Think not that France shall borrow all thy fame- But the fair polish Gallia's clime bestow'd: And when thy noble friend, with olive crown'd,, By pride unfullied, genuine dignity; Such Such in thy verfe fhall Nivernois be fhewn: France fhall with joy the fair resemblance own.; EPITAPH ON CAPTAIN GRENVILLE;* KILLED IN LORD ANSON'S ENGAGEMNT IN 1747 YE weeping Mufes, Graces, Virtues, tell If, fince your all accomplish'd Sydney fell Thefe verfes having been originally written when the Author was in Oppofition, concluded thus (much better, perhaps, than at prefent). "But nobler far, and greater is the praise So bright to fhine in thefe degenerate days: "An age of heroes kindled Sidney's fire; "His inborn worth alone could Grenville's deeds infpire." But fome years after, when his Lordship was with Ministry, he erafed these four lines. See GENT. MAG. vol. XLIX, p. 601. N. ON O'N TE GOOD HUMO U R. WRITTEN AT EATON-SCHOOL, 1729. ELL me, ye fons of Phoebus, what is this A virtue 'tis to ancient maids unknown, And prudes who spy all faults except their own. every charm in Cælia's face. } SOME SOME ADDITIONAL STANZAS то ASTOLFO'S VOYAGE TO THE MOON IN ARIOSTO. I. HEN now Aftolfo, ftor'd within a vase, WH Orlando's wits had fafely brought away; He turn'd his eyes towards another place, II. Of finest crystal were those bottles made, Yet what was there inclos'd he could not fee: "A wonderous thing it is," the Saint replied, "An airy effence, not to be defcried, "Subtle and thin, that MALDENHEAD is hight. IV. "From earth each day in troops they hither come, "And fill each hole and corner of the Moon; For they are never easy while at home, "Nor ever owner thought them gone too foon. V. "When V. "When here arriv'd, they are in bottles pent, "For fear they should evaporate again; "And hard it is a prison to invent, "So volatile a spirit to retain. VI. "Those that to young and wanton girls belong Leap, bounce, and fly, as if they'd burft the "glafs : 66 "But those that have below been kept too long So fpake the Saint, and wonder feiz'd the Knight, For various fecrets there were brought to light; Virginities, that close confin'd he thought In t' other world, he found above the sky; His fifter's and his coufin's there were brought, Which made him fwear, though good St. John was by. IX. But much his wrath increas'd, when he efpied That which was Chloe's once, his mistress dear': "Ah, falfe and treacherous fugitive!" he cried, "Little I deem'd that I should meet thee here. X." Did 72 |