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 E S S A Y

S ATYR A N D P A N E G Y R I C.

EVEAL my mufe, in pleafing mood reveal,

The mazy channel where flows PRAIse genteel;
And where in eay lapfe, or folemn pride,
Jut SATYR rolls adown her golden tide.

The pilot young affumes the helm with fear,

Devouring quick-fands, whirling eddies near;
And helvy rocks where frequent haples fplit
The friends of cience ! votaries of wit!
B Enough,
4. :* * E S S A Y , O N

Enough, if clear of thefe at firt we run,

Know where the danger lies, and how to hun :
'Tis theirs to hew, who well the confines know, :
Haw far thy prings, O fatyr ! graceful flow;
To trace to fountain-head love of applaufe,
Shew when enlarge, where circumfcribe juft laws,
Within due limits the proud furge confine,
And between PRAIS E and FLATTERY draw the line,

Whether adown the tream of life we glide,

Or roll tempefted on the ftorm-vexd tide ;
Whether to wifdom's lore our voyage tend,
Or thro the vale of ignorance defcend :
Do we to riots grave in full career
Go down, orto gain Glory watchful teer?
Let Vice high-hooting pread contagion dire,
Or love of VIRTUE all the foul infpire!
As well, or ill, the voyage we perform, , ,

Embrace propitious gales, fuftain the ftorm ;

And
 s A TYR AND PAN EGY RIC. s.
And ignorance diffipate by ScIENCE-rays,
We merit SATYR, or we merit PRAISE. *. :

Now this, now that, the world will plenteous give,

To hun the tribute we muft ceafe to live. ... - : f

Nor is the worlds opinion of mall weight

In fcale of man, of high or low eftate; . . .2

And few will eer depife an honord name,

Till out of reach foars the precarious DAME.
As in fpoian days, in evil hour,
Still cries each fraudful fox, THE GRAPE Is soUR!
Yet bufy FAME will fometimes fleeptis true;
And by refrehment willmore vigorous grow.
But grant this* LADY of gigantic fize,
Her foot on EARTH, her forehead in the SkEs, : ;
With more than hundred tongues hould never peak,
Will not the voice within the comment make ?

Tho' filent as the grave, fame, friends, and foes,

Approve will concience, or difturb repoe.
* Fame.
*

; :, ! |- B 2 Of
6 E S S A Y O N

Of all the VIces which debafe the mind,

Delude our fenfes, and our reafon blind;
The meaneft, lowet, the mot fervile art,
Whofe pleafing draughts intoxicate the heart,
Is FLATTERY !That fawning fycophant,

Who food colleting, imitates the ANT,

Round fummer tables will affiduous prey,
And careful fhun the winter of our day.
Detet himhe will ape indutrious Bee.
Bright WisDoM lend thy glafs, once lend to me |
Thro Wisdoms optics the Drone ufeles fee !
How mean! how bafe! the FLATTERERs only care,
Who barters airy food for fumptuous fare! .
But purn the PARA SITE, and from the hive
Of buy life, the Drone inactive drive
Yet, from the court-yard will he not recede?
Why, on CAMELIN dietlet him feed.

The more we love the luxury of praife,

The more true merit fickens and decays.
** The
 SATYR AND PAN EGY R I C. 7
The meat how favoury? and how rich the joy ?
High feafon'd dihes pleaeand health detroy.
Yet Epicures in flattery ftill love,
And what their hearts condemn, their tongues approve.
From the like caufe engag'd their love we find,
Pamper the body thefe, and thoe the mind.
Hence forms debilitated, lo, appear!
Corrupt with flattery, and the mind impair;
To the weak-minded give the leaft offence,
And fill the vacuum left for manly fenfe.

Around while fanning gales of flattery play

On zephyr-wing, lo, quickly melt away

Senfe, judgment, fhow-white purity of mind, *

And in the brain wide chafmis left behind. -

This flattery fills, becomes our only pride,

And our weak ftomachs naufeate all befide.

Globose loves flattery, will difcordant raife

Aloud his voice, re-echo his own praife !
C Yet
8 E S S A Y O N

Yet whoe'er doubted Globose vacant mind ? ' "

Loud founds the drum, the drums replete with wind.^

In fatyr, or juft praife no danger lies;

Extremes in each alone we may defpife:
And of lifes voyage, mid the narrow feas,
The dangerous ScyLLA, and CHARYBDIs thefe ! '.
To fhun thoe rocks and whirlpools nobly try,
Fly their embraces, all encitements fly ! .

Alluring FLATTERY fits on the right,

Seems pleaure-crowndfhun, fhun in careful flight,
Evade all converfe, or in gulph profound,
She will immerfe thee, and in eddies round |

Diport each votary, till without controul, ,

The luft of praie inebriate the foul;
Till praife unmerited thy vitals burn,
And to keen fatyr panegyric turn. - , !

Adown the stream of life mooth glide along

In middle courfe, regardles of her fong.
There,
 s AT YR AND, PA NEGY R I C. 9

There, to the left, hark, unju Satyr reigns, , }

And with loud bellowing fills the ditant plains, |
And hoarfe refounding throat, and iron lungs yet |
Mine is the purifying fire, he cries;
And from my flame hall Phnix VIRTUE rife;
Come, the foul-earching trial undergo,
Then pure adown and unpolluted flow.
But hun the cliffs of ALBION, vice-fpread foil,
Extina is virtue in AUGUSTUS' ille!
Step not afide, his aim is to trepan,
And into monfter transform all the man !

Between thee gulphs, adown by different ways,

Refrehing flow just SATYR, and Just PRAISE,
To fruitful vale of VIRTUE fmooth defcend,
Each greets the GoDD Ess, each as virtues friend,
Pay gladfome homage, and fupport her reign,
And one fair end by different means attain.
IO E S S A Y O N

Or let PRAISE ftimulate to gain the goal,

And fire with emulation all the foul ;
Who love-inpiring for praife-worthy deeds,
To folid fame, in paths of honor leads;
Or let jut SAT y R knit his brows with frown,
The guilty lah, and pour his anger down,
Like morofe pedagogue, majeftic ftride,
With JuvENAL, and Persius by his fide;
Whofe nervous STILE, whoe ELoog ENce will fmart,
Wit poignant pierce, and morals mend the heart.
OR hould the courtly Hor Ace graceful fmile,
Allure, and let not vice the foul defile;
By foft attration draw where force would fail,
Till VIRTUe pleas'd the willing VotARIEs hail;
(So lordly men, who frowns, and force difdain,
Anon miles win, avails the filken chain.)
In thee her mandates joyful each obey,
Increafe her empire, and confes her fway.
 SATYR AN D P A N E G Y R I C, I I

All hail ye moderns! whoe fatyric vein

Evn flows more pure than in Augutus reign!
See, fee, the Romans, with Macnas bleft;
See them anew by * Pope and Johnon dreft
Amazd we tand, enraptur'd now proclaim
Thefe, imitative, higher foar to fame;
Whofe poignant ridicule, unfeen, around
Flies, whoe keen arrows more acutely wound; .
Whofe wit, whoe delicacy more refind, -,

Steal on the fenfe, and captivate the mind.

And had famd Horace fatyr only fung
Due were the palm to modern Horace, YoUNG ;
Whofe grace, good-breeding, ditant realms proclaim;
He paints, he gains, an i UNIVERSAL FAME ! - -- /

Nor in vere only SAT y Rs current flows,

Frequent will charm the fweetly-flowing profe;

* Alludes to the imitations of Horace by Pope, and of Juvenal by

Mr. Johnon.
+ The Love of Fame, or the univeral paffion, in feven charateritic
fatyrs.
D With
I 2 E S S A Y O N

With powerful fmiles o'er Follys court prefide,

And bite, keen bite, tho' LAUGHTER hold her fide;
Round FoLLYs court like fome knight errant go,
And charm in QUIxoT E more than in BoILEAU.
Seldom will verfe true comic humor fit,
MoLIERE in fetters lofes half his wit.

In eay verfe to flow like PhoeNix Popr,

Hope fwift decendsbut ah! how vain is hope.
So tuneful ADDIsoN fublimd his flight,
CHLGJAD * eems eay yet how hard to write !
Lo! HAwKEswoRTH bold adventures on the field,
And muft alone to Britih CATo yield.
Grace in his teps, fee RAMBLER take his place,
And fly along the plain with equal grace.
* The feveral numbers in the SP Ec T AT o Rs of Mr. A D D IsoNs own
compofition, are diftinguihed by one of the letters in Clio, which ap
pears at the end of the refpestive papers. This obervation is in a great
meaure unnecery, and the diftinguihing letters themfelves are, perhaps,
equally fo. Let any one who has a tolerable ear, and is but a little con
verfant with Mr. A D D isoNs eafy, inimitable tile, begin to read a number
will he not, before half a dozen fentences glide along, be enabled to
make a fhrewd gues whether his entertainment agreeably concludes with
any part of Clio ? -

But
 S A TY R AN D P A N E G Y R I C. 13
But let not IDLER in the lift appear
Ditanc'd we cry, what falling off is there!

Come RoMe, come polihd ATHENs, late give way,

To purer fountains, and a brighter ray!
Will ye dipute the palm? Yes bold maintain
ANTIENTs are Gods! and moderns les than men!

Ye bards TERENCIAN, ARIsToPHANEs, - . '

And PLAUTUs legions wing acros the feas.

No, nearer home regain your loft applaufe,
Nor fay lm partial in my countrys caufe.
Shall we the continental war maintain

With your united force, O FRANce and SPAIN !

The force too great, Spain fend a fingle Don !
MoLIERE ! LE SAGE ! Rife, to the charge come on.
Corps de referve, hould doubtful prove the day,
Lead on thy numerous bands, famd REBELAIS !

Lo ! ANTIQUARIANs march, appear in fight,

Vaft, motley bands, impatient for the fight.
For
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For VIRTUE fome contend, loud raife their voice, . .
But fee what numbers wear the brand of VicE !
Fale fons of WIT ! who, debauchd times to pleafe,
Sink, groveling fink in low obcenities ! . *

But whoe that uniform, and long-extending line? :

Graceful the chieftain moveshe wants defign; | }
Tis TERENCE, who war-counfel diapproves, r.

And to* himelf long mutters as he moves.

Embattled fquadrons fee! in bright array,

Thefe point their darts, their banners proud diplay !.
While modern rays of glory oblique fly, | 4
On fhields of ANTIENTs glance, and gain the diftant ky!
Now ardent RoMANISTs the fight maintain,
Twang the tough bow, and oer the hoftile plain : *
Greece wings her arrows; harmles to the ground,
Too eager fent thefe fall, thoe flightly wound. *

On generalhip the modern bands rely,

File off, now wheel, in wheeling feem to fly;
* Alludes to the many and long foliloquies which fuperabound in that
cafy, graceful writer.
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 S AT Y R , AN D P A N E G Y R I C. I5

And copfe, and woods, and unknown heights they gain,

And in attacking mills, lo, deep wound men !
Grim death ftalks multiform, mid antients ftrides,
Uneen he comes, each modern arrow guides.
FAME views the field, fufpends in nether kies,
And now adown to crown the moderns flies.
Moliere reaps laurels, PLAUTUs legions yield,
And antient comedy betrews the warlike field.
*- (

Blind are we then, ye ANTIENTs, to your praife,

And modern merit on your ruins raife;
Ye who, in lofty fong, appear divine,
And thro' whole ages yet unrival'd fhine!
FATHER of PoETRy ! great HoMER, thou,
My mufe, with wing-vail'd face, thee dare not view,
Enthrond who fits, beams like the golden SUN
Congenial ray, while Planets round thee run.
FAIRE sT and firt, lo, , wings in tuneful flight,
MARo, whoe radiance, like the queen of night,

E Might
I6 2 ( 2 / E S AI Y (I W O' N T

Might even DULNEss felf to rapture raife .. . .

But bet my filence will advance thy praife ! :, :, :, ,
Adjudged to Anrie Nrs thus the laurel-prize, t. ?
And palms from Satyr's foil to crown the Mode RNs. rife.

Dare we proceed to hew where copious flow,

True comic humor? Let each votary go,
Imbibe inftrution from a Sister-ART, , , e
Confine the portrait, and ditort no part;
Whether threat rage, or fmiles attrative plead, . .
O'er the bold canvas living features lead- : t ::. . . .
Tis the true femblance fires the raptur'd eyes, . . ..
We view thoe abent thro the coy diguie. . . . . . .
Sovie little heightning genius will allow, . . . . . .. .
When we the comic ScENE unfold to view. . . . . . . .

SHAKESPEARE, BEN, ADDIsoN thus greet our eyes,

When MorosE, FALSTAFF, demure VELLUM rife; ,
Tho' FANcys children, paffions to command,
Nature the pencil guided in their hand,
And
 SATYR , AN D P A N E G Y R I C. 17

And laft, not leaft, advances Gauls MoLIERE,

MISERS, MEN-HATERs; * and FEIGND ILLs appear;.
Whofe fon, collegiate, muft much pain endure,
And curing Monfieur + THoMAs thouands cure. .

Pedants there are in every cience, art, , , ,

Who in our oblique cenfure take a part. . . . . .
To liberal fons we rife, where pedants fhine, . . . .
And LAw and PHysic equal the divine. - * * * * *

Do none round famd ROTUNDO folemn walk, .

Nor in thy hades, O Vaux ! deep fcience talk;
Talk, tho' the fair encircle every fide ?
High-raisd on ScIENCE ftilts will PEDANTs, tride !
They fitwith law and phyfic ladies treat !
Go brother PEDANTs, brother Book-woRM greet..

With more regard politenefs treats the FAIR,

And the compleatly learned e'er beware ; . . . . . "
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* Le Malade Imaginaire, a comedy by Moliere.

A triking character in the fame comedy.
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Convere to move where FEMALEs cant engage:
Plain is the rule, reverd in every age.
Thus the didatic SATYR winds along,
And PANEG YR1c claims to clofe the fong.

Again the rules of Srst ER-ART furvey,

And due attention to her mandates pay;
Be juft to merit, fometimes caft in fhade,
And let no flattering touch be here diplayd;
E'er when ye paint, this lefon keep in fight,
By day revolve, and meditate by night.

What not a flattering likenefs, fribble cries!

Lo, feems on eager wing, yet e'er he flies.
Reynolds, I tell thee make thefe lips to pout,
Fine arch thefe brows, that eye muft leer about.
Dd ftrange, mechanics can't improve by hints,
Ogle, I faid ! Egad it almot fquints!
Raife, raife that forehead! how it hocks the fight!
Indeed, Sir, 'twill detroy the likenes quite.
Reynolds,
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Reynolds, I'll have it fo! Concerns it you? -
Farewel, to FRIBBLEs, thus we bid adieu ! '
Who to true likenefs would their rage exprefs,
Tho' R. s paint, and HN FRIBBLE drefs!
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FRIBLERIADs and BEAUx, in modern days,

So full their heads, there's little room for PRAISE !
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But when true merit in our fphere we meet, . . .

See it rewarded, fill diftinguihed feat:
Each generous breaft feels tranport, drinks delight;
Evn infet I muft PANEGYR1c write;
Merit promoted in Augustus reign,
InvetigateHow praie to give leaft PAIN ? } e

Small things with great compare. The GOD of DAY

Moft pleafing beams his genial oblique ray;
Between the tropics lie the fair degrees
Of pleaure, while withinthee burn, thofe freeze.
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Reftore my mufe, invoke (to viel the tory)

From MEMPHIs ruins long-loft ALLEGORY,
F Tho
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Tho' long in-urnd mid balmy effence fweet,

The decent VAIL may fome reception meet.
Let WITLING cry, Gad Ill not even mell
At this fame decent, in-urn'd, mufty vail!
What Allegory captivate?D'ye fee, ,

Your Hieroglyphics will not take with me.

Give me the diret flah ! to trike! to glare!
To glance like LIGHTNING ! all before it bear.
* * *

Patience, Sir WTLING, what we mean to fhew, |

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Was never meant for SATYR, nor for you : f* ,,,

The long-loft robe fair Decency may fit,

And Praise affume the Vail which fuits not Wir.
Come recent honors dignify the fcene a
Example will illuftrate what I mean. . . .
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High the deferts of both" (famd WALLER faid,

When MILTON eloquent announc'd proceed;
To patronize the Worthy, fince we meet,
Reveal whoe merit claims the vacant feat.)
- Each
 SA T Y R , A N D I PA N E G Y R I C, 2. I

** Each on foundation folid builds his FAME ;

The fuperftruture beauteous all proclaim;
On THERys bafis when we view it rife,
And fair-proportiond. PRACTIce greets our eyes ;
while ome to build on fandy bafis fem,
And court fame-bubbles on th' illufive tream,
TIME heavy preffes, the foundation goes. . ., , , , ,
They grafpthe vifionary fabric flows:... . .. .

It flowsrecal the word, it flits, it flies,

A moment lives, evaporates and dies! :
Brown pre-excelsin theoretic kill, . . . . . . . ., ,
To pleaure leads, and captivates the will,
Adorns fair SEAr of learning in our Isle, , , ,
And makes around VINERIAN bleffings fmile.
But lo, compleat is Youngs mot happy plan!
All hail the letterd venerable man ! . . .
Oft o'er thee courts he heds diffufive light, ,
Develops error, and difpels the night.
Thus mutual merit might fufpend my tongue, , ,
Yet fcale of jutice mot inclines for Young ... . . . .
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22 - E S S A Y , O N

Age-wife experiencd, and long bleft with lore

Of crabbed learning, who the various power,
Of copious language, and of cience knows,
And when beyond the goal the pleader goes:
Next DRYDEN fpake, if equal merits hare
Thefe worthies, we adventure to declare,
Whofe PLEA is beft. If equipoid the fcale,
His friend to favor can Apollo fail

Toils to remunerate, his labors crown, - , ---- ,

And give the vacant feat to letterd B.RowN,

Who careful co-attends each morn to raife

Fair truture, and engage our two-fold praife.

Has Young an enemy ? Hafte, let him fcan
With envys eye and hail the perfet man !
Each caue with mafter-hand he kilful leads,
And to the heart of argument proceeds. - - - -

Whilft to the point fome climb, fo flow do creep, |

MvIUs cant mend his pacebut he may fleep.

But gaint Youngs claim is there not Akenfide, |

Who worthy does in SisteR-Isle refide?

Hopp
 SATY R AND P A N E G Y R I C, | 23

Hope whipers Young. Yet hence my fears proceed,

HAR ve y for abent friend will powerful PLEAD
Yet fail hall He, whoe merit all proclaim ?
Succeed may YoUNG ! It wakes me into flame.

MILTON, all-eloquent, in accents low

Begins, makes more impaffion'd periods flow;
When, true to nature, the Voice, Feeling, EYE's, ,
Warm with the fubjet, with the fubjei rife.
O Ciceronian ART extend relief,
Or weak all efforts to pourtray the CHIEF !

While in the Council I enjoy a voice,

Ever enfixt on merit be my choice.
Brown, Young entreat notand they judge aright,
They need not crave, we merit will invite.

To prompt the generous mind to merit praie,

To wake the heart, and genial ardor raife:

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To make the barren defert verdure yield, :

And fow with LEARNING the new-cultur'd field; . **

To fmooth and pleafing make the paths to FAME, LA
And pratice graft on theoretic stem, , ,,
That in due feafon our delighted eyes |

May view the fruit in beauteous order rife

Thee are the toils, the pleafing toils of Brown,
And nobleft praife is due to his renown ! :

Nor PRAIS E alone. For YoUNG and AKENSIDE,

Should equal voices the whole fane divide ;

As modet ADDIsoN a judge was made, : ,

So Brown in ermin may be foon arrayd.

Before him fhall not each objetion fly?
Soon hall not all, all oppoition die? *

The higheft honors may become his due,

And Brown in pratice be what Young is now. . ..
Like NN, WLLE, court-attention draw,
Or rife like GN, the LITTLEToN of law. : , - .
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who has not een Young fly along the field . . . . .
Of legilation, brightning tranport yield ; ... . .
Ardent reveal the pirit of the laws, - -

Till advere parties murmur their applaue ? .

Frequent has Young been vitor... Shall not he : .
Enjoy the fruits of painful vitory ; : -

Enjoy thoe honors he fo dearly won, . - - -: : : : :

When all his merit and his virtues own ? . ::::X1 - . .. .

You, you my BRETHREN, with delight I hear,

To diffipate your doubts, your every fear 3 . . . . . .
Receive with rapture great Apollo's will, ,, ,, ,
LET THE MOST WORTHY SEATS of JUSTIE
FILL. , , . ::/. :: u tu : : : :::::::
What more can Heavens VicBGERENT graceful fay? .
Hence hope, affiance, joy, in bright array, 2: , :
Defcend on wing, affimilate the train; , , ... | a . .
And in each breaft let nobleft ardor reign! . . --

So glide hall equal Justice round his ifle,

And merit flourih 'neath the Roy AL fmile.
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26 E S S A Y O N
In Science long has Young trancendant fhone;
His be my voice, were I to tand alone!
Oft we behold him painfully acend,
Climb the high hill with zeal, nor once attend

To his own danger, nor down caft his eyes,

Rife trong in argument, yet zealous rife;
Till we not only view him out of breath,
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But in career of Glory feem to welcome DEATH.

Thus Miltons voice harmonious mov'd along,

Smooth as the THAME s, and as the SeveRN ftrong.
CoNvENd the council at Apollo's fane *

Grac'd with His prefenceall their feats regain.

Here the Muse whiperd, and dipread the veil,
None may the fecrets of the fane reveal.
Let it fuffice that to the general voice,
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Thy king Apollo waves his favourite choice;
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All-worthy Young the vacant SEAT fupplies,

As Foster honeft, and as Foster wife!
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Deep in Hrs breaft, their counels deep decend, .

Awhile to withhold FRMIN from his friend : e

The friend who eloquent, diplayd with zeal,
How legilation aids the public weal:
'Twas his to teach Apollo to define

The Law of NATIons, in each great defiga;

Inculcate, and like polihd VIRGIL fing, |

The HIGH, the cHIBF concernment of a KING !

Emblem of worth, the Monarch on his brow,

Enfixt a * LAUREL, eer he haftes to fow
The feeds of cience in fair-rifing choir,
And cherih Isis vales with genial fire;
To humble fortunes joyful to proclaim,
The path of MERIr is the path to FAME ! , !
Make Britainswealth-crown'd ons law-learning prize,
And future nobles emulative rife; - . . . . . . .. '

Who will our Laws, our liberties maintain .

Adorn like Suffolk great Apollos reign!
* An allufion to Mr. Bs late promotion.
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28 O 1 : ( E SAS/Ai Y ( AQ N F : : : ?

O! could my Muse, in equal numbers fing : ()

Thy praife, O Suffolk!, who on VIRTUEs wing:fizi:
High foars to FAME, then might we Txuriis impart, of
Pleasure diffue, with Rapture fireithe heart! :, :i ;
How bright would Young thee radiant truths diclofe?
But Young enjoys an honor'd long repoe. : vd'
Sits grac'd with LAURELs he fo fairly won, ,
And + Refignation abdicates no crown... : , ;
Serene, and calm, in this laft work he fung; .
And fetting life reveals how GREAT was Young. . . :i ;
So glorious, when defcends the GOD of DAY, 2: vsi:
Pleae the mild honors of his evening R.Ay., ; : :b:ed: J
|- . . . . . .: : : : 1- a ba
Shall we lement Relieron, Justice fled ? ...: sr:: r :

In Fosteryes, the great, the good is dead! a:

Long, long has SHERLoe ceas'd to greet our eyes; - 1. i
And Guilts dread foe, in An dormant lies***

+ Reignation, a poem, by the author of Night-Thoughts, &c. &c.

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 SA T Y R 1 % AND ? PANEG Y R I C. 29
O thou! who can't the paralytic cure, a o

His ftrength extinguih'd, to new life retore. - :{

So hall vice tremble! virtue gladden'd hear 1
His awe-commanding voice, again rhy Praise declaref
sic a . . . . . . i

Why lumbers Akenfide ! thy purest page; : :

whoe praie, whoe atyr might improve an age? --
From virtue's Qgiver who draws every dart, . . . .
They whiz unerring, and foon gain the heart : |

While I the meaneft of the tuneful r#AIN, .

May laud, may fatyrize alike in vain: * * ti ?
Unheeded flow refrehing streams of Pis:, , , " "
Nor their wihendbright Eiutation raie.
My bow th double-stringd, 'gen hould I try; :
Harmles would play my darts, or devious fly
Unkill'd the markman, and unknown to Fawr, ,
Where, where the wonder, if mis'd were my aim? '

But hould this weak Essay fome pen excite,

Who can politely deep Instruction write;
2 Who
3o essAy oN
Who has WIT, SPIRIT, happy Genius, Power,
To create ARDoR, and our vices cure 3 **

Beneath no Parry-Banners, who will wage

Etrnal warfare, nor repres his rage
When HoNoR calls, and no diftintion know,
Applauding merit even in a Foe! - -

Be He, or Science sos, or sage of Law,

I'd glory in the SHAFT, which mocks my ftrength to draw.

Shoud HE, who more than by ennobled Lise, |- |

Can in true worth hereditary hine; ;;

Who true to honor, decently withdraws, - . |- -

Whom FAME purfues, and crowns with juft applaufe:

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Quick in dicernment, blestwith learning's lore, . . . .: :
Whofe Genius rivals -fir, collediye power: - *

To Jueguent clear (co-equal to his sins). - - - --

Smooth Eloqgnce of Pope, and WALLERs FIRE . -- - -

HE joinsof Pope, on earth who imitates a GoD,

And out of EvIL fair, -educeth Good !
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 S A TYR AN D PAN EGY RIC. 31
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Of Waller the Demos rHENRs of laws,

Whom liftning SenAres hear with mute applaufe, . . .
Whofe language flows with fenatorial eae, -
Whene'er he takes the field, ordain'd to pleae! * |

Should He, where thefe rich GIFTs concenter raife

His tuneful voice, refounding decent Praise ;
Should praife-worthy PANedvric write, * -

What HEART fo humble but would feel delight? . . .

Humility herelf must tranport feel
But on whoe ToNGUE loves RAPTURE thus to dwell?
Who fees not YE, 'beneath the thin diguife? . . .
Rife to Deserve his PRAIse, fair emulation rife! . .
.. . Kl -- ^ ^^. :

Thus I to recreate, who fometimes read,

Imbibe the ftream would from pure fountain-head;
Dicreetly daring my weak efforts try, . . . . . .
And like the Nile-nursd Ostrich feem to fly.
Panents of Poesy ! with genial FIRE,
Strengthen an infant-mue, with hope inpire!
33 : - E ss: A Yr o N.: ti : .
For while your EAGLE-wINGs pervade my fight-r ; ::
New-fledg'd I tremble to commence my flight! I za i.;
Yet fure 'tis GLoRIous to keep fuch in view, !
Small the digrace to be furpafsd by you ! : i -3: : :
- : -- - . . . .. . . . . . ; : : :: : ! ... : ?

Why fings EUMENEs, why thou friend approv'd; . . .

The Muses loving by the Muses lov'd. :,:; u
Why prompt me this precarious*Mount to tread, ff,
Or once deem LAUREL will adorn my head? : i :::::: :
Not yet fet out! when venerable:Guih,.:::: f:o 3:1 I
Flies to condut thee round the Mountain fideyfi
- The 'hill, tho barren, He will with thee climb
Who is this wonderous guide?Perchance oLD TIME !
O ! how echanting the delightful ScENE? I auti i
There the cool SHADEs and Gaoves for ever green! I
Crown'd is the top with bays lizwith floweryfpoi} ; ;
Will Bays alone repay the PoE:r's toil? /. e.: ...: /:.:
my good GENIUs whiperd in my ear, s t. t. . . .
The voice thrill'd thro' my Bones, I feel it here, an:
* Parnaffus, -

T
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Above,
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Above, below, evn at my fingers-end ; ; :::::::::::::

And can a little pareto ervaa FRIEND!: , : - . ::
ibi ge: : : : r i; . :: |

Spurn, fpurn, O Mvius, each poetic thought! :

Or lo! for thy rewardA THREAD-BARE CoAT !
e :it: i - 1; i-- " x : : : : o ; , -1 :
Arife my BRErhrs, many-headed rife; : : : : : r :
Inftrution drink, and feaft your hundred eyes, ':
It boots not, who ye arenor where ye dwell? . . . .
The Skies approaching, or a e cell! !
College! It cannot bethe ChasM repair--
It muft be fo! We fometimes enter there : a:i .
Exalt, confine, immure us where ye will ; ,
Air-chang'dyet DULNess hovers o'er us till ! :
But self the darling fubjet of the Son G
Why, fome are very dull, fome very long,
And gorists, foi high runs Modrn Folly,
Will in the lengthen'd race outftrip een Colley ;
Confer, cloe-argue, make LoRDs Busto fmile! , !
Hark, my LoRD peaksTis dear SELF all the while.
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34 - - E S S A Y O N

Our fate how wretched? While I blame in pite,

Contagious ills infet me as I write:
In grateful reader fevere fatyr raife;
Yet to deerve fome little boon of praife.
Lo! whitening CLIFFs appear upon the ftrand!
Safe, fafe conduted to the long-wihd land,
I TERRA FIRM gladfome HAIL with you,
And to the MusEs CoURT bid long ADIEU. -
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