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 RAPE OF POMONA. 
 
 AN ELEGIAC EPISTLE, 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 WAITER AT HOCKREL, 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 Honourable Mr. L — t t — n. 
 
 Monftrum horrendum, informe ingens cut lumen aderapium, 
 
 Eripit e femore, et trepidanti fervidus uijtat. Virg. 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENT 
 
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 I THIS Elegiac Epiftle Is founded on a recent 
 T-ranflidion. Sally Harris (the poeti<:al Pomona) at- 
 tended Mr. Bolton's Inn at Hockrel, and ferved the 
 Guefts with Fruit : Her Beauty, Wit and Coquetry, 
 gained her many Admirers. To the Surpiize of every 
 Body {he lately eloped with Mr. Ly — tt — n. It feems 
 he had betted One Hundred Guineas with Mr. B — ke 
 that Sally v/ould refufe him the laft Favour. As Mr. 
 B. was determined to win his Bet, by every honourable 
 Means, he offered Sally the whole Sum for her Com- 
 pliance, which the generous Girl nobly refufed. Mr. 
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 reciprocal Affeclioii for him, as he had ventured a 
 Hundred Guineas on her Virtue. 
 
 The Author of this Poem is faid to be a Cambridge 
 Student, who had affumed the Charadler of a Waiter , 
 out of pure Love to his dear Sally. — In the Epiftle 
 fome Circumflances are mifreprefentcd, and a different 
 Turn very improperly given to the Cataftrophc. It is 
 probable, I think, that the young Poet, irritated by 
 her Elopement, has gratified his Refentment at the 
 Expence of his o?ice beloved Miftrefs and her Lovers,.
 
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 THE 
 
 RAPE 
 
 O F 
 
 P O M O N A. 
 
 T\ /TY Woes, alas ! the plaintive Muse muft tell. 
 Let the Guefts wait — no 77iore I hear the Belli, 
 No more I view Pomona's rip'ning Charms, 
 Ravifh'd for ever, from thefe loncying: Arms. 
 Why would my darling quit the peaceful Shade, 
 Ah, why reiign the Virtue of a Maid ? 
 Amidft the wicked Town in Silks to blaze. 
 And fhine among the Nymphs, with Charlotte Hayes f 
 Here long jfhe reign'd, rejecting ev'ry Bribe, 
 And triumph'd o'er the Maccaroni Tribe : 
 
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 'Her glowing Hand could all their PafTions cool, 
 (The only Lefibn, that they learn'd at School) 
 
 Chafte, yet indulgent to their am'rous Glee, 
 
 ** Her Hand was guikj', but her Fleart was free." 
 
 The j'owig Defaulter try'd in vain his Wiles, 
 l-ijs Father's Bounty ; his infidious Smiles ; 
 Skill'd in each Art to win, and to deceive, 
 He like the Serpent tempted beauteous Eve : 
 In Accents mild, fhe ftill rejeds his Suit^ 
 The Ri7id flie feels, but never tajles the Fruit. 
 
 H — re, fliares his Fate, * that Critic fani'd fo long 
 For Scavoir vwre, and the true bon toity 
 Unhappy Youth, who late with weeping Eyes, 
 Beheld the Knife flretch'd forth to circumcife ; 
 
 * "That Critic] With great Ingenuity he has found out, that tliere 
 as neither Senfe nor Poetry in the Heroic Epiftle to Sir VV. C. 
 
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 Who view'd with Horror the inhuman Feaft, 
 And for his F— x fupply'd a horned Beaft, 
 Lo G— ft— n (lab'ring for the Public Good) 
 Caught by the Horns in Whittlebiay * Wood ! 
 H — re's pious Wit on Chinefe Tafte refines, 
 And treats the Court with Scripture pantomines ; 
 Hoping his Grace might reprefent a Ram, 
 And Charles eft ape the Seed of Abraham : 
 Fruitlefs his Wifh — Can Ifrael's Sons relent ? 
 The Jews rejedt Vicarious Punifliment. 
 What could he more, his Patron's Grace to win, 
 But as a Pledge, depoUt the Foreikin ! 
 This facred Pledge young F — 1 — y may receive, 
 'Tis all that F — x, and all that H — re can give. 
 
 Her Beauty, gallant C — mb — d could move, 
 He calls her Emma, writes to win her Love : 
 
 f Vide Junius's Letters. 
 
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 This claffic Truth, each foft Epiftle tells^ 
 Love * is a Child, and like a Child he fpells* 
 His Bible Oaths, can't win the blooming Lafsy 
 Nor like a L — tt — 1, will flie f fell the Pafs^ 
 In Union fweet had Hymen knit the Bands, 
 And join'd Pomona's, and great Frederic's Hands, 
 His Highnefs then had match'd without difgrace. 
 For who can' tell that Fair One's Na7ne^ or Race I 
 Nor would :|: late Dinners the dear Creature fliock, 
 Pomona's Spoufe might dine at Five ©'Clock ; 
 
 * Tihullus. 
 
 -f- The Reader is defired to confult the Memoirs of the I,— tt— I 
 Family. 
 
 X The Dntchefs of B — It — n can befl relate the Particulars of a con- 
 jugal Squabble between the Royal Pair on this Subjed— It is faid, that 
 his Highnefs exclaimed with great Spirit—" A Blow, and from a. 
 •lortal Hand !" 
 
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 Or fail High Adm'ral over Windfor Ponds, 
 When from a Court the Royal Youth abfconds. 
 
 See gay F — tz — k, by her Beauty fmit. 
 In vain addrefTes, with fallacious Wit. 
 " A Maidenhead but tempts me to affail, 
 
 *' As the white Plume betrays the Woodcock's Tail; 
 
 " DilTolv'd in Love, refign a Virgin's Name, 
 
 *' Then Rakes and Prudes no more can blaft your Fame, 
 
 " — So prudent Cits, deep read in Gain or Lofs, 
 
 ** Spunge their new Cloaths, tho' it dellroy the Glofsy. 
 
 " The moiften'd Drab its credit will maintain, 
 
 ** Nor fpot, nor flirink by drizzly Fogs, or Rain." 
 
 To Hockrel, Or~f~d drives in full Career, 
 With Hawks and Dogs, his Patty, and his Deer ; 
 Forgets his Place, his Monarch's Shirt and State, 
 Po.mona's Smock, oft made our Sov'reign wait. 
 
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 ^^-To weeping Friends may Heav'n reftorc lobn foon, 
 
 Nor let us hear, " thofe fweet Bells out of Tune." 
 
 How fkill'd he was in each obliging Art, 
 
 With true Politenefs, flowino- from the Heart : 
 
 I drop my Pen — the trickling Tears diffufe, 
 
 And check the Rovings of the fportive Mufe. 
 
 Why fhould I amorous B — rlt — n forget, 
 
 Who by his dijlancd Horfes * wins the Bet I 
 
 His facrilegious Arts he tries in vain, 
 
 Pomona 'fcapes from f Cloacina's Fane. 
 
 — Graceful llie fmiles, her Hand to all extends, 
 
 Her Virtue keeps, and by her Wit. offends. 
 
 ^* No more by mean Deception hope to pleafe, 
 
 ^' Fve feen and feli — you're only fit to ieize ; 
 
 * TVJ:>o by his difianc'd Horfes, &c.] The Solution of this Paradox 
 is, vvitli all due Deference, fubmitted to the Jockey Club. 
 
 ■\ His ufual Place for furprizing fhy Nymphs, or confummating the 
 
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 Such Things can't chear a fondly iighing Wife 
 
 " With Cordial Drops ^ the Balm of human Life. 
 
 " The wishing Bride, inftead of Rapture finds 
 
 " Enervate Bodies, unimpaiTion'd Minds ; 
 
 " Ye tinfel'd Beaux, who flutter, lie and boaft, 
 
 " As flimfy Silk is known to ruftle moft, 
 
 " To Female Frailty wherefore fix Difgrace, 
 
 " Since Wives by Cuckoldom buildup your Race, 
 
 " As Hufbandmen by * Horns of Sheep refine 
 
 *' The Grape's foft Juice, and mellow it to Wine." 
 
 This ftern Rebuke, the filken Fops admire, 
 
 They bow with Rev'rence, and to White's retire. 
 
 * Horns of Sheep^ &c.] Mr. Locke in a Treatife on the Culture of 
 Vineyards, fays, " It was a received Opinion, that burying a Sheep's 
 Horn at the Root of a Vine makes it thrive." — The Impropriety of this 
 Aliulion, in the Charafber of Pomona, muft be obvious to the Critical 
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 Thus, if finall Things we may with great compare, 
 
 When John Wilkes fends his Aldermen to War, 
 
 Tho' Townfend blufh ! the greafy Herd kneel down, 
 
 Abufe the Senate, and revile the Crown ; 
 
 To prove their Loyalty by Form and Rule, 
 
 In each Remonftrance, fay — " the K — g's a Fool ; 
 
 *' The Commons — Knaves, who by a Stretch of Pow'r, 
 
 " Sent brazen Crofby to the bloody Tow'r ;" 
 
 (Undaunted Man, who dire Misfortunes bore, 
 
 The firft Lord May'r that heard a Lyon roar.) 
 
 And " therefore, fince thefe Grievances are true, 
 
 To gracious George, his loyal Subjedls fue, 
 
 That he the venal Senate may difband, 
 
 And let the Common-Council kifs his Hand." 
 
 With juft Contempt, Gecrgt^. views the folemn Farce, 
 
 Tells them, they jeft, and bids them kifs his : 
 
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 Amaz'd, abiifli'dj the Alley Jobbers ftare, 
 Creep to their Den, to acl the Bull or Bear. 
 But THOU, falfe Lover of a Maid fo good, 
 Thou, mean Deferter * of thy Father's Blood, 
 Still on thy Steps may injur'd f D — wf — n wait, 
 And furly Bailiffs ftill befiege thy Gate ; 
 With Cheats and Bawds confume thy worthlefs Life, 
 And ufe each Miftrcfs, as | you ufe your Wife. 
 
 * Thou meait Deferter.'] The Poet here addrefies Mr. L — tc — n, 
 and pays a juft and merited Compliment to that noble Lord, whom the 
 Public have long efteemed for his Virtue and Abilities. 
 
 ■f- Injur'd D — zvf- — «.] A foolifli Widow, who ciiofe to make Mr. 
 L— tt — n ihe Guar.iian of her Perfon and Fortune, and now enjoys 
 the Fruits of her Credulity. 
 
 j; yfj you life your Wife.'\ A few Nights after Mr. L — tt — n's 
 Marriage, he complaifancly attended his Bride to the Play. In the next 
 Box Q' .. Lady with two or three of her beautiful Children. Struck 
 with the atr,iable Group, Mrs. L — tt — n rz-deftly whifpered a fenti- 
 mental Wifh, that flie might one Day be ai happy : In Reply the polite 
 Hnfbjnd exclaimed in an audible Voice — " You be d — n'd, you 
 Chicken- breafted B — h, you have neither A — e nor B — b— s. — " 
 
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 Surpafs St. Patrick's Bullies in all Vice, 
 
 Thofe Black-Legs, arm'd with Impudence and Dice ; 
 
 Who like Nid B — ke, from Liffey's Bogs depart, 
 
 (Brogue on each Tongue, and Mifchief in each Heart:) 
 
 That 7mral Teague, who in Religion's Caufe, 
 
 Wrote his fam'd Treatife on the pe7ial * Laws ; 
 
 That Patriot firm, by Minifters unbought. 
 
 Who purchas'd Land f for which the Caribs fought ; 
 
 * On the penal Laws. '\ Mr. B. fome Years ago compofed an elaborate 
 Efifay, pointing out with great Elegance and Force of Reaibn tlie In- 
 juftice and bad Policy of the penal Laws, which are incompatible with 
 the Principles of Toleration or the Rights of Mankind. Juft as his 
 Treatife was ready for the Prefs, a Renegado Relation of his died who 
 had acquired an Eftate by turning Informer, which he bi^queathed 
 to the confcientious Edmund. The Piece was inftantly fiippreffcd, as 
 Mr. B. was fuddenly convinced that the penal I.aws are beneficial to 
 Society, and the Bulwark of the Proteftant Religion. 
 
 ■\ WJoo purchas'd Land.] The true Motive of Edmund's Travels was 
 occafion'd by his purchafing fome of the Caribs' Property in Sc. Vinctnt. 
 — As he found himfelf a little enibarralTed by Mr. Towndiend's Motion, 
 be wifely withdrew till the Affair was fettled to his Satisfadion. 
 
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 Then /kulk'd to France — now in St. Omcr's Strain, 
 
 He paints the Bleflings of a Louis' Reign *. 
 
 What can his fpecious Eloquence impart ! 
 
 ' — The Schoolmen's Logic, and the quibbling Art. 
 
 The fplendid Sophifl fills us with amaze, 
 
 But who's convinc'd by fubtle Quirks of Phrafe ? 
 
 So may the Artift with a Spider vye, 
 
 And Cobwebs -f fpread, which never catch a Fly. 
 
 My throbbing Breaft: with Indignation burns. 
 The modefl: Mufe for fvveet Pomona mourns ; 
 I fee her fainting, hear her murm'ring Cries, 
 When L — tt — -n had conquer'd by furprize, 
 
 * Of a Louis' Reign.'] Mr. B , with his ufual Accuracy and 
 
 Candour, entertained the Houfe with a comparative View of the French 
 and Er.glifh Government, ard concluded his Declamation with a Pane- 
 gyric on the former, in which he was thought to be fincere. 
 
 -f- And Col'voehs fpread.] This alludes to Mr. Hanger's exquifite 
 Imitation of a Spider's Web, No. 117, at the Artifts Exhibition. 
 
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 Meanly ambitious her cliafte Vows to fliake. 
 Full in her View he plants Hibernian B — ke. 
 In her Mi?2d's Rye-, his great Shelalagh ftands^ 
 Like Mofes' Rod amidft ^Egyptian Wands. 
 Quick thro' her Frame the thrilling Paflions rife. 
 And liquid Luftre darted from her Eyes. 
 So have I feen the Candle's bright'ning Rays, 
 When a Thief makes it both diiTolve and blaze* 
 Struck by the fatal fafcinating Glance, 
 She falls a Vitflim on his magic Lance. 
 As the fweet foaring Lark by Toils befet,. 
 Drops weak and dazzl'd in the Poacher's Net^ 
 Pomona, like the purblind Bat is gor'd, 
 That flakes itfelf on the too fplendid Sword. 
 — I can no more — by Shame, by Rage oppreff^, 
 To. B— ke and Ly — tt — n — I leave the reft. 
 
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