own Banks fecur'd. Recount with this the trippje Cov'uant broke. And Ifrae! fitted for a Foreign Yoke j Nor here your Counfcls fatal Progrefs (laid, Bitt fent out levied Po\vers to Pharaof/s Aid* Hence Tyre and Ifraef, low in Ruins laid. And E;irpt once their Scorn, their common Terrour Ev'n yet of fuch a Seafon we can dream, [made. When Royal Rights you made your darling Themt. For Pow'r unlimited cou'd Reafons draw. And place Prerogative above the Law ; Which on your fall from Office grew Unjufl, The Laws made King, the King a Slave in Tru'^ ; Whom with Srate-craft (to lat'reft only true) You now accufe of Ills contriv'd by you. To this Hell's Agent Royal Youth, fix here. Let Int'rcft be the Star by which you fteer. Hence to repofe your Truft in me was wife,. Whofc Int'reft moft in your Advancement lyej,- A Tyc fo firm as always will avail, Whcafiicndil.ifj Nature andRcligioa fwlj- 12 The Second Part of On ours the Safety of the Crowd depends, Secure the Crowd, and we obtain our Ends, Whom I will caufc fo far our Guilt to fhare. Till they are made our Champions by their Fear. What Oppofition can your Rival bring. While Sanhedrims are jealous of the King ? His Strength as yet in DavicCs Friendlhip lyes, And what can DaviWs Self without Supplies ? Who with Exclufive Bills muft now difpence, Debar the Heir, or ftarve in his Defence. Conditions which our Elders ne'er wll quit, Aad David's Juftice never can admit. Or forc'd by Wants his Brother to betray. To your Ambition next he clears the way ; For if SuccelTion once to Nought they bring. Their next Advance removes the prefent King : Perfiftjng elfe his Senates to diflblve, In equal Hazard fhall his Reign involve. Our Tribes, whom Pharaoh's Pow'r fo much alarms, Shall rife without their Prince t'oppofe his Armsj. Nor boots it on what Caufe at firft they join. Their Troops once up, axe Tools for our Defign. At leaft fuch fubtle Covenants Ihall be made. Till Peace it felf is War in Mafquerade. Alfociations of Myfterious Senfe, Againft, but Teeming for, the King*s Defence: Ev'n on their Courts of Juftice Fetters draw, And from our Agents muzzle up their Law. By which, a Conqueft if wc fail to make, *Tis a drawn Game at worft, and we fecure our Stake. He faid, and for the dire Succefs depends On various Seds, by common Guilt made Friends. Whofe Heads, though ne'er fo diff 'ring in their Creed, I'th' point of Treafon yet were well agreed. *Mongft thefe, extorting Ijbban firft appears, Purfu'd b'a meager Troop of Bankrupt Heirs. Bleft Times, when Ijhban, he whofe Occupation So long has been to Cheat, Refouus the Natioa! M r S C E L L A N Y Fo E M S. 1 /. Jfliban of Confclencc fuited to his Trade, As good a Saint as Ufurer e'er made. Tct Mummon has not fo engroft him quite. But BeliiilVcXys as large a Claim of Spightj Who, for thofc Pardons from his Prince he draws. Returns Reproaches, and cries up the Caufe. That Year ia which the City he did fway. He left Rebellion in a hopeful way. Yet his Ambition once was found fo bold, To offer Talents of Extorted Goldj Cou'd David's Wants have fo been brib'd to flume And fcandalize our Peerage with his Name j For which, his dear Sedition he'd forfwear, And e'en turn Loyal to be made a Peer, Next him, let Railing T{al;/heka have place^r So full of Zeal he has no need of Grace j A Saint that can both Fledi and Spirit ule. Alike haunt Conventicles and the Stews : Of whom the Qiieftion difficult appears, If moft i' th' Preachers or the Bawds Arrears, What Caution cou'd appear too much in him That keeps the Treafure of JerufaUm \ Let DavicCs Brother but approach the Town, Double our Guards (he cries) We are undone. Protefting that he dares not Sleep in's Bed Lc/i he jhoii'd rife next Morn vjithout his HeaM, Next thefe, a Troop of bulle Spirits prefs. Of little Fortunes, and of Confcience lefs j With them the Tribe, whofe Luxury had drain'd Their Banks, in former Sequeftrations gain'd ; Who Rich and Great by part Rebellions grew. And long to fifh the troubled Streams anew. Some future Hopes, fome prefent Payment drawsj To fell their Confcience and efpoufe the Caufe. Such Stipends thofe vile Hirelings bed befit, Priefts without Grace, and Poets without Wit. Shall that falfe Hcbronite efcape our Curfe, Judasi tha: kee^s the Rebels Pcnfion-Puife 3 ^4 7^^ Second Part o/ Judas that pays the Treafon-writ€r''s Fee, Judas that well deferves his Namefake's Tfee^ Who at JerufaUrfi's own Gates ereds His College for a Nurfery of Sc(fts. "Young Prophets with an early Care fecures. And with the Dung of his own Arts manures. What have the Men of Hebrtn here to do ? What part in Ifrael's promis'd Land have you I Here Phalei the Laj-Hel/rotute is come, 'Caufe like the reft he cou'd not live at Home 5 Who from his own Pofleffions cou'd not drain An Onnr even of HebroJihip} Grain, Here ftruts it like a Patriot, and talks high Of injur'd Subjeds, alter'd Property: An Emblem of that buzzing Infeft juft. That mounts the Wheel, and thinks flie raifes Duft^ Can dry Bones live? or Skeletons produce The Vital Warmth of Cuckoldizing Juice? Slmi Phalcg cou'd, and at the Tabic fed, Return'd the grateful Produ£t to the Bed. A Waiting-man to Traveling Nobles chofe. He, his own Laws, wou'd fawcily impofe j 'Till Baftinado'd back again he went. To learn thofe Manners he to teach was fent, ^Chaftiz'd he ought to have retreated Home, But he reads Politicks to ylbfabm. For never Hebromtc, though kick'd and fcorn'd,, To his own Country willingly return'd. - — But leaving famifli'd Thaleg to be fed. And to talk Tceafon for his daily Bread, Let Hebron, nay let Hell produce a Man So made for Mifchief as Ben-Jochanan, A Je-w of Humble Parentage was He, By Trade a Levite, though of low Degree ; His Pride no higher than the Desk afpir'd. But for the Drudgery of Priefts was hir'd To Read and Pray in Linen Ephod brave, And piTck up fingle Shekels fiom the Grave, M I S C E L L A N Y P Ei.t Sr. If Married at laft, but finding Charge come faftcr. He cou'd not live by God, but chang'd his Maftcr ; Infpii'd by W:inr, was made a Fadious Tool, They got a Villain, and we lofl a Fool. Still violent, whatever Caufe he took, Bur moft againft the Party he forfook. For Rcnegadocs, who ne*er turn by halves, Are bound in Confcicnce to be double Knaves. So this rrofe-Prophet took moft monftrous P.iinSj To let his Maftcrs fee he earn'd his Gains. But as the Dcv'l owes all his Imps a Shame, He chofe th' .Apo-iate for his proper Theme j With little Pains he made the Pifture true. And from Reflexion took the Rogue he drew.' A wondrous Wovk, to prove the JcwifJj Nation In every Age a Murmurin-g Generation i To trace 'cm from their Infancy of Sinning, And flicw 'em Factious from their firft Beginning. To prove they cou'd Rebel, and Rail, and Mock> Much to the Credit of the Chofen Flock j A ftrong Authority which muft convince. That Saints own no Allegiance to their Prince, As 'tis a Leading-Card to make a Whore, To prove her Mother had turn'd up before. But, tell me, did the drunken Patriarch blefs The Son that ftiew'd his Father's Nakednefs? Such Thanks the prefent Church thy Pen will give, Which proves Rebellion was fo Primitive. Muft Ancient Failings be Examples made ? Then Murtherers from C^-tin may learn their Trade. As thou the Heathen and the Saint haft drawn, Methinks th' Appftate was the better Man; And thy hot Fmhcr (waving my refpccl) Not of a Mother Church, but of a Seft. And fuch he needs muft be of thy Inditing, This comes of drinking Aflcs Milk and Writin?J If Tialack^^nonXA be call'd to leave his place, (As Piofit ii the loudcft Call of Grace) i6 The Second Part bf His Temple difpoirefs'd of one, would be JtCplenifti'd with feven Devils more by thee. Leviy thou art a load, I'll lay thee down. And (hew Rebellion bare, without -jl Gown j Toor Slaves in Metre, Dull and Addle-pated, Who Rhime below ev'n Dav!d''s Pfalms tranflated. Some in my fpeedy pace I muft out-run, As Jame Me^hibop^eth the Wifard's Son: To make quick way I'll leap o'er heavy Blocks, Shun rotten Vzjz.a as I would the Pox j And haften Og and Doeg to rehearfe, Two Fools that Crutch their feeble Senfe onVcife:^ Who by my Mufe to all fucceeding times. Shall live in fpight of their own Dogrel Rhimes. Doeg, though without knowing how or why. Made ftill a blundring kind of Melody j Spurred boldly on, and dafli'd thro' Thick and Thin, Through Senfe and Non-fenfe, never out nor in ; Free from all Meaning, whether Good or Bad, And in one Word, Heroically Mad : He was too warm on Picking-woik to dwell, -\ But F^ggotted his Notions as they fell, > And if they Rhim'd and Rattl'd, all was well. ^ Spightful he is not, though he wrote a Satyr, For ftill there goes fome r/.'i//J<^«^ to lU-Natuie; He needs no more than Birds and Beafts to think> Ail his Occailons are to Eat and Drink. If he call Rogue and Rafcal from a Garrat, He means you no more Mifchief than a Parrat: : The words for Friend and Foe alike were made. To. fetter 'em in Verfc is all his Trade. For Almonds he'll cry Whore to his own Mother i And call Young ^bjalom King David* s Brother. Let him be Gallows-free by my Confent, And nothing Suffer ilnce he nothing Meant j Hanging fuppofes Human Soul and Reafon, This Animal's below committing Treafon: Shall he be hang'd who never could Rebel? That's a piefeimeiit fox ^chito^hel. Miscellany Poems. 17 The Woman that committed Buggary, Was rightly fcntenc'd by the Lav to die ; But 'twas hard Fate that to the Gallows led The Dog, that never heard the Statute read» Railing in other Men may be a Crime, But ought to pals tor mere Inftind in him: Inllind he follows and no farther knows, For to write Vcrfe with hint is to TrAftfprofe. 'Twcre pity Treafon at his Door to lay, Who mak^s HcAven^s Gate a Lock to its oivn Key .* Let him Rail on, let his invedive Mufe Have four and twenty Letters to abufe, VShich if he jumbles to one Line of Senfc, Indict him of a Capital Offence. In Fire-works give him leave to vent his Spight, Thofe are the only Serpents he can wiitc j The height of his Ambition is, we know, But to be Mafter of a Puppet-Hiow, On that one Stage his Works may yet appear. And a Month's Harveft keeps him all the Year. Now flop your Ncfes, Readers, all and fome, -y For here's a Tun of Midnight-work to come, j»- 0^ from a Treafon Tavern rowiing Home. ^ Round as a Globe, and Liquor'd ev'ry chink, Goodly and great he fails behind his Link-; With all this bulk there's nothing loft in Og^ For ev'ry inch that is not Fool is Rogue : A monftrous Mafs of foul corrupted Matter, As all the Devils had fpew'd to make the Batter. When wine has given him Courage to Blafpheme, He curfes God, but God before curft him; And if man cou'd have rcafon, none has mote. That made his Taunch fo rich and him fo poor. With wealth he was not trufted, for Heav'n knew What 'twas of old to pamper up a Jevj ; To what wou'd he on Qiiail and Phcafant fwell, That cv'n on Tripe and Carrion could rebel ? But though Heav'n made him poor, (with rev'rence He never was a Poet of God's makings [fpeaking,) i8 TS? Second Part of The Midwife laid her hand on his thick Skulf^ With this Prophetick Blefling---Sc thou DvAl; Drink, fwear and roar, forbear no lewd Delight Fir for thy bulk, do any thing bur write: Thou art of lifting Make, like thoughtlefs Men, A ftrong Nativity — but for the Pen y Eat Opium, mingle Arfenick in thy drink. Still thou mayft live, avoiding Pen and Ink. 1 fee, I fee, 'tis Counfel given in vain, Por Treafon botcht in Rhime will be thy banej Rhime is the Rock on which thou art to wreck, 'Tis fatal to thy Fame and to thy Neck : Why ihoald thy Metre good ¥.xnpDavid Waft ^ A Pfalm of his will furely be thy laft. toar'ft tho« prefiime in Verfe to meet thy Foes, Thou whom the penny Pamphlet foil'd in Profe J £>oeg, whom God for Maukind^s mirth has made,. O'er-tops thy Talent in thy very trade ; JDeeg to thee, thy paintings are fo coarfe, A Poet ij, though he's the Poet's Horfe. A double Noofe thou on thy Neck doft pull For writing Tieafon, and for writing dull j To die for Faftion is a common evil. But to be hang'd for Nonfenfe is the Devil : Hadft thou the Glories of thy King expreft, Thy Praifes had been Satyr at the bcft j But thou in clumfie Verfe, unlickt, tmpointed, Haft fliamefully defy'd the Lord's anointed : 1 will not rake the Dunghill of thy Crimes, For who would read thy Life that reads thyBJiimes^ But of King Ddi-icfs Foes, be thfs the Doom, May all be like the Young-man ^bfalom ; And for my Foes may this their Bleffing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. sAchitophel f.xch. Rank, Degree and Age, For varioss ends, negleds not to engage ; The wife and rich for Purfe and Counfel brought. The Fools and Beggars for their Number fought: Miscellany Poems. ij> who yet not only on the Town depends, Por ev'n in Court the Faftion had its Friends; Thcfc thought the Places they poflcft too fmall. And in their hearts wilht Court and King to fall : Whofc Names theMufc difdaining, holds i'th* Dark, Thruft in the Villain Herd without a Mark i With rarafites and Libel-fpawning Imps, Intriguing Fops, dull Jefters, and worfe Pimps, Difdain the Rafcal Rabble to purfue, Their fet Cabals are yet a viler Crew ; See where involv'd in common fmoak they fit ; Some for our Mirth, fome for our Satyr fit : Thefe gloomy, thoughtful, and on Mifchief bent, While thofe for mere good Fellowdiip frequent Th' appointed Club, can let Sedition pafs, Senfe, Nonfenfe, any thing t' employ the Glafs j, And who believe ia their dull honeft Hearts, The Reft talk Tieafon but to iliew their Tarts ; Who ne'er had Wit or Will for Miichief yet, But pleas'd to be reputed of a Set, But in the Sacred Annals of our Plot, Indullrious ^ T{0 D never be forgot : The Labours of this Midnight-Magiftrate, May Vic with Coral/s to preferve the State. In fearch of Arms, he fail'd not to lay hold On War's moft powerful dang'rous Weapon, GOLDg And laft, to take from Jehujites all Odds, Their Altars piUagM, ftolc their very Gods ; Oft would he Cry, when Treafure he furpriz'd, *Tis Baulifh Gold in David* j- Co^n DifguWd. Which to his Houfe with richer K^licjues came. While Lumber Idols only fed the Flame: For our wife Rabble ne'er took pains t' enquire. What 'twas he burnt, fo't made a roufing Fire. With which our Elder was enricht no more Than Falfc Cehaz,i with the Syridn*s Store ; So poor, that when our Chufing-Tribcs were racf> Ev'a foi his Stinking Votes he ran in Debt 5 3.0 7^^ Second Part o/ For Meat the Wicked, and as Authors thinR, The Saints he chous*d for his Elefting Drink y Tlius ev'ry Shift and fubtle Method paft, And All to be no Zal^n at the laft. Now, rais'd on Tyre'i fad Ruins, Pharash^s Pride :Soar'd high, his Legions thrcatning far and wide j. As when a batt'ring Storm ingeudred high, By Winds upheld, hangs hov'ring in the Sk/i Is gaz'd upon by ev'ry trembling Swain, This for his Vineyard fears, and that his Grain j Tor blooming Plants, andFlow'rsnew opening, Thcfcr Poi Lambs yean'd lately, and far-Iab'ring Bcesj To guard his Stock each to the Gods docs call, Uncertain where the Fire-charg'd Clouds will fail : Ev'n fo the doubtful Nations watch his Arms, With Terror each expefting his Alarms. ^here Jitdah, where was now thy Lyon*s Roar? Thou only cou'dft the Captive Lands reftore ; Btit Thou, with inbred Broils and f aftion preft. Prom Egypt need'ft a Guardian with the reft. Thy Prince from Sanhedrims no Truft allow'd, Too much the Reprefenters of the Crowd, Who for their own Defence give no Supply, But what the Crown*s Prerogatives muft buy :. As if their Monarch's Rights to violate More needful were, than to preferve the State ! From prefent Dangers they divert their Carc» And all their Fears are of the Royal Heirj Whom now the reigning Malice of his Foes, Unjudg'd would Sentence, and e*er Crown'd, Depofe. Religion the Pretence, but their Decree To bar his Reign, whate'er his Faith fhall be ! By Sanhedrims, and clam'rous Crowds, thus preft What Paflions rent the Righteous David* s Breaft ? Who knows not how t* oppofe, or to comply, Unjuft to Grant, and dangerous to Deny ! How near in this dark Jun£^ure Ifract's Fate, ."WJiofe Peace one folc Lxpedient could cicatCj Miscellany Poems. it which yet th' extrcameft Virtue did require, Ev'n of that Prince whole Downf;il they conrpitc ! His Abfence David does with Tears advile T' appeafe tlieir Rage. Undaunted He complies ; Thus he who prodigal of Blood and Eafe, • A Royal Life expos'd to Winds and Seas, At once contending with the Waves and Fire, And heading Danger in the wars of Tyre, Inglorious now forfakes his Native Sand, And like an Exile quits the proniis'd Land* Oui Monarch fcarce from pre (Ting Tears refrains, And painfully his Royal State maintains, Who now embracing on th' extrcmeft Shore Alraoft revokes what he injoin*d before : Concludes at laft more Truft to be allow'd To Storms and Seas, than to the raging Crowd I Forbear, rafli Mufe, the parting Scene to draw, "With iilence charm'd as deep as theirs that faw ! Not only our attending Nobles weep, But hardy Sailors fwcll with Tears the Deep I The Tide reftrain'd her Courfe, and more amazMj The Twm-ftars on the Royal Brothers gaz'd : While this fole fear Does trouble to our fuff'ring Heroc bring. Left next the popular Rage opprefs the King I Thus parting, each for th' other's Danger griev'd. The Shore the King, and Seas the Prince receiv'd. Go injur'd Heroe, while propitious gales, Soft as thy Conlbrt's breath, infpire thy fails j Well may flie truft her beauties on a flood, Where thy triumphant Fleets fo oft have rode! ^afe on thy breaft redin'd her Reft be deep, Rockt like a Nereid by the Waves a-fleep j While happieft dreams her fancy entertain. And to fjy/i.in Fields convert the Main I Go injur'd Heroe, while the (hores of Tyre At thy approach fo filent Ihall admire, Who on thy thunder ftill their thoughts imploy, •Ajid greet thy Landing with a trembling Joy, aa. ^^ Second PARt of On Heroes thus the Prophet's Fate is throwii> Admir'd by ev'ry Nation but their own ; Yet while our factious Je-ws his Worth deny. Their aking Confcience gives their Tongue the liia| Xv'n in the worft of Men the nobleft Parts <:onfefs him, and he triumphs in their Hearts, Whom to his King the beft Refpefts commend Of Subjeft, Soldier, Kinfman, Prince and Friend ; All facred Names of moft divine Efteem> And to Perfection all fuftain'd by him, Wife, Juft and Conftanr, Courtly without Aitj^ Swift to difcern and to reward Defertj Ko hour of his in fruitlefs Eafe deftroy'd, r,ut on the nobleft Subjeft's ftill employ'd: Whofe fteddy Soul ne'er learnt to feparatc Between his Monarch's Int'reft and the State, But heaps thofe Bleflings on the Royal Head, Which he well knows muft be on Subjefts fhed. On what Pretence cou'd then the Vulgar RagC Againft his Worth, and native Rights engage 8 Religious Fears their Argument are made, JXeligious Fears his facred Rights invade 1 Of future Supetftition they complain. And Jebufitick^ Worfhip in his Reign : With fuch Alarms his Foes the Crowd deceive, With Dangers fright, which not themfelves belieVf^ Since nothing can our facred Rites remove, Whatc'er the Faith of the Succeflbur prove : Our Jevjs their Ark fliall undifturb'd retain. At leaft while their Religion is their Gain, Who know by old Experience Baal^s Commands Not only claim'd their Confcience, but their Lands j They grudge God's Tythes,how therefore fliall they An Idol full pofleffion of the Field? [yield Grant fuch a Prince enthron'd, we muft confefs The Peoples fuft 'rings than that Monarch's left. Who muft to hard Conditions ftill be bound, Aftd fox hK Qiiict with the Ciow4 ^oippou&4 i Miscellany Poems. 23 Or fliOuM his Thoughts to Tyranny incline. Where are the Means to corapafs the Defign? •Out Crown's Revenues are too Ihott a ftore. And jealous Sauhediims wou'd give no more. As vain our fears of Eppt''s potent Aid, Not fo has Pharoah karnt Ambition's trade. Nor ever with fuch meafures can comply. As fliock the common Rules of Policy ; None dread like him the growth of >/rrtf /'s Kingi And he alone fufficient Aids can bring j Who knows that Prince to F^ypr can give Law, That on our ftubborn Tribes his Yoke cou'd dravr. At fuch profound Expence he feas not flood, Nor dy'd for this his Hands fo deep in Blood j [take, Wou'd ne'er through wrong and right his Progress Grudge his own Reft, and keep the World awake, To fix a lawleis Prince on Judai/s Throne, pirft to invade our Rights, and then his Ownj His dear-gain'd Conquefts cheaply to defpoil. And reap thcharvcft of his Crimes and ToiL We grant his Wealth vaft as our Ocean's Sandj And curfe its fatal Influence on our Land, Which our biib'd Je-ws fo num'roufly partake. That ev'n an Koft his Penlloners wou'd make j from thefc Deceivers our Divifions fpring, Our wcaknefs, and the growth of f^v^-r's King 5 Thefe with pretended Friendlliip to the State, Out Crowd's fufpicion of tlieir Prince create, Both pleas'd and frighten'd with the fpecious cry", To guard their facred Rights and Property j To Ruin, thus, the chofen Flock arc fold. While Wolves are ta'en for Guardians oftheFold^ Seducd by thcfe, we groundlefly complain. And loath the Manna of a gentle Reign: Thus our Fore-fathers crooked Paths are trod, ^e truft oui Prince, no more than they their God, But all in \ain our Reafoning Prophets preach. To thoi< whom iiii £xpexiea^ nc'ex cquM teach. jt4 The Second Part of who can commence new Broils in bleeding Scaw, And frefh Remembrance of inteltine Wars ; When the fame houfliold mortal Foes did yield. And Brothers ftain'd with Brothers Blood the Field } When Sons curft Steel the Fathers gore did ftain. And Mothers mourn'd for Sons by Fathers flain I When thick, as Egyft^s Locufts on the Sand, [Land, Our Tribes lay flaughter'd through the promis'd Whofe few Surviveis with worfe Fate remain, To drag the Bondage of a Tyrant's Reign : Which Scene of woes, unknowing we renew. And madly, ev'n thofe ills we fear, purfucj While Pharoah laughs at our Domeftick broils. And fafely crowds his Tents with Nations fpoils. yet our fierce Sanhedrim, in reftlefs Rage, Againft our abfent Heroe ftill engage, And chiefly urge, (fuch did their frenzy prove,) The only Suit their Trince forbids to move, Which till obtain'd, they ceafe Affairs of State, And real Dangers wave, for groundlefs Hate. Long David's Patience waits relief to bring. With all th' Indulgence of a lawful King, Xxpefting till the troubled Waves would ceafe, But found the raging Billows ftill increafe. The Crowd, whofe Infolence forbearance fwells, While he forgives too far, almoft Rebels. At laft his deep Refentments filence broke, Th' Imperial Talacc fliook, while thus he fpoke. Then Juftice wake, and Rigour take her time, For io ! our Mercy is become out Crime. While halting Puniflmient her ftroke delays, Our Sov'reign Right, Heav'ns facred Truift, decays; Tor whofe fupport ev'n Subjefts Int-erefl: calls, Wo ! to that Kingdom where the Monarch falls. That Prince who yields the leaft of regal Sway, So far his Peoples Freedom does betray. Right lives by Law, and Law fubfifts by Pow*r ; J^ifarm the Shepherd, Wolves the flock devour. Hard Miscellany Poems. is HAtd lot of Empire o'er ;i ftubborn Race, W'luch HcAv'n it felf in vain has try' d with Grace'. ^Vhen will our Reafon's long-charm'd Eyes imclofe. And I.r.ul judge between her Friends and Foes J When fhiUl we fee expii'd Deceiveis fway. And credit what our God and Monarchs fay? DiUcmbled Patriots brib'd with Egypt's Gold, Ev'n Sanhedrims in blind Obedience hold; Thofe Patriots faTniood in their At^ions fee. And judge by the pernicious Fruit the Tree; If ought for which fo loudly they declaim, Religion, Laws, and Freedom, were their aim ; Our Senates in due Methods they had led, T' avoid thofe Mifchicfs which they feem'd to dread ; But firft e'er yet they propt the finking State, T' impeach and charge, as urg'd by private Hatej Proves that they ne'er bcliev'd the fears they preft. But barb'roufly deftroy'd the Nation's Reft I O ! whither will ungovern'd Senates drive, And to what Bounds licentious Votes arrive ? When their Injuftice, we are preft to fhare, The Monarch urg'd t' exclude the lawful Heir ; Arc Princes thus diftinguilli'd from the Crowd, And this the Privilege of Royal Blood? But grant we fliou'd confirm the Wrongs they prefs, His Sufferings yet were, than the Peoples, lefs ; Condemn'd for life the murdMng Sword to wield. And on their Heirs entail a bloody Field: Thus madly their own Freedom they betray. And for th' Opprellion, which they fear, make way ; Succeflion fixt by Heav'n, the Kingdom's Bar, Which once diflblv'd, admits the Flood of War j Wafte, Rapine, Spoil, without, th' aflault begin, And our mad Tribes fupplant the fence within. Since then their good they will not underftand, I *Tis time to take the Monarch's Pow'r in handj Autliority, and Force to join with skill. And C^ive the LunaticJ;s a^ainft their will. Vol. II. C 26 The Second Part of The fame rough means that fwage the Crowd, appeafe Our Senates raging with the Crowd's difeafe. Henceforth unbiafs'd Meafures let 'em draw From no falfe Glofs, but Genuine Text of Law j Nor urge thofe Crimes upon Religion's fcore, Themfelves fo much in Jelufites abhor. Whcm Laws convift (and only they) fhall bleed, Nor Pharifees by Pharifecs be fraed. Impartial Juftice from our Throne fiiall fhow'r, All ftiall have right, and we our Sov'reign Pow'r. He faid, th' Attendants heard with awful Joy, And glad Prcfages their fixt Thoughts imploy j From Hebron now the fuffeiing Heir return'd, A Realm that long with Civil Difcord mourn'd j Till his Approach, like fome arriving God, Compos'd and heal'd the place of his aboadj The Deluge checkt that to Judaa fpread, And ftopt Sedition at the Fountain's Head. Thus in forgiving Davids Paths he drives. And chas'd from Ifrael.^ Ifraers Peace contrives. Tbe Field confeft his pow*r in Arms before. And Seas proclaim'd his Triumphs to the (horc j As nobly has his Sway in Hebren fliown. How fit t' Inherit Godlike David's Throne. Through Slants ftreets his glad Arriva-l's fpread. And Confcious Faftion flirinks her fnaky Head j His Train their Sufferings think o'erpaid, to fee The Crowds applaufe with Virtue once agree. Succefs charms all, but Zeal for Worth diftrefl A Virtue proper to the brave and befl j 'Mongi^ whom was Jtthran, Jothran always bent To ferve the Crown, and Loyal by Defcent, Whofe Conflancy fo firm, and Conduft jufl, Deferv'd at once two Royal Maflers tiuft j "Who Tyre's proud Arms had manfully withflood On Seas, and gather'd Lawrels from the Flood j Of Learning yet, no Portion was deny'd, friend to the Muies, and the Mufes pride. Miscellany Poems. 17 Nor c;ui Bevaiah's worth forgotten Jye, Of fteddy Soul when publick Scoims were high ; Whofe condurt, while the Mosr hercc Onfets made, Seciu'd at once our Honour and our Trade. Such were theChiefs,who moft his Sutf 'rings mourn'd, And view'd with lilent Joy the Prince return'd j W hile thofe tliat fought his Abfence to betray, Trefs firft their naul'cous fallc Refpefts to pay ; Him ftiU til' officious Hypocrites nioleft-. And with mahcious Duty break his Reft. While real Tranfports thus his Friends employ, And Foes are loud in their dilTembled Joy, His Triumphs fo refoundcd far and near, Mtft not his yowng ambitious Rival's Ear; And as when joyful Hunters clam'rous Train, Some flumbring Lyon wakes in Moai/^s Plain, Who oft had forc'd the bold Aflailants yield. And fcatter'd his Purfuers through the Field, Difdaining, furls his Mai.e, and tears the Ground, His Eyes enflaming all the Delart roimd, With Roar of Seas dircfts his Chafers way. Provokes from far, and dares them to the fray ; Such rage ftorm'd now in ^bfalom's tierce Brcaft, Such Indignation his iir'd Eyes confcft j Where now was the Inftrufter of his Pride? Slept the old Pilot in fo rough a Tide? Whofe wiles had from the happy fhore betray'd, And thus on llielves the cred'lous Youth convcy'dj In deep revolving Thoughts he weighs his Stare,> Secure of Craft, nor doubts to baffle Fate, At Icaft, if his ftorm'd Bark muft go adrift. To baulk his Charge, and for himfelf to fliifr, In which liis dextrous Wit had oft been fhown, . And in the Wreck of Kingdoms fav'd his own; Uut now with more than common danger pteft. Of various Rcfolutions ftands polleft, Perceives the Crowd's unftable Zeal decay, Leaft thcii Recanting Cliief the Ciiufc betray, C z 2l> y^&tf Second Part of Who ©n a Father's Grace his Hopes may ground. And for his Pardon with their Heads compound. Him therefore, e'er his Fortune flip her Time, The Statefman plots t' engage in fome bold Crime Taft Pardon, whether to attempt his Bed, Or threat with open Arms the Royal Head, Or other daring Method, and unjuft. That may confirm him in the Peoples Truft, But failing thus t' enfnare him, nor fecurc How long his foil'd Ambition may endure. Hots next to lay him by, as paft his Date, And try fome new Pretender's luckier Fate; Whofe hopes with equal Toil he wou'd purfue. Nor cares what Claimei's Crown'd, except the true, "Wake ^bfalom, approaching Ruin (hun. And fee, O fee, for whom thou art undone I How are thy Honours and thy Fame betray'd, The property of defp'rate Villains made ? Loft Pow'r and confcious Fears their Crimes create. And Guilt in them was little lefsthan Fate; But why Ihouldft thou, from ev'ry grievance free, Forfakethy Vineyards for their ftormy Sea? For thee did Canaan's Milk and Honey flow, Love dreft thy Bow'rs, and Laurels fought thy Brow, Preferment, Wealth and Pow'r thy Vaflals were. And of a Monarch all things but the Care. Oh Ihould our Crimes, again, that Curfe draw down. And Rebel-arms once more attempt the Crown, Siue Ruin waits unhappy ^bfalam. Alike by Conqueft or Defeat undone ; "Who could relentlefs fee fuch Youth andCharmj, Expire with wretched Fate in impious Arms ? A Prince fo form'dwithEarth's andHeav'ns Applaufe, To triumph o'er Crown'd Heads in David's Caufc : Or grant him Viftor, ftill his Hopes muft fail. Who, Conquering, wou'd not for himfelf prevail j The Faction whom he trufts for future Sway, Him and the Fublick would alike beciay j Miscellany Poems. 29 Amongft themfclvcs divide the Ciiptive State, And found their Hydra-Emp'itc in his Fate I Thus having beat the Clouds with painful Flighr, The pity'd Youth, with Scepters in his Sight j (So have their cruel Politicks decreed,) Muft by that Crew that made him Guilty, Bleed I For could their Piide brook any Prince's Sway, Vhom but mild David wou'd they chufe t' obey ? I Who once at fuch a gentle Reign repine. The Fall of Monarchy it felf defign j From Hate to that their Reformations fpring. And Dj-^iJ not their Grievance, but the King. Seiz'd now with panick Fear the Faction lyes, Leaft this clear Truth ftrike ^bfalom^s charm'd Eyc^, Lcaft he perceive, from long Enchantment fitc^ Vhat all, befide the flatter'd Youth, mull fee. But what-e'er Doubts his troubled Bofom fwell. Fair Carriage ftill became ^chUovhe!. Who now an envious Feftival enftals, And to furvey their Strength the Fadion calls, "Which Fraud, Religious Worlhiptoo muft gildj But oh how weakly does Sedition build 3 Forlol the Royal Mandate iflues forth, Dafaing at once their Trealbn, Zeal, and MivtiH' So have 1 (ctn. difaftrous Chance invade. Where careful Emmits had their Forrage laid. Whether fierce Vnlcati's Rage, the Furzy Plain Had feiz'd, engendred by fome carclefs Swain j Or fwelling Neptune lawlcfs Inroads made, And to their Ceil of Store his Flood convey'd j The Common-wealth broke up, diftrafted go, And in wild Halte their loaded Mates o'erthrovv : Ev'n fo our fcatrer'd Guefts confus'dly meet, WithBoil'd, Bak'd, Roaft, all juftling in the Street , Dejcding all, and rufully difmay'd. For Shekel without Treat, or Treafon paid. Sedition's daik Eclipfc now fainter lliows, More blight each Hour the Royal Planet grows, C } 30 The Second Part of of Force the Clouds of Envy to difperfe. In kind Conjunftion of afllfting Stars. Here lab'ring Mufe thofe glorious Chiefs relate. That turn'd the doubtful Scale of David's Fatej The reft of that Illuftrious Band rehearfe, Immortaliz'd in lavvrell'd ^faph's Verfe : Hard task ! yet will not I thy Flight recall, View Heav'n, and then enjoy thy glorious Fall. Firft write Bez^liel^ whofe Illuftrious Name Foreftals our Praife, and gives his Poet Fame. The Kjmres Rocky Province his Command, A barren Limb of Fertile Canaan's Landj Which for its gen'rous Natives yet could be Held worthy fuch a Prefident as he ! Bez.altel with each Grace and Virtue fraught. Serene his Looks 3 ferene his Life and Thought,' On whom fo laigely Nature heap'd her Store, There fcarce remain'd for Arts to give him morel To Aid the Crown and State his greateft Zeal, His fecond Care that Service to conceal j Of Dues obfervant, firm to ev'ry Truft, And to the Needy always more than Juft. Who Truth from fpccious Falftiood can divide, Mas all the Gown-mens Skill without their Pride; Thus crown'd with Worth from heights of Honour Sees all his Glories copied in his Son, [won, V/hofe forward Fame fliould every Mufe engage : Whofe Youth boafts Skill deny'd to others Age. Men, Manners, Language, Books of nobleft kind. Already are the Conqueft of his Mind. Whole Loyalty before its Date was prime j Nor waited the dull Courfe of rowling Time: The Monfter FaElion early he dJfmaid, And David's Caufe long fince confeft his Aid. Brave ^bdael o'er the Prophet's School was plac'd ; ^bdael with all his Father's Virtue grac'd 3 A Heroe, who, while Stars look'd wondring down, Without one Hebrew's Blood reftoi'd the Crown, Miscellany Poems.' 31 That Praife was his ; what therefore did remain lor following Chiefs, but boldly to maintain That Crown rcftoi'd 3 and in this Rank of Fame, Brave ^bdael with tlie firft a place muft claim. Proceed illuftrious, happy Chief, proceed, Forcfcize the Garlands for tliy Brow decreed, While th' infpir'd Tribe attend with nobleft ftxain To rcgiftex the Glories thou flialt gain : For fure, the Dew fliall Gilbtah's Hills forfake. And Jord.tfi mix his Stream with iodjrni Lake; Or Seas rctir'd their fecret Stores difclofe. And to the Sun their fcaly Brood c.^pofe, Or fwcU'd above the Clifcs, their Billows raifc, Before the Mufes leave their Patron's Praiie- - EUab our next Labour do's invite. And hard the Task to do Eltai right : Long with the Royal Wanderer he rov'd, And firm in all the Turns of Fortunes prov'd! Such ancient Service and Defert fo large. Well claim'd the Royal Houlhold for his Charge. His Age with only one mild Heireis bleft, In all the Bloom of fmiling Nature dreft, And blcft again to fee his Flow'r ally'd To Patid's Stock, and made young Othnui's Bride ! The bright Rsltorex of his Father's Youth, Devoted to a Son's and Subjeft's Truth : Refolv'd to bear that prize of Duty home. So bravely fought (while fought) by ^hfalofn. Ah Prince I th' Jlluftrious Planet of thy Birth, And thy more powerful Virtue guard thy worth 3 That no ^chito^hel thy Ruin boaft j JjVtiel too much in one fuch Wreck has loft. Ev'n Envy muft confent to Helon's Worth, Whofe Soul (tho' i^J/r glories in his Birth) Could for out Captivc-ark its Zeal retain. And P':aroah's Altars in their Pomp dildaiu : To flight his Gods was fmall i with nobler Pride^ He all th' AJluicracnts of his C^uit dcfy'd» C4 32 The Second Part of Whom Profit noi Example could betray. But IfratCs Friend, and true to David's Sway. "What afts of favour in his Province fall. On Merit he confers, and freely alh Our Lift of Nobles next let ^mri grace, Whofe Merits claim'd the ^bethdins high place j Who, with a Loyalty that did excel, Brought all th' Endowments of ^chitophcL Sincere was \Amri, and not only knew. But ifraei's Sanftions into Praftice drew j Our Laws, that did a boundlefs Ocean feem, Were coafted all, and fathom'd all by him. No T^abbin fpeaks like him their myftick Senfe, So )uft, and with fuch Charms of Eloquence: To whom the double Blcfling does belong, With Mofei''% Infpiration, ^aron^s Tongue. Than Shevay none more Loyal Zeal have fliowa. Wakeful, as J»dah'*s Lion for the Crown, Who for that Caufe ftill combats in his Age, Por which his Youth with danger did engage. In vain our faftious Priefts the Cant revive. In vain feditious Scribes with Libel ftrive T'enflame the Crowd, while he with watchful Eyc Obferves, and (hoots their Treafons as they fly, Their weekly Frauds his keen Replies deted, He undeceives more faft than they infed. So Mofesi when the Peft on Legions prey'd. Advanced his Signal and the Plague was ftay'd. Once more my fainting Mufe thy Pinnions try. And Strength's exhaufted ft ore let Love fupply. What Tribute, ^Afapht ihall we render thee ? We'll crown thee with a Wreath from thy own Tree I Thy Laurel Grove no Envy's flafh can blaft j The Song of ^faph (hall for ever laft I With wonder late Poftcrity (hall dwell On KAbjalom and falfe ^chitophel: Thy ftrains fliail be our flumbring Prophets dream, Aad whea our Siea-Yix^ins fing, their Theani, M/sc£LLANV Poems. 33 Our Jubileet fliall with thy Vcrfe be grac'd, The Song of ^faph fliall for ever laft 1 How fierce his Satyr loos'd, reluahrd, how tame, How render of th' oft'ending Touni Man^s Fame'. How well his Worth, and brave Adventures ftil'd, Juft to his Virtues, to his Error mild. No Page of thine that fears the ftiiftcft view. But teems with juft Reproof, or Praife, as due j Not Eden could a fairer Frofpeft yield, All Paradtfe without one barren Field : Whofe Wit the Cenfure of his Foes has paft, The Song of ^4faph fliall for ever laft I What Praife for fuch rich Strains (hall we allow ? What juft Rewards the grateful Crown beftow ? While Bees in Flow'rs rejoice, and Flow'rs in Dew, While Stars and Fountains to their Courfc are true j While 7«^4/;'s Throne, and i!>/«/i'sRock ftand faft. The Song of ^faph and the Fame fliall laft. Still Hebron s honout'd happy Soil retains Our Royal Heroc-s beauteous dear Remains ; Who now fails off with Winds nor Wilhes flack. To bring his Suft'rings bright Companion back- But e'er fuch Tranfport can our fenfe employ A bitter Grief muft poifon half our Joy j Nor can our Coafts rcftor'd thofe BlelTIngs fee Without a Bribe to envious Deftiny 1 Curs'd Sodom s Doom for ever fix the Tide Where by inglorious Chance the Valiant dy'd. Give not infulting ^sk^bn to know, Nor let Gath't Daughters triumph in our woe I No Sailer with the News fwell Egypi^s Pride, By what ingorious Fate our Valiant dy'd I Weep ^rnon 1 Jordan weep thy Fountains dry. While Sion's Rock diflblves for a Supply ! Calm were the Elements, Night's filence deep, The Waves fcarce n-.urm'ring, and the Winds aflccp; Yet Fate for Ruine takes fo ftill an hour. And tjcacheious Sand§ the Princely Uaik devour j C 5 34 *^ke Second Pa r t 0/ Then Death unworthy (c'lz^d. a gen'rous Race, To Viituc's fcandal, and the Stars difgrace! Oh ! had th' Indulgent Pow'rs vouchfaPd to yield, Inikad of faithlefs Shelves, a lifted Field j A lifted Field of Heav'ns and David's Foes, Fierce as the Troops that did his Youth oppofe. Each Life had on his flaughtcr'd heap retir'd. Not tamely, and unconqu'ring thus cxpir'd: But Deftiny is now their only Foe, .f And dying ev'n o'er that they triumph too ; With loudlaft Breaths their Maftet's Scape applaud. Of whom kind Force cou'd fcarce the Fate.s defraud j Who for fuch Followers loft, O matchlefs Mind '. At his own Safety now almoft repin'd ! Say, Royal Sir, by all your Fame in Arms, Your~ Praife in Peace, and by Vrania's Charms; If all your Suff 'rings paft fo ne'erly preft, Or pierc'd with half fo painful Grief your Breaft? Thus fome Diviner Mufe her Hiroe forms, Not footh*d with foft Delights, but toft in Storms. Not ftretcht on Rofes in the Myrtle Grove, [Love, Nor Crowns his Days with Mirth, his Nights with But far remov'd in thundring Camps is found, His Slumbers fhort, his Bed the herblefs Ground: In Tasks of Danger always ^ttn. the Firft, Feeds from the Hedge, and flakes with Ice hisThirft, Longmuft his Pati-ence ftrivc with Fortune's Rage, And long oppoling Gods themfelves engage, Muft fee his Country Flame, his Friends deftroy'd, Before the promis'd Empire be enjoy'd : Such Toil of Fate muft build a Man of Fame, And fuch, to IfraeCs Crown,the God-like David came. What fudden Beams dilpel the Clouds fo faft ! Whofe drenching Rains laid all our Vineyards waftc I The Spring fo far behind her Courfe delay'd. On th' Inftant is in all her Bloom array'd j The Winds breath low, the Element ferene ; Yet mark wi^at Motion in the Waves is feenl Miscellany Poems. 3S Thronging and bufic us Hyl'U.w Swarms, Oi rtraglcd Soldiers furamau'd to their Arms. See where the Princely Bark in loofeft Pride, With all her Guardian Fleet, adorns the Tide! High on her Deck the Royal Lovers ftand, Our Crimes to Pardon e'er they touch'd our Land. Welcome to Ify.ul arid to David's Brcaft ! Here all your Toils, here all your Sutf 'tings reft- This Year did Zi/om'j rule JerufaUm, And boldly all Sedition's Syrtes ftem. How e'er incumber'd with a viler Pair Than Z./A or Shimei to aflift the Chair j Yet ZiloAij's Loyal Labours lb prevail'd That Fadion at the next Eledion fail'd. When ev'n the common Cry did Juftice found. And Merit by the Multitude was Crown'd : With David then was IfraeCs Peace reftor'd. Crowds raourn'd their Error, and obcy'd tlicii Lord, 36 7^e Second Part of A KET to both Parts of Abfalom and Achitophel. ABfalom, Annabel, Amiel, Achitophel, Abethdin, Agag, Afaph, Aiod, Abdael, Amri, Adriel, Sajthfheba, Salaam, Sarzillai, £alack, Senaiah, Bezalicl, Caleb, Corah, David, Doeg, Ethnick Xliab, ^gypt> Hulhai, Hebrew Triejlsf Helon, Hebron, Ifrael, Jcrufalem, Isboiheth, Jotham, Jcbuiite^; P/»f, Dttke of Monmouth. Dutchefs of Monmouth. Mr. SeymouiySf/eaker. Lord Shaftsbury. Lord Chancellor. Sir E. B. Godfrey. Mr. Dryden. Sir W. Waller. I>Hke «/ Albemarle* Lord Chancellor Pinch. Earl of Mulgrave. X>ttt chefs o/Portfmouth. Earl of Huntington. D»k^ of Ormond. Basnet. General Sackvilc. Dule o/" Beaufort, Lord Grey. Z)r, Gates. J(i«^ Charles II* Settle. Topi/h Plot. Earl of Arlington.' France. Earl of Rocheftei, Hyde, Chnrch of England Minifiers^ Lord Feverlham* Scotland. England. London. Rich, Cromwell. Marqttifi of HaHi£«t.' fa^ifti. Miscellany Poems. 37 Jonas, Iflachar, Jothran, Ifliban, Judas, B. Jochaiiaii, MichaJ, Mcphiboflieth, Nadab, Og, Othniel, Phaiaoh, Phalcg, Rabfliakeh, Saul, Sanhedrim, Solymcan T{our, Sagan cf Jetufalcra, Shimei, Sheva, Tyre, Uzza, Wcftcrn Dome, Zimri, Zadoch, Zaken, Ziloah, Sir W. Jones. T. Thin, f/^j Lord Dartmouth. Str R, Clayton, Fcrgufon. Johufon. ^. Katharine. Pordage. Lord Howard o/EfcricIc, ShadwelJ. DhI;^ of Grafton^ French Kjn£. Poxbes. Sir Tho, Player. Oliver. Parliament, London T(^bels. Bip'op of London. Sheriff ^tthtl Str K. L'Eftange. Holland. J. H. Dolben. Duke of Buckingham KArchbiJhep Sancrofl farliament-man. Sir J. Kooi, 5-8 The Second Part of The entire Epifode of Mezentius and Laiifui^ translated out of the Tenth Book of Firgirs Mnc'ids. By Mr. D u y d e n. Connexion of the E p i s o d e, with .the fore- going Story. Mezentius -was I The ftorm of Darts undaunted did abide ; [cry'd. ^ And thus to Lauftts loud, with friendly thrcatning ^ Why wilt thou rufh to certain Death ? And rage In rafh Attempts beyond thy tender Age ? Betray'd by pious Love ? Nor thus forborn The Youth defifts, but with infulting Scorn jProvokes the ling'ring Prince, whofe patience tii*d Gave place ; and all his Breaft with fury fir'd. For now the Fates prepar'd their cruel Shears j And lifted high, the conquering Sword appears, Which full defcending with a fearful fway, -^ Thro' Shield and Cuirafle forc'd th' impetuous C And bailed 46cp ia his f^ii Borom lay, [way, S Ml scELLANY Poems. 42 The fpringing Streams thro' the thin Armour ftrove. And drencht the golden Coat his careful Mother And life at length forfook his heaving Heart, [wove; Loth from fo I'vveet a Manlion to depart. But when, with Blood and Palcnefs all bcfprcad. The pious Prince beheld young Laufus dead, He griev'd, he wept: the fight an image brought Of his own filial love ; a fadly pleafing thought. Then ftretch'd his Hand to raife him up, and faidj Poor haplefs Youth, what Praifes can be paid To Love fo great 5 to fuch tranfccndent ftorc Of early Worth, and fure prefagc of more 1. Accept whatc'er ty£>teaj can aflbrd : Untouch'd thy Armsi untaken be thy SworJ : And all that pleas'd thee living, ftill remain Inviolate i and facred to the flain. Thy Body on thy Parents I beftow, -% To pleafe thy Ghoft ; at leaft if fliadows know > Or have a tafte of human things below. ■^ There to thy fellow Ghofts, with glory tell, *Twas by the great cy£neas Hand I fell. With this he bids his diftant Friends draw near, Provokes their Duty, and prevents their Fearj Himfelf affifts to raife him from the Ground, His Locks deform'd with Blood, that fwell'd from out his Wound. Mean time the Father, now no Father, ftood. And walh'd his Wounds by Tjier's yellow Flood, Oppreft with anguiHi, panting, and o'er-fpent. His fainting Limbs againfl; a Tree he leant: A Bough his brazen Helmet did fuftain. His heavier Arms lay fcatter'd on the Plain: Of Youth a chofen Troop around him ftand. His Head hung down, and refted on his Hand j His grizly Beard his penfive Bofom fought, And all on Laufus^ ran his reftlefs thought. Careful, concerned his danger to prevent, Much he ent^uii'd, and many a Meflagc feut 42. The Second Part of To warn him from the Field ; alas in vain ! Behold his mournful Followers bear him flain On their broad Shields ; ftiJl gufii'd the gaping wound. And drew a bloody Trail along the ground. Far off he heard their Cries j far off divin'd The dire Event with a forebodeing Mind. With Duft he fprinkled firft his hoary Head, -> Then both his lifted Arms to Heav'n he fpread ; ^ Laft, the dear Corps embracing, thus he faid. ^ What Joys, alas, could this frail Being give ! That I have been fo covetous to live. To fee my Son, and fuch a Son, reflgn His Life a Ranfom for preferving mine / And am I then preferv'd, and art thou lofl ? How much too dear has that Redemption coft \ *Tis now my bitter Bani(]-,ment I feel, This is a Wound too deep for time to heal. My Guilt thy growing Virtues did defame ; My Blacknefs blotted thy unblemi(h'd Name. Chas'd from a Throne, abandon'd, and exil'd For foul Mifdeeds, were Punifhments too mild. I ow'd my People thefe j and from their Hate With IcCs Injuftice could have born my Fate. And yet I live, and yet fupport the fight Of hateful Men, and of more hated Light I But will not long. With that he rais'd from Ground His fainting Limbs, that ftagger'd with his Wound, Yet with a Mind refolv'd, and unappal'd With Tains or Perils, for his Courfer call'd. Well-mouth'd, well manag'd, whom himfelf did y With daily care; and mounted with Succefs, [drefs p His Aid in Arms; his Ornament in Peace. -^ Soothing his Courage with a gentle flroke. The Horfe feera'd fenfible, while thus he fpoke. O \hcebm we hare liv'd too long for me ; (If Long and Life were Terms that could agree I) This day, thou cither fhalt bring back the Head, And bloody Trophies of the Trojan dead ; Miscellany Poems. 43^ This Day, thou eirher fhak revenge my Woe Por murther'd Lat*fus on his cruel Focj Or if inexorable Fate deny Our Conqueft, with thy conquer'd Maimer die. For after fuch a Lord, I reft fecurc. Thou wilt no foreign Reins, or Trojun load endure. He faid j and ftraight th' officious Courfer kneels To take his wonted Weight : His Hand he fills With pointed Javelins ; on his Head he lac'd His glittering Helm, which terribly was grac'd With crcrted Horfe-hair, nodding from afar, Then fpurr'd his thundring Steed, amidft the War. Love, Anguifli, Wrath, and Grief to Madncfs wrought, Defpair, and fecret Shame, and confcious Thought Of inborn Worth, his lab'ting Soul oppreft ; Rowl'd in his Eyes, and rag'd within his Breaft 5 Then loud he call'd t/^neas, thrice by Name j The loud repeated Voice to glad ieAs did deplore : But now, by Jove's command, and Fates decree, Kis Race is doom'd to reign in Italy, With humble Suit I ask thy needful Art, O ftill propitious Pow'r, O Sov'raign of my Heart, A Mother ftands a Suppliant for a Son ; By filver-footed Thet:i thou wert won For fierce ^ihiiUs, and the rode Morn Mov'd thee with Arms her Memnon to adorn 5 Are thefc my Tears lefs pow'rful on tliy Mind? Behold what warlike Nations are combin'd, With Fire and Sword My People to deflroy, And twice to triumph over Mc and Troy, 46 The Second Part of she faid j and ftraight her Arms of fnowy hue. About hex unrefolving Husband threw j Her foft Embraces foon infufe Deflre, >j His Bones and Marrow fudden warmth infpire ; S« And all the Godhead feels the wonted Fire. ^ Not halffofwift the rowling Thunder flies, Or ftreaks of Lightning flafli along the Skies. The Goddefs pleas'd with her fuccefsful Wiles, And confcious of her conqu'ring Beauty, frailes. Then thus the good oldGod,(rooth'd with herCharms, Panting, and half diflblving in her Arms :) Why feek you reafons for a Caufe fo juft. Or your own Beauty or my Love diftruft ? Longlince, had you requir'd my helpfiil Hand, you might the Artift, and his Art command To arm your Trojaus : Nor did Jove, or Fate, Confine their Empire to fo ihort a date : And if you now defire new Wars to wage. My Care, my Skill, my Labour I engage. Whatever melting Metals can confpirc, Or breathing Bellows, or the forming Fire, I freely promife ; all your doubts remove, And think no task is difficult to Love. He faid ; and eager to enjoy her Charms, He fnatch'd the lovely Goddefs to his Arms ; Till all infus'd in joy he lay pofTeft Of full defire, and funk to plealing Reft. LUCREriU Sy The Beginning of the Firfl Book, Tranfated by Mr. D r y d e n. D Elight of human Kind, and Gods above j Parent of T^wf j fiopitious Queen of Love -, Miscellany Poems. 47 Whofe vital row*r, Air, Earth, and Sea fupplies; And breeds whatever is born beneath the rowling Par every kind, by thy prolilick might, [Skies: Springs, and beholds the Regions of the Light : Thee, Goddefs, thee the Clouds and Tempefts fear, And at thy pleafing Prefence difappcar : For thee tiie Land in fragrant Flow'rs is dreft, -j For thee the Ocean fmiles, andfmooths her wavy ^ Breaft; [light isbleft.T And Heav'n it fclf with more ferenc, and purer J For when the rifing Spring adorns the Mead, And a new Scene of Nature ftands difplay'd, M'hen teeming Eudds, and chearful Greens appear. And Weftern Gales unlock the lafie Year, The joyous Birds thy welcome firft exprefs, Whofe native Songs thy genial Fire confefs : Then falvage Beafts bound o'er their flighted Food, Struck with thy Darts, and tempt the raging Flood: All Nature is thy Gift j Earth, Air, and Sea : y Of all that breaths, the various progeny, ^ Stung with delight, is goaded on by thee. ■^ O'er barren Moimtains, o'er the flow'ry Plain, -^ The leavy Foreft, and the liquid Main, ^ Extends thy uncontroul'd and boundlefs Reign. ^ Through all the living Regions dort thou move, And fcatter'ft, where thou goeft, the kindly Seeds of Since then the race of every living thing, [Love : Obeys thy Pow'ij flnce nothing new can fpring Without thy Warmth, without thy influence bear, Or beautiful, or lovefomc can appear. Be thou my aid : My tuneful Song infpire, And kindle with thy own productive fire 3 While all thy Province, Nature, I furvey. And fing to Memmius an immortal lay Of Heav'n, and Earth, and everywhere thywon- d'rousPow'r difplay. To Memmius, under thy f\feet Influence born. Whom thou with all thy Gifts andGiaces dolt adorn. ■I 4S T/&? Second Part ©/ The rather, then alTift my Mufe and me, Infufing Verfes worthy him and thee. [ceafe. Mean time on Land and Sea let barb'rous Difcoxd And lull the iiftning World in univerfal Peace. To thee, Mankind their foft repofe muft owe, Por thou alone that Blefling canft beftow j Becaufe the brutal bulinefs of the War Is manag'd by thy dreadful Servant's Care : Who oft retires from fighting Fields, to prove The pleafing Pains of thy eternal Love : And panting on thy Breaft, fupinely lyes, [Eyes : While with thy heavenly Form he feeds his famifli'd Sucks in with open Lips thy balmy Bieath, [Death. By turns reilor'd to Life, and plung'd in pleafing There while thy curling Limbs about him move, Involv'd and fetter'd in the Linl As if fome other He could feel the pain. -^ If, while he live, this Thought moleft his Head, What Wolf or Vulture fhall devour me deiid? He waftes his days in idle Grief, nor can Piftinguiih 'twixt the Body and the Man: IvLit thinks himfelf can ftill himfelf furvive; And what when dead he feels not, feels alive. Then he repines that he was born to die, Nor knows in death there is no other He, No living He remains his Grief to vent, And o'er his fenfelefs Carcafs to lartienr. If after death 'tis painful to be torn By Birds and Bearts, then why not fo to bum, ©r drench'd in floods of Honey to be foak'd, Imbalm'd to be at once preferv'd and choak'di Or on an airy Mountain*s top to lye, Expos'd to cold and Heav'ns inclemency j Or crowded in a Tothb to be opprefl: With monumental Marble on thy fireaft ? But to be fnatx:h'd from all thy houfhold Joys, From thy chaft Wife, and thy dear prattling Boys, Whofe little Afitis abditt thy Legs are caft, And climbing for a Kifs prevent their Mother's hafte, Infpiring fecret Ple-^furc thro' thy Breaft , All thefe ihall be iio itiOre : thy Friends oppreft. Thy Care ^nd Courage now no itiore Ihall free ; Ah Wretch, thouGty'ft, ah! tniferitble me. One woful day Aveeps Children, Friends and Wife, iAnd all the biittle Bieffings of m/ Life ! Miscellany Poems.' f3 Add one thing more, and all thou fay'ft is true; Thy w.int and wi(h of them is vanifli'd too, Which well conlider'd were a qnick relief, To all thy vain imaginary Grief. For thou flialc lleep and never wake again, And quitting Life, Ihalt cjuit thy living p;^in. But we thy Friends Ih.ill all thole forrcvs find, *> Which in forgetful death thou leav'il behind, C. No time Htall dry our Tears, nor drive thee from C our Mind. -^ The worft that can befal thee, meafur'd right. Is a found Cumber, iind a long good Night. Yet thus the Fool?, that would be thought the Wirs, DilUub their Mirth wi:h melancholy hrs, "When liealths go round, and kindly brimmers flow. Till the frefli Garlands on their Foreheads glow, They whine, and cry, let us make hafte to live, Short are the joys that human Life can give. Eternal Preachers, that corrupt the draught. And pall the God that never thinks, with thought j Ideots with all that thought, to whom the wcrft Of death, is want of drink, and endkfs thirft, Or any fond defire as vain as thefe. For ev'n in fleep, the body wrapt in cafe, Supinely lyes, as in the peaceful Grave, And wanting nothing, nothing can it crave, Were that found fleep eternal, it were death, Yet the tirft Atoms then, the Seeds of breath Are moving near to fenfe, we do but lliake And roufc that ftnfjt, and ftraightwe arc awake, Thea de^ith to us, and death's anxiety Is lefs than nothing, if a IcA could be. For then our Atoms, which in order lay, Are fcatter'd from their heap, and pufF'd away, And never can return into their place, When once the paufc of Life has left an empty fpac% And laft, fuppofc great Nature's Voice fliould call To thee, oi Die, oi any of us all, D 3 ^4 The S E C O N D P A R T of What doft thou mean, ungrateful Wretch, thou vjim, Thou mortal thing, thus idly to complain, And figh and fob, that thou Ihalt be no more? For if thy Life were pleafant heretofore ; If all the bounteous Blefllngs I could give -y Thou haft enjoy'd, if thou haft known to live, > And pleafure not leak'd thro' thee like a Sieve? -^ Why doft thou not give thanks as at a plenteous Fcaft, Cram'd to the Throat with Life, and rife and take But if my Bleflings thou haft thrown away, [thy reft ? Ifindigefted Joys pafs'd thro* and would not ftay, Why doft thou wifli for more to fquander ftili ? - If Life be grown a load, a real 111, And I would all thy Cares and Labours end, Lay down thy burden. Fool, and know thy Friend. To pleafethee I have empty'd all my Store, -p 1 can invent, and can fupply no morej > But run the round again, the round I ran before. ^ Suppofe thou art not broken yet with Years, Yet ftill the fclf-fame Scene of things appears. And would be ever, couldft thou ever live j For life is ftill but life, there's nothing new to givc^ What can we plead againft fo juft a Bill ? We ftand convifted, and our Caufe goes ill. But if a Wretch, a Man oppreft by Fate, Should beg of Nature to prolong his Date, She fpeaks aloud to him with more difdain. Be ftill thou Martyr Fool, thou covetous of Fain. But if an old decrepit Sot lament j What thou (fhe crys) who haft out-liv'd Content ! Doft thou complain, who haft enjoy'd my Store? But this is ftill th' effed of wifliing more ! Unfatisfy'd with all that Nature brings 5 Loathing the prefent, liking abfent things j From hence it comes thy vain defires at ftrife Within themfclves, have tantaliz'd thy Life. And ghaftly Death appear'd-before thy fight [light. E'er thou hadft gorg'd thy Soul and Senfes with dc- MiscELLANV Poems. sf Now leave thofe Joys, unfuiting to thy Age, To a frelh Comer, and retlgn the Stage. Is Nature to be bhim'd if thus ihe chide ? No fure ; for 'tis her Bufinefs to provide Againll this ever- changing Frame's decay. New things to come, and old to pafs away. One Being worn, another Being makes j Chang'd but not loft ; for Nature gives and takes: New Matter muft be found for things to come. And thefc muft walU* like thofe, and follow Natures All things, like thee, have time to rife and rot j [doom. And from each others ruin are begot; For life is not coufin'd to him or thee ; *Tis giv'n to all for Ufe ; to none for Property. Conlider former Ages p\i{i and gone, Whofc Circles ended long e'er thine begun. Then tell me Fool, what part in them thou haft? Thus may'ft thou judge the future by the paft. What honour fccft thou in that quiet State, What Bugbear Dreams to fright thee after Fate? No Ghoft, no Goblms, that ilill paflage keep, But all is there ferene, in that etejjial Sleep. For all t!:e difmal Tales that Poets tell. Are vcrify'd on Earth, and not in Hell. No Tantalus looks up with fearful Eye, [high : Or dreads th' impending Rock to crufii him from on But fear of Chance on Earth difturbs our ealie hours : Or vain imagin'd Wrath, of vain imagin'd Pow'rs. No Tityus torn by Vultures lies in Hell; -, Nor cou'd the Lobes of his rank Liver fwell ^ To that prodigious Mafs, for their eternal Meal. -* Not tho'his monftrous Bulk had covcr'd o'er -^ Nine fpreading Acres, or nine thoufand more ; ( No: tho' the Globe of Earth had been the Gyants "^ floor. .^ Nor in eternal Torments could he lye j Nor could his Corps fufficient food lupply. j6 The Second Part ©/ But he's the Tttym, who by Love oppreft. Or Tyrant PalTion preying on his Breaft, And ever anxious thoughts, is robb'd of reft. The S/fyphus is he, whom noife and ftrife Seduce from all the foft retreats of Life, To vex the Governmerif, difturb the Laws, Drunk with the Fumes of popular applaufe. He courts the giddy Croud to make him great, And fweatsand toils in vain, to mount the fovereign For ftill to aim at pow'r, and ftill to fail, [Seat. Ever to ftrive, and never to prevail, What is it, but in Reafon's true account To heave the Stone againft the rifing Mount; Which urg'd, and labour'd, and forc'd up with pain» Recoils, and rouls impetuous down, and fmoaks 4- long the plain. Then ftill to treat thy ever craving Mind With ev'ry Blefling, and of ev'ry kind. Yet never fill thy rav*ning appetite, Though Years and Seafons vary thy delight, Yet nothing to be feen of all the ftore, But ftill tlie Wolf within thee barks for morci This is the Fable's Moral, which they tell Of fifty foolifjti Virgins damn'd in Hell To leaky VefTels, which the Liquor fpill ; To Veftels of their Sex, which none could ever fill. As for the Dog, the Furies, and their Snakes, The gloomy Caverns, and the burning Lakes, And all the vain infernal trumpery, They neither are, nor were, nor e'er can be. But here on Earth the guilty have in view The mighty Pains to mighty Mifchiefs due : Racks, Priions, Poifons, the Tarpetan Rock, Stripes, Hangmen, Pitch, and fuffocating Smoak> And laft, and moft, if thefe were caft behind, Th' avenging horrour of a Confcious Mind, Whole deadly fear anticipates the blow, Aud fees no end of Puiiiihment and Woe ; Miscellany Poems." 57 Bnt looks for more, at the laft gafp of Bieath : This makes an Hell on Earth, and Life a Death. Meantime, when thoughts of death difturb thy Head i Confider, ..Ancus great and good is dead j y^mui thy better far, was barn to die, And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rulM the World, were ovcr-rul'd by Fate. That haughty Kinr;, who lorded o'er the Main, And whofe ftupcndous Bridge did the wild Waves re^ firain, (In vain they foam'd, in vain thy threamed wreck, While his proud Legions march'd upon their back:)- Him, Death, a greater Monarch, overcame; [Name. Nor i'par'd his Guards the more, for the»r immortal The T{omafi Chief, the (artha^^inia't Dread, p Scipio, the Thunder-Belt of W;ir, is dead, S^ And like a common Slave, by fate in triumph led. -* The Founders of invented Arts are loi\ ; And Wits who made Eternity their boaft : Wfjcrc now is Homer who poficft the Throne? Th' immortal Work remains, ti\e mortal Author's Democritm perceiving Age invnde, [gone. His Body weaken'd, and his Mind decay'd, Obey'd the Summons with a chcarful Faccj [Race, Made haiie to welcome Death, and met him half the That ftrcke, ev'n Epicmfis could not bar, Though he in Wit furpafs'd Mankind, as far As does the midday Sun, the midnight Star. And thou, doft thou difdaiu to yield thy Breath, Whofe very life is little more than death ? More than one half by lazy deep poflell ; •> And when awake, thy Sou! but nods at bed, [Sreaft. p Day-dreams and fickly thoughts revolving in thy ^ Eternal Troubles haunt thy anxious Mind, Whofe caufe and cure thou never hop'ft to find ? But fiill uncertain, with thy feif at ftrife, 'ihouwaadci'lt in the Labyrinth of Life, I> 5 ^8 The Second Part of O, if the fooliHi Race of Man, who find A weight of cares ftill piefling on their Mind, Could find as well the caufe of this unreft, -And all this burden lodg'd within the Breaft I Sure they would change their Courfe j nor live as now. Uncertain what to wifli or what to vow. Uneafie both in Country and in Town, They fearch a Place to lay their Burden down. One reftlefs in his Palace, walks abroad, And vainly thinks to leave behind the load. 5ut ftraight returns ; for he's as reftlefs there ■, And finds there's no relief in open Air. Another to his F/7/ Or feeks the City which he left before. -> Thus every Man o'er-works his weary will, To ftun himfelf, and to fliake off his 111 ; The (hakingFitreturns, and hangs upon him ftill. No profpeft of Repofe, nor hope of Eafe j The Wretch is ignorant of his Difeafe j "Which known would all his fruitlefs trouble fpare y For he would know the World not worth his care: Then would he fearch more deeply for the caufe j And ftudy Nature well, and Nature's Laws : For in this moment lyes not the debate i But on our future, fix'd, eternal States That never-changing State which all muft keep Whom Death has doom'd to everlafliing flccp. Why are we then fo fond of mortal Life, Bcfet with dangers and maintain'd with ftrife. A Life which all our care can never favc j One Fate attends us j and one common Grave. Befidej, we tread but a perpetual round -j We ne'er ftrike out; but beat the former ground,.^ And the fame Maukilh Joys in the fame track aie^ foiiud. «l Miscellany Poems. 59 For ftill \vc rJiink an abfcnt Blefling bcft ; ^ Which cloys, and is no Blefling when polfeft ; ^ A new arifing Wiih expells ir fiom the Bread. The feav'rifh thirft of Life increafcs ftill j We call for more and more, and never have our fill : Yet know not what to Morrow we lliall try, What dregs of Life in the laft draught may lie. Nor, by the longeft Life we can attain; ^ ^ One Moment from the length of Death we gain ; ^ For all behind belongs to his eternal Reign, When once the Fates have cut the mortal Thread, The Man as much to all Intents is dead. Who dies to Day, and will as long be fo. As he who dy'd a thoufmd Yeats ago. L U C R E T I U S The Fourth Book. Concerning the Nature of Love. Tranjluted by Mr. D r y d s n. Beginning at this Line, Sic igltur, Veneris qui telis cicclpit, IHtmj, &c. THUS therefore, he who feels the fiery Dart Of drong Delire transfix his amorous Heart, Whether fome beauteous Boy's alluring Face, Or lovelier Maid wi:h unreilfted Grace, Fii^m h.er each part the winged Arrow fends. From whence he firft was ftruck, he thither tends, Reftlcfs he roams, impatient to be freed, And eager to injed the fprightly Seed. For fierce Dcfire does all his Mind employ, And aideut Love afl\ues appxoaching Joy. (5o The Se CO wi!>^ Pa r t of Such is the nature of that pleafing Smart, Whofe burning Drops diftil upon the Heart, The feaver of the Soul fhot from the Fair, And the cold Ague of fucceeding Care. If abfent, her Idea ftill appears; And her fweet Name is chiming in your Ear*: But ft rive thofe pleafing Fantoms to remove. And fhun th' aerial Images of Love, That feed the Flame: When one molcfts thy Mind, Difcharge thy Loins on all the leaky kind; For that^'s a wifer way, than to reftrain Vithin thy fwelling Nerves that hoard of Pain. For every Hour fome deadlier Symptom fhows, And by delay the gatii'ring Venom grows, When kindly Applications are not us'd j The Viper Love muft on the Wound be bruis'di Gn that one Objed 'tis not fafe to ftay. But force the tide of Thought fome other way ; The fquandet'd Spirits prodigally throw, And in the common Glebe of Nature fow. Nor wants he all the Blifs, that Lovers feign, Who takes the Pleafure, and avoids the Painj For purer Joys in purer Health abound, And Icfs affeft the fickly than the found. When Love. its utmoft Vigour does imploy, £v'n then, 'tis but a reftJefs wandring Joy : Nor knows the Lover, in that wild excefs, With Hands or Eyes, what firft he would pofTefs : But drains at all; and faft' n in g where he ftrains. Too clofely prelTes with his frantick Pains: With biting Kifles hurts the twining Fair, Which fliews his Joys imperfeft, unlincerc: For ftung with inward Rage, he flings around. And ftrives t' avenge the Smart on that which gave the Wound, But Love thofe eager bitings does reftrain. And mingling Pleafure mollifies the Pain, For ardent Hope ftili flatters anxious Grief, AJi.d. fends him, to iiis Foe to feek Relief; Miscellany Poems. 6i which yet the nature of the thing denies; For Love, and Love alone of all our ]oys By full rofleffion docs but fan the Fire, The more we ftill enjoy, the more wefHil defite. Nature for Meat and Drink provides a fpace 5 And when recciv'd they fill their certain places Hence Thirft and Hunger may be fatisfy'd. But this Repletion is to Love deny'd ; Form, Feature, Colour, whatfoe'er Delight Provokes the Lover's endlefs Appetite, Thefe fill no Space^ nor can we thence remove With Lips, or Hands, or all our Inftrumcnts of Love; In our deluded Grafp wc nothing find. But thin aerial Shapes, that fleet before the Mind. As he who in a Dream with drought is curft. And finds no real Drink to quench his thirft j Runs to imagin'd Lakes his heat to fteep, And vainly fwills and labours in his fleep; So Love with Fantoms cheats our longing Eyes, Which hourly feeing never fatisfies : Our Hands pull nothing from the Parts they ftrain. But wander o'er the lovely Limbs in vain : Nor when the youthful Pair more clofely join, When Hands in Hands they lock,and Thighs inThighs- Juft in the raging foam of full Defire, [they twine, When both prefs on, both murmur, both expire, They gripe, they fqueeze, their humid Tongues they As each wou'd force their way to t' others Heart -.[dart, In vain ; they only cruize about the Coaft, For Bodies cannot pierce, nor be in Bodies loft: As fure they ftrive to be, when both engage, In that tumultuous momentary Rage, So 'tangled in the Nets of Love they lie, 'Till Man diflblves in that excefs of Joy, Then, when the gather'd Bag has burft its way, And ebbinn; Tides the flacken'd Nerves betray, A Paufe cnfuesj and Nature nods awhile, •"Till with lecxuited I^age new S|ildt$ boil j 6i 7'he Second Part of And then the fame vain Violence returns. With Flames renew'd ch' erefted Furnace burns. Again they in each other wou'd be loft. But ftill by adamantine Bars are croft j Ail ways they try, fuccefslefs all they prove. To rure the fecret Sore of lingring Love. Belides \ They wafte their Strength in the venereal Strife And to a Woman's Will enflave their Lifcj Th' Eftate runs out> and Mortgages are made. All Offices of friend(hip are decay'd; Their Fortune tuin'd, and their Fame betray'd. sAjfyriAn Ointment from their Temples flows. And Diamond Buckles fparkle in their Shooes. The chearful Emerald twinkles on their Hands, With all the Luxury of foreign Lands : And the blue Coat that with Imbroid'ry fhines. Is drunk with Sweat of their o'er-labour'd Loins. Their frugal Father's Gains they mif-employ, And turn to Point, and Pearl, and ev'ry Female Toy, French Fafhions, coftly Treats are their Delight j The Park by Day, and Plays and Balls by Night. In vain : For in the Fountain where their Sweets are fought. Some Bitter bubbles up, and poifons all the Draught, Firft guilty Confciencs does the Mirror bring, Then fliarp Rcmorfe ihoots out her angry Sting, And anxious Thoughts within themfelves at ftxife, Upbraid the long mifpcnt, luxurious Life. Perhaps the fickle Fair one proves unkind, -. Or drops a doubtful Word, that pains his Mind; S- And leaves a rankling Jealoulie behind, ^ Perhaps he watches clofe her amorous Eyes, And in the ad of ogling does furprife j And thinks he itt% upon lier Cheeks the while, The dimpled Tracks of fome foregoing Smiley His raging Pulfe beats thick; and his pent Spirits boy], \ Miscellany Poems. 63 This Is the produft cv'n of profp'rous Love, Think then what pangs dilaftrous Pafllons prove I Innumerable Ills ; Difdain, Defpair, With all the meager Family of Care : Thus, as I faid, 'tis better to prevent, Than flatter the Difeafe, and late repent : Becaufe to fliun th' allurement is not hard, To minds refolv'd, forewaru'd, and well prepar'd : But wond'rous difficult, when once befet, To ftruggle thro' the ftreights, and break th' invol' ving Net, Tct thus infnat'd thy freedom thou may'ft gain, If, like a fool, thou doft not hug thy Chain j If not to ruin oblHnately blind. And willfully endeavouring not to find Her plain defefts of Body and of Mind. For thus the Bed/am train of Lovers ufe, T' inhauncc the value, and the faults excufe. And therefore 'tis no wonder if we fee They doat on Dowayes, and Deformity : Ev'n what they cannot praife, they will not blamc-| But veil with fome extenuating Name ; The Sallow Skin is for the Swarthy put, And love can make a Slattern of a Slut : If Cat-ey'd, then a Pa/Us is their Love, If freckled, fhe's a party-colour'd Dove. If little, then (he's Life and Soul all o'er: An ^maz.o>j, the large two-handed Whore. She ftammers, oh what grace in lifping lyes, If flie fays nothing, to be fure flie's wife. If IhriJl, and with a Voice ro drown a Quire, Sharp-witted (lie muft be, and full of fire. The lean, confumptivc Wench with coughs decayed, Is call'd a pretty, tight-, iuid flcnder Maid. Th' o'er-gro'.vn, a goodly Ceres is exprell, A Bed-fellow for Bacchus at the IcA^. flat Nofc tiie name of Satyr never mifl'cs. And hanging blobbciLips, but pout forkiiTcs, ^4 The Second Part of The task were cndlefs all the reft to trace : Yet grant fhc were a Venm for her Face, And Shape, yet others equal Beauty fhare; And time was, you could live without the fair: She does no more, in that for which you woo. Than homelier Women full as well can do. Belides fhe daubs, and ftinks fo much of paint, Met own Attendants cannot bear the fcent, But laugh behind, and bite their Lips to hold j Mean time excluded, and cxpos'd to cold. The whining Lover ftands before the Gates, And there with humble adoration waits : Crowning with flow'rs the thrcfhold and the floor, And printing kifles on th' obdurate Door: Who, if admitted in that nick of time, ^ If fome unfav*ry Whift betray the crime. Invents a quarrel ftraight, if there be none, Or makes fome faint Excufes to be gone : And calls himfelf a doating Fool to ferve, Afcribing more than Woman can deferve. 'Which well they underftand like cunning Queans i And hide their naftinefs behind the Scenes, From him they ha^e allur*d, and would retain j But to a peircingEye, *tii> all in vain: For common Senfe brings all their Cheats to view, .And the falfe light difcovers by the true ; Which a wife Harlot owns, and hopes to find A pa^on for defefts, that run thro* all the kind. Nor always do they feign the fweets of Love, When round the panting Youth thcrx pliant Limbs they move j And cling, and heave, and moiften ev*ry kifs, They often fhare, and more than fhare the bliCs ; From every part, ev'n to their inmofl Soul, They feel the trickling Joys, and run with vigour to the Goal. Stirt'd with the fame impetuous defire Tquirc: jauds, Beafts, andHads, and Maxes, theiiMaks re- 4 an ( Miscellany Poems. 6f Btfcaufe the throbbing Nature in their Veins Provokes them to aflwage their kindly Pains : The liifty leap th*expcfting Female ftands. By mutual Heat compcll'd to mutual Bands. Thus Dogs with lolling Tongues by love arcty'd; Nor fliouting Boys, nor blows their Union can divide : At either end they drive the link to loofe j In vain, for ftronger Venus holds the noofe. Whidi never would ihofc wretched Lovers do, But that the commonHearsof Love they know The pleafuic therefore muft be Ihar'd in common too. And when the Woman's more prevailing juice Sucks in the Man's, the mi.vture will produce The Mother's likenefsj when the Man prevails* His own refemblance in the Seed he feals. But when we fee the new begotten Race Refleft the Features of each Parent's Face, Then of the Father's and the Mother's Blood, The juftly temper'd Seed is underdood : When both confpire, with equal ardour bent. From every Limb the due proportion fenr, When neither party foils, when neither foil'd. This gives the blended Features of the Child. Sometimes the Boy, the Grandfire's image bears; Sometimes tiie more remote Progenitor he fhares > Becaufe the genial Atomes of the Seed Lie long conceal'd e'er they exert the breed : And after fundry Ages paft, produce The taidy likcncfs of the latent juice. Hence Families fuch different Figures take, [Make. And rcprcfent their Anceftors in Face, and Hair, and Becaufe of the fame Seed, the Voice, and tiair, And fhapc, and face, and other members arc, And the fame antick Mould the likenefs does prepare. Thus oit the Father's likenefs does prevail la females, and the Mother's in the Male, 66 The Second Part of For fince the Seed is of a double kind, From that where we the moft refemblance findy. We may conclude the ftrongeft Tinfture fent, And that was in concep:ion prevalent. Nor can the vain decrees of Pow'rs above Deny produftion to the aft of Love, Or hinder Fathers of that happy Name, Or with a barren Womb the Matron fhame j As many think, who ftain with Viftims Blood Tlie mournful Altars, and with Incenfe load : To blefs the fhow'ry Seed with future Life, And to impregnate the well-labour'd Wife. In vain they weary Heav'n with Prayer, or fly To Oracles, or Magick Numbers try : For Barrennefs of Sexes will proceed. Either from too Condens'd, or watry Sctd -y The watry Juice too foon diffolves away. And in the parts projefted will not ftay j The too Condens'd, unfoul'd, unwieldly Mafs Drops fhort, nor carries to the deftin'd place : Nor pierces to the parts, nor, though injefted home. Will mingle with the kindly moifture of the Womb. For Nuptials are unlike in their Succefs, Some Men, with fruitful Seed fome Women blefs ; And from fome Men fome Women fruitful iwe j Juft as their Conftitutions join or jar: And many, feeming barren Wives have been, WiiO, after match'd with more prolifick Men, Have fill'd a Family with pratling Boys : And many not fupply'd at home with joys. Have found a Friend abroad, to eafe their fmart^ And to perform the Saplefs Husband's part. So much it docs import, that Seed with Seed Should of the kindly mixture make the Breed: And thick with thin, and thin wuh thick ihould join* So to produce and propagate the Line. Of fuch concernment too is Drink and Food^ V incraflate, or atfenuate the Blood, he blow, •* Wives they fhow ; C oke, the mingled C Miscellany Poems. 6y Of like importance is the Polture too, In which thd genial feat of Love we do : For as the Females of the four-foot kind, Receive the leapings of their Males behind ; So the good Wives, with Loins uplifted high, And leaning on their Hands the fruitful flrokc may try: For in that pofture will they beft conceive ; Not when fupinely laid they frisk and heave ; For adive Motions only break the blow. And more of Strumpets than of When anfwering ftroke with Uroke, Liquors flow. Endearments eager, and too brisk a bound, Throws oft'the Plow-fhare from the furrow'd ground. But common Harlots in Conjunction heave, Becaufe 'tis \e(s their Buiinefs to conceive Than to delight, and to provoke the deed j A trick which honeft Wives but little need. Nor is it from the Gods, or CupicCs dart. That many a homely Woman takes the Heart; But Wives well humour'd, dutiful, and chafte, And clean, will hold their wandring Husbands faf^. Such are the Links of Love, and fuch a Love will laft. For what remains, long habitude, and ufe, Will kindnefs in domcftick Bands produce : For Cuftom will a ftrong Imprefllon leave ; Hard Bodies, which the lighted ftroke receive. In length of time, will moulder and decay, And ftones with drops of Rain arc walli'd away, I doubt you'll play the Wag, and kifs again. ' Daph. At leall beneath yon' Elm you need not My Pipe's in tune, if you're difpos'd to hear, [fear; Chlo. Play by your felf, I dare not venture thither: You, and your naughty Pipe go hang together. Ddph. Coy Nymph beware, left Venp^s you offend : Chl'j. 1 lliall have chaite DutnA ftill to Friend. Df.ph. You have a Soul, and Cupid hzs a Dart; Chlo. Diana will defend, or heal my Heart. Kay, fie, what mean you in this open place? Unhand me, or, I fwear, Wl fcratch your Face. Let go for fiiame ; you make me mad for fpight j My Mouth's my own ; and if you kifs, I'll bite. Daph. Away with yourdiflembling Female Tricks: Vhar, wou'd you 'fcapc thQ Fate of all your Sex? fhb. 1 fwear I'll keep my Maidenhead 'all death. And die as pure as Queen Elizjibith. [down i Daph. Nay mum for that; but let me lay thee Better with me, than with forae naufeous Clown. Chlo. I'd have you know, if 1 were fo inclin'd 1 have been woo'd by many a wealthy Hind; But never found a Husband to iry Mind. Daph. Eilt tiiey nre abfent all ; and I am here; -\ Chlo. The matrimonial Yoke is hard to beat ; ^ And Marriage is a wofui word to hear. - 70 The Second Part of Daph. A Scare-crow, fet to frighten Fools away; Marriage has Joys; and you fhall have a {jiy. Chlo. Sour Sawce is often mix'd with our Delight, You kick by Day more than you kifs by Night. Daph, Sham Stories all ; but fay the worftyoucan, A very Wife fears neither God nor Man. . Chlo, But Child-birth is, they fay, a deadly pain; It cofts at leaft a Month to knit again. Daph. Diana cures the Wounds Z.«t/«ij made ; your Goddefs is a Midwife by her Trade. Chh. But 1 fhall fpoil my Beauty if I bear. Daph. But Mam and Dad are pretty names to hear. Chlo. But there's a civil Queftion Ui,'d of late j Where lies my Jointure, where your own Eflatc? Driph. My Flocks, my Fields, my Wood, my Paftures "With Settlement as good as Law can make, [take, Chlo. Swear then you will not leave me on the ■common, But marry me, and make an honeft Woman. Daph. I fwear by Pan (tho' he wears Horns you'll Cudgeli'd and kick'd, I'll not be forc'd away, [fay) Chlo. I bargain for a wedding Bed at leaA, A Houfe, and handfome Lodging for a Gueft. Daph. A Houfe well furnifh'd Ihall be thine to keep ; And for a Flock-bed 1 «an flieer my Sheep. Chh. What Tale fliall I to my old Father tell ? Daph. 'Twill make him Chuckle thou'rt beftow'd fo well. Chlo. But after all, in Troth I am to blame To be fo loving, e'er I know your Name. A pleafant founding Name's a pretty thing : D,x:-h. Faith, mine's a very pretty Name to fingj They call mc Daphnis : LycidAS my Siif, Both found as well as Woman can delire. Norn A.', bore me ; Farmers in degree. He a good Husband, a good Houfwifc flic. Chlo. Your Kindred is not much amifs, 'tis tiuc, Yet 1 am fomewhat better born than you. Miscellany Poems. 71 Daph. I know your Father, and his Family; And without boalling am as good as he, Mene!au5-y and no JNlafter goes before. CIjIv. Hang both our Pedigrees ; not one word more j But if you love me, let me fee your Living, Tour Houfe and Home; for feeing is believing. Daph. See firft yon Cyprefs Grove, (a fliade from Noon ;) [foon. Chlo. Browze on my Goats ; for I'll be with you Daph. Feed well my Bulls, to whet your Appetite; That each may take a lufty Leap at Night. Chlo. What do you mean (uncivil as you are,) To teach my Breads, and leave my Bofom bare? Daph. Thefe pretty Eubbies fitfl: I make my own. Chlo. Pull out your Hand, I fwear, or I fhall fwoon. Daph. Why does thy ebbing Blood forfake thy Face ? Chlo. Throw me at leaft upon a cleaner place : My Linnen ruffled, and my Waftcoat foiling, [ingj What do you think new Cloaths were made for fpoil- Daph. I'll lay my Lambskins underneath thy Back: Chlo. My Head-Geer's off; what filthy work you Daph. To Kf;7«;fiift,Ilay thefeOff'ringsby; [make! Chlo. Nay firft look round, that no body be nigh: Mcthinks I hear a whifp'ring in the Grove. Daph. The CyprefiT ices are telling Tales of Love. Chlo. You tear off all behind me, and before me; And I'm as naked as my Mother bore me. Daph. I'll buy thcebetter Cloaths than thefe I tear, And lie fo clofe, I'll cover thee from Air. Chlo. Y' are liberal now ; but when your turn is fped. You'll wilh me choak'd with every Cruft of Uredd. Daph. I'll give thee more, much more than I have Wou'd I cou'd coin my very Heart to Gold, [told ; Chb. Forgive thy Handmaid (Huntrefs of the 1 fee there's no refifting FlcHi and Blood 1 [Wood.) Daph. The noble Deed is done ; my Herds I'll culls Cnpul, be thine a Calf; and F>n«j, thine a Bull. Chh. A Maid 1 came, in an unlucky Hour, But hence icturn, without my Yirgin flow'r. 72 The Second Part of DA^h. A Maid is bur a barren Name at beft 5 If thou canft hold, I bid for Twins at leaft. Thus did this happy Pair their love difpencc With mutual Joys, and gratify'd their Senfej The God of Love was there a bidden Gueftj And prefent at his own myfterious Feaft. His azure Mantle underneath he fprcad. And fcattcr'd Rofes on the Nuptial Bedj While folded in each others Arms they lay, *^ Ke blew the Flames, and furnifli'd out the play, ( And from their Foreheads wip'd the balmy Sweat C away. J Firft rofe the Maid, and with a glowing Face, Her down-caft Eyes beheld her print upon the Grafs 5 Thence to her Herd flie fped her felf in hafte : ~j The Bridegroom ftarted from his Trance at laft, > And piping homeward jocoundly he paft. ^ HORACE Lib. I. Ode p. By Mr. D R Y d E n. BEhold yon' Mountain's hoary height Made higher with new Mounts of Snow; Again behold the ^Vinter's weight Opprefs the lab'ring Woods below : And Streams with icy Fetters bound, Benumb'd and crampt to folid Ground. With weli-heap'd Logs difTolve the cold. And feed the genial Hearth with Fires ; Troduce the Wine, that makes us bold. And fprightly Wit and Love inf^ires : iFor what hereafter Ihall betide, God, if tis woith his Care, proride. Let Miscellany Poems. 73 III. Let him alone, with what he made, To tofs and turn the World below i At his Command the Storms invade ; ' The Winds by his Commiflion blow j 'Till with a Nod he bids 'em ceafe. And then the Cahn returns, and ;ill is pea«c. IV. To Morrow and her Woiks dcfie. Lay hold upon the prcfent Hour, And fnatch the pleafures pafllng by. To put them out of Fotune's pow'r: Nor Love, nor Love's delights difdain, Whate'cr thou get'ft to Day, is Gain. V. Secure thofe golden early Joys, That Youth unfoui'd with Sorrow bears., L'er with'ring Time the tafte dcltroys, With Sicknefs and unwieldy Years! For adive Sports, for plealing Red, .^ This is the time to be poflcft j > The beft is but in Seafon beft. ^ vr. The pointed Hour of promis'd Blifs, The pleafing Whilper in tiie dark. The half unwilling willing Kiis, The Laugh that guides thee to the Mark, Wlien the kind Nymph wou'd Coyuefs feign, -^ And hides but to be found again, S- Thcfc, thcfe are Joys the Gods for Youth ordain. -^ Vol. IL 74 ^^«? Second Part af Hont. Ode ip. Book 3. Paraphrased in Pindarique Ferfe-y and infer ib"d to the Right Honourable Lawrence Earl. of Rochefter. B^ Mr, DuYDEN. I. DEfcended of an ancient Line, That long the Tuf^an Scepter fway'd. Make hafte to meet the generous Wine, U'hofe piercing is for thee deJay'd : The rolie Wreath is ready made ; And artful hands prepare The fragrant 6'/n^n Oil, that fliall perfume thy Hair. 11. When the Wine fparkles from afar. And the well-natur'd Friend cries, come away ; Make hafte, andleavethy Bufinefs andthy Care, No mortal int'reft can be worth thy ftay. 111. Xeavefor a while thy coftly Country Seat ; And, to be great indeed, forget The naufeous Pleafiires of the Great : Make hafte and come : Come and forfake thy cloying ftore ; Thy Turret that furveys, from high, The fmokc, and wealth, and noife of 7^»«f ; And all the bufic pageantry That wife Men fcorn, and Fools adore : Come, give thy Soul aloofe, and taftc the Pleafures of IV. [the Tool, Sometimes 'tis grateful to the Rich, to try A fltort viciflitude, and fit of Poverty : A favoury Difh, a homely Treat, "Where all is plain, wheie all is neat. Miscellany Poem s. -js without the ftately fpacious Room, The Perjlan Carpet, or the Tyrian Loom, Clear up the cloudy Foreheads of the Great. V. The Sun is in the Lion mounted high j The Syriiin Star Barks from afar j And with his fultry Breath infe