There might'st thou find some elegant Retreat, And stretch thy Prospects o'er the fmiling Land, And bless thy Evening Walk and Morning Toil. (1) Yet ev'n thefe Heroes, mifchievoufly gay, Lords of the Street, and Terrors of the Way: Flush'd as they are with Folly, Youth, and Wine, Their prudent Infults to the Poor confine; Afar they mark the Flambeau's bright Approach, And fhun the fhining Train, and golden Coach. (m) In Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum. Vive bidentis amans, & culti villicus horti, (i) Et fubiti cafus improvidus, ad cœnam fi (k) Ebrius, ac petulans, qui nullum forte cecidit, Pelida (1) Sed, quamvis improbus annis Atque mero fervens, cavet hunc, quem coccina læna X 3 Vitari [close, (m) In vain, thefe Dangers paft, your Doors you And hope the balmy Bleffings of Repose: Cruel with Guilt, and daring with Despair, The Midnight Murd'rer burfts the faithlefs Bar; Invades the facred Hour of filent Reft, And plants, unfeen, a Dagger in your Breast. (2) Scarce can our Fields (fuch Crowds at Tyburn With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet fupply. [die, Propose your Schemes, ye fenatorian Band, Whofe Ways and Means fupport the finking Land; Left Ropes be wanting in the tempting Spring, To rig another Convoy for the K-g. ; (0) A fingle Jail, in Alfred's golden Reign, Could Half the Nation's Criminals contain Fair Justice then, without Conftraint ador'd, Held high the fteady Scale, but deep'd the Sword; No Spies were paid, no fpecial Juries known, Bleft age! but ah! how diff'rent from our own! (p) Much could I add, but fee the Boat at hand, The Tide retiring, calls me from the Land: (a) Farewel!- When Youth, and Health, and Fortune spent, Thou fly'ft for Refuge to the Wilds of Kent; Vitari jubet, et cemitum longiffimus ordo: And Multum præterea flammarum, atque ænea lampas. (m) Nec tamen hoc tantum metuas: nam qui fpoliet te Non deerit: claufis domibus, &c. (n) Maximus in vinclis ferri modus: ut timeas ne Vomer deficiat, ne marre et farcula defint. (0) Felices proavorum atavos, felicia dicas Secula, quæ quondam fub regibus atque tribunis Viderunt uno contentam carcere Romam. (p) His alias poteram, & plures fubne&ere caufas: Sed jumenta vocant. (9) · Ergo vale noftri memor : & quoties te Roma tuo refici properantem reddet Aquinas. Me And tir'd like me, with Follies and with Crimes, Me quoque ad Eleufinam Cererem, veftramque Dianam L ET (a) Obfervation with extenfive View, Survey Mankind, from China to Peru; Remark each anxious Toil, each eager Strife, And watch the bufy Scenes of crowded Life; Then fay how Hope and Fear, Defire and Hate, O'erfpread with Snares the clouded Maze of Fate, Where wav'ring Man, betray'd by vent'rous Pride, To tread the dreary Paths without a Guide, As threach'rous Phantoms in the Mist delude, Shuns fancied Ills, or chases airy Good. How rarely Reason guides the stubborn Choice, Rules the bold Hand, or prompts the fuppliant Voice, How Nations fink, by darling Schemes opprefs'd, When Vengeance liftens to the Fool's Requeft. Fate wings with ev'ry Wifh th' afflictive Dart, Each Gift of Nature, and each Grace of Art, With fatal Heat impetuous Courage glows, With fatal Sweetnefs Elocution flows, Impeachment ftops the Speaker's pow'rful Breath, And reftlefs Fire precipitates on Death. (b) But fcarce obferv'd the Knowing and the Bold, Fall in the gen'ral Maffacre of Gold; Wide-wafting Peft! that rages unconfin'd, (a) Ver. 1-21, (b) Ver. 12-22. For For Gold his Sword the hireling Ruffian draws, For Gold the hireling Judge diftorts 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, The needy Traveller, ferene and gay, Yet (c) fill one gen'ral Cry the Skies affails, Once (d) more, Democritus, arife on Earth, With chearful Wisdom and instructive Mirth, See motley Life in modern Trappings dress'd, And feed with varied Fools th' eternal Jeft: [price Thou who couldst laugh where Want enchain'd CaToil crush'd Conceit, and Man was of apiece; Where Wealth unlov'd without a Mourner dy'd; And scarce a Sycophant was fed by Pride; Where ne'er was known the Form of mock Debate, Or feen a new-made Mayor's unwieldy State; Where Change of Fav'rites made no Change of Laws And Senates heard, before they judg'd a Caufe; (c) Ver. 23-27. (d) Ver. 28-55. How |