PR. 54-61 F55AI6 THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES FREDERIC THOMAS BLANCHARD ENDOWMENT FUND \ I POEMS O N VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 'to which are added, BY PARTICULAR DESIRE, THREE LETTERS ON MORAL SUBJECTS, AND FOUR SPEECHES DELIVERED AT A LITERARY SOCIETY. By the late Mr. D. FOOT. Scribimus indo&i do&ique . Ho* CHIC H ES7 E R: Printed by and for W. ANDREWS, and fold b G. ROBINSON, in Pater-nofter-Row, London. M,DCC,LXXVII. [ Price One Shilling. ] PREFACE. 9 | ^ H E following Poems are preferit- X ed to the Public, at the Requelt of many of Mr. FOOT'S Friends, who admired his. Ingenuity, and rever'd his Chara&er . They were written in his Hour.s of Retirement from more necefiary Purfuits, and may be confider'd as the EfFufions of a fmcere, and grateful Heart, ever ready to diftinguim Merit by fome literary Mark of Approbation, and Re- gard. Did a good Man breathe his laft, he pour'd forth the mournful Elegy to his Memory. Did anv one appear con- fpicuous for his public Worth, he paid him the juft Tribute of honeft Applaufe. Did a deferving Friend furvive a danger- ous Illnefs, he was fure to offer the firft Congratulations on his Recovery. a 2 It v PREFACE. It was with a View to perpetuate thefe little Specimens of his poetical Skill, that his Father very obligingly confented to their Publication for the file Benefit of the Printer. And it is hop'd, that thofe efpecially who beft knew our Poet's ami- able and virtuous Qualities, his diiin- terefted Friend/hip, his filial Piety, and above all, his awful Senfe, and regular Practice of Religion, will receive thefe Productions with that Candor, which is due to the Memory of their deceas'd Au- thor. SUBSCRIBERS, (v) S U B S R I B E R S. A. MR. Richard Aldred, Chichefter. Mifs Alms, Chichefter. Mifs Hannah Alms, Chicheiter. Mr. Daniel Auften, Chichefter. Mr. James Auften, Chicfeefter. Mr. Edward Axford, Chichefter. B. Mr. Jofeph Baker, Junr. Chichefter. Lieut Ball, of the i/th Regiment, Mr. Edward Barnard, Chichefter. John Bayly, M. D. Chichefter. Mr. William Begley, Chichefter. Mr. William Bennett, Bofham. Mr. James Biffin, Chichefter. Mr. John Binfted, Junr. Chichefter. Mifs Lydia Blagden, Chichefter. Rev. Mr. BoifJaune, Chichefter, 2 Copies, Mifs Elizabeth Bonnyface, Eaftagate. Mils Maria Booker, Chicheller. Mr. John Bridger, Legne&. Mr. James Brine, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Broadbridge, Halnaker. Mrs. Buckner, Boxgrove. C. Mr. Thomas Cain, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Capell, Junr. Chicheiter. Mr. Joiiah Carter, Chichefter. Mifs Chaldecott, Chichefter. Mr. Stephen Challen, Selfea Ifland. Mrs. Challen, Appledram. Mr. William Chatfield, Emfworth. Mifs Elizabeth Clear, Weftbourn. Mr. William Clowes, Chichefter. Mr. Samuel Cobby, Chicheiter, 2 Copies. Mr. James Cobby, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Collins, Comedian. Mr. Thomas Cook, Stanfted. Mr. George Cook, Weftbourn. Mr. John Cook, Chicheiter. Enlign John Cox, of the I7th Regiment. Mr. Jamc: D. Mr. James Davl?, Comedian. Mr. Richard Diggens, Chicheiier. Mr. John Drake, Chichefter. Mr. John Drew, Chicheiier, 2 Copies. E Mr. William Edfell, Chichefter. Mifs Ann Ewen, Chichefter. F Mr. William Farley, Gaildford, 4 Copies. Mr. James Fathers, Chichefter. , Mr. Robert Flower, Quarter Mafter in the 7th, or Queens Regiment of Dragoons. Mr. Jofeph Fofter, Chichefter, William Fofter, Gent. Chichefter. William Fowler, Gent. Chichefter. Mr. Richard Fuller, Chichefter. . G. Mr. James Gates, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Geere, Junr. Chicheiier. Mr. Robert Gruggin, Chichefter, 2 Copies, Mr. William Hall, Emfwo'rth. Mr. Richard Halfey, Chichefter. Mrs. Hargrave, Chichefte*, Mr. John Harraden, Chichefter. Harrifon, Chichefter. Mr. Jofeph Haflcell, Emfworth. Mrs. Hay, Chichefter. Mr. John Heap, Newport, Ifle of Wight, Mifs Heron, Boxgrove. Mr. William Higgins, Chichefter. Mr. John Hobby, Chichefter, 2 Copies. M. Jonathan Hoiden, Chichefter. Mr. Benjamin Holloway, Emfworth. Rev. Mr. Harris, Havant. Mr. Till Hollier, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Hollier, Chichefler. Mr. Robert Holt, Chichefter. Mr. William Holt, Junr. Chichefter, Hr. Richard Horton, Emfworth. Mr. Henry Horwood, Chichefter. Mr. William Howard, Chicheiier. Mr. Philip Humphry, Chichefter, Thomas (vii) I. Mr. Thomas Ide, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Ireland, Chichefter, Mr. Thomas Jardine, Chichefter. Mr. Charles Jennings, Chichefter, Mifs Jeffer, Chichefter. Mifs M. Myrtilla Jefler, Ckichefter. Mr. Yarrall Johnfon, Senr. Chichefter, Mr. William Johnfon, Chichefter. Mr. James Knight, Chichefter. L. Mr. James Lacey, Junr. Chichefter, Mifs Lambert, Chichefter, Mr. Thomas Larby, Walberton, Mr. Jofeph Long, Shopwick, Mr. John Luffe, Chichefter. Mrs. Luxford, Chichefter. M. Mifs Maclene, Hackney. Mr. Geo. Madgwick, Chichefter, 3 Copies, Mr. Thomas Malton, London. Mifs Ruth Mant, Chichefter. Mr. John Mant, Chichefter. Mr. John Martin, Chichefter. Mr. George Meckett, Chichefter. Mr. Richard Meckett, Chichefter. Mr. William Melchioir, Chichefter. Mifs Ann Miller, Chichefter. Mr. Jeremiah Miller, Chichefter. Mr. Richard Miller, Junr. Emfworth. John Monro, Efq; Fellow of St. John's College, OxOR, 3 Copies. V Mr. WUliam Moorey, Chichefter, N. Mr. Samuel Neild, Chichefter, ' Mifs Jane Newland, Chichefter. Mr. Richard Newland, Senr. Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Newland, Junr. Slindon. Mr. John Newman, Chichefter. O. Mr. George Oiborne, Chichefter. Mr, William ( viii ) p. Mr. William Palmer, Chichefter. Mr. John Palmer, Petworth. Mr. John Parvin, Chichefter, Mr. Edward Pafco, Chichefter. Mr. Francis Peat, Chichefter, Mifs Peckham, Chichefter. Harry Peckham, Efq; Recorder of Chichefter. John Peerman, Efq; Mayor of Chichefter. Mrs. Pelham, Chichefter. Mr. Oliver Peniket, Boxgrove. Mr. Petit, Quarter-Mafter in the 7th, or Queen's, Regiment of Dragoons. Mifs Sally Philpott, Chichefter. Mafter Richard Phillpott, Chichefter. Mr. Richard Pirce, Comedian. Mr. William Powell, Chichefter. Barrington Price, Efq; of the jth Regiment, or Queen's Dragoons. Mr. John Pryer, Chichefter, 2 Copies. CU Mr. Robert QuenneU, Junr. Chichefter. R. Mrs. Sarah Randall, Berfted. Mafter Raper, Chichefter. Mr. Willoughby Rhoades, Chichefter, Mr. Daniel Richards, Chichefter. Mr. William Ridge, Chichefter. Mifs Jane Riihmond, Chicnefter. S. Thomas Sanden, M. D. Chichefter. Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, Shopwick. Mr. Robert Sanders, Chichefter. Mr. Jofeph Sanders, Chichefter, "z Copies. John Shilburn, Efq; Chichefter/ Mr. Henry Silverlock, Chichefter. Mr. Daniel Singer, Chichefter. Mr. John Smart, Chichefter. Mrs. Ruth Smith, Chichefter. Mr. Charles Stares, Krnfworth. Mr. Robert Steel, Chichefter. Mr. James St. Clair, Quarter-Mafter in the jth or Queen's, Regiment of Drngoons. Mifs Mary Stockcr, Berfted. T. Mr. John Tapner, Boxgrove.' Mr. Richard Mr. Richard Taylor, Emfworth. Mifs Thomfan, Chichefter. Mr. William Tireman, Chichefter. Mr. Thomas Trew, Chichefter. Mr. John Tribe, Chichefter. Mr. John Tupper, Chichefter. Mrs. Sarah Turner, Chichefter, 2 Copies, Mr. Thomas Turner, Weftbourn. U Mrs. Upton, Colworth. W. Mafter Charles Webber, Chichefter. Mr. John Weller, Junr. Chichefter. Mr. Richard Weft, Chichefter. Mr. James Weft, Chichefter. Mr. John Weft, Junr. Chichefter. Mr. Thomas White, Chichefter. John Williams, Efq; Chichefter. Mr. Samuel Williams, Chichefter. Mr. William Woods, Chichefter. Mifs Mary Woodman, Fifhbourn. Mr. William Wooldridge, Chicheiler. CONTENTS. CONTENTS.- Elegy on Mr. George Blagden, The i ft Pfalm imitated, - 3 Epitaph on a Brother and Sifter, - - -c Verfes on the Boarding-School for Youao- 7 Ladies in Chichefter, - - - j '<* True Excellence, an Ode, - 5 Friendfhip, a Poem, 9 Verfes addreffed to Mr. William Farley, 13 To the Rev. Mr. Walker, on hearing him i preach at Chichefter Cathedral April 1 775, J J 4 An Hymn of Gratitude, 1 6 Ad Amicum, - jg Tranflation thereof, - 19 The Firft of May, ah Ode, 21 Sur les Panaches, a French Song, - - 22 A Tranflation thereof, > - 24 Arifwer to the forego-ing French Song, 2 /j Prologue fpoken at the Anchor, - - 27 Elegy on the Death of- Mr. George Smith, 28 Three Letters, on moral Subjects, - - ' 31 Four Speeches delivered at a Literary Society, 49 A Paftoral on the Death of the Author, 59 An Elegy on the fame, - 61 POEMS On various Subjects, &c, ELEGY On the much - lamented Death of Mr. GEORGE BLAGDEN, Attorney at Law, Chichefter, Febr. 14, 1773. & tat. 23. Stat fua cuique dies, breve et irreparabile tempus Omnibus eft vitse, fed Famara extendere fattis, Hoc Virtutis opus. Virg. ./En. IF Worth fuperior merits our Regard, If Beauty faded claims the pitying Tear, Deign then, O Mufe ! to aid thy feeble Bard, To chant a folemn Dirge at BLAGDEN'S Bier. B Attend Attend ye Youths, whom Health and Vigour fire, Who tranfient Pleafures view with longing Eyes; In this bright Copy, Virtue's Charms admire, And learn that Maxim, what is truly wife ? Nurs'd from the Stock with ftaid parental Care, The tender Cyon firm and flately grew, In Bloom of Life it flourilh'd heav'nly fair, Excell'd by none, and equall'd fcarce by few. Warm with refin'd Good-nature was his Soul, His Mind adorn'd with Knowledge free from Pride; With filial Piety he crown'd the whole, To ev'ry Grace divine by Choice ally'd. What Hopes did from his rifmg Genius flow, What Expectations great his Merits gave ; All, all are blafted by the fatal Blow, And with him bury'd in the filent Grave ! But ceafe, my Mufe, and dare no more complain, In fruitlcfs Sighs no longer vent thy Grief; A Lofs moft heavy, though we all fuftain, Religion gives an ample, fure Relief. Hcav'n's juft Decrees her facred Lips reveal ; This Truth proclaim, our Sorrows to allay,. The due Reward of Virtue will not fail To crown its Vot'rics at th' appointed Day. PSALM ( 3 ) PSALM I. imitated. BLEST is the Man whpfe cautious Steps The Paths of Sin forfake ; Nor join with thofe whofe impious Lips A Scoff at Virtue make. 2. But his fole Pleafiire and Employ Is in his Maker's Law , On that contemplates Day and Night With true religious Awe. As cherim'd by refrefhing Streams, Which from the River glide, The Tree with Fruit and Herbage blooms, Jn Summer's verdant Pride. So mail the upright Man with Peace And profp'rous Days be crown'd j Shall flourifh and benignly fhed His wholefome Fruit around. S> Not fo the Wicked, they from Life Shall rapidly be torn, B 2 As (4) As Chaff by fleeting Hurricane From off the Earth is born. 6. Can fuch before an holy Judge With Confidence appear ? No, ftruck by confcious Guilt they droop., Abalh'd with Shame and Fear. Nor fhall the Sinner with the Juft In blifsful Regions join -, Or ope his filthy Lips in Praife Of Majefty divine. 8. For all the Ways of righteous Men The Lord with Favour views ; But thofe who follow wicked Steps His dreadful Wrath purfues. EPITAPH ( 5) EPITAPH On a Brother and Sifter. ("TAY Mortal, ftay ! with deep Reflection rtad ! Nor pafs, untaught, the Maafions of the Dead. A Youth, who great in Hope, Death's Terrors brav'd; A Mct : d, whole Innocence his Pity crav'd ; Here flecp in D lift ! O ' then be wife To-day; 1 o-morrow's Dawn may fummon Thee away. 1NCOMIASTIC VERSES On the Boarding -School for YOUNG LADIES in Cbickefter. PIERIAN Sifters ! to your Vot'ry bring Celtilial Notes, a darling Theme to fing : Bright Beauty, deck'd in all her native Charms, That ev'n Detraction of her Sting difarms ; Sweet Innocence, with heav'nly Wifdom join'd, By Education's wholefome Laws refin'd : The higheft Praife obfequions Bards purfue, To RUSSELL'S Pupils worthily is due j Each ( 6) While with a graceful Emulation fir'd, Each by true Merit feeks to be admir'd, Unus'd to ftern Compulfion's irkfome Chain, By Diligence fair Knowledge they attain. With Heart-felt Joy their fage Direftrefs fees A pleas'd Submiftion wait her wife Decrees-, Whofe K : ndnefs, equal to maternal Love, The grateful Smiles of Numbers well approve. Nor kfs a Teacher's foft engaging Skill, On tender Minds, bright Science to diftil. Thrice happy Seminary ! where appears A hopeful Profpect of fucceeding Years : When Pride and Ignorance at once expell'd Fair Beauty's Court, mall in juft Scorn be held. Virtue mall mine in elegant Array, And all confcfs her univerfal Sway. TRUE EXCELLENCE, AN ODE. Virginis Os Habitumquc gerens. Virg. LET raptured Bards, with Notes fublime, In Praifc of BEAUTY tune their Lyres; Be mine the Choice in humble Rhymc> To fing bright VIRTUE'S nobler Fires. Though (7) Though all the Cyprian Queen adore, Superior C harms my Sylvia grace : Sage Vv ifdom's Paths her Feet explore, \Vhile Modefty adorns her Face. Let Belles in Pageantry delight, And tinfel'd Fops their Tafle approve In plain Attire Perfection bright Shall more majeftically move. Prudence moft eminently mines In all my Charmer acts or fays -, Whilft empty Show the Maid declines, Her Study ever is to pleafe. Her Tongue bafe Scandal ne'er defiles ; What Fair, alas ! can boaft the fame ? Her Soul at Calumny recoils ; So tender of her Neighbour's Fame. Amid the toilfome Cares of Life, Content and Patience rule her Breaft ; "While Grandeur feeks ambitious Strife, Her humble Cot with Peace is bleft. What genuine Worth her Lips difplay ! With what Good-nature flows her Soul Her Converfe charms dire Spleen away, And dares ev'n Anger's Rage controul. Maternal (8 ) Maternal Care with Joy to crown, How circumfpect are all her Ways ! What Tafk more worthy of Renown ? What more deierves fair CLIO'S Praife? O ! had I lofty IDA rangM, , In Place of PRIAM'S faithlefs Son, The haplefs Scene had then been chang'd, For PALLAS fure the Fruit had won. Then had old Troy fecurely ftood, Fair HELEN ne'er with Guilt been ftain'd , OENONI not in vain had fu'd, Whilft I had heav'nJy Wifdom gain'd. In Strains then equal to the Theme, The Woods mould echo SYLVIA'S Praife, For her alone I'd Life efteem, In her calm Bower clofe my Days. FRIENDSHIP. (9) FRIENDSHIP. Cui poteft effe Vita vital'', qui non in Amici mutua Benevo end j. conquiefcat ? E N N i u s . HAIL noble FRIENDSHIP! Virtue's Off- fpring hril ! Whofe heav'nly Influence breathes into my Soul Enthufialtic Ardor ! makes me dare With tow'ring Flight PARNASSUS' Brow at- tempt, Vainly prefuming all the facred Nine Will join their Efforts to infpire my Lays. Hail Source of Harmony and focial Good ! Without whofe Stay the mightieft Empires fall, O'erwhelm'd with Anarchy and civil Broils ! Bereft of thee, Man leeks, alas ! in vain, For fublunary Bills ! his fondeft Hopes Like fumid Vapours quickly loft in Air. So great thy Worth ! yet how mall I explore Thy fecret Haunts, or trace thy myftic Paths ? Far from the Verge of Courts, where Flatt'ry reigns, With Speech mellifluent, Heart with Rancour foul ; Where ev'n the Monarch durft not own a Friend, Without expofing him to public Hate ; C Thou ( 1) Thou tak'ft thy Flight, to feek the humbte Bow'r, Where dwell fair Induftry and calm Content, Thy lovely Sifters ; whence brifk COLIN hies, With rapid Motion carneftly to feek His Neighbour's Lambkin from the Flock far ftray'd ; If found, with joy exulting home he bears The captive Prize -, with grateful Thanks repaid. But mould perchance the ruthlefs Spoiler feize The helplefs Vagrant, and pollute the Plain With crimfon Dye ( irrevocable Lofs ! ) With heaving Breaft and fympathizing Tears, He mourns the dire Mifhap as if his own. Here in a homely, peaceable Retreat, From bufy Scenes, in Life's autumnal Stage, The good HONOR lus and HONESTUS dwell, Sharing each other's Joy, each other's Grief-, Ambitious each which moft mail pleafe his Friend -, Not clofer Amity refplendent ence, In fam'd ORESTES and PYLADES moiie; Their Hopes and Fears united ; nor disjoin'd Their mutual Care to raife the drooping Soul, By Penury depreft : grateful to him, On whom their Life, their Happinefs depend. Relax'd Relaxed from BuPnefs, freed from anxious Care, To this fequefter'd Shade each vernal Eve, ~\A ith youthful CORYDON * my Bofom Friend, To join in focial Converfe I retire. Entranc'd with pleafmg Wonder here we view The beauteous Face of Nature j here admire "VN ith facred Awe, th' unfathomable Depths Of Providence myfterious ! Bfcft Employ | To fill the Soul with Gratitude and Love j And fit her for refin'd celeftial Blifs. Sometimes in artlefs rural Strains we court The Sifter Mufes to our lov'd Retreat ; Or born on Recollection's Wing, explore Hiftoric Annals, lafting Monuments To worthy Characters and glorious Deeds ! Rehearfe how Heroes conquer'd, Kingdoms rofe 5 What Age and Clime produc'd each great Event, When Arts appear'd, or learned Sages wrote. Deducing from each Subject Inch Remarks As elevate the Mind and mend the Heart. Thefe thy Effects, O FRIENDSHIP, Heav'n- born Maid ! From thee gleam forth thofe Rays of Love fublime, That dignify our Nature, crown our Hopes With prefent Peace and future endlefs Joy : Whilft * Mr. F. ( 12) Whilft Enmity, that hideous Monfter, Bans Of Happinefs, that Child of loweft Hell ! Difgorges from her fell, rapacious Throat Confufion dreadful ! counteracts the Laws Of Wifdom infinite ! and from her Womb Emits the Children of Revenge, a Brood Terrific ! of infernal Fiends that haunt The Soul with Guilt appall'd, embitter Life, And add new Horror to the Pangs of Death. Thou Pow'r fupreme, whofe Influence be- nign O'er all Creation's infinite Extent, Shines forth ineffable ! infpire my Hear. With Kindnefs univerfal : let not Pride, Envy malignant, fordid Luft of Gain, Or any kindred difcord-brooding Vice, Difturb my tranquil Breaft , but let me pafs Through all the varied Scenes which Life un- folds, . ' In focial Harmony with all around, Serene and calm as glides the lucid Stream. V V Congratulatory ( 13 ) Congratulatory Verfes, Addrefs'd to Mr. WILLIAM FARLEY, . Cbicbefter> on his happy Recovery from the Small Pox. Ex illo Corydon, Corydon eft Tempore nobis. VIRG. Eel. SINCE CORYDON from dire Contagion freed, Again .with blooming Vigour tunes his Reed To dulcet Strains, mail I, his Friend, refufe The early Gratulatiops of my Mufe ? Rather, lov'd Genius, be th' Occafion bleft, On which my warm Efteem (hall be expreft, Ere yet the modeft Veil of Youth withdrawn, DiipUys thy Merit as the fmiling Dawn ; Ere the fair Flow'r is in Perfection blown, Or to the World it's op'ning Splendor known. But ceafe dull Praife, too weak thy Fame to fpread, Accept my earned Wifhes in its Stead. Smooth glide thy Days, with all thofe Joys, replete, WKich confcious Virtue ever will awah : Long in the Sphere of Science may'ft thou move, The Height of Nature's Excellence to prove ^ In ( H) In Doubts to lead the Ignorant aright. And place true Wifdom in its proper Light : Here to reform at once and charm Mankind, (A Tafk well fuited to thy noble Mind), And fried refplendent Luftre on an Age, In which Vice triumphs with unbounded Rage.- O ! may the Deftinies thy Thread extend, And gracious Heav'n each needful Blefling lend, > To crown with Peace thy Life, Felicity thy End. T O The Rev. Mr. W-LK-R, On hearing him Preach at Chichefter Ca- thedral, April 3oth, 177. Quicquid dignum fapiente bonoque eft. HOR. A Youthful Bard, as yet to thee unknown, (Whofe Mufe on meritorious Themes alone EmpLys her Art) attempts, in humble Verfe, Thy Worth and Skill tranfcendent to rehearfe. No more the Bar, the Senate, and the Stage, To their fole Aid mail Eloquence engage-, In ('*) In THEE her Charms the facred Roftrum grace, Where far more noble Subjects claim a Place: ThereArguments, with powerful Motives fraught, Enforce the Truths thy heav'nly Mafter taught, With all the Strength of Elocution join'd, To fix Attention in the wand'ring Mind. While Zeal enthufiaftic vents aloud, With frantic Gefture, to the trembling Croud, Tenets abfurd, thy pious Accents fire Our languid Souls, excite us to admire Religion's Afpeft, pleafant and benign, And own its holy Maxims all divine. Nor with lefs Energy thy Lips relate Th' impending Horrors of a finful State ; Teach us the direful Rocks of Vice to fliun, On which fo many fatally have run. Thrice happy they whom thy wife Counfels lead, WhereVirtuc dwells, in heav'nly Charms array'd. Who quit the Paths of Mifery and Shame To feek immortal Blifs, and endlefs Fame. Still, Rev'rend Youth, continue to impart The pure, the wholefome Dictates of thy Heart, Religion to its priftine Splendor raife, And by thy great Example fmooth its Ways -, Thus may'tl thou here thy holy Function grace, And, after Death, eternal Joys embrace. An ( 16 ) An Hymn of Gratitude. thce my Saviour, God, and King, , I confecrate my humble Lays, With feeble Voice I fain would fmg My Great, Sublime Creator's Praife. But how mail I the Lord Supreme In Language fuitable addrefs ? "What Words will reach the lofty Theme, Immortal Majefty exprefs ! Aflift me Heav'n, and tune my Lyre With Notes angelic from above ; Do thou my glowing Breaft infpire With Raptures of extatic Love. From Thee all Excellence I trace ; To Thee all Nature's Glory tends, Sweet Fountain of celeftial Grace, On whom alone true Blifs depends. At thy omnipotent Decree The Univerfe from nothing rofe, And all its beauteous Parts agree Their glorious Author to difclofe. And mall not I, in grateful Strains, Thy Wifdom, Goodnefs, Pow'r difplay ? Whofe Providence my Life fuftains, Ehrich'd with Mercies Day by Day. From From Infancy to Age mature, My Guide and Comfort haft thou prov'd ; Guarded by thee I reft fecure, Each Fear and Danger far remov'd. When dire Difea'e rry languid Frame With Pain and Mifery oppreft, To my Relief thy Pity came, And balmy Health my Vitals bleft. Unvex'd with every anxious Care, That Wealth or Indigence await, Amply thy bounteous Gifts I mare, With fweet Tranquility replete. But O ! thy vaft tranfcendent Love, To me and all Mankind difplay'd, When from the glorious Realms above, la meek Humility array'd, The Great IVefllas came, to clear The Mift which long fair Truth obfcur'd, Our Souls with blifsful Hopes to chear, In Guilt and Mifery immur'd. O bleft Redemption ! hallow'd Sound ! The balmy Comfort of my Soul i In thee unfading Joys abound j Pleafures on endlels Pleafures roll. To feek O Lord ! thy wonted Grace, Let Gratitude my Heart excite ; D Difplay Difplay the Glories of thy Face, And guide my wand'ring Steps aright. That I the bleil feraphic Choir, In Concert may hereafter join, And tune the ever-facred Lyre, In grateful Praife of Love divine. AD A M I C U M f. UNC.age, excuffis Animo, Sodalis, Triflibus Curis, virides relinque BELGIC^E * Gentis variis nitentes Meffibus Agros. llicbibes mecum recubans Falernum, Et fruens ulmi placida Quiete Arva qua lambit fuliente Lympha. Vitreus Amnis. Igneos Iftus viridans repellet Otiofis Sylva, et amoena leni Aura fpirabit Zephyri Suiurro Pectori Ainorem. t This Poem is taken from SYLV^E, or a Colleftion of POEMS, by a Young Gentleman of Chichefter. * Veteres Hantoniae incolce appeliaban'vur Belgae Panque '( '9) Panque montanus, celerefque Faun;, Ac decens Nympharum aderunt Caterva, Dum canis Flacci Cithara faccti Digna Marias. Occupemus fie fugitiva Vita; Gaudia. An nobis, quid Iberus ardens, Quidve Galli fruitra agitent Minaces Mente doloia ? Torva quas Umbras cruciet MEG/ERA.? Quas ftrepens Oras feriatve TETHYS ? Quas Deum Rex nunc jaculetur Arces Fulmine niiiTo ? Dum licit, labens patiturque Tempus, Flore prascincti Caput, accinainus Fervidos Ignes, minima anxii quid Cufa futura. Tranflation by D. F. Junr. To MY FRIEND. COME now my Friend, while Youth re- mains, Let anxious Cares defert thy Breaft ; Forfake awhile HANTONIA'S Plains, |H Summer's various Beauties dreft. D 2 Beneath ( 20 ) Beneath a verdant Shade reclin'd, With me the grateful Time employ. Where limpid Rills their Courfes wind, Falernian Juice mail raife our Joy. Now fhelter'd from the fcorching Ray, We'll tafte the Pleafnres of the Grove, Where Zephyrus in wanton Play, Shall breathe the genuine Sweets of Love : While Mountain PAN and fprightly Fauns Attend thy foft Horatian Lyre, With Nymphs that grace the fiow'ry Lawns, MARIA mail the Song infpire. Thus let us grafp the fleeting Hours, That yet with pureft Tranfports teem, Nor dread what Mifchiefs foreign Pow'rs 'Gainft Albiorfs Safety vainly fcheme. Within our calm Retreat fecure, No fears mall difcompofe the Mind ; W hat Ghofts infernal Pangs endure, To flern MEGGER A'S Chains confign'd, Concern us not, nor 'gainft what Shore The rulhing Waves impetuous move, O'er what doom'd Fortrefs Thunders roar, Hurl'd by the Arm of angry Jove. Whilft Time and Freedom are our own, Let us our Loves in Songs declare, With flow'ry Wreaths our Temples crown, Rcgardlefs pf To-morrows Care. THE (21 ) THE FIRST OF MAY, AN ODE. >T~ V HE fmiling Seafon now appears, * All Nature greets the welcome Day, That each deiponding Mortal chears, The lovely, grateful Firfl of May. The Trees, adorn'd with varied Bloom, The chearful W arblers on the Spray, The Flow'rs, exhaling rich Perfume, All hail the welcome Firft of May. The wanton Herds now tofs their Heads, And fprightly Lambkins friflc and play, Light-bounding o'tr th' enamell'd Meads, Charm'd with the grateful Firft of May. Stern Boreas now no longer reigns, Bright PHOEBUS rules with lenient Sway, And gilds the Mountains, Woods and Plains, To crown the joyful Firft of May. Soft Zephyrs too, in gentle Gales,, Chafe wintry Vapours far away, And breathing Fragrance o'er the Vales, Embalm the lovely Firft of May. Sec ( 22 ) See how the jovial Swains advance, With Nymphs, adorn'd in Liv'ries gay, To join the annual blithfome Dance, And celebrate the Firft of May. Around where ftands the {lately Pole, With Garlands deck'd in bright Array,. Pleafure and Mirth infpire the whole, To greet with Songs the Firft of May, Hafte then, dear Sylvia, to thy Swain, Through flow'ry Meadows let us ftray, Exchange our mutual Vows again, And crown with Love the Firft of May. SUR LES PANACHES, CHANSON. Addreflee aux Dames de CHICHESTER, ( A i R , Replies voits belle Endormie. ) OUI fur la Tete de vos Dames Laifies les Panaches floter j Us font analogues aux Femmes, Elles font bien de les porter. La Femme fe peint elle meme Dans ce frivol Ajuftement ; La Plume vole elle eft 1'Emblemc De cc Sexe trop inconftaat. Des Femmes Ton f? ait les Coutumes ; Vous font elles quelque Serment ? Fies vous y comme a leurs Plumes Autant en emporte le Vent. D'un Panache moins ridicule Le Mulet marche revetu, Qui de la Femme ou de la Mule Eft 1' Animal le plus tetu ? La Femme auffi du haxit Parage Porte Plumes ches les Incas, Mais-ches eux la Femme eft fauvage, Et les votres ne le font pas. Si vous ornes en Engleterre D'un Panache votre Moitie D'un autre, d'un autre Matiere On la voit vous gratifie. The (24) The Plume of Feathers, A SONG, Addrefs'd to the Ladies of CHICHESTER* (Tranflated by D. F. Junr.) Feathers well become the Fair No Cenfor can di pine, They, ruffled by each Breath of Air, Such wav'ring Tempers fuit. No jufter Emblem of the Mind Can outward Shew impart, Than, pictur'd in -her Drefs we find A faithlefs Woman's Heart. When me her ufual Vows prefumes With Fondnefs to declare, Believe them ftable as her Plumes That float about in Air. The Mule, with grateful Plumage crown'd In ftately Pomp is led ; Say, which is by Experience found To wear the ftrongeft Head ? What ( 25 ) What though the rich Peruvian Dame Her Crown with Feathers grace, Muft Brkifh Ladies act the fame As this vile favag V ace. Then Englifhrrrn. this Counfel take, Such paltry Toys defpife, Left on your Brow they foon fhould make, Some other Plumage rife. Anfv/er to the foregoing French Song, By D. F O O r, Junr. WHAT, (hall a foreign Critic dare Wich Freedom to reprove The Manners of the Britim Fair, And not our Cenfure move ? Forbid it Beauty, and each Grace That dignifies the Sex, Nor let the Stings of Satire bafe Celeflial Minds perplex. Shall Britain's Daughters to the Milled Of Gallia be compar'd ? Farewell, then, Modefty ! thy Rules Are obfelete declar'd. E Prefumptuous ( 26-) Prefumptuous Bard ! fay, whence arife Thy Hatred and thy Spite ? Canft thou thole Heav'nly Charms defpife Which give each Breaft Delight. But why amidft the Feather'd Train, Diftinguifh'd from the reft, Should fair CICESTRIA'S Dames retain The Stigma of thy Jeft ? Is it that Affectation here Alone her Pomp difplays ? Or that fuperior Charms appear, And Envy fwells thy Lays ? THY Country more deferves the Stings Of fuch opprobrious Rhymes, From whence the Drefs fantaftic fprings, The Vice of modern Times. To HER then let thy Mufe return, Her empty Tafte revile ; Nor longer let thy Malice burn Againit this happy Ifle. JULY 26th, 1776. PROLOGUE, PROLOGUE, Spoken by the Author at the Annual Feaft of a MUSICAL SOCIETY held at the Anchor Inn, in Ghickefter, February the 28th, 1775. the annual feftive Board is crown'd-, Let genial Mirth and Friendfhip fmile a- around. To-day the Sons of Harmony unite Their vocal Strains, diffufive of Delight. CICESTRIA'S Choir the wideExpance fhall rend, Whilft lift'ning Warblers on the Spray attend. With fweet melodius Pipe fhall BARBER charm, And ORPHEus-like, e'en favage Force difarm. In deep fonorous Note fhall CARTER join, And deck with Majefly the flowing Line. Difpell'd be Grief, brifk Mirth diffus'd around, When tuneful PASCO, BARNARD, BUTTON found, In lively Catch, or fmiling focial Glee : Say, Critics, where their Equals fhall we fee ? When LUFFE'S enchanting Accents fill the Skies, Each Senfe is loft in Rapture and Surprife. Nor fhall the tender Lays of MECK.ETT lofe Their juft Regard, the Tribute of the Mufe; E 2 In Jn native Melody fupreme he fhines, [Whilft Innocence adorns his rural Lines, Hail matchlefs Band ! in fweet Accord cor\- fpire, Each Heart with glowing Extacy to fire. Let Wit and Love their grateful Numbers join, And add frefh Luftre to the fparkling Wine. Difcord avaunt ! fly far ye Cares away ! Let tuneful PHOEBUS, ever young and gay, His Beams benignly med, to crown the blith- fome Day. ELEGY On the Death of Mr. GEORGE SMITH, Landfcape Painter, of Chichefter y Sep- tember 7th, 1776. ' Przcipe lugubres. Cantus, Melpomene. HOR. Carm. 24. Lib. I. Multum ille quidem flebilis occidit. Ibid. CElcftial Nine ! your mournful Strains unite, With folemnMufic tune your facredLyres ; And aid my feeble Numbers to recite How great a Lofs each plaintive Bread in- 1 pi res. The ( 29 ) The Lofs of SMITH ! whofe Merits well demand The- utmoft Skill of Eloquence and Verfe, To fhield his Mem'ry from Oblivion's Hand, And to Succeeding Times his Praife rehearfe , Yet why ? his Works alone fhall fpread his Fame, And tell his Worth to ev'ry diftant Age, Nor need fuch feeble Efforts to proclaim The Truths that crown his. own immortal Page, In him the Sifter Arts united {hone : His Pencil ev'n might TITIAN'S Skill out- vie : His Tints, excell'd by Nature's Self alone, At once aftonifh and. delight the Eye. Thrice only, Candidate for publick Fame, His matchlefs Skill the -Laurels THRICE * at- tain'd, His Works the Glory of the Age became, And endlefs Honour for their Mafter gain'd. In native Eafe and Innocence array'd, His rural Notes enrapturM ev'ry Ear, And well the Goodnefs of his Heart portray'd, The MAN, the Chriftian, and the Friend fin- cere. * Alludes to his getting the Premium three times. Nor ( 30) Nor lefs the Charms of Mufic (heav'nly Art !) His Skill difplay'd in foft, harmonious Strains, Strains that might ev'n diffolve the favage Heart, And bind the captive Soul in pleafmg Chains. Weep on, fair Science, for thy favour'd Son, The laft Survivor of the illuftrious THREE fj Too foon, alas ! the glorious Prize he won, And left difconfolate his Friends and thee. Let Britain too her heavy Lofs deplore, A Genius, whofe unrivalFd Works impart Her num'rous Graces to each diftant Shore, And ftile her Queen of ev'ry noble Art. And thou, bright Virtue ! lend thy heav'nly Aid; With choiceft Gifts adorn his facred Shrine, Who ne'er from thy delightful Borders ftray'd, But trod the unerring Paths of Truth divine. f Three Brothers, all Capital Painters. *&** THREE THREE LETTERS. , LETTER I. DEAR BROTHER, AS it concerns us all (and more efpecially near Relations) to promote as much as pofiible the Welfare of each other, accept thefe my poor Endeavours for that Purpofe ; which I beg You will read and confider with Attention. My Defign is to lay before You fome Rules, which being duly regarded, will fecure us a pre- fent and everlafting Felicity ; and which (I am forry to fay,) many of us, though not unacqain- ted with, treat with too much Negligence. Though I mail come far Short of that Excel- lency which fo interefting a Subject requires, yet I flatter myfelf the good Intention will be an Excufe for the Faults, and will (by Divine Blef- fing) produce the wilh'd-for Effect. Our All-wife Creator hath implanted in us a Divine Faculty called Reafon, to guide us in the Purfuit of thofe Things which are moft for our real Advantage -, and hath alfo favour'd us with his revealed Will in the facred Scriptures, to di- rect us farther than the Extent of Human Rea- (30 fon : There the meaneft of us may difcover with Eufe, what the greateft Philofophers of Old had but the fainted Glimmerings of. To make a right Ufe of thefe ineftimable Blefllngs is the belt Return we can make, and all that he re- quires of us i on this depends our eternal Hap- pinefs or Milery. Now can there be any thing more agreeable to the Dictates of Reaibn, than that -we mould offer the utmoft Adoration to that Omnipotent, Omnifcient, All-gracious Be- ing, who underftands all our Thoughts, Words and Actions , who is always nigh to them that call upon him faithfully ; to thank him for the many Bleflings we continually receive from his bounteous Hand , to implore Pardon for the . unworthy Returns we often make to his infinite Love and Mercy , to beg his Blefling on our ho- neft Defigns and Undertakings, and his graci- ous Affiftance in working out our Salvation ? But this is enforc'd by our aviour in the Gof- pel with the moil prefllng and promifing Terms; *' Afk and it (hall given You ; feek and ye mail find." "Whatsoever Ye mall afk the Father in my Name, he will give it You." 'Tis this eafy profitable Duty that is the Foundation of true Piety ; 'Tis this that peculiarly diftinguifhes Men from Brutes , and will be a means of ob- taining the Divine Favour to lead us in the Paths of Happinefs. And we ought to have efpecial ( 33) dpecral Regard to it every Night and Morning > for innumerable Dangers are continually over our Heads, and we are not fure that each Day may not be our laft ; but if by Prayer, when we go to reft, we have made an Atonement to God for our Sins ; committed ourfelves to his Fatherly Protection, with a firm Refolution to amend our Lives, we are fecure againft ttie worft that may happen ; no Terrors can affright us, no Dangers hurt us, and even Death itfelf cannot reach our immortal Part. And when we arifcr, our unfeigned Thanks are due to him for preferring us the Night paft, and raifing us up in Health and Safety, beleeching him to protect us thro' the Day from all Sin and Ban- ger. No Excufe fliould ever hinder us from the Difcharge of this Dutyj in publick and pri- vate , for as nothing is of fo great Advantage as Goers Favour, nothing is fo terrible as his Dil- pleafure. If we feek him, he will be found of us, but if we forfake him he will caft us 01. ever. But as in our Devotions we are to ufe the farred Name of God with the greateft Re rence, fo we are ftri&ly forbid to prophune ir, " The Lord will not hold him gu'ltlds t;. keth his Name in vain.'* This is tiv: Aim. ty's pofuive Decree, ; ncl cannot be r v How much then is it to be lam?:u-.?. chat > have fo accuftom'd themivives to this F ( 34) Habit, that they can fcarcely utter a Watt! v/ithout an Oath-, and in their common Dif cQurfe are for ever blafphemirig God. *Tis not only the greateft Impiety but the higheft Pitch of Folly, for could one of thefc Perfons fee his ordinary Difcourfe in Writing, it muft make the mqtfc Ignorant afhamed. Let me then ad- You never to be guilty of this great Wick- ednefs. Bad Cuftoms are eafily acquired, but very difficult to make off. If every idle Word that Men mail fpeak will be accounted for at the Day of Judgement, with what Horror mail fuch Perfons appear before that tremendous Judge, whofe Name they have fo often derided. Next to God, the utmoft Reverence is due to our Parents. No Duty can be more reafon- able than this. 'Tis to them under God we are indebted for our Being, and Prefervation from- our Births many Toils and Afflictions have they fuffcr'd for our Sakes , many laborious Days and reftlefs Nights. In our Infancy and Sicknefs they have nurs'd us with the greateft Tendernefs and Care , our Welfare have been their Joy, our Misfortunes their Grief: for Nvhich (tho* we cannot make them fufficient Re- turn) let us endeavour to mew the fmcereft Gra- titude, in aflifting them to ourutmoft; perform- ing their Commands with Pleafure, not defpiiing tbeir ( 35 ) their Reproofs, but fubmitting to their better Judgement, So fhall we one Day receive the due Reward of this our filial Piety, and may pofiibly hereafter alfo be bleft with Children- as good as we ourfelv.es have been. We are alfo commanded to love our Neigh- bours as ourfelves ; to do to all Men as we would have them do to us , not to envy but ho- nour our Superiors, and be friendly and kind to our Inferiors and Equals. Not to be malicious when injur'd, but to forgive our Enemies, and do them all the good Offices in our Power. Our Obedience to thefe Precepts will prove us to be trueDifciples of our Saviour, by following his blefled Steps, who prayed for his Enemies under the moft cruel Torments , " Father, for- give them for they know not what they do." I have now given a ihort Sketch of our princi- pal Duties to God and our Neighbour, which you may fee more clearly laid out and inforccd in feveral pious Books ; but in the New Tefta- ment we may find not only the beft and moft important Precepts, but alfo fuch a blefied Ex-- ample of the Practice of them, as is beyond the Power of Man to give. There we may fee the Son of God himfelf, who knew no Sin, condefcend to take upon him our Nature, fuffcr the great- tft Hardlhips and Miferies of Life, and the moft F 2 cruel ( 36. ) cruel and ignominious Death, as a Sacrifice for our Sins; leaving us the brighteft Pattern of Holinefs to copy after, and a fure Means of Re- conciliation with God, Repentance thro* his Name, who is now at the Right Hand of Goc], always interceding for penitent Offenders. Let us therefore turn unto him, and feek him while he may be found, that fo we may obtain his Grace to help us in Time of Need. Let us at- tend his Worfhip with Reverence and Humility; Hear his holy Word attentively, and obey it with Sincerity and Love. 'Tis not (as fome foolifhly imagine) a hard Talk to ferve God , he is not a fevere and rigid Tafk-Mafter, exact- ing more from us than we can perform : No, the Ways of Religion are Ways of Pleafantnefs, and all its Paths are Peace , his Yoke is eafy, and his Burden is light. And could we once be perfuaded to make the Trial, we mould toon be convinced that he who lives in the conftant Fear and Love of his Maker, mews his utmoft Endeavour to obey his Commands, is in Friend- fliip and Chanty with all Mankind, is dili- gent in his Calling, contented in his Situation, true and juft in all his Actions , tho' his cut- ward Circumftances are but mean and deipica- ble, has yet more fubftantial and real Happinefs than RJches or the greateft worldly Gratificati- ons can beftow. No Afflictions can difturb th Peace ( 37) Peace of a good Confcience ; it will advance us above the Reach of the greateft Troubles, and make our Souls happy -when our Bodies are in Mifery : whereas fhould a wicked Man have the greateft Profperity in the World, he is yet unhappy -, his Confcience difturbs and haunts him wherever he goes -, he feels not the leaft Sa- tisfaction in Riches, but is in want of that which Wealth cannot buy , his Life is continu- ally uneafy, and Death, inftead of relieving, will lead him to much greater and more lafting Tor- ments. While to a good Man it proves only the exchanging of a vain and troublefome World, for the delightful Regions of eternal Happinefs. A proper Confideration on this, one might think, would reclaim the moft hard- en'd Sinner, and make him chufc the pleafant Paths of Virtue. Let me advife you therefore to Remember your Creator in the Days of your Youth ; to apply your Heart to true Wifdom, which is the Fear of the Lor4 ; to check your unruly Pafiions, and unlawful Defires -, quit the broad Way which leads to Mifery, and walk in the ftrait Way which leads to Life eternal. But whilft I am admoniming you, I hope I mall not be found one of thofe who give Rules to others which themfelves will not practice, and are ready to pull the Mote out of their Brother's .Eye, Eye, but perceive not the Beam in their own. No, I am truly fenfible of the iriany grievous Offences I have been guilty of, for which I am heartily forry and afhamed ; but I hope by fin - cere Repentance, and a future virtuous Life, thro' the Interceffion of our Redeemer, we fhall both be received to Divine Favour, and be in the Number of thofe, who mall be pronounced Biefled at the Great Day of Retribution. I am Tour loving Brother, Sincere Friend CHICHESTER, April 2d,, 771. FOOT. LETTER II. Pear BROTHER, ONCE more I offer you my poor, though well intended Advice ; and intreat you as a Brother and a Friend, if you have any Regard for your real Intereft, to Confider ferioufly what I now lay before you. Should any one direcl: you how to acquire an immenfe Fortune, would you not gratefully follow fuch Advice? how much ( 39 ) much more when the Means are given you ta obtain thole Riches which mail never fail, thofc Pleafures which mall never ha^e an End. The Talk is not difficult; our Gracious Creator hath put it into every one's Power to be for e- ver happy, and it is our own Fault if we will not embrace the Opportunity while we have it. Remember how fhort and uncertain our Time is ! how foon we may be called to give a folemn Account of our Actions before the Searcher of all Hearts ! Though we are now in the Bloom of Youth and Health, yet many are the Acci- dents by which we, as well as others, may be cut off; perhaps To-day or To-morrow may be our laft ; a few Years at moft will put a Period to our Exiftence ; and whether we are prepared or not, will bring us to that great Tribunal, where all our Thoughts, Words and Actions will be examin'd, and eternal Happinefs or Mi- fery await the irrevocable Sentence we mall then receive. In my laft I gave you a mort Summary of our neceflary Chriftian Duties, with fome few Remarks on the Advantages arifmg from the Cbfervance of them. I mall now enlarge a lit- tle further on the Duty we owe to God as bur Creator, Preferver, Governor, and kind Bene- factor > hoping this will make a proper Imprcf- fion (4 ) lion on your Mind, and by the Divine Bleffing: lead you back from the Paths of Sin and Mife- ry, into the Ways of Virtue, of Pleafantnefs, and of Peace. To know and believe in God is the Founda- tion of all Religion ; that is, ' to obtain, by fre- quent Meditations on his Divine Nature and Perfections, fuch a Knowledge of and Faith in Him, as may produce in us a fincere Defire to obey his Will. If we reflect on his infinite Power, that he created all things out of no- thing by the Word of his Mouth -, that he can as eafily put a Period to their Exiftence -, that he cafteth down the Mighty arid exaltcth the lowly -, that he can cut us off in the Midft of our Sins, and plunge us into everlafting De- ftruction; certainly thefc Confiderations muft fufficiently humble us, remind us of own Im- potency, and make us cautious not to offend him. His infinite Wifdom, fo confpicuous through all his Works, in which nothing is im- perfect, but every thing fhews forth its Divine Author, muft create in us the higheft Reverence and Refpect for Him ; teach us to be content- ed and thankful in that Situation which he hath placed us, and patiently fubmiflive to his Di- vine Will under every Difpenfation, not doubt- ing but if we fincerely love and ferve him, he will make all things work together for our Good. A A Contemplation on his infinite Goodnefs and Mercy, fo often difplayed to us unworthy Sin- ners, in conferring on us all things neceflary for our Comfort and Convenience -, bleffing us with Health, Friends, Feed and Raiment ; giving us the noble Endowments of Reafon and Under- ftanding, muft awaken in us the fincerett Grati- tude and Affection. But to what Rapture of jLove and Admiration will our Hearts be raifed, if we confider as we ought, that amazing In- ftance of his exceeding Kindnefs and Compafllon for us, our Redemption from the Bondage of Sin, by the Sacrifice of his only Son ! who gave himfelf up to a cruel and ignominious Death, that he might obtain for us eternal Life. And when we are faft bound with the Chains of Ini- quity, carry'd away by every Temptation, and ready to fink under our Burden, how tranfport- ing is the Reflection that we have a Saviour and Redeemer at hand, who, upon our Repentance and Refolution of Amendment, will intercede for us, reftore us again to Favour, and aflift our weak and imperfect Endeavours. If we behold a wile, virtuouf, or powerful Perfon with Admi- ration, Love and Refpect, let us remember what Veneration and Efteem is due to him who is the King of Kings, and is the Source from whence every good and perfect Gift is deriv'd. G Thefe ( 42 ) Thefe Reflections, affifted by a dil r gent At- tention to the Holy Scriptures, will introduce us to fuch a Knowledge and Senfe of the Nature and Attributes of God, and our neceflary De- pendence upon him, as will lead us to the Prac- tice of our religious and moral Duties : But obferve this Truth, (which the Experience of every Day has fully proved ) that thofe who put not their Truft'in God, but live in a Courfc of continual Impiety and Irreligion, are feldom (if ever) otherwife than defective in Juftice and Charity to their Brethren. Againft thefe Per- fons, human Laws were made; for, the Laws of God and Confcience are fufficient to warn 1 Man from the Danger of fecret as well as notorious Sins, and direct him to fuch Actions as are virtuous and praiic-worthy. We learn from the before mentioned Guides to worfhip our Creator in Spirit and in Truth; to adore him as well with the Heart as by the outward Geftures of Humility; to beg of him what is needful for our Souls and Bodies, and thank him for the many Mercies and Blefilngs we have already received ; and as we continually ftand in need of his gracious Afilftance and Protection, are' eve- ry Moment favour'd with frefti Inftances of his Goodnefs, fo we never mould be wanting in our Petitions for the Continuance of thefe Mercies , fmce he who is Truth itfelf has promifed, that if i 43 ) if we alk faithfully, we Ihall obtain effectually.. And when the Almighty invites and commands, fliall we weak Mortals refufc to obey ! Can any of us be fo daring as to lie 'down in our Beds without imploring his gracious Protection, and Pardon for our .Sins, when we know -not whether we (hall ever fee the Morning Light ? Do we arife in Health and Safety, refreshed and fit for our daily Employments, and (hall we not with bended Knees offer up our Thankf- givings to the Author of thefe Favors ? Can we proceed on our worldly Concerns without begging his AfTiftance and Support ? Shall we receive our daily Suftenan e without remember- ing and acknowledging the Giver of all -good Things ? And yet (mocking is the Thought ! ) how many neglect thefe weighty Matters ! how many eat and drink, lie down and rife, 'as if they had no more Reafon or Reflection than the Beafts that perim ! Depending on themfelves and Friends, they forget their great Benefac- jtor, difregard his Ordinances, and defpife the Offers of his Grace. Even the Day which he hath order'd to be kept facred to divine Pur- pofes, they, by Riot, Drunkennefs, and De- bauchery, make too often the moft unholy of nil the feven ; or if, perhaps, they do not al- ways break out into fuch flagrant Enormities, they do not confider that the Neglect of Wor- G 2 Ihip, (44) fh : p, of hearing and reading God's holy Word, and fpending the Sabbath in vain Pieafures ami worldly Concerns, is a ihameful Profanation of it, and a Breach of a pofitive Commandment But be not deceived: thefe Matters, though they may appear trifling in the Eyes of inconfi- derate Men, are not fo with God. He hath furniftied us with Reafon to inftru6t us in what is right and profitable for us -, hath revealed to us his Will in the holy Scriptures , hath made the Ways cf Virtue conducive to the moft folid Comiort and Enjoyment here, as well as to eternal Happinefs hereafter ; hath offered us his gracious Affiftanee to further our weak Endea- vours, and conduct us thro* the feveral Stages of our Duty. If we are regardless of all thefe Mercies, are deaf to his Promifes and Threat- nings, and refolve to continue impenitent, what can we expect but the fierce Vengeance of his Wrath and heavy Difpleafure ? Who, if they would but feriouily confider that they have it in their Power to enjoy an Eternity of Happinefs, would be fo ftupid as to choofe eternal Mifery ? O that Men were wife, and confider'd often their latter- End ! That they would frequently meditate on a futvire State, and compare impar- tially their temporal with their eternal Interefi; ! then would every one drive to live as he would wifl} to die. The fhort Time of our Continu- ance (4S> ance here would be improved in pious and bene- volent Aftions, and happy fhould be our Con- dition even in this Life: But fmce by the Frail- ty of our Nature, we cannot hope to arrive at fuch universal Perfection in this Scene of Things, let us, who have no Excufc for our Nejlcft, bjt every Advantage to forward us in the Way of Salvation, endeavour, by a conftant Auention co thole i rccepts which are given us by our Great ;r himfelf, to obtain that glorious Prize, the Teftimony of a good Confciencc, which fhall bea us up under every Affliction, comfort us in ihe Hour of Death, and intro- duce us to the blefled Society ot Saints in the glorious Regions of Biils and Immortality. I am, Teur loving Brother^ CHICHESTER, Au*uft 3 ift,i 7 7i. ) FOOT. LETTER III. DEAR BROTHER, I Received yours, and am greatly pleafed with your Remarks on the Exhibitions at the Theatre' and Sadler's Well?, But I find your Curiofity Currofity has furnifhed me with a Subject for a few Words, by way of Admonition, which I hope you will accept as from one who fmcerely wiflies your Welfare. Thefe Entertainments, to one who never be fore faw London, and is willing to indulge him- felf in a moderate Way, may perhaps not be dangerous ; but beware of placing your Affec- tions on Rich Objecls. Vice, tho* the moft de- teftable Monfter in Nature, generally appears in the moft alluring and engaging Forms, and the moft wary are oftentimes entangled in her Snares. In an Age of Luxury and Diffipation, he who fuffers himfelf to be carried aWay by the Tide of Fafhion and the general Cuftoms of thofe around him, will moft certainly fuffer Shipwreck, as many of thofe unhappy Wretch- es you mention'd have fadly experienced. No, let the Wicked and Profligate laugh at your Virtue and Prudence (or Singularity if they pleafe to call it), you will one Day have fuffici- ent Reafon to mourn their Folly and approve your own wife Refolutions. Whilft the Plea fures of the World (if they may be ftiled Plea- fures) are attended with Uneafmefs, Anxieties, and Difappointments, continue but for a Mo* ment, and are 'followed by a long Train of E- vils ; the Pleafures of Virtue are real, fubftanti- (47) al, and full of folid Satisfaaion, undifturbed by the greateft Troubles, and what is more, of in- finite Duration. Surely then, if there were fewer -noble Examples for our Imitation, who would not even appear fingular in his Choice, when the Balance is fo much in his Favour * But if you carefully examine, you may find in London a fufficient Number of agreeable and improving Acquaintance. Mr. S , your Matter ( I am inform'd ) is a worthy Gentle- man : endeavour by your faithful and obliging Behaviour to conciliate hU Efteem; and you will doubtlefs find in him not only a good Ma- fter, but a fmcere Friend. With Mr. R ~ ^ and his Spoufe you will fee Frugality and Good- nature in their greateft Perfection. In the Com- pany of Mr. D you will moft proOably learn Sobriety and Difcretion \ Virtues which he pof- feffed in a confpicuous Manner when at Chiche- fter. In the Converfation of fuch Perfons you will find more folid Entertainment than in the the moft pleafing Exhibitions. In the Bufmefs of your Profefllon let not your Views be contracted within the narrow Limits of a Journeyman. You have been blefs'd with a tolerable good Education ; and I hope Provi- dence will one Day put it in your Power to move in a more enlarged Sphere : therefore it highly concerns you to let no Opportunity flip of . (48 ) of getting a juft Notion of Trade ; to make yourfelf not only Mafter of your Bufmefs, but to find out every Place where any of the Arti- cles you ufe may be bought at the beft Hand ; and make proper Minutes of them ; to liften attentively when Trade is the Topick of Con- verfation, you may catch hold of fomething that may be of infinite Service to you. It behoves you not only to acquire a good Notion of your own Trade, but to furnim yourfelf with the Knowledge of Trade in general : pofiibly you may hit on fomething that may be much more to your Advantage than that you are at prefent engaged in, or which may be added to it by an induftrious Application. With regard to Curiofities, look round Weft- minfter Abbey, behold the Monarchs, the He- roes and Sages 6f our Nation, and while you read the recorded Virtues of thofe great, and extraordinary Characters, you muft remember, that it will be your Duty as well as Intereft, to " Go and do likewife." I am Tour loving Brother, CHICHESTER, September 29, 1772. ( 49 ) SPEECHES Delivered at a LITERARY SOCIETY in Chichefter. GENTLEMEN, TpHE Queftion intended for this Evening's ^ Difcuflion is, " Whether is there any fuch " thing as Happinefs in the World ? if there " is, where is it to be found ? " If by Happinefs is meant an entire Exempti- on from Pain and Trouble, and a continual Succeffion of Delights, capable neither of A- batement nor Allay, I am confident that the u- niverfal Voice of Mankind will fupport my O- pinion, that there is no fuch thing in the World. Such a State of pure and perfect Blifs can only be expected in thofe happy Manfions where Per- fection ever reigns. The utmoft of human Happinefs can only be eftimated by Compaii- fon, that is, one Perfon may enjoy, or feem to enjoy, a greater Portion of it than another. Though this has ever been the chief Purfuit of all Mankind, few, very few are fo fortunate as to obtain a moderate Degree of it; and the Reafon is clearly evident, the Generality of them H follow ((5P.v) follow a wrong Courfe. It is no Wonder, there- fore, that they-are often " loft arid bewildef'd " in the fruitlefs Search." Some fancy it is to be found in Honours and Titles j others in O- pulence and Grandeur j many in Pleafure, Eafe, and Luxury ; a few, of more refined Senfations, leek for it in Study and Retirement-, while thofe of more active Difpoiitions look for in the bufy World and amidft the Amufements of Society. In vain does each flatter himfelf with the plea- fmg Hope of one Day enjoying the End of his laborious Purfuit. True Happinefs is leated in the Mind, from whence alone proceed all the Joys and Sorrows that checker human Life. The Man who follows the Dictates of Reafon and Confcience in a virtuous Courfe of Actions, unaflaulted by the Stings of Guilt and Remorfe, contented and refigned to the Will of Heaven, whatfocver be his outward Condition, enjoys the greateft Share of Felicity this World can be- ftow. SOLON, one of the wife Men of Greece, being afked by CROESUS, the wealthy King of Lydia, who in the whole World" was happier than himfelf? anfwcred " TELLUS, who tho' he " was poor, was a good Man, and content with "what he had." And the great Philofopher SOCRATES fays, that " Contentment is the l Wealth of Nature, for it gives every thing " we want, and really ftand in need of." The Opinions (50 Opinions of many more of the antient heathen Sages might be produced in Supprt of this Ar- gument; but thefe, I prefume, will be fuffici- ent, if we add to their Teftimoay that of a Chriftian and one of our own Countrymen, I mean Mr. ADDISON T , who may truly be faid to fpeak'from Experience, when he fays, that " a " good Confcience is to the Soul what Health is " to the Body -, it preferves -a conftant Eafc aud " Serenity within us, and more than countervails " all the Calamities and Afflictions .that caa " poflibly befal us. 5 * But to drop Quotations, let me afk, who is more likely to obtain the tru- ed Felicity than he whofe fole Dependence is- on the inexhauftible Fountain of Happinefs ? In the comfortable Affurance of divine Favour, and in his exalted Hopes of Eternity, he looks with Contempt on the trivial Misfortunes and Difficulties of this Life, and at the fame Time rinds a double Relifh in the innocent Enjoyments of it, becaufe he is freed from all anxious Cares about Futurity. To paint the Deformity of Vice, and the tranfcendent Beauty of Virtue , to defcribe the many Inconveniencies incident to the one, and the Pleafure arifmg from the Exercife of the other, would better become a Pulpit than this Place, and be more fully illuitrated by a fet Difceurfc, than by my loofe and fcatter'd Reflections , fuffice it to lay, that from the fen- b!e Remarks of all the Gentlemen who hav H 2 fpoken ( sO fpoken, I am fully convinced that a chearfuJ Serenity of Mind, which conftitutes the greateft Part of fublunary Blifs, is not confined to any outward Rank or Circumstances, but is equally attainable by all, fince the only Sources from whence it flows is a good Confcience, and a contented Refignation to the Divine WilL March I ft, 1776. QUESTION II. " Whether the placing of Vice in a ferious or a ridiculous Light, is the bet- ter Way of reforming the Morals of Man- kind ? " Mr. Prefident, "TV" JOthing is more ridiculous than to be JL Al " ferious about Trifles, and trifling " about ferious Matters." This excellent Re- mark I take the Liberty to quote from an ano- nymous Author,, as a Text or Prelude to my Argument. The latter Part of it feems very riearly to concern the prefcnt Queftion ; for what is of a more ferious Nature than Vice ? which is attended with the moft dreadful Confequcnces to its Followers j and yet, if treated in a jocofe Manner, is liable to be confidered as lefs perni- cious than it realjy is. Though, Mr. President, I would not willingly be ranked among thofe flaming (53 ) flaming Zealots who continually thunder out Damnation, Death and Deftruetion againft all thofe who do not embrace their fallible Opini- ons, yet, I muft confeis my Sentiments arc v/idely different from theirs alfo, who, by witty Speeches would pretend to laugh Vice out of Countenance. Perhaps in fome lefs weighty Matters, fuch as a ridiculous Affectation, an o- ver Precifenefs, a conceited Opinion of our Abi- lities, and other Foibles (which can fcarce be rated as Vices) a pleafant Raillery may fome- times have a very good Effect ; but who, let me a(k, ever faw the Profligate and Vicious re- form'd by fuch Means ? or when did ever the Reprefentation of a comic Piece convert aKnave to an honeft Man ? I muft own for my Part, I never faw, read, or heard of luch an Inftance. Though I would by no Means be underftopd wholly to condemn the rational Amuieiwent of the Stage, yet I believe the comic Mufe, in ge- neral, has but little Pretenfions to Morality. Health, Reputation, and our eternal Welfare re Matters of too much Importance to be tri- fled with, and the Lofs of them we can never be too ferioufly and earneftly warned againft. Sir Roger L'Eftrange fays, " the Fear of HeU " does a great deal^ towards keeping us in the " Way to Heaven ; and if it were not for the Pe- " nalty, ^he Laws neither of God nor of Man " would be obeyed." To the Opinion of this excellent ( 54 ) excellent Moralift I join my unfeigned AfTent, and fmcerely believe that a few fcrious moral Arguments deduced from the Confideration of a future State, f\tch I mean as adorned the Wri- tings of Addifon, Tillotfon, and Sherlock, have contributed, and will contribute more to the Advantage of Mankind, and the Reformation of Sinners, than all the Comedies, Jefts, Lam- poons, and Satires that ever made their Appear? ance in the World, QUESTION III. " Whether the Paffion of Hope " or Fear is the moft predominant in the hu-. man Breafl ? " .tDn;,-&fr. Prefident, *""* H E two oppofite Pafiions Hope and Fear are, I believe, generally allowed to be the main Springs of all our Actions. Each of them its Turn operates more or lefs upon every Mind, and is the chief Caufe of our Happinefs and Mifery in this Life. No one is fo much op- preffcd with Misfortunes but has fome Glim- merings of Hope, forne agreeable Expectations of Futurity which. comfort and fupport hhn ; nor is any one fo elevated with Profperity, but that the Fears of what may happen, at cettain Times difcompofe and terrify him. Yet if I may be " 1V "- * ^-ttoi die little Knowledge I hasre had of ( SJ) of the human Heart, to. deliver my Opinion which pf theie two is moft predominant, I muft give it in favour of Hope ; for if. our Fears were fo great as to overbalance our pleafmg Ex- pectations, added to the many Misfortunes Man- kind is daily fubject to, our Life muft certainly be iniupportable -, but that this is not the Cafe, Experience evidently mews us ; for where 'here is one whom a continual Series of Troubles has rendered defperate, I believe there are fifty to be found who bravely furmount the greateft Dif- ficulties, and if they do not immediately arrive to the Fruition of their Hopes, continually look forward, and flatter themfelves with the agreca- bk% though uncertain Profpet of Futurity. " When Faith, Temperance, the Graces, and " other celeftial Powers left the Earth (fays one of the Antients) " Hope was the only Goddefs " that ftaid behind." And the great Philofo- pher Rochfoucault fays, that IC Hope is the laft " Thing that dies in Man.j and tho* it be ex- " cecdingly deceitful, yet it is of this great Ufe " to us, that whilft we are travelling thro' Life, " it conducts us an eafier and more pkafant " Way to our Journey's End." The ambiti- ous Man flatters himfelf with the Profped of fu- ture Honours, and overlooks all Dangers and Impediments. The covetous Man hopes one Day to enjoy the Benefit of his accumulated Stores', not confidering hov; loon Death may de- prive ( 56) pr'tvc him of them. The Senfualift ftill hopes for the Enjoyment of that which he has yet ne- ver been able to obtain, viz. real Pleafure. While the good Man's Hopes are fixed on that delightful Objed which he will one Day cer- tainly enjoy in its utmoft Extent, a never-ceaf- ing Flow of Happinefs, which will fatisfy the moft longing Defires of his Soul. This com- fortable Profpeft makes him foar above the fliort and trivial Inconveniences of this Life ; vanquifhes every Fear that would afiault his Peace, and daily convinces him of the immenfe Goodnefs and Wifdom of his Creator. This laft Inftance alone I think fufficiently proves the Fallhood of Mr. Hobbes's Doctrine, " that " Fear is the moft prevalent Paflion in the tc human Brcaft." QUESTION IV. " Whether tke Art of Poetry " or Oratory tends moft to the Promotion of Virtue ? " Mr. Prefdentj Promotion of Virtue, and Refinement of the Morals of Mankind ought to be the chief Bufinefs of every literary Science, as the mechanick Arts are principally defigned to afiift the corporeal Faculties. Poetry and Ora- tory are both well qualified for the Purpofes of inculcating Religion and Goodnefs, as well as eradicating ( 5?) eradicating Vice and Infidelity. To fuch the immortal Strains of Milton^ arid the foft Num- bers of Thornton are excellently adapted ; nor lefs the folid Realbnings of Lock and Addifon, and the pious Perfuafions of Tillotibn and Sher- lock. Though at firft it appears difficult to de- termine which of thefe two Sciences claims the Preference for their Merits in this refpect, yet, on Examination, we muft be compelled by its fuperior Efficacy to bellow the Laurels on Ora- tory. Meved by the gentle Admonitions that flow from the Lips of heavenly Eloquence, the Niggard is made liberal, the Prodigal parfimo- nious, the Libertine chafte, and the Epicurean temperate ; while even the Atheift and Infidel are ftruck by its invincible Arguments, and taught the Neceflky as well as Probability of a fuperintending Providence and future State. The fame happy Effects, my Antagonifts may argue, proceed alfo from Poetry ; but thefe I anfwer are confined only to a few Perfons of more refi- ned Underftandings, who are capable of relifh- ing its iublime Beauties , the major Part of Mankind are wholly infenftble to its Charms, and would efteem the fucceflive Jinglings of Rhime and the regular Harmony of Meafure no more than as an excellent Opiate. Thole lofty Expreflions which every where abound in real Poetry are as unintelligible to them as a foreign I Language. Language. But Oratory, the more eafy and comprehenfive it is, the more excellent and for- cible it appears both to the learned and the ig- norant, and by addrefiing the Pafiions, as' well as convincing the Reafon of Mankind, it mufl certainly conduce more to the Promotion of Vir- tue than Poetry, which is generally calculated for the fublimer Feelings of Learning and Ge- nius. Befides, when we are confined to Rhyme and Meafnre we cannot be fuppofed to reafon with that Perfpicuity, nor even with that Ener- gy which an important Subject requires. Were our Learned Advocates obliged to defend the Caufe of their Clients in-Verie, their Pleadings would have but little Force in fupporting op- prefled Innocence; or were our Pulpit Orators obliged to chant forth the Denunciations of Heaven againft Vice and Irreligion in Rhyme and Meafure, their Difcourfes, for the moft Part, would be as much regarded by their Auditors as Sternhold & Hopkins's Verfion of the Pfalms. I muft therefore, Mr. Prefident, give my hum- ble Opinion in favour of Eloquence. ( 59 ) A PASTORAL, To the Memory of my worthy and much eftcemed Friend, Mr. DANIEL FOOT, late of Chichefter, who departed this Life- the 26th of Qftober, '777- THYRSIS and CORVDON. THYRSIS. WHILE all the plain a mournful profpeft (hews, And every breaft with genuine forrow glows ; Whilit Damon's death the meads and groves bewail, Why ftand we here, nor join the plaintive tale ? CORYDON. Beneath yon antique grotto, brown with made, Where ivy boughs their circling foliage fpread, With hazels thick entwin'd, where ehns rtifplay Their fpreading branches, and exclude the day ; A gloomy fcene, well fuited to our care ! To ling his death, my Thyrfis, we'll repair : Securely here may brpwze the bleating dams, And Tityrus himfelf ihail tend the lambs. TKYRSIS. Since all around an awful iilence reign.':, Begin, young Corydon, the plaintive (trains. Not fofter nuific greets the blooming fpring, Nor fwans expiring can fo fweetly fing ; Nor charms like you the mournful Philomel, And Damon only could thy notes excel : But fince cold death has fnatch'd him from our plains, 'Tis Corydon alone unrivall'd reigns. Begin then, fwain, the weeping numbers rrafe, And every grdve mail hearken to thy lays. CORYDON. Hear, Nature, hear, the mighty lofs deplore, Damon, the good, the virtuous, is no more I Ye pow'rs aufpicious, that delight to ftray Where Lavant leads his filver- winding way ; Arcadian Pun, and a!l ye Sylvan train ; Xirea* Phoebus too, that loves the peaceful plain ; Ye nymphs and fhepherds, wreaths of cyprefs bring, Ar.d ev'ry flow'r that decks the purple fp rm g > Join ( 60 ) Join all the fong, the m;ghty lofs deplore, Damon, the good, the virtuous, is no more ! Ye Mufes, wail your darling fon fmcere, And o'er his afhes med the tender tear ; Lend all your aid, attune the golden lyre, With fofteft ftruins my aching breaft infpire ; With ftriins like thofe the haplefs Damon fung, When crowding fylvans liften'd to his tongue ; When good Philander ' was the woeful theme, And hills and dales re-echoed to his name ; Then flreams (hall liften as I ftrike the (hell, ' And every breeze his haplefs ftory tell, Till Demon's name refound from Ihore to ihore, And forefts Ggh, The ihepherd is no more ! Ye tuneful tenants of the drooping grove, In filence fit, nor pour the ftrain of love ; Or whilft the brooks in mournful cadence flow. Join the fof; noces of fadly pleafing woe. Behold the flocks decline their penfive heads, Forlake the plain, and feek the fluent ihades ! Well may ye mourn ! for who, when ting'd with gold The welkin flames, fhall drive you to the fold ? Or who fhall fhield your tender young from harm, When S.irius rages, or when howls the ftorm ? Come then, ye flock?, your mighty lofs deplore, Damon, that lov'd your younglings, is no more ! See, Nature fades, the flow'ry honors die, And all things droop beneath th'inclement Iky ; In fighjng murmurs winds their forrow mow, And heav'n relents in fympathetic woe; Alas ! how chang'd the rufiet field appears ! See itreams o'erflow the meadows with their tears ! i No more, the voice, of melody complains, No more are heard the fhephcrds tuneful drains ; But all, in rilen^e Imfh'd, their lofs deplore, Damon thrir joy, their wonder, now no more! .What f< ;rm i:, th:it thro' yonder cloud I fpy, More beauteous far chan beams the orient iky ? 'Tis Damon's felt, in radiant glories crown'd, Supremely fair, with circling angels round.' Blell fpirit ! from yon realms of endlefs day, pity, oft thy toiling friends furvey, And ? 7'he late Mr. George Smith, ( 6. ) And oh ! direct, whilft we admire thy truth, And copy thee thro' all the maze of youth! That we m&y too f the fliafts of death defy, And calmly yield to fate, nor fear to die ; Teach us content, nor ftill thy lofs deplore, Since thou fhak reign, when time mail be no more. THYRSIS. Now ceafe the verfe to facred friendfhip due ; For fee how thick defce'nds the noxious dew, The fetting fun now gilds the mountains heads, And Night o'er all her fhadowy mantle fpreads ; Old Hylax barks, the flocks demand the fold, Arid thro' the hazles blows the wintry cold. f This line is not imaginary, but a faint allufion to a noble fafl. Mr. Foot J aid to his father, AMON is dead, and Pleafure is no more. Sooner lhall PHILOMEL, when itolen her Young, Fowjet to mourn, and pour the tender Song, Thrm Time fliall wear his Image from my Mind, And leave no Veflige of my Friend behind; Alas ! nor inward Pang?, nor fervent Pray'rs, .Nor all thy Friends, nor all thy Parents Tears, }vfor all thy Merit in Religion's Caufe, Could fhield thy Life from Death's devouring Jaws : To thee, my Friend, \rho did fb iate rehearfe * PHILANDER 's Death in fadly pkafing Verfe ; To thee the Mufe now tunes her plaintive Lays, And gives this mournful Tribute to thy P-aife : Let fading Nature the fad Lofs deplore, DAMON is dead, and Pleafure is no more. And thou, O cruel Fate ! O partial Doom, To crop fuch Godlike Virtues in their Bloom ! From mortal View to fnatch his precious Head, And damp each rifmg Joy with DAMON dead; Tho' hence tran^crr'd to heav'nly Seats fublime, His Virtues flourifh in a milder Clime. Yc mournful Parents arm the melting Soul, And fubjedl Pafiion to its juit Ccntroul ; Nor think that Tine fhall circumfcribe his Race, Or the ftron'g Reo)rds'of his Worth efface. Still faall he live when this terreftrial Ball By Time's dire Hand fhall into Ruins fall ; In higher Seats mall move, ihall ftill poffefs The full Effufion of immortal Blifs ; There perfect Joys mail fpring in endlefs Store, And DAMON reign, and Pleafure evermore. H. S Tic Lit s Mr. GEORGE SMITH, cf Cklwefur, F J N / S. ^ THE LIBRARY - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES PR 3U61 1777 I ".' '> <**!