THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL. L TET (0) Obfervation with extenfive View, (6) But fcarce obferv'd the Knowing and the Bold, Fall in the gen'ral Maffacre of Gold; Wide-wafting Peft! that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with Crimes the Records of Mankind; ce (a) Ver. 1-21. (b) Ver, 12-22, For For Gold his Sword the hireling Ruffian draws, For Gold the hireling Judge distorts the Laws; Wealth heap'd on Wealth, nor Truth nor Safety buys, The Dangers gather as the Treasures rise. Let Hift 'ry tell where rival Kings command, And dubious Title thakes the madded Land, When Statutes glean the Refufe of the Sword, How much more fafe the Vaffal than the Lord; Low fculks the Hind beneath the Rage of Pow'r, And leaves the wealthy Traytor in the Tow'r; Untouch'd his Cottage, and his Slumbers found, Tho' Confifcation's Vultures hover round. The needy Traveller, ferene and gay, Walks the wild Heath, and fings his Toil away. Once (d) more, Democritus, arife on Earth, 1 (c) Ver. 23-27, (d) Ver. 28-55, How How wouldst thou fake at Britain's modifh Tribe, And pierce each Scene with philofophic Eye. Hate dogs their Flight, and Infult mocks their End. But will not Britain hear the laft Appeal, With weekly Libels and feptennial Ale, In full-blown Dignity, fee Wolfey stand, Law in his Voice, and Fortune, in his Hand: To him the Church, the Realm, their Pow'rs confign, Thro' him the Rays of regal Bounty shine, Still to new Heights his reftlefs Wishes tow'r, Claim leads to Claim, and Pow'r advances Pow'r; Till Conqueft unrefifted ceas'd to please, And Rights fubmitted left him none to feize. At length his Sov'reign frowns-the Train of State Mark the keen Glance, and watch the Sign to hate. Where-e'er he turns he meets a Stranger's Eye, His Suppliants fcorn him, and his Followers fly; At once is loft the Pride of awful State, The golden Canopy, the glitt'ring Plate, The regal Palace, the luxurious Board, The liv'ried Army, and the menjal Lord, ‹ With Age, with Cares, with Maladies opprefs'd, He feeks the Refuge of monaftic Reft. Grief aids Difeafe, remember'd Folly ftings, And his laft Sighs reproach the Faith of Kings. Speak thou, whofe Thoughts at humble Peace repine, Shall Wolfey's Wealth, with Wolfey's End be thine? The wifeft Juftice on the Banks of Trent?, What (f) gave great Villiers to th'Affaffin's Knifes (f) Ver. 108-213. A When When (g) first the College-rolls receive his Name, The young Enthufiaft quits his Eafe for Fame; Through all his Veins the Fever of Renown Spreads from the Atrong Contagion of the Gown ; C'er Bodley's Dome his future Labours fpread, And Bacon's Mansion trembles o'er his Head. Are these thy Views? proceed, illuftrious Youth, And Virtue guard thee to the Throne of Truth! Yet fhould thy Soul indulge the gen'rous Heat, Till captive Science yields her last Retreat; Should Reafon guide thee with her brightest Ray, And pour on mifty Doubt refiftlefs Day; a Should no falfe Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy Cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate Fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on Fops her fatal Dart, Nor claim the Triumph of a letter'd Hearts Should no Disease thy torpid Veins invade, Nor Melancholy's Phantoms haunt thy Shade; Yet hope not Life from Grief or Danger free, Nor think the Doom of Man revers'd for thee: Deign on the paffing World to turn thine Eyes, And paufe awhile from Letters, to be wife; There mark what Ills the Scholar's Life affail, Toil, Envy, Want, the Patron, and the Jail. See Nations flowly wife, and meanly juft, To buried Merit raife the tardy Buft. If Dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's Life, and Galileo's End... Nor deem, when Learning her lat Prize bestows, The glitt'ring Eminence exempt from Woes; See when the Vulgar 'fcape, defpis'd or aw❜d, Rebellion's vengeful Talons feize on Laud. (g) Ver. 114—132. There is a Tradition, that the Study of Friar Bacon, built on an Arch over the Bridge, will fall, when a Man greater than Bacon shall pafs under it. From |