} Forbear the harlot's falfe embrace, As he, who travels Libya's plains, Where the fierce lion lawless reigns, 7 Is feiz'd with fear, and wild difmay, -T Her abfence quicken'd ev'ry pain sla, ol Prefumptuous youth! fhe faid, and frown'd, Of PLEASURE's gilded baits beware, Indeed unwelcome truths I tell, If once I bring her to the fun, But prize, my child, oh! prize my rules, And leave deception to her fools. AMBITION deals in tinfel toys, Her traffick gewgaws, fleeting joys!! An An errant juggler in disguise, Nor RICHES boast intrinsic worth, Their charms, at beft, fuperior earth: Thefe oft the heav'n-born mind enflave, And make an honeft man a knave. "Wealth cures my wants," the miser cries; Be not deceiv'd, the mifer lyes: One want he has with all his ftore, That worst of wants! the want of more, Take pleasure, wealth, and pomp away, And where is HAPPINESS, you fay 'Tis here-and may be yours for, know I'm all that's Happiness below. of I To Vice I leave tumultuous joys; Mine is the ftill and fofter voice ; That whifpers peace, when ftorms invade, And mufick thro' the midnight fhade. ; Come then, be mine in ev'ry part, Nor give me lefs than all your heart When troubles difcompofe your breast, I'll enter there a chearful gueft: My converfé fhall your cares beguile, The little world within fhall fmile; And then it fcarce imports a jot, Whether the great world frowns or not.. And when the clofing fcenes prevail, When wealth, state, pleasure, all fhall fail; All that a foolish world admires, Or paffion craves, or pride infpires; FRIENDSHIP. F RIENDSHIP! thou foft, propitious pow'r. In Heav'n if love and friendship dwell, Thou art the fame thro' change of times; Thro' frozen zones and burning climes; From the equator to the pole, The fame kind angel thro' the whole. When forrows swell the tempeft high, Thou, a kind port, art always nigh! |