"Let Erebus in pitchy ftole bedight "With fouleft fprites the fons of men affray, "Oh! ne'er believe, ye youths, what women say.. "O lofel loose, O impious Columbel !" Then like a ftean to earth full heavily he fell. XLII. There fhall we leave him, for my leaky boat Lets in the water, and I must recure Her much-worn hulk, that fcarcely now can float, Then if I can a pilot wife procure, Mayhap I may again hoist forth my fail, And other hardy voyages endure Thro' shelves and fhallows: now the adverse gale Gives me fome time to reft, and lond with joy I hail. ΤΗ On the Death of a Lady's Owl. By the Same. bebetet HE Owl expires! death gave the dreadful word, Ye feather'd choir in willing throngs repair, Sir Chanticlear, a chief of hardy race, Shall guard from kites and daws the facred place. EPIT A PH. NTERR'D within this little space I The bird of wisdom lies; Learn hence, how vain is ev'ry grace, Can mortal stop the arm of Death He, Anna's darling flew. * Adonis. K 4. Ah Ah happy bird, to raise those fighs Ah happy bird, to cloud thofe eyes Thrice blefs'd thy life, her joy, her blifs, She wept upon thy tomb. L THE Tenth Satire of JUVENAL.! IMITATED By Mr. SAMUEL JOHNSON. Survey mankind, from China to Peru; a Ver. I As As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude, How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the fuppliant voice, Fate wings with ev'ry with th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art, With fatal heat impetuous courage glows, Impeachment ftops the speaker's pow'rful breath, b But fcarce obferv'd the knowing and the bold, Fall in the gen❜ral massacre of gold; Wide-wafting peft! that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; Let hift'ry tell where rival kings command, b Ver. 13 - 22. Untouch'd Untouch'd his cottage, and his flumbers found, 'Tho' confifcation's vulturs hover round. The needy traveller, ferene and gay, Walks the wild heath, and fings his toil away. The ruftling brake alarms, and quiv'ring shade, Once more, Democritus, arife on earth, Thou who couldft laugh where want enchain'd caprice, And scarce a fycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Ver. 23 -27. d Ver. 28 -55 How |