Vix impar jubari meridiano,

Ne vobis vacet aut cibo aut fopori;
Non nobis vacat aut cibo aut fopori.
Vocant vos trivia choro fonantes,

Vocant vos comites; adefte ludis ;
Vocant vos pueri puellulæque.

On Ben Johnson's Buft, lately set up in Westminfter Abby, with the Buttons on the wrong Side.

Rare Ben Johnson! what, a Turn-coat

[grown?

Thou ne'er wert fuch, till thou wert clad in

[Stone:

When Time thy Coat, thy only Coat impairs,
Thou'lt find a Patron in a hundred Years:

Then let not this Mistake disturb thy Sprite,
Another Age fhall fet thy Buttons right.

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REFLECTIONS upon these two Verses of Mr. OLDHAM's:

Lord of my felf, accountable to none
But to my Confcience, and my God alone.

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Ive there, compos'd of earthly Frame,

Who dare fuch Height of Pride to own,

Lords of themselves, themselves to name,

As if accountable to none?

II.

How vain th'affuming in a Dream
The Greatnefs due to God alone!

Who felf-fufficient, and fupreme,

Still reigns accountable to none.

III.

Thus Lucifer his Honours loft,

Hurl'd headlong from his azure Throne;

So dear the fhort afpiring Coft,

To reign accountable to none.

IV.

Pride foars for Seraphim too high!

Shall Man be proud, a Wretch forlorn! Ere well he lives ordain'd to die,

Of Sin conceiv'd, and Woman born!

V.

An angry Look, or fudden Word,
A flinging Weed, or little Thorn

Can discompose this mighty Lord,

Of Sin conceiv'd, and Woman born,

VI.

The flightest Toy can end his Span,
The meaneft Object of his Scorn

Can crush this independant Man,

Of Sin conceiv'd, and Woman born.

VII. But

VII.

But few perhaps defire, while here,

To reign accountable to none:

The wifest may vouchsafe to fear
Their Confcience and their God alone.

VIII.

While Fools, for Terror or Reward,

Are steer'd by Motions not their own; These centring in themselves, regard Their Confcience and their God alone.

IX.

The World may flatter, or revile,

May court the Mitre or the Throne;

These fear the Frown and feek the Smile

Of Confcience and of God alone.

X.

Here furely they may Refuge take,

No; lower yet defcend and lower;

For fee the Windings of the Snake

Beneath the Beauties of the Flower.

XI.

Saints from Accounting are not free,
When Chains of Duty bind their Hands:
And e'en when these are loose, we fee
That strong Neceffity commands!

XII.

Go! bid the wifest Pleader gain

The Cause of which he nothing fees:

Go! bid Physicians heal our Pain,

Without enquiring the Disease.

XIII.

Depending feemingly on Air,

Her Nets the lab'ring Infect fpreads.

The nearer Nothing they appear,

The easier 'tis to break their Threads.

XIV. Thro'