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AN

ESSAY ON SATIRE,

OCCASIONED BY

THE DEATH OF MR POPE.

Infcribed to Mr. WARBURTON.

By J. BROWN, A. M.

PART III.

The Hiftory of Satire. Roman Satirifts, Lucilius, Horace, Perfius, Juvenal, Ver. 357, &c. Caufes of the Decay of Literature, particularly of Satire, Ver. 389. Revival of Satire, Ver. 401. Erafmus one of its principal Reftorers, Ver. 405. Donne, Ver. 411. The Abuse of Satire in England, during the licentious Reign of Charles II. Ver. 415. Dryden, 429. The true Ends of Satire pursued by Boileau in France, Ver. 439; and by Mr. Pope in England, Ver. 445.

PART I.

FATE gave the word; the cruel arrow sped;

And POPE lies number'd with the mighty Dead!

Refign'd he fell; fuperior to the dart,

That quench'd its rage in YOURS and BRITAIN'S

Heart :

You mourn: but BRITAIN, lull'd in rest profound, (Unconscious BRITAIN!) flumbers o'er her wound. Exulting dullness ey'd the fetting Light,

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And flapp'd her wing, impatient for the Night:
Rous'd at the fignal, Guilt collects her train,
And counts the Triumphs of her growing Reign: 10
With inextinguishable rage they burn;

And fnake-hung ENVY hiffes o'er his Urn:

Th' envenom'd Monsters fpit their deadly foam,
To blaft the Laurel that furrounds his Tomb.

But You, O WARBURTON! whose eye refin'd 15

Can see the greatness of an honest mind;
Can fee each Virtue and each Grace unite,
And taste the Raptures of a pure Delight;

You vifit oft his awful Page with Care,

And view that bright Affemblage treafur'd there; 20 You trace the Chain that links his deep defign,

And pour new Luftre on the glowing Line.

Yet

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