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 LOVE OF ORDER: 
 
 POETICAL ESSAY; 
 
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 T H E 
 
 LOVE OF ORDER: 
 
 A 
 
 POETICAL ESSAY. 
 
 IN THREE CANTOS. 
 
 An obvious Connexion may be traced between Moral and Phyfical Beauty j 
 the Love of Symmetry, and the Love of Viitue. 
 
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 Numcrofquc modofque cdifccrc vitx. HoR. 
 
 LONDON: 
 PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, IN PALL-MALL. 
 
 MDCCLXXUI.
 
 
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 WILLIAM JAMES, Eiq; 
 
 OF DEN FORD, IN THE COUNTY OF BERKS. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 AS I flioulcl equally detefl the Sufplcioii of 
 being ad^uated by interefted Views, and 
 the Imputation of Ingratitude; I have made 
 Choice of fo young a Patron, in a private Sta- 
 tion of Life, but of a Family to whom I, with 
 Pkafure, acknowledge great ObLgations. 
 
 A 3 Yet, 
 
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 Yet, as it would be abfurd to prefix to a Work, 
 addreflcd to the Public, a Name undiftinnruilhed 
 by any intrinlic Merit, I mull beg Leave to in- 
 form thole, who fhall perufe this trifling Eflay, 
 that you have the Seeds of thofe Virtues fpring- 
 ing up in your Mind, which, under a proper 
 Cultivation, cannot fail of doing ample Juftice 
 to my Choice. 
 
 I am, SIR, 
 
 Your moft obedient Servant, 
 
 The AUTHOR. 
 
 PRE-
 
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 PR E F A C E. 
 
 I'^ H AT the Reader of Tafte may not be 
 prepofTeffed againft an Attempt, in this 
 Age, to recommend Regularity and Uniformity ; 
 it may be proper to obferve, that the following 
 Eflay (which was fketched out many Years fincc) 
 confiders the Love of Order chiefly as a Principle 
 of Virtue^ and only occafionally as a Principle of 
 Tade ; though the Author cannot but think (in 
 regard to the Inftance alluded to in the Second 
 Canto) that an AfFeftation of Irregularity, in 
 laying out fmall Plots of Ground, has of late 
 been carried to a ridiculous Extreme. 
 
 The
 
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 The Indulp-ence of the critical Reader is like- 
 wife requefted, for a few declamatory FlouriHies, 
 thrown in to enliven and diverfify a trite Sub- 
 je6l: ; though they may not be ftri£tly juft, or 
 philofo[)hically true. 
 
 THE
 
 THE 
 
 LOVE OF ORDER. 
 
 C A N T O I. 
 
 The Love of Order, a Principle of Virtue ; vifible in every Part 
 of the Creation, in every Stage, and every Station of Life. 
 
 T O , ESQ. 
 
 ACCEPT, my Friend, the well-meant Song; 
 (To Youth thefc Moral Strains belong.) 
 Frefh-rifen from the ClafTic Pase ; 
 Charm'd with each Greek and Roman Sao-e, 
 
 B Gigantic
 
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 Gigantic Bards ! of nntient Times ; 
 Dildaln not thele my pigmy Rhimcs, 
 (Irregular though they may be) 
 In Praife of Regularity. 
 
 Through all Creation's boundlefs Space 
 This univerfal Syftem trace ; 
 Through all their Tribes furvey Mankind ;. 
 In cv'ry Age and Clime you'll find 
 (Till Virtue's felf begins to fail) 
 The " Love of Order" ftill prevail. 
 
 Though Tempefts, Earthquakes, Difcord, Strife, 
 The Nat'ral World, or Moral Life, 
 May oft' dillurb : yet, could our Senfe 
 Pervade the Schemes of Providence ; 
 Could Human Reafon trace the Laws, 
 By which the Firft Eternal Caufe 
 Still aas J inallwe, pleas'd, mufl.fee 
 A conftant Uniformity ; 
 How Wifdoni does each Part controul, 
 Aiid Order regulate the Whole. 
 
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 Amongll the various Orbs that move, 
 Inceflant, through the Rcahns above, 
 And ghtter in th' a^therial Plain ; 
 What Harmony and Order reign ! 
 Amidil the bright Autumnal Sky 
 Though Stars in rich Profufion He ; 
 Each Orb, that feems at random hurl'd, 
 Moves centric to fome diftant World. 
 
 The various Moon, the radiant Sun, 
 Their ftated Courfc unwearied run ; 
 In meafur'd Pace the Hours advance; 
 And in the Train the Seafons dance. 
 The Spring, in flow'ry Chaplets drell: ; 
 The Summer, in her fi'ken Veft ; 
 The Autumn, dcck'd with purple Fruit ; 
 And Winter, in his fable Suit ; 
 Succeffivc run tlicir lixM Career, 
 " In Order," circling round the Year. 
 
 The Vegetable Tribes, i'o gay, 
 And World of Animals, furvey; 
 
 B 2 Each
 
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 Each Clafs, fubordinate in Place, 
 
 Form'd ufeful to fome nobler Race. 
 
 The Infeds in the Air that float, 
 
 Or fwarm amidll the ftagnant Moat, 
 
 With Food are deftin'd to fupply 
 
 The Feather'd Race, or Scaly Fry ; 
 
 Themfclves, to aid the gen'ral Plan, 
 
 The Prey of more luxurious Man. 
 
 Each Animal, that rots and dies, 
 
 New vegetable Life fupplies ; 
 
 And, fpringing forth in Fruits or Flowers, 
 
 Refigns its nutrimental Powers 
 
 To other Tribes ; and, in Rotation, 
 
 Fulfills " the Order" of Creation. 
 
 Caft but your Eyes th' Horizon round ; 
 Though Clouds, or Seas, the Profped: bound ; 
 Or Woods, and Rocks, and Mountains blue, 
 And Spires, may variegate the View ; 
 Yet all harmonioufly unite, 
 Xo.:fod-m one Objc6t to the Sight. 
 
 Nor
 
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 Nor amldft Nature's Works alone 
 Does Harmony ered her Throne : 
 To Order's univerfal Sway 
 The Arts an equal Homage pay. 
 Muficians, Painters, Architeas, 
 In all their Works her Law direas : 
 Proportion charms in ev'ry Line ; 
 And Men proclaim thofe Arts divine. 
 
 The Savage rude, with Feathers crown'd, 
 With Beads and Baubles deck'd around j 
 Th' unletter'd Clown, or deep-read Sage ; 
 From earlieft Infancy to Age, 
 Howe'er amus'd, howe'er employ 'd ; 
 Till by the Force of Vice deftroy'd, 
 Perceives this Inftind of the Soul 
 Each Aaion of his Life controul. 
 
 When Reafon firft begins to dawn, 
 See the poor School-boy round the Lawn, 
 In Circles regularly true. 
 His wanton Play-fellows purfue. 
 
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 In numbcr'd Steps they leap, or run; 
 And end the Race where they begun. 
 Or view them placing on the Ground 
 Their Nine-pins fquarc, their Marbles round ; 
 In all their trifling Sports you'll fee 
 Order and Regularity. 
 
 In Youth, when virtuoufly inclin'd, 
 This Principle improv'd we find. 
 His JNIanners, Geflures, Perlon, Drefs, 
 An Harmony of Soul exprefs : 
 With Care each focial Duty paid ; 
 A conllant Plan of Studies laid ; 
 And Books in decent Order plac'd ; 
 Difplay the Juihicfs of his Tafte. 
 
 But thofe, that fwerve from Order's Rule, 
 Prove Truants too from Virtue's School. 
 Whilll fuch their Midnight Vigils keep, 
 And revel, v/hen they ought to fleep ; 
 Their Looks, their Drefs from Head to Toe, 
 A Difliabille of Condudb fhow. 
 
 Thus,
 
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 Thus, on a Sea of PaiTions toH, 
 The Ballaft of the Soul is loft ; 
 Then Vice and Anarchy abound ; 
 And Reafon's Voice in Tumult 's drown'd. 
 
 In Age, when Life begins to wane, 
 This virtuous Habit Strength will gain ; 
 Each Day, each Hour, its Duty knows; 
 And Life mechanically flows. 
 He rifes, reads, eats, walks, or rides; 
 His Clock each ftated Motion guides 
 He counts his Steps beneath his Wall; 
 Or takes twelve Turns along the Hall : 
 He dines at Three, he fups at Nine ; 
 He takes three Pipes, three Cups of "Wine; 
 And, in ftridl Rules fupremely bleft, 
 Goes early, ivith the L,ainb^ to reft. 
 
 The fair Cofmelia, from a Child, 
 In curious Heaps her play-things p'ild : 
 From four Years old to full fourteen, 
 Each Doll and painted Toy was i^zvi 
 
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 In Order in her Clofet fet, 
 And form'd a perfed: Cabinet. 
 
 Lo ! now in Lavender {he wraps 
 Her Aprons, Handkerchiefs, and Caps ; 
 And, Ncatnefs with her Years increafmg, 
 (The Love of Order never ceafing) 
 Her Regularity of Tafte 
 Preferves Cofmeha prim and chafte ; 
 Difdaining to become a Wife, 
 She keeps immaculate thro' Life 
 Her Cloaths — and Virgin Purity ; 
 And dies a Maid at fixty-three. 
 
 So ttrong in Age this Love we find, 
 That oft' the fuperficial Mind 
 Millakes it for that odious Vice, 
 By all deteRed, Avarice. 
 
 When on his Sleeve in (hining Rows 
 His Pins the careful Prifco (hows ; 
 Or when, to feed his Fowls one fees 
 Him fave the Parings of his Cheefe, 
 
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 Colle«5\ing fcatter'd Crumbs of Bread ; 
 Or, when he fcolds his Servant Ned, 
 For lavifliing his Horfe's Meat, 
 Or leaving Scraps — he cannot eat ; 
 
 You think him fordid No fuch iMatter ; 
 
 I know the worthy Prifco better. 
 
 What, in the firft place, Joy affords, 
 
 "When Crumbs for Chicken's Meat he hoards, 
 
 (I judge from what I feel myfelf ) 
 
 Is " Love of Order," not of Pelf. 
 
 What in thofe Trifles gives Offence 
 
 Is difproportionate Expence ; 
 
 Things not apply 'd to proper Ufes : 
 
 Prifco, though gen'rous, not profufe is. 
 
 He chid his Maid, the other Day, 
 Who threw an half-burnt Match away ; 
 Yet to Colledions at his Door 
 Gave Fifty Pounds — to feed the Poor. 
 
 Of Bodies Politic the Soul, 
 'Tis Harmony preferves the whole. 
 
 C When
 
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 Wlicn Dllcord, Fat^ion, fierce Debate, 
 Produce a Chaos in the State,; 
 And Order's Hightcd i — what are Kings ? 
 Peace, Commerce, jufiice, droop their Wings ; 
 And Laws theiDlclvcs are ufelefs Things. 
 
 In c\'ry Rank, in ev'ry Station, 
 Each Icarn'd or uiilearn'd Occupation, 
 This Principle is Hill obcy'd ; 
 For Method is the Life of Trade. 
 From him that vends, beneath fome Wall, 
 Old Books and Ballads on his Stall, 
 To thofe whofe Shops a folemn Shew 
 Difplav, in Pater-noller-row ; 
 Or wealthy Merchants, on th' Exchange: 
 Lo! all their Wares in Order range ; 
 Not merely to augment their Gains ; 
 The " Love of Order" thus ordains. 
 
 With crimfon Tape, fo trimly bound, 
 The Parchments, pil'd his Defk around, 
 
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 To ornament his Anti-room, 
 Where anxious CHcnts rarely come, 
 Magnifico dilplays to View ; 
 For -he has nothing elfe to do. 
 
 Ahke for Dilcipline and Show, 
 On the Parade, a gallant Row 
 Of Soldiers march, in Rank and File i 
 With martial Symphony the while 
 The fprightly Fife the Hautboy joins. 
 And Mufic regulates the Lines. 
 
 Obferve with what harmonic Grace 
 Your Barber traverfes your Face ; 
 Whofe Razor, with true Rhythmic Art, 
 In nimble Daftyls * plays its Part ; 
 Nor check him in his bold Career, 
 At Peril of your Nofe or Ear. 
 
 Or mark with what irnmenfe Parade 
 Th' Apothecaries (dreadful Trade f !j 
 
 » If. Voffius dc vir. Rhythmi. t Shakefpcar. 
 
 C 2 Their
 
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 Their Gallipots in myftic Rows, 
 And Phials, big with Fate ! difpofe. 
 
 Nay, caft your Eyes on Hounflow-heath ; 
 The legal Minifters of Death, 
 Ambitious to make known their Tafte, 
 And decorate the dreary Wafte, 
 The pow'rful Charms of Order fhow, 
 And place their Gibbets in a Row. 
 
 END OF THE FIRST CANTO. 
 
 THE
 
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 THE 
 
 LOVE OF ORDER. 
 
 CANTO II. 
 
 Seeming Obje£lions anfwcred. 
 
 NOR think, my Friend, if chance you fpy 
 My Books in ftrange Difordcr he j 
 My Papers fcatter'd wildly round, 
 On Tables, Shelves, or on the Ground ; 
 My Wig fufpended on a Peg ; 
 My Garter loofe about my Leg : 
 Think not I'm pleas'd witli fuch Confufion ; 
 This Sight you ov/e to your Intrufion. 
 My Study is, 1 muft confcfs, 
 
 The facred Shrine of Sluttiflinefs. 
 
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 Conlcious that fuch 'Ihings are not right, 
 I willi to keep tlieni out of Sight : 
 Irregularity, as fucii, 
 Like you I hate, and hate as much. 
 My Parlour view ; each Tahle, Chair, 
 You'll (^.nd adjulled to an Hair ; 
 And Ficlurcs, hung in due Array, 
 My Love of Order there difplay. 
 
 Nay, though my Study thus you find. 
 The Emblem of a flutter'd Mind ; 
 Yet think it not fo mighty ftrange, 
 If, whilit I ftrive my Thoughts to ranee 
 In Order meet ; or Periods clofe, 
 To harmonize in Verfe or Profe ; 
 If, from mere Neghgence, there fprings 
 Confudon in kfs weighty Things ; 
 The " Love of Order" Hill prevails 
 Within, though outwardly it fails. 
 Tus Saints fometimes appear to fin ; 
 Though Grace, no doubt, prevails within. 
 
 Behold
 
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 Behold my Garden ; there you'll fee 
 My Love of Uniformity. 
 In gay Platoons my 7\ilips blow ; 
 My Currants planted in a Row ; 
 And ev'ry Goofb'rry-bufli will pro\'e, 
 How much this Symmetry I love, 
 
 'Tis true; my Neighbour at tiic Swan 
 Adopts of late- a difF'rent Plan y 
 Impatient to difplay his Talk, 
 Purloins a Garden from the Wafle ; 
 The Grandeur of his Betters apes, 
 And groupes his Shrubs in various Shapes ; 
 Oppofmg Circles to Triangles, 
 He Walks in Walks with Art entangles ; 
 Affeds wild Nature's carelefs Eafe, 
 His Cu Homers of Tafte to pleafe. 
 
 But let me fet my Landlord right ; 
 Who, fure, miilakes the Matter quite. 
 In Miniature, Magnificence 
 Muft contradict e'en Common-fenfe. 
 
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 Wluit boorb it to perplex our Thought 
 \\ ith iancy'cl Vv^ildncfs in his Draught j 
 AMiLii, fpiie of Art, one fingle View 
 Mull pierce the fliniiy Project through ? 
 Not Lions, Pelicans, or Cocks, 
 Or Crowns, or Dragons, cut in Box, 
 So formal would appear to me. 
 As fuch Irregularity. 
 
 Thouf^h * P tt, in his Arcadian Views, 
 
 \^/r ^Ei(» Beauty's iscaving Line purfues ; 
 And, Sketching with a Matter's Skill. 
 Contrails each Grove and rifing Hill ; 
 And, from Variety of Charms, 
 With one grand Whole our Fancy warms ; 
 Yet let not us inferior Folks 
 Expofe ourfelves to great Men's Jokes ; 
 But ufefully our Ground difpofe, 
 And plant our Cabbages in Rows ; 
 
 '* E. of C— m. 
 
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 Nor dream our ell-wide Lawn dilplays 
 The Grandeur or the Charms of Hayes. 
 
 When Mafon * feems, in ev'ry Line, 
 My Principle to countermine ; 
 And, planting more extenfive Glades, 
 Promifcuous blends his fylvan Shades ; 
 Did we his Syftem truly fcan, 
 He works but on a larger Plan. 
 Did we but rightly comprehend 
 To what his various Precepts tend ; 
 We foon ihould trace a fecret Art, 
 That regulates each diff'rent Part ; ' 
 
 That correfponding Groups fupply 
 The Want of Uniformity ; 
 See diftant Objeds harmonize, 
 And Order from Dlforder rife. 
 
 The Painter thus, to gain his End, 
 His various Tinds with Art mull blend ; 
 
 • In his Poem on Gardening. 
 
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 Difcordiint Objeds taught to join, 
 Now form, now break, the varying Line ; 
 From wcU-rang'd Lights one Mafs compofe, 
 Till with full Strength the Landfldp glows. 
 
 As thus, cifdaining vulgar Sight, 
 This Order feen-^ to fhun the Light : 
 In my flic Numbers oft' conceal'd, 
 (To Wifdom's Eye alone reveal'd) 
 It lurks ; and what nor you nor I 
 Can fee, our wifcr Nurfe can fpy. 
 
 The Remedy that hopes Succefs, 
 "Three Mornings neither more nor lefs, 
 Mufl be prefcrib'd ; elfe who'll regard 
 Thy * Powders, James, or Pills of Ward ? 
 
 The Gofnp that expeds to thrive 
 Still breaks her Toafl: in Three or Five f. 
 
 In Charles's Days the deep Divine 
 Delighted in Divifions Nine ; 
 
 * Quack Medicines at this Time. f Vulgar Superftitions. 
 
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 But, in our Age, has brought (thank Heaven !) 
 His Numbers fomething under feven : 
 Nay, oft' thofe Heads reduc'd to one ; 
 A Sermon is an Eflay grown. 
 
 Yet you, my Friend, forbear to chide, 
 My Theme fliould I again divide ; 
 Lefs perfea Numbers fhould difdain : 
 Nor of their Brevity complain, 
 If thus I make my Cantos Three, 
 From Love of * myftic Harmony. 
 
 * Some Myftery in the Number Three, according to many antient 
 Philofophers. 
 
 END OF THE SECOND CANTO. 
 
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 THE 
 
 LOVE OF ORDER. 
 
 CANTO III. 
 
 Occafional Deviations accounted for, from the Prevalence of Fancy, 
 
 Appetite, Paflion. 
 
 The C O N C LU S I O N. 
 
 E E M not my Syftem, Sir, undone, 
 If Fancy mount on Reafon's Throne; 
 If Folks, not vicioufly inclin'd, 
 By Mifts of Paffion fometimes blind ; 
 Or, led by Appetite aftray, 
 Fair Virtue's Didates difobey. 
 Tho' Things inverted may appear, 
 And wild Caprice the VeiTel fteer, 
 
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 The Objed only is miftakeii ; 
 And not the Principle forfaken. 
 
 In his Accounts, [i] I own, 'tis plain 
 Diforder and Confufion reign ; 
 Whiltt poor Sir Charles, in all his Views, 
 Strid Uniformity purfues. 
 
 His Grandfather an Iloufc began 
 On too magnificent a Plan : 
 The Front complete, and but one Wing ; 
 Was really fuch an awkward Thing — 
 Sir Charles, with Tafte and great Expence, 
 (Tho' fure you'll fay with little Senfe) 
 The Scheme to due Perfedion brings ; 
 And, lo ! the Manfion fpreads two Wings. 
 
 Behold his Furniture and Plate, 
 With Uniformity and State, 
 Is purchas'd in the higheft Tafte, 
 And in exadeft Order plac'd. 
 He buys, a Bargain, one Cartoon; 
 Five more juft furnlfh the Saloon i 
 
 [i] Fancy. 
 
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 A Bufl of Nero chanc'd to get ; 
 Eleven more complete the Set*. 
 
 His Environs are next laid out, 
 With equal Symmetry, no Doubt. 
 A Dome is built in yonder Grove ; 
 Contralkd by a grand Alcove ; 
 Pavilions, Statues, Urns, and Grottos, 
 All deck'd with fmart or pithy Mottos, 
 And interfpers'd in juft Array, 
 The Owner's Wit and Tafte difplay. 
 
 Contio-uous to his own Eflate 
 A Manour's bought ; the Price is great. 
 What then ? It makes the Thing complete.. 
 Money is got at Five per Cent ; 
 Jull double to its annual Rent ; 
 The Intereft loiters much behind :. 
 But then his Mortgagee is kind ; 
 Lets Interert on Intereft roll, 
 Till — Intereft devours the whole., 
 
 f Twelve Csefars. 
 
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 Ills Houfe and Gardens thus complete, 
 And all Things round him vaftly neat ; 
 Finding his Fortune almoft fpent ; 
 See 1 poor Sir Charles, tho' late, repent •, 
 But, having neither Child nor Wife, 
 Gets an Annuity for Life ; 
 And wifely lells both Houfe and Land, 
 To rent a Lodging in the Strand. 
 And now, to narrower Bounds confin'd, 
 Things run more faited to his Mind ; 
 His Tafte to his Eftate reftrainlng ; 
 
 (The Love of Order liill remaining) 
 
 A fingle Tent-bed, dcck'd with Chintz, 
 
 A Dining-room, adorn'd with Prints 
 
 And Sconces, uniformly plac'd, 
 
 With mimic Grandeur footh his Tajle. 
 
 His Barber, Laundrefs, duly paid, 
 
 A trifling Sum in Store is laid. 
 
 Twixt Walking, Coffee-houfe, and Play, 
 
 He orderly divides the Day \ 
 
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 Buys tliat Content at fmallExpencc, 
 He found not in Magnificence. 
 
 Voracio [2] proves our Maxim's Force ; 
 Who, having din'd on the firft Courfe, 
 Yet, too importunately preft, 
 Juft picks a Turkey's Wing and Breaft, 
 And, after Bumpers fix or feven, 
 Devours the Leg, to 7}iake I'hings eveit. 
 The Claflic Genius reels to Bed, 
 Somewhat diforder'd in his Head ; 
 Whilflr, with the Love of Order fmit, 
 His Friend prevails on him to {it. 
 And make Libations of pure Wine 
 To th' Graces Three or Mufes Nine ; 
 And regularly drink about 
 Merely to fee the Bottle out. 
 
 Confufion [3] in each Face behold ; 
 And hear poor Flavia fret and fcold. 
 
 [2] Appetite. [3] Paflion. 
 
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 Rage in her flafliing Eyes appears ; 
 And Difcord harfli offends our Ears. 
 Strangers might think, from Looks (o wild, 
 She'd loft her Hufband, or her Child. 
 Ah! no; fome carelefs Slut, alas! 
 Has broke a Saucer, or a Glafs ; 
 Which would not vex her, could {he get 
 Another to coinphte the Set. 
 
 Tho' thus, then, Flavia ftorms and rails ; 
 The Love of Order ftill prevails ; 
 So much on outward Things employ 'd, 
 All Harmony within's deftroy'd. 
 Our Syftem good ev'n here will hold ; 
 But, when by Rcafon uncontroul'd 
 The Love of Order may, we fee, 
 Produce Irregularity. 
 
 O! then, with Care, my worthy Friend, 
 This ruling Principle attend. 
 Whilft yet within your youthful Breaft 
 Peace, Harm.ony, and Order, reft ; 
 
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 Your Soul no vicious Impullb knows ; 
 No Pallion luflles your Rcpofe. 
 IMlafi: Dillipation's baneful Force, 
 (Of Vice and Infamy the Source) 
 The Pledge of Virtue's Empire, flrive 
 To keep this veftal Flame * alive ; 
 Which bufy, buftllng Scenes no lefs 
 May quench, than f fliapelefs Idlcnefs. 
 
 Let Reafon at the Helm prefide. 
 And ev'ry Thought and Adion guide : 
 Let her maintain her fov'reign Sway; 
 Padion and Appetite obey : 
 Let Fancy gild your Leifure-hours; 
 Adorn, not rule, the mental Pow'rs. 
 
 Nor let me damp that gen'rous Fire, 
 Which Beauty's various Charms infpire ; 
 Which Truth and Symmetry impart 
 In oufivard Forms to win the Heart : 
 
 * The veftal Fire, aPledge of the Duration of the Roman Empire. Liv. 
 + Shaltefpear. 
 
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 In Beauty's Scale each Obje^l fcaii, 
 From lifclefs Matter up to Man : 
 With Statues, Columns, feaft your Eyes j 
 But let your Tafte fuperior rife, 
 With nobler Raptures taught to trace 
 The fairer moral Charms, that grace 
 A Soul from lawlefs Pailion free, 
 A Life of Regularity. 
 Such be your Life ; nor think I preach ; 
 Thefe Maxims ancient Sao;es teach 
 No Frowns fevere their Pupils fright ; 
 But Virtue, drawn in faireft Lieht, 
 To Truth and Harmony ally'd, 
 With fmillng Beauty by her Side^ 
 True Pleafure fets before our Eyes, 
 And to be happy makes us wife. 
 
 Thefe obvious Truths then keep in View; 
 Thro' Life thefe Maxims fage purfue. 
 Each Morn plan out the future Day ; 
 Each Night your Adions paft furvey; 
 
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 And regularly " with the Sun, 
 Your conftant Stage of Duty run." 
 
 Thus, by the Love of Order led, 
 Life's thorny Path you'll fafely tread ; 
 Tranquillity your Hours fhall blefs; 
 And Virtue lead to Happinefs. 
 
 Id. Mart. 1773. 
 
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