Senec. Tragoed, ex Thyefte Chor. 2.
Stet quicunque rolet potens
Aula culmine lubrico, &c.
Tranflated by Andrew Marvell, Efq;
Limb at Court for me that will
Climb at Court for me
All I feek is to lye ftill.
Settled in fome fecret Neft
In calm Leifure let me reft;
And far off the publick Stage
Pafs away my filent Age.
Thus when without noife, unknown,
I have liv'd out all my Span,
I fhall die without a Groan,
An ald honeft Country-man.
Who expos'd to others Eyes,
Into his own Heart never pries,
Death to him's a strange Surprife.
"Alk, Strephon, no more of what's honeft and juft,
To the Purfe and no farther the one does extend,
And after Enjoyment your Love's at an end.
Then no longer maintain what your Actions deny,
Your oft-broken Vows your Affertions belye:
When I once fee your Words with your Actions agree,
I'll believe you the Man that you now feem to be.
That you once have deceiv'd me I do not complain,
But 'tis my own Fault if you cheat me again;
For none will the Fate of that Pilot deplore,
Who wrecks on that Shelf where he ftranded before,
A PROLOGUE defign'd for TAMERLANE, but never spoke.
Writtten by Dr. G-th.
O Day a mighty Hero comes to warm
and you, Britains, arm.
To Valour much he owes, to Virtue. more ;
He fights to fave, and conquers to restore.
He ftrains no Texts, nor makes Dragoons perfwade;
He likes Religion, but he hates the Trade.
Born for Mankind, they by his Labours live;
Their Property is his Prerogative.
His Sword deftroys lefs than his Mercy faves,
And none, except his Paffions, are his Slaves.
Such, Britains, is the Prince that you poffefs,
In Council greateft, and in Camps no less:
Brave, but not Cruel; Wife without Deceit;
Born for an Age curs'd with a Bajazet.
Bur you, difdaining to be too fecure,
Ask his Protection, and yet grudge his Power-
With you a Monarch's Right is in difpute;
Who gives Supplies, are only Abfolute.
Britain, for fhame your factious Feuds decline,
Too long you've labour'd for the Bourbon Line:
Affert loft Rights, an Austrian Prince alone
Is born to nod upon a Spanish Throne.
A Caufe no lefs could on Great Eugene call,
Steep Alpine Rocks require an Hannibal:
He shows you your loft Honour to retrieve;
Our Troops will fight, when once the Senate give.
Quit your Cabals and Factions, and in spite
Of Whig and Tory in this Cause unite.
One Vote will then fend Anjou back to France,
There let the Meteor end his airy Dance:
Elfe to the Mantuan Soil he may repair,
(E'en abdicated Gods were Latium's. Care)
At worst, he'll find fome Cornish Borough here.
On the Countess of Dr Miftrefs to King J-II. 1680.
Can any Dreffes find a way
To top th' Approaches of Decay,
And mend a ruin'd Face?
Wilt thou ftill fparkle in the Box,
And ogle in the Ring?
Canft thou forget the Age and Pox?
Can all that fhines on Shells and Rocks
Make thee a fine young thing?
So have I feen in Larder dark
Of Veal a lucid Loin,
Repleat with many a hellish Spark,
As wife Philofophers remark, i
At once both ftink and fhine,
The GOLDEN AGE Reftor'd. A Poem in Imitation of the fourth Paftoral of Virgil; Suppos'd to have been taken from a Sibylline Prophecy.
Or if your Rural Shades you still pursue,
Make your Shades fit for able Statefmens View..
The time is come, by antient Bards foretold,
Reftoring the Saturnian Age of Gold:
The Vile, Degenerate, Whiggish Off-spring ends,
A High-Church Progeny from Heaven defcends.
O learned Oxford, spare no facred Pains [reigns.
To nurfe the glorious Breed, now thy own B---ley
And thou Great S----1, darling of this Land,
Do'st foremost in that fam'd Commission stand;
Whofe deep Remarks the lift'ning World admires,
By whofe aufpicious Care old Ra----gh expires.
Your mighty Genius no frie Rules can binds
You punish Men for Crimes, which you want time to
Senates fhall now like Holy Synods be,
And Holy Synods Senate-like agree.
M-----th and M---- here inftru&t the Youth,
There B--ks and Kim--ly maintain the facred Truth.
P--is and H-lin here with equal Claim,
Thro' wide Weft-Saxon Realms extend their Fame;
There B---ch and H--per Right Divine convey,
Nor treat their Bishops in a human Way.
Now all our Factions, all our Fears fhall cease,
And Tories rule the promis'd Land in Peace.
Malice fhall die, and noxious Poifons fail, [rail:
H-----y fhall cease to trick, and S-----ur cease to
The Lambs fhall with the Lions walk unhurt,
And H----x with H--- meet civilly at Court.
Viceroys, like Providence, with diftant Care,
Shall govern Kingdoms where they ne'er appear,
Pacifick Admirals, to fave the Fleet,
Shall fly from Conqueft, and fhall Conqueft meet::
Commanders fhall be prais'd at William's Coft,
And Honour be retriev'd before 'tis loft.
Br---ton and Bur--by the Court shall grace,
And H---- fhall not difdain to fhare a Place.
Forgotten Molineux and Mafon now
Revive and fhine again in F
But as they ftronger grow and mend their Strain, By choice Examples of King Charles's Reign;
Bold Bel---fis and Patriot Da--nant then,
One fhall employ the Sword, and one the Pen:
Troops fhall be led to plunder, not to fight,
The Tool of Faction shall to Peace invite, (unite.
And Foes to Union be imploy'd the Kingdoms to
Yet ftill some Whigs among the Peers are found,
Like Brambles flourishing in barren Ground.
Som--rs maliciously imploys his Care
To make the Lords the Legislature share.
Bu---t declares how French Dragooning rose,
And Bishops Perfecuting Bills oppose:
Till Ro-r's cool Temper fhall be fir'd, [mir'd.
And N--th's and Norm's ftrong Reas'nings be ad-
But when due Time their Counsels shall mature,
And fresh Removes have made the Game fecure;
When Som----et and Dev---ire give Place
To Windham's B----d, and to R-----d's Grace,
Both Converts great; when Juftice is refin'd,
And Corporations garbled to their Mind,
Then Paffive Doctrines fhall with Glory rise,
Before them hated Moderation flies,
And Antichriftian Toleration dies.
Gr--ile fhall feize the long expected Chair,
Go----in to fome Country-Seat repair;
P-ke from all Employments be debar'd, [Reward,
And Mar---gh for antient Crimes receive his juft
France, that this happy Change fo wifely has begun,
Shall bless the great Defign, and bid it fmoothly run,
Come on, young 7---'s Friends, this is the Time,
Receive juft Honours, and furround the Throne.
Boldly your Loyal Principles maintain,
H---s now rules the State, and R-- the Main.
Gr---es is at hand the Members to reward,
And Troops are trufted to your own Gr----rd.
The faithful Clubs affemble at the Vine,
And French Intrigues are broach'd o'er English Wine.
Freely the S---te the Design proclaims,
Affronting W----m, and applauding J----es,
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