Thus when some storm its crystal quarry rends, 200 And Jove in rattling fhowers of ice defcends; Mount Athos fhakes the forefts on his brow,

Whilft down his wounded fides fresh torrents flow, And leaves and limbs of trees o'erfpread the vale below.

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But now, all order loft, promifcuous blows
Confus'dly fall; perplex'd the battle grows.
From Stentor's arm a massy opiate flies,
And straight a deadly fleep clos'd Carus' eyes.
At + Colon great Sertorius Buckthorn flung,
Who with fierce gripes, like thofe of Death, was ftung;
But with a dauntlefs and difdainful mien

Hurl'd back fteel pills, and hit him on the spleen.
Chiron attack'd Talthibius with fuch might,
One pafs had paunch'd the huge hydropic knight,
Who ftraight retreated to evade the wound,
But in a flood of apozem was drown'd.
This Pfylas faw, and to the victor said,
Thou fhalt not long furvive th' unwieldy dead,.
Thy fate shall follow; to confirm it, swore,
By th' image of Priapus, which he bore :

And rais'd an eagle-ftone, invoking loud

On Cynthia, leaning o'er a filver cloud :

Great queen of night, and empress of the feas, If, faithful to thy midnight myfteries,

*Dr. Goodall against Dr. Tyfon.
+ Dr. Birch.

Dr. Gill against Dr. Ridley.
Dr. Chamberlain.

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at of my early vows,

Dave eas'd the mourning matron's throws,

rais'd avenging arm aright;

od cymbals aid thy labouring light.

and let the ponderous fragment fly

ton, but learn'd Hermes put it by. tavagh the haranguing God furvev'd the war, day the Mufes' fons were not his care;

friends, adepts, the Trifmegists by name,
Ade their features, and alike their flame;
As fimpling near fair Tweed each fung by turn,
! he liftening river would neglect his urn.
Thofe lives they fail'd to rescue by their skill,
Their Mufe could make immortal with her quill;
But learn'd enquiries after Nature's ftate
Diffolv'd the league, and kindled a debate.
The one, for lofty labours fruitful known,
Fill'd magazines with volumes of his own.
At his once-favour'd friend a tome he threw,
That from his birth had flept unfeen till now;
Stann'd with the blow, the batter'd Bard retir'd,
Sunk down, and in a fimile expir'd.

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And now the collorts shake, the legions ply,

The yielding flanks confefs the victory.
Stentor, undaunted ftill, with noble rage
Sprung through the battle, Querpo to engage.
Fierce was the onfit, the difpate was great,

Both could not vanquish, neither would retreat ;
combatant his adversary mauls,

tter'd bed pans, and fav'd urinals.

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On Stentor's creft the ufeful cryftal breaks,
And tears of amber gutter'd down his cheeks:
But whilft the champion, as late rumours tell,
Defign'd a fure decifive stroke, he fell :
And as the victor hovering over him stood,
With arms extended, thus the fuppliant sued :
When honour's loft, 'tis a relief to die;
Death's but a fure retreat from infamy.
But, to the loft if pity might be shown,
Reflect on young Querpoïdes thy fon;
Then pity mine, for fuch an infant grace
Smiles in his eyes, and flatters in his face.
If he was near, compaffion he 'd create,
Or elfe lament his wretched parent's fate..
Thine is the glory, and the field is thine ;
To thee the lov'd Difpenfary I refign.

At this the victors own fuch extafies,

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As Memphian priests if their Ofiris fneeze :

Or champions with Olympic clangor fir'd;

Or fimpering prudes with fprightly Nantz infpir'd;

Or Sultans rais'd from dungeons to a crown;

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Or fafting zealots when the fermon 's done.

Awhile the chief the deadly ftroke declin'd, And found compaffion pleading in his mind. But whilft he view'd with pity the distress'd, He fpy'd Signetur writ upon his breast. Then tow'rds the fkies he tofs'd his threatening head, And, fir'd with more than mortal fury, faid:

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* Those members of the college that obferve a late ftatute, are called by the apothecaries "Signetur men.

Sooner

Sooner than I'll from vow'd revenge defift,

His Holinefs fhall turn a Quietist;

Janfenius and the Jefuits agree,

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The inquifition wink at heresy.

Warm convocations own the church fecure,

And more confult her doctrine than her power.
With that he drew a lancet in his rage,

To puncture the still fupplicating fage.

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But, while his thoughts that fatal ftroke decree,
Apollo interpos'd in form of fee.

The Chief great Pæan's golden treffes knew,

He own'd the God, and his rais'd arm withdrew.
Thus often at the Temple-ftairs we've feen

Two Tritons, of a rough athletic mien,

Sourly difpute fome quarrel of the flood,

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With knuckles bruis'd, and face befmear'd in blood;

But, at the first appearance of a fare,

Both quit the fray, and to their oars repair.

The Hero fo his enterprize recalls,

His fift unclinches, and the weapon falls.

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VARIATIONS.

Faith ftand unmov'd through Stillingfleet's defence,
And Locke for myftery abandon fense.

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CANTO VI.

WHILE the fhrill clangor of the battle rings,
Aufpicious Health appeared on Zephyr's wings;

She feem'd a cherub moft divinely bright,
More foft than air, more gay than morning-light.
A charm she takes from each excelling fair,
And borrow's Carlifle's shape, and Grafton's air.
Her eyes like Ranelagh's their beams difpenfe,
With Churchill's bloom, and Berkeley's innocence;
On Iris thus the differing beams beftow

The dye, that paints the wonders of her bow;
From the fair nymph a vocal music falls,

As to Machaon thus the goddefs calls:

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Enough th' atchievement of your arms you've fhown, You feek a triumph you should blush to own.

Hafte to th' Elyfian fields, those bless'd abodes,

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Where Harvey fits among the demi-gods.

Confult that facred fage, he 'll foon disclose

The method that must mollify thefe woes.

Let