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XXXIV.

See! cherries here, ere cherries yet abound, With thread fo white in tempting pofies ty'd, Scatt'ring like blooming maid their glances round, With pamper'd look draw little eyes afide; And must be bought though penury betide. The plumb all azure and the nut all brown, And here each season, do those cakes abide, Whofe honour'd names th' inventive city own, Rend'ring thro' Britain's isle Salopia's praises known. ■ XXXV.

Admir'd Salopia! that with venial pride

grave,

Eyes her bright form in Severn's ambient wave, Fam'd for her loyal cares in perils tried, Her daughters lovely, and her ftriplings brave; Ah! 'midft the reft, may flowers adorn his Whofe art did first these dulcet cates display! A motive fair to Learning's imps he gave, Who cheerless o'er her darkling region stray; "Till reason's morn arise, and light them on their way.

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Shrewsbury cakes.

THE

THE

ART of POLITICKS,

In Imitation of

HORACE's ART of POETRY.

I

By the Reverend Mr. BRAMSTON.

F to an human face fir James fhou'd draw

A horfe's mane, and feathers of maccaw,

A lady's bofom, and a tail of cod,

Who could help laughing at a fight fo odd?

Juft fuch a monfter, Sirs, pray think before ye,
When you behold one man both Whig and Tory.
Not more extravagant are drunkards dreams,
Than Low-church politickswith High-church schemes.

a Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam
Fungere fi velit, & varias inducere plumas,
Undique collatis membris ; ut turpiter atrum
Definat in pifcem mulier formofa fuperne :
Spectatum admiffi, rifum teneatis, amici?
Credite, Pifones, ifti tabulæ fore librum
Perfimilem, cujus, velut ægri fomnia, vanæ
Fingentur fpecies.- Pictoribus atque Poetis

Painters,

Painters, you'll fay, may their own fancies ufe, And free-born Britons may their party chufe: That's true, I own: but can one piece be drawn For dove and dragon, elephant and fawn?

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'Speakers profefs'd, who gravity pretend, With motly fentiments their speeches blend; Begin like patriots, and like courtiers end. Some love to roar, the conftitution's broke, And others on the nation's debts to joke; Some rail, (they hate a commonwealth so much,) Whate'er the subject be, against the Dutch; While others, with more fashionable fury, Begin with turnpikes, and conclude with Fleury. Some, when th' affair was Blenheim's glorious battle, Declaim'd against importing Irish cattle:

But

you, from whate'er fide you take your name, Like Anna's motto, always be the fame.

Quilibet audendi femper fuit æqua poteftas ;
Scimus, & hanc veniam petimufque damufque viciffim ;
Sed non ut placidis coëant immitia, non ut
Serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni.
Incaptis gravibus plerumque magna profeffis
Purpureus, late qui fplendeat, unus & alter
Affuitur pannus; cum lucus, & ara Diana,
Aut properantis aquæ per amœnos ambitus agros,
Aut flumen Rhenum, aut pluvius defcribitur arcus.
Sed nunc non erat his locus: & fortaffe cupressum
Scis fimulare quid hoc, fi fractus enatat exfpes
Navibus, are dato qui pingitur? amphora cœpit
Inftitui ; currente rota cur urceus exit ?

Denique fit quidvis, fimplex duntaxat & unum.
VOL. I.

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Outfides

• Outfides deceive, 'tis hard the truth to know, Parties from quaint denominations flow,

As Scotch and Irish antiquaries show.
The low are faid to rake Fanaticks parts,
The high are bloody Papists in their hearts.
Caution and fear to highest faults have run;
In pleafing both the parties, you please none.
Who in the house affects declaiming airs,

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Whales in Change-alley paints: in Fifh-ftreet bears.
Some metaphors, fome hankerchiefs display,

Thefe peep in hats, while thofe with buttons play,
And make me think it Repetition day;

There knights haranguing hug a neighb'ring post,
And are but quorum orators at most.

Sooner than thus my want of fense expose,
I'll deck out bandy-legs with gold-clock'd hofe,
Or wear a toupet-wig without a nose.

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Decipimus fpecie recti; brevis effe laboro,
Obfcurus fio; fectantem levia nervi,

Deficiunt animique; profeffus grandia, turget,
Qui variare cupit rem prodigaliter unam.
Delphinum fylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.
In vitium ducit culpæ fuga, fi caret arte.
Æmilium circa ludum faber imus & ungues
Exprimet, & molles imitabitur ære capillos;
Infelix operis fumma, quia ponere totum
Nefciet; hunc ego me, fi quid componere curem.
Non magis effe velim, quam pravo vivere nafo
Spectandum nigris oculis nigroque capillo.

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Nay, I would fooner have thy phyz, I'fwear,
Surintendant des plaifirs d'Angleterre.

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Ye weekly writers of feditious news,
Take care your subjects artfully to chuse,
Write panegyrick strong, or boldly rail,
You cannot mifs preferment, or a goal.
Wrap up your poison well, nor fear to say
What was a lye last night is truth to-day.
Tell this, fink that, arrive at Ridpath's praife,
Let Abel Roper your ambition raise.
To lie fit opportunity observe,

Saving fome double meaning in referve;
But oh! you'll merit everlasting fame,
If you can quibble on Sir Robert's name.

*All Mr. Heydegger's letters come directed to him from abroad, A Monfieur, Monfieur Heydegger, furintendant des plaifirs d'Angleterre.

• Sumite materiam veftris, qui fcribitis aquam
Viribus; & verfate diu, quid ferre recufent,
Quid valeant humeri : cui lecta potenter erit rès,
Nec facundia deferet hunc, nec lucidus ordo.
Ordinis hæc virtus erit & Venus, aut ego fallor,
Ut jam nunc dicat, jam nunc debentia dici,
Pleraque differat, & præfens in tempus omittat.
Dixeris egregie, notum fi callida verbum
Reddiderit junctura novum ; fi forte neceffe eft
Indiciis monftrare recentibus abdita rerum
Fingere cinetutis non exaudita Cethegis
Continget dabiturque licentia fumpta pudenter.
Et nova fictaque nuper habebunt verba fidem, fi
Graco fonte cadant.

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