HORACE, BOOK I. ODE 6. Scriberis
Vario, &c. imitated, JULY 13, 1739.
The Day on which Lady Carolina Ponsonby was
married at CHATSWORTH, the Seat of ber Fa-
ther the Duke of Devonshire.

ET Pope's inimitable lay,

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On the bright charmers gaze the swains,
They languish, they adore,
And now begin to feel a flame,
They never felt before.
Scarbrough, not all thy ftreams avail
To cure the foft difeafe;

Who tow'rs on bold Macnian wing, Not even Shaw's fuperior skill

To celebrate the nuptial day,

Sweet Carolina's graces fing;
While Virtue's and while Beauty's charms
Confpire to blefs a lover's arms.

Who elfe, with equal warmth, can trace
The juftness in each motion feen,
Describe that shape, that angel face,

Or draw compleat th' Idalian queen?
How poorly would fuch praifes fhine,
In verfe like Cibber's, or like mine!

He, crown'd with laurel, proudly dares,
Tho' drop by drop his numbers flow,
To talk of conqu'rors and of wars,

In ftrains nonfenfically low; + And renders yearly, as he fings, Ridiculous Britannia's kings.

My Mufe, quite dazzled at the fight,

From Chatsworth's fplendid roofs retires,
She drops her harp, the wings her flight,

And kulking, filently admires;
**Conscious, too mean, too weak her voice,
To make fublimer themes her choice.
Content of rocks and woods to tell,

Poor Peakrill! in her pratling fong,
Of Matlock-Bath, and Buxton-well,

And rills, that tinkling scow's along ; Or wonders queer to turn to farce, Grim Poole's hole, and the devil's ae. • Mæonii carminis alite. He tranflated Homer. + Laudes egregii Cæfaris culpa deterere ingeni. Imbellifque Lyræ Mufa potens,

+ One bred in the Peak.

On SCARBOROUGH Waters.

No more fhall Bath unrivall'd reign,

Nor Tunbridge boast her ftreams, With thefe thy current, Scarb'rough, vies, And equal honours claim.

'Tis thine to give the faded cheek
Its wonted rofy dye,

And bid new light'nings animate
The dimly-fparkling eye.

With health each latent charm reftore,
The dimpling fmile repair,
Awake good humour, wit and mirth,
And ev'ry sprightly air.

The god of love ftands idly by,

His quiver on the ground;

For where fuch fov'reign waters fpring
His darts are useless fouud.

Without his aid fair Mira charms,
Rofella love infpires,
Sabrina bids the bofom glow,

And kindles fofteft fires.

Each fair, with numerous graces deck'd,
At least may seem to vie
With Venus, who by bards is feign'd
The fairest of the sky.

The pains of love can eafe.

'Tis yours, ye fair, and only yours,
To heal the wounds you give,
Smile then indulgent on the youth,
For by your miles they live.
Whate'er diftains the polish'd skin,
Or taints the purple tide,
Oft finds a fafe and pleasant cure

By Scarb'rough's streams fupply'd,
The wedded dame, whofe fterile lot
Connubial peace deftroys,
Conceives from these prolific springs,
And proves a mother's joys.
Long may these falutary streams
With equal virtues flow,

To chafe the vapours, hyp and fpleen,
From Lady and from Beau.

AMATIUS

A Character of the METHODISTS.

SEE! how thofe holy, felf-abafing fouls,
Whom the Bleft Spirit with his influence rules,
See! with what watchful industry and care
They labour in falvation's great affair:
Their bodies with what abstinence they tame,
H. E. Toquench Concupifcence's raging flame;
In their juft bounds the paffions to restrain,
And give to Reason's hand to guide the rein;
Their fouls for ev'ry duty to prepare,
And chiefly, on which all depend, for pray'r.

Pray'r, the fweet exercife of heav'nly minds,
Ever at heav'n's high throne acceptance finds ;
To the light regions of eternal day,

On the pure flame of love, it wings its way.
Pray'r (how important fhould we pray'r esteem)
Seeks our re-union to our good fupreme;
With fweet compofure aims at lafting rest,
And in its longing to be bleft, is bleft.

The deeper is the foul's devout defire,
And loftier foars the † euchariftic fire;
The praying breast, when holy transports raife,
Burns, brightens, triumphs, and exults with praise ;
Contemplating its fou'reign blifs above,
Burfts forth in rev'rence, and adoring love
Enraptur'd (oh exalted theme!) to fing
The praises of the world's eternal king;
With angels and arch-angels to rejoice,

And with all heav'n to join the hymning voice.

The fport of fancy, which, while flumbers bind
Th' unconscious fenfe, leaves the dull mafs be-
hind,

Treads fairy ground, and revels unconfin'd;
By night the labours of the day renews,
In mimic form the various fenfe pursues.
Flush'd with the hopes of conqueft, from afar
The foldier views the dreadful scene of war;
Grafps his drawn fword, directs its pointed force,
Difmounted cries, A kingdom for a borfe;
Tramples on kings expiring on the plain,
Wades thro' a fea of blood, and hills of flain.
The pleader, anxious, weighs the dubious caufe,
With fpecious glofs explains away the laws;
With trembling heart furveys the crouded bar,
And awful judge in folemn ftate appear.

The mifer ftill new mines of pleasure spies,
Broods o'er his bags, and hugs the fecret prize.
The huntíman joyous hears the vocal hound,
Horns wind, men hollow, and the woods refound:
The faithful hound, with fympathizing care,
Takes fcent, and in full cry purfues the doubling hare.
The failor views in ftorms his veffel toft,
And bufily explores fome friendly coaft;
Or in vain struggles, impotent to fave,
Sinks with the found'ring thip beneath th' o'er
[whelming wave.
Th' impatient nymph her abfent lover wooes,
Pours out her foul in tender billetdoux :
The fly adultrels Fondlewife betrays,
To her gallant the hinting bribe conveys.
Sure here, at least, the wretched find relief,
Abfence from pain, and interval from grief.
Vain hope! ftill here familiar horrors reign,
In troubled thought the wounded bleed again,
And, felf-tormented, feel th' extremities of pain.

* Shakespear's Richard the 3d.

You know each afpect rough or mild,
Or if your wife fhall prove with child
Nay, fhould fome bold invader dare
To whisper in your spouse's ear,
The dire attempt your art forewarns,
And guards your forehead fafe from horris
Go on (dear Keil!) with joy to prove
Whole days and nights of lawful love:
You're better off than heretofore,
Nor woods, nor haycocks haunt no more.
Believe me, whencefoe'er you come,
Since now you've loft your wonted tafte,
At mine you're always at your home;
Our maids and daughters may be chafte.
Ne'er mind what girls and beldams prate,
Nor let what's paft your fpleen create ;
With eafe and plenty bleft, be wife,
And all beyond this mark defpife.
I truly with, if heav'n allows.
Be happy, then, and love your spouse,
A fecond take without delay:
But fhould fate call this firft away,
There is, you know, a boozing lafs,
Strong for a burden as an ass;
Orelle I thought her for myself.
The gods have thrown me on a fhelf,
Take her, and know I will disburse
Two hundred pounds from my own purfe
Or more with her 's at your devotion,
None else from me has fuch a portion.

A Copy of Verfes prefented to E. WALLER, M. D.
and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge,
April 18, 1739.

By a young Gentleman of the fame College.

J. B. W

DOCTORY KEIL, COLL. BALIOL. A
STRONOMIE PROFESSORI. Imitated.
See p. 324.

Ear Keil, if bant'ring Freind fays true,

D You've juft begun your life anew:

Till now a libertine in love,
A very husband muft you prove.
Sweet fpourfe now acts, with equal art,
Each quondam bona roba's part.
1 gratulate with heart of glee,
To find you're in the noofe with me.
For this, my country loft and home,
An exile I uxorious roam.
While all our Oxford wits infeft
Both you and me with fleering jeft,
I wish with them the mirth to share,
But banish'd I! decree fevere.
My wife's fweet converfe I enjoy,
And kiffes too, which never cloy;
Nor has the fun, in all his round,
A man more lov'd, or loving found.
A thousand joys my foul engage,
That you with me the Papbian ftage
Now tread: The caufe the very fame
Which threw all Greece into a fame.
O great Profefior! is'nt true,
Does any better know than you
The various beauties of the fkies,
Or view the ftars with keener eyes
Whether they're well or ill inclin'd,
Appears to your preiaging mind;

?

Hen pale Difeafe th' affected blood affails,
And shoots its fubtle poifon thro' & veins i
How great the talk t' expel th' unwelcome guest,
Departing life! This, Waller, be thy praise,
Revive the drooping fpirits, and recall
Whofe art
many from the yawning grave
Hath fnatcht, the living monuments of glory.
Where pallid Fever, the companion fure
Of thudd'ring Ague, turns its fickly course,
Thee, the fond mother, thee the tender wife,
With tears affectionate, intreat to fave
A dying hufband, or a darling fon.

The virgin, blooming in the spring of youth,
Fears now no more left the impending foe,

Destructive of her charms, thou'd loathfome blot

Nature's fair work, fince, by your glorious art,
Beauty unfully'd is with life preferv'd.

When racking Gout enfeebles ev'ry joint,
You, with unwearied diligence, purfue,
And urge the flying enemy; who, at length
Baffled, retreats, and owns fuperior power.
In vain with flow attacks, and ling'ring force,
Meagre Confumption weakens ev'ry part,
With purer blood you fwell the languid veins;
Stop the short broken cough, the wafting, pale,
Decaying cheeks to perfect bloom restore.
In vain each dire difeafe the body taints,
With herbs medicinal the ftubborn foe
You quell, and Death in ev'ry shape fubdue.
By you protected youth fecure enjoys

The morn of life, nor fears left fome black cloud
Obfcure his rifing fun, and darkness spread.
The arm of hoary age, by you invigour'd,
The ebon lance of death uplifted wards,

Adonis tfie cruel regards not my smart,
And I beg you to pierce him quite thorough heart.
Derry down, &c.

But where is your quiver, and give me your bow,
I'll chufe fuch a keen one I warrant shall do ;
And I'll fix it fo firm you can't miss your aim,
But fure as a gun he'll be all in a flame.

A CURE for LOVE. Set to Mufick by Mr STANLEY.

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At length I flew to Pride for aid,
But equally by that betray'd,
To ev'ry Pow'r in vain I pray'd,
But none would pity fhow,

Fill Reafon to my breast once more,
Did all my former Peace reftore,
And brought Content not in the Pow'r
Of STREPHON to bestow.

N G.

II.

Hiftorical Chronicle. July, 1739.

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tion fpecified, as a Ballance admitted to be due on the Part of Spain to the Crown and Subjects of Great Britain, which Term did expire on the 25th Day of May last; and the Payment of the faid ftipulation Sum, as agreed by the abovementioned Convention, has not been made, by which means the faid Convention has been violated and broke on

MONDAY, July 2. R Purfer was examined at the Secretary of State's Of fice, for printing Common Senfe of June 23, and admitted to Bail. Several others concerned in printing and publishing the faid Paper were order'd to appear at the King's Bench the Part of the Crown of Spain, and his Bar the laft Day of the Term. Were Majefty's Subjects remain without any Reexecuted at Tyburn, Caldclough, Morris, paration or Satisfaction for their many and Carey (See p. 325.) The two former great, and grievous Loffes; his Majefty having hack'd and barbroufly flash'd one of hath therefore taken this injurious Proceedthe two Men they had robb'd, were af-ing of the Crown of Spain into his ferious terwards hang'd in Chains on Hounslow Heath.

TUESDAY, 3.

Mr Alderman Heathcote, and Sir John Lequefne, Kt and Alderman, were chofen Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Mr Palmer having paid his Fine the Day before, and all the Gentlemen drank to either fined or fwore off, except Mr Grof venor, who, being a Diffenter, refused to ferve.

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Confideration, and his Majefty having determined to take fuch Mcafures as are neceffary for vindicating the Honour of his Crown, and for procuring Reparation and Satisfaction to his injured Subjects, is pleafed by and with the Advice of his PrivyCouncil, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that general Reprisals be granted against the Ships, Goods, and Subjects of the King of Spain, fo that as well his Majefty's Flect and Ships, as also all other Ships and VesWHITEHALL, July 10. Jels that shall be commiffionated by Letters of Marque or general Reprisals, or other WHEREAS many and repeated De- wife by his Majesty's Commiffioners for exepredations have been committed, and Dcuting the Office of Lord High Admiral of many unjuft Seizures have been made in Great Britain, ball and may lawfully feize the West Indies and elsewhere, by Spanish all Ships, Veffels and Goods belonging to the Guarda Coftas, and Ships acting under the King of Spain or his Subjects, or others in Commiffions of the King of Spain or his habiting within any the Territories of the Governors, contrary to the Law of Nations, King of Spain, and bring the fame to Judg. and in Violation of the Treaties fubfifting ment in any of the Courts of Admiralty between the Crowns of Great Britain and within his Majefty's Dominions; and to that Spain, whereby his Majesty's trading Suh- End his Majesty's Advocate General, with jects have not only fajtained great Loffes, the Advocate of the Admiralty, are forthbut have also fuffered in their Perfons by with to prepare the Draught of a Commifthe Cruelties and Barbarities which have fion, and prefent the fame to his Majefty at been exercised by the faid Spanish Guarda this Board, authorizing the Commissioners Coftas: And whereas his Majefty has cauled for executing the Office of Lord High Adrepeated Inftances and Reprefentations to be miral to iue forth and grant Letters of F made from Time to Time at the Court of Marque and Reprizal to any of his Maje Spain, in order to obtain Redress and Sa- fty's Subjects, or others whom the faid Comtisfaction for fuch injurious Treatment and miffimers shall deem fitly qualified in that xnjuft Practices, and to prevent the like behalf, for the apprehending, feizing and Violences for the future: And whereas a taking the Ships, Veffels and Goods belong. Convention for making Reparation to his ing to Spain, or any Inhabiting within his Majefty's Subjects for their Loffes by the faid Countries, Territories or Dominions; and Depredations and Seizures, was concluded G that fuch Powers and Claufes be inferted in between his Majefty and the King of Spain the faid Commiffion as have been usual and on the Fourteenth Day of January last N S. are according to former Precedents: And by which Convention it was ftipulated, that his Majesty's faid Advocate General, with a certain Sum of Money should be paid at the Advocate of the Admiralty, are allo London within a Term in the said Conven- forthwith to prepare the Draught of a Come Bb b

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