And as their heels elated rife, Their heads attempt the neither skies. O, what indignity and fhame, 495 To proftitute the mufe's name? The plagues and fcourges of mankind; By flatt'ring k-s, whom heav'n defign'd Bred up in ignorance and floth, And ev'ry vice that nurses both. 410 Fair Britain, in thy monarch bleft, 415 420 425 430 An An heir for Britain to fecure As long as fun and moon endure. The remnant of the royal blood Now fing the minifter of ftate ‡, 435 440 445 Of wit and learning chief protector; 450 Though fmall the time thou hafte to spare, The church is thy peculiar care. Of pious prelates what a ftock You chufe to rule the fable flock! 455 460 When on thy breast and sides Herculean He fix'd the ftar and ftring cerulean. Say, poet, in what other nation 465 Shone ever fuch a conftellation ! Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, Attend Attend ye Popes, and Youngs, and Gays, And tune your harps, and ftrow your bays: You cannot err on flatt'ry's fide. 470 475 'Tis fifty thousand times below it. 480 Tranflate me now fome lines, if you can, From Virgil, Martial, Ovid, Lucan. They could all pow'r in heav'n divide, And do no wrong to either fide; We now can better do without him, "Divifum imperium cum Jove Cæfar habet. 485 490 A A Character, Panegyric, and Description of the LEGION-CLUB †. SIftroll the city, oft I See a building large and lofty, Not a bow-fhot from the college; Half the globe from fenfe and knowledge; Place'd against the church direct, Making good my grandame's jest, Near the church ‡- -you know the reft. ; Tell us what the pile contains? Could I from the building's top Hear the rattling thunder drop, I have written a very masterly poem on the legion club-it is 240 lines. The Dean complains, in letter 132. that other characters were added, ani in letter 133. that there were 50 different copies; but his confits of juft 240 lines, and has every o ner mark of a genuine copy. -N. B. Mr. Hawkefwor h h sumbered the lines of this pcem too little by two. It confifts of 242 lines. The nearer the chuic, the farther from God. While the devil upon the roof (If the devil be thunder-proof) Should with poker fiery red Crack the ftones, and melt the lead; 25 30 Let them, when they once get in, While they fit a picking ftraws, 45 50 Let them dabble in their dung; Let them form a grand committee, How to plague and ferve the city; Let them ftare, and ftorm, and frown, 55 When they fee a clergy-gown; Let them, ere they crack a louse, Call for the orders of the house; Let |